The Federal Trade Commission held a workshop earlier this week
in Washington, D.C., to discuss possible updates to the COPPA Rule,
which implements the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
(“COPPA”). COPPA was originally enacted in 1998 and
regulates the way entities collect data and personal information
online from children under the age of 13. The Rule hasn’t
been updated since 2013, and the intervening years have produced
seismic technological advances and changes in business practices,
including changes to platforms and apps hosting third-party content
and marketing targeting kids, the growth of smart technology and
the “Internet of Things,” educational technology, and
more.
