Children’s online privacy: Tell the FTC
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) gives parents control over what information websites can collect from their kids and how they use and share that information. The FTC now proposes changes that would enhance those protections and aim to ensure that parents — not companies — are in charge. For instance, one suggested update would require targeting advertising to be off by default. Another would prevent companies from nudging kids to stay online unless parents consent to the companies’ use of nudges. But these are just a few of the proposals. To read more about the suggested...