[thelist] Re: COPPA compliance?

[Lewis Francis]

Haven't paid attention to this since I was involved in online game 
sites.  Guess coppa.org became:
http://www.ftc.gov/kidsprivacy/biz.htm

Cursory reading suggests that all sites that collect personally 
identifiable are covered, though the "knowingly collect information 
from kids under 13" seems like a loophole that might apply to most of 
our clients.

What's the consensus today on the law -- do we just apply this to 
educational and kid targeted sites, or do we still cover ourselves with 
an "I'm <13" checkbox and turn down the form collection?


On Feb 19, 2004, at 12:29 PM, Lewis Francis wrote:

> Trying to find a description of the COPPA regulation in plain english. 
>  http://www.coppa.org apparently has gone away, or at least there's 
> currently no ip address matching that domain name.
>
> Anyone have a short and sweet on this?  Still in effect?  Applies to 
> all sites or only sites that target children at and under 13?
>
> Thanks!

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