Less than two weeks after providing additional guidance on the recent changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) Rule, in the form of updated Frequently Asked Questions, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted unanimously to retain the July 1, 2013 effective date for the changes to the COPPA Rule.
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The FTC Revised COPPA Rule: Reflections After a Night to Sleep on It
Yesterday saw dozens of instant summaries of the Federal Trade Commission’s long- awaited revision to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, which becomes effective on July 1, 2013. We took a night “to sleep on it,” in order provide not just a summary, but some focused comments about the impact of yesterday’s rule… Continue Reading
Video Interview on Proposed Changes to COPPA Rule with Eric Bukstein
Eric Bukstein, who is in the Privacy and Information Management Practice at Hogan Lovells recenly gave a video interview to Colin O’Keefe of LXBN (Lexblog Network) TV to discuss the FTC’s supplemental proposed changes to the COPPA Rule. The video can be viewed in this blog entry.
FTC Issues COPPA Supplemental Notice Amending Previously Proposed Rule
On August 1, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking which proposes several changes to its previously released proposed Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) rulemaking. COPPA and the FTC’s COPPA Rule regulate the collection of personal information online from children under the age of thirteen. On September 15, 2012, the FTC released proposed revisions to the COPPA Rule, which contemplated several major changes to the existing COPPA regime.
FTC Criticizes Privacy Disclosures for Children’s Apps
The FTC yesterday issued a staff report calling upon members of the mobile app ecosystem to provide better privacy notices to parents about mobile apps directed to children. The report is described in this blog entry.
FTC Extends Deadline for COPPA Comments from Nov. 28 to Dec. 23
The FTC today extended the deadline for public comments to its proposed revisions to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, which regulates the collection of personal information from children under 13, from November 28 to December 23.
FTC Announces First Flash Cookie Enforcement and Settlement with Child Social Network
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday announced settlements with two online companies for deceptively collecting personal information from consumers, including its first enforcement action against the use of “Flash cookies” and an enforcement action against a social network that collected children’s information without parental consent. As a result, businesses whose websites (or vendors) utilize Flash cookies, HTML5, or ETags to track user browsing should reexamine their privacy disclosures.
FTC Proposes Significant Changes to COPPA Rule
The FTC has released proposed revisions to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) Regulation. These proposed regulatory changes may create significant compliance challenges for companies that maintain websites or other online services directed at children under the age of thirteen.
Cloud Computing for Regulated Industries: Security Requirements Differ
Data stored in the cloud will be subject to numerous data security laws, explains Hogan Lovells partner Phil Porter in a recent article. Specific types of data will trigger different security regulations, ranging from HIPAA rules for health data, to Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act rules for financial service data, to COPPA for data about children. Data hosted in the cloud in the U.S. might also subject the data to U.S. national security rules, including USA Patriot Act. Cloud service providers and customers need to tailor their contractual provisions to match these regulatory imperatives.
FTC Focusing on Child Identity Theft, Holding Forum on July 12
The FTC is holding a July forum entitled “Stolen Futures”, focusing on children’s identity theft, as described in more detail in this blog entry.
FTC Announces COPPA Enforcement Action
On October 20, 2009, the FTC announced a settlement with Iconix Brand Group, Inc., pursuant to which Iconix will pay a $250,000 penalty to settle the FTC’s charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the COPPA Rule by knowingly collecting, using, and disclosing personal information from children online without first… Continue Reading