Description: Children’s online data privacy protections in the United States developed in response to concerns about risks to children’s safety and wellbeing, including exposure to data practices that commercialize children’s data, child predation, and age-inappropriate content.
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Children’s online data privacy protections in the United States developed in response to concerns about risks to children’s safety and wellbeing, including exposure to data practices that commercialize children’s data, child predation, and age-inappropriate content. In 1998, lawmakers sought to put parents in control of how their children engaged with the internet by enacting COPPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. COPPA requires that operators subject to the law obtain verifiable parental cons
This approach is intended to have several benefits: it provides baseline protections for kids; enables parents to tailor online experiences to their particular child’s needs rather than mandating identical treatment for all children based on age; encourages online firms to offer services to adults, children, or both; and sets reasonably clear rules for services aimed at kids.