The month of November is quickly slipping by – this is the
time to be looking at the 2014 cybersecurity and data privacy goals
and updates and planning ahead.
Our selected bits and bytes for this Monday:
FTC Denies AssertID, Inc.'s Application for Obtaining
Verifiable Consent Under the COPPA Rule
The FTC recently announced (press release) that the Commission voted 4-0 to
deny AssertID, Inc.'s ("AssertID"or
"Company") application for a proposed verifiable parental
consent ("VPC") method submitted for approval under
the Voluntary Commission Approval Process provision of the COPPA
Rule ("Rule"). The Company submitted their proposed
VPC method, ConsentID, for approval on July 1, 2013, the FTC
published the application in the Federal Register on August 21, and
the public comment period closed on September 20, 2013. The
Commission received six (6) comments on the application and the
commentators urged the FTC to deny AssertID's application on
the basis that the
