| Comment Number: | 514511-00041 |
| Received: | 2/11/2005 9:56:13 AM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Ronnie Davidson |
| State: | NM |
| Agency: | Federal Trade Commission |
| Rule: | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment |
| Docket ID: | 3084-AB00 |
| No Attachments |
Comments:
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act was designed to prevent > companies from eliciting and exploiting private information from > children under the age of thirteen. Under no circumstances should a > company be allowed to collect personal information from young children > without verifiable parental consent. Merely receiving an email from a > parent’s email address does not qualify as permission since it is > possible for parents to not even be aware that an exchange has taken > place and therefore allows companies to market to children without > parental permission. I ask the FTC to rescind the temporary ruling > that will allow this to occur and require that all companies that > collect information from children under 13 be subject to the more > stringent policies that govern operators wishing to disclose > children’s information publicly or to third parties. >