The Do Not Track Kids Act (DNTK) has resurfaced, bringing the debate over minors’ online privacy back to the federal level. Sponsored by now-Senator Markey and Representatives Barton and Rush, this year’s bill is largely the same as the Markey-Barton bill of 2011. As we noted in 2011, the DNTK bill’s use of the Fair Information Practice Principles framework is a good approach to protecting the privacy of users’ information – but extending those protections only to users in a certain age bracket raises significant complications for users and operators alike.
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Today, Emma Llansó, CDT Policy Counsel, will testify before the California State Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media urging Members of the Committee to reject two bills that recently passed the California Senate. Both bills aim to protect children’s privacy, but would seriously burden minors’ First Amendment rights by limiting their access to information while also limiting their access to platforms for their own speech. Ms. Llansó’s full testimony is available here.
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Just in time for the holidays, the Federal Trade Commission’s long-awaited revision to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (the COPPA Rule) has finally been released. The new Rule, which aims to update the federal requirements for data collection by operators of websites directed to children under 13, includes a number of changes that should give…
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The FTC is proposing changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule that will increase uncertainty for website operators and app developers and could bring a whole new set of sites and services into COPPA’s scope. COPPA requires operators of websites and online services that are targeted to children, or who know a particular user is a…
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Last Friday, Reps. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Joe Barton (R-TX) introduced House Bill 1895, the Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011, which would amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and introduce additional provisions to govern the collection and use of teens’ personal information. (You can find…
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