The Federal Trade Commission today announced its decision to retain, without changes, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule, which implements the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. In a Federal Register notice to be published soon, the Commission will present its findings retaining the Rule’s sliding scale approach to obtaining parental consent to the online collection of personal information from children, which takes into account how such information can be used.
FTC Retains Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule Without Changes
This is from 4/17/07, but thought I would post it as it states that after a multiple year review, that COPPA standards are still good, have been protecting children sufficiently without too much complaints from parents to operators of sites.
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