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Children's Privacy
Date Article Title Publication Author Synopsis
7/1/2010 Stronger online privacy protection for children sought USA Today Byron Acohido Seventeen advocacy groups want the FTC to increase privacy protections for children on the Internet.
6/22/2010 Survey: Privacy doesn't matter to kids engaging in risky online behaviors USA Today Byron Acohido A report on survey results that indicate teenagers often participate in risky behaviors online. 
6/4/2010 Report urges more education about online safety Washington Post Cecilia Kang As Congress and the Federal Trade Commission reexamine the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, a government-appointed review group says parents and educators need to place a greater emphasis on safe Internet practices for children. 
6/3/2010 Close-up on COPPA at FTC Roundtable IAPP Angelique Carson At the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) public roundtable, panelists offered differing views about which aspects of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) are sufficient and which should be modified to better protect children. 
4/5/2010 FTC eyes COPPA, mobile Web rules for possible revision The Hill Tony Romm The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering changes to its rules requiring Web sites to seek parental consent to collect information from children under the age of 13. 
1/6/2010 FTC Seeks Public Comment on Program to Keep Web Site Operators in Compliance With the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule Federal Trade Commission   The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week issued a call for public comment on a set of proposed guidelines to help businesses comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). 
12/4/2009 DOD nixes vendor of online monitoring software over privacy concerns Computerworld Jaikumar Vijayan The Department of Defense has suspended a software vendor from selling its products on a department shopping portal due to privacy concerns.
10/20/2009 Iconix Brand Group Settles Charges Its Apparel Web Sites Violated Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Federal Trade Commission   Iconix Brand Group, Inc. will pay a $250,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC's COPPA Rule, according to an FTC press release. 
9/30/2009 Privacy group logs FTC complaint over Echometrix Research Brian Tarran The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claiming that marketing-intelligence software maker Echometrix violates the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Federal Trade Commission Act.
8/4/2009 Child-Proofing Your Ads: New Maine Law Restricts Marketing to Minors Law.com Harry Valetk Harry Valetk, CIPP, discusses a new Maine law that "broadly restricts" using personal information about minors for marketing products or services. 
4/21/2009 Court backs children's privacy The Daily Iowan ZHI XIONG The state Supreme Court affirmed children's privacy rights with an April 17 ruling: Parents do not have unconditional access to their children's health records.
4/18/2009 Iowa court says child's health records protected  AP via Chicago Tribune   In a decision that child advocates say extends new privacy rights to children, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a child's mental health records can be kept private from a parent.
3/30/2009 Jonas Brothers Site Cited for Violating Children's Privacy BNET Jim Edwards The operator of a Web site for Jonas Brothers' fans has promised to change its policies following a query by the Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU).
1/13/2009 No Easy Answer for Protecting Kids Online Wall Street Journal Emily Steel A report commissioned by 49 state attorneys general on children's online safety was released today.
12/12/2008 FTC: Sony to pay $1 million to settle privacy suit Associated Press   Sony Music Entertainment will pay $1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
12/10/2008 US sues Sony Music over children's online privacy Reuters Martha Graybow The U.S. government is suing Sony Music Entertainment for violating children's privacy rules.
11/15/2008 Online Age Verification for Children Brings Privacy Worries New York Times Brad Stone Although age-verification systems have long been coveted for helping protect children online, the technologies now emerging to satisfy that want are not being welcomed with open arms.
7/24/2008 Court Nixes Law Aimed at Protecting Kids Online QuantcastE-Commerce News Katherine Noyes Some privacy advocates are applauding Tuesday's federal appeals court decision deeming the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) unconstitutional.
1/29/2008 New York Considers Anti-Online Sex Predator Bill IT World   Juan Carlos Perez A number of New York State legislators have proposed a bill, supported by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, that aims to provide safeguards from sexual predators operating within online social networking utilities. 
1/29/2008 New York Considers Anti-Online Sex Predator Bill IT World   Juan Carlos Perez A number of New York State legislators have proposed a bill, supported by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, that aims to provide safeguards from sexual predators operating within online social networking utilities. 
12/12/2007 Report Looks At Web Sites Popular With Children Telegraph.co.uk Harry Wallop The National Consumer Council has released a report that found nearly all of the 40 most popular Web sites visited by children between the ages of seven and 16 "bombard" them with advertising and employ information-gathering tactics that may violate data protection rules.
12/12/2007 Report Looks At Web Sites Popular With Children Telegraph.co.uk Harry Wallop The National Consumer Council has released a report that found nearly all of the 40 most popular Web sites visited by children between the ages of seven and 16 "bombard" them with advertising and employ information-gathering tactics that may violate data protection rules.
12/6/2007 The Debate Over Fingerprinting Children XPRESS Sachin Kuray Parent and privacy advocates say that schools should be required to obtain parental permission before obtaining children's fingerprints for use to grant access to libraries and cafeterias. 
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