Children’s Privacy: Six years in the making, FTC announces new, tougher version of COPPA!
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just published the updated and more forceful rule for the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), putting more pressure on businesses, apps and websites to protect children’s privacy and data confidentiality. The stronger rules, which will go into effect this summer, include new disclosure requirements, required creation of information security programs, and additional restrictions designed to keep data from being shared with advertisers and data brokers.