The FTC regularly revisits rules on the books to make sure they’re effective and up to date. Right now the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule is under review. We asked for public comments in July and hosted a workshop on the Future of the COPPA Rule earlier this month. Given substantial interest in the subject, we’ve had requests to extend the current October 23, 2019, comment deadline. The Commission just announced that you now have until December 9, 2019, to put your comments on the public record. Read the Federal Register Notice for more information about the COPPA Rule.
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In reply to Hello. Thank you for by Leonard R. Riv…
The comments you put here on the blog are not added to the public comment on the FTC's implementation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA” or “the Act”), through the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA Rule” or “the Rule”).
Follow the link and read the Federal Register Notice if you want to make a public comment according to the Request for Comment.
In reply to On the surface this law seems by James L
The comments you put here on the Business Blog do not go on the public record. If you want to make a comment on the public record, you have until December 9, 2019. Read about the COPPA Rule. Submit a Comment to the public record here.
In reply to On the surface this looks by Robert Stephens
The comments you put here on the Business Blog do not go on the public record. If you want to make a comment on the public record, you have until December 9, 2019. Read about the COPPA Rule. Submit a Comment to the public record here.
In reply to What is going on is COPPA by Water wolf
In reply to According to this section of by Shane
Shane,
The paragraph "14" you pasted into your comment is not part of the COPPA rule.
It's a question-and-answer from Frequently Asked Questions the FTC wrote to help people comply with COPPA. There's a lot more information about complying with COPPA, how to know if your website is directed to children, how the FTC enforces COPPA and other topics in the Frequently Asked Questions.