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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 -

A Final Bow for Section 230? Latest Plea for Reform Calls for Sunset of Immunity Law

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 6/12/2024

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (the “CDA” or “Section 230”), known prolifically as “the 26 words that created the internet,” remains the subject of ongoing controversy. As extensively reported on this blog, the...more

Lawsuits Continue to Impact State Laws Regulating the Internet

Wiley Rein LLP on 2/27/2024

States around the country have been enacting laws to regulate the internet in the name of children’s safety. Several of these regulatory schemes have been preliminarily enjoined because they burden free speech and raise other...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2019 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/4/2019

In an effort to phase out what many in the security world believe are threats to the cybersecurity posture of governmental agencies and private entities alike, John Quinn, the Chief Information Officer of the State of...more

Protecting the Privacy of Children Online – More Updates on COPPA

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/9/2018

Last week, two Senators, Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts and Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding apps designed for children and whether they are in...more

Socially Aware - Volume 5, Issue 7 - December 2014

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 12/17/2014

In This Issue: - What’s in a Like? - R.I.P.: The Facebook “Like” Gate - Facebook Dislikes Fake Likes - Privacy in the Cloud: A Legal Framework for Moving Personal Data to the Cloud - Click...more

California's New "Eraser Button" Law Allows Regretful Teens to Remove Embarrassing Internet Postings

BakerHostetler on 10/2/2013

California became the first state to sign into law a bill that requires websites and apps to provide an “eraser button” to its users under the age of 18. The law, S.B. 568 signed by California Governor Jerry Brown, has two...more

Youthful Indiscretions: California Bills Poised to Regulate Use of Minors’ Data on Social Networks

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 7/3/2013

Two bills designed to facilitate the removal of minors’ personal information from social networking sites are currently under consideration in the California State Assembly, after being approved in the upper house of the...more

Privacy Alert: New COPPA Rule Effective July 1, 2013

Fenwick & West LLP on 7/2/2013

New amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule go into effect today, July 1, 2013. Amongst the significant changes introduced by the new Rule, the newly expanded definition of “personal information” and new...more

FTC Updates To Online Privacy Acts, COPPA And VPPA

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/4/2013

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) was enacted to place parents in control over what information is collected, used and disclosed from young children online. COPPA applies to operators of commercial...more

FTC Updates Rule for Children’s Online Privacy Protection

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/18/2013

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission recently updated the rule for children’s online privacy protection, expanding a business’s obligations and accountability for online data collection activities....more

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