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The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1998 to protect children's privacy by regulating what personal information may be collected from children's online activity. The law applies to commercial websites and online services directed at children under thirteen years of age and regulates how personal information may be collected, stored or used. less -

Around the Virtual World - February 4-15, 2013

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 2/18/2013

A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. In This Issue: - Path Inc. to Settle Charges Over Collecting Kids' Data - Feds Urge App Makers, Mobile Operating...more

FTC Announces New COPPA Enforcement Action & Mobile Privacy Staff Report

BakerHostetler on 2/4/2013

Authorship credit: Michael Young At a press conference this morning, outgoing FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz announced an $800,000 settlement of its recent enforcement action against Path, the operator of a social networking...more

FTC Path Settlement - Text Copy of Chairman's Remarks

JD Supra Perspectives on 2/1/2013

Full text copy of Federal Trade Commission Jon Leibowitz’s remarks on the agency’s $800,000 settlement with social networking app Path for deceiving users by collecting personal information without authorization, and by...more

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Around the Virtual World - February 4-15, 2013

FTC Announces New COPPA Enforcement Action & Mobile Privacy Staff Report

FTC Path Settlement - Text Copy of Chairman's Remarks

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