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Parents have refocused their attention on the safety of their young children after the FTC recently issued answers to frequently asked questions about the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). To help parents maintain control over what information is collected from children under the age of 13 and up, KidsEmail offers a safe email service for kids. Arbon, Idaho (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found in 2012 that 81% of...
Webinar to Offer Critical Guidance on the First Substantial Updates to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ARLINGTON, Va., April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bloomberg BNA will host a 90-minute webinar April 16 on the first substantial updates to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.Titled Get Ready to Comply with the FTC's Updated Children's Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule, the webinar is designed to prepare in-house counsel, website...
Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online No one is happy when their privacy is compromised, but children have very little understanding of the dangers that can be associated with it. This week, the FTC is looking at ways to ensure new rules can keep up with ever-changing technology. This week the Federal Trade Commission adopted final amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule which will strengthen child privacy protections while also giving parents...
Rule Being Modified to Keep Up with Changing Technology WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federal Trade Commission adopted final amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule that strengthen kids' privacy protections and give parents greater control over the personal information that websites and online services may collect from children under 13. The FTC initiated a review in 2010 to ensure that the COPPA Rule keeps up with evolving...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online An overwhelming majority of Americans support regulations requiring websites to gain parental consent before collecting personal information from children under the age of 13, according to a new survey by the non-profit groups Center for Digital Democracy and Common Sense Media. The survey, released on Thursday, comes ahead of a vote by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on whether to strengthen enforcement of the Children's...
TEANECK, N.J. and NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Veratad Technologies, LLC, (www.veratad.com) a world class provider of Virtual Identity Verification and Compliance Solutions and the Entertainment Software Rating Board, (www.esrb.org) the non-profit, self-regulatory body for the computer and video game industry, have formed a strategic partnership that offers Veratad's online verification solutions in conjunction with the privacy seal and certification services of the...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Twitter users are given 140 characters to say or share whatever they like, with some caveats. For instance, groups suspected of neo-Nazi ties are likely to have their Tweets blocked by Twitter and the German government. In fact, Twitter announced in January they’d given themselves the right to block Tweets from specific countries while keeping it available for the rest of the world. Now, tweets which contain links to pirated...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online According to the FTC, the operator of the web sites BieberFever.com, SelenaGomez.com, RhiannaNow.com and DemiLovatoFanClub.com has been collecting a lot of personal information about the roughly 101,000 children who frequent the sites, including names, birthdays, email addresses, cell phone numbers and, in some cases, even street addresses. As a result, the FTC is also now in the process of increasing regulations concerning...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The Internet has been attributed as “a brave new world” in the past. With this theme, government officials are working to make the web safer for families. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently stated that it would propose more stringent standards to safeguard the privacy and data of children who utilize the Internet. In particular, the government agency publicized a proposal that detailed expanding privacy rules to website...
