Does Your Website Collect Personal Information from Children Under 13?
USE: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) applies to operators of commercial websites and online services directed to children under 13 that collect, use or disclose information from such children, and to the operators of general audience websites and online services where the operators have actual knowledge that they are collecting information from children under 13. COPPA requires that website operator(s) provide a direct notice to parents containing required disclosures and other information and to obtain parental consent before any information is collected or used. Website operators must also post any necessary disclosures in the privacy policy or as a separate notice. If your website is regulated under COPPA, our generator will walk you through building a COPPA compliant online privacy notice and a direct notice to parents.
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-Website COPPA Privacy Notice Generator
-Website COPPA Compliance Guide
-Direct Notice to Parents Template (Required by COPPA)
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is authorized under COPPA to set forth rules and regulations and enforce the law. Under COPPA, your website must provide a direct notice to parents containing required disclosures and other information and it must be contained in your privacy policy or posted on a separate page. COPPA applies to personally (or individually) identifiable information about a child that your website collects online, such as the child’s full name, home address, email address, telephone number or any other information that would identify or allow some party to contact the child. COPPA also covers other types of information your website collects through the use of cookies and includes geo-location information, screen names, unique identifiers and other information when it is tied or “bundled” to personally identifiable information. COPPA also requires websites to obtain "verifiable parental consent" before collecting or using any personal information collected from children under 13 online. Violation of COPPA will result in severe penalties.
What determines whether or not a website or online service is directed to children?
The recent amendments sets out a number of factors for determining whether your website or online service is directed to children. These include “subject matter of the site or service, its visual content, the use of animated characters or child-oriented activities and incentives, music or other audio content, age of models, presence of child celebrities or celebrities who appeal to children, language or other characteristics of the Web site or online service, or whether advertising promoting or appearing on the Web site or online service is directed to children.”The FTC will also “consider competent and reliable empirical evidence regarding audience composition, as well as evidence regarding the intended audience of the site or service.” (See 16 C.F.R. § 312.2 (definition of “Web site or online service directed to children,” paragraph (1)).
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