| COPPA
Compliance Training for Website Operators August 22, 2000, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
FTC Headquarters Room 432
Overflow 332 and 532
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and
its implementing Rule went into
effect on April 21, 2000. The Rule requires commercial websites and online services that
collect personal information from children under 13 to post privacy policies, notify
parents of their information practices, obtain verifiable parental consent, and provide
parents with access to their children's information. Violators of the law are subject to
FTC enforcement action, including civil penalties of $11,000 per violation. The FTC is
currently undertaking a number of educational initiatives to
promote compliance with the Rule.
The Federal Trade
Commission will hold a one-day public training program for website operators on August 22
to review key compliance issues under the Rule. Operators of websites directed to children
as well as general audience sites that knowingly collect personal information from
children are encouraged to attend.
Location
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 432
Washington, DC 20580
1-877-FTC-HELP (Consumer Response Center)
Agenda
The program will feature
an overview of basic Rule requirements and discuss compliance issues. Topics to be
addressed include:
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privacy
policies and parental notices
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parental
consent procedures
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exceptions
to prior parental consent
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access
verification
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general
audience sites and "actual knowledge"
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safe
harbors
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compliance
issues that have arisen in the four months since the Rule became effective
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FTC educational
materials on Internet privacy will be distributed at the program. Further information on
the COPPA compliance training as well as other educational resources are available on the
Commission's website at http://www.ftc.gov/kidzprivacy.
Although
pre-registration is not required, please advise us of your plans to attend by sending an
e-mail to kidsprivacy@ftc.gov (subject
heading: "COPPA Training"). The program is free and open to the public. |
