Jan Anderson's List: Internet Pedaogy

• • This is a point that needs to be raised when parents are signing permission forms for their children to use a site that has an age restriction on it. 
• because children lie about their age, these sites still collect data about children under 13 that COPPA would otherwise prohibit without explicit parental consent.
• ur findings show that parents are indeed concerned about privacy and online safety issues, but they also show that they may not understand the risks that children face or how their data are used.

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• ne point that’s causing the most consternation is the broadening definition of what constitutes a “children’s website.”
• • How is this possible?
• Another issue with the FTC’s age-screen proposal is being called the “Disney loophole.” Apparently, the way the document currently reds gives mega-corp Disney an advantage be
• cause many of their sites will somehow fall under the “not directed at kids” category.

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• The primary goal of COPPA is to place parents in control over what information is collected from their young children online. 
• The Rule applies to operators of commercial Web sites and online services (including mobile apps) directed to children under 13 that collect, use, or disclose personal information from children, and operators of general audience Web sites or online services with actual knowledge that they are collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under 13.
• consenting to the operator’s collection and internal use
• but prohibiting the operator from disclosing that information to third parties

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