The New York Times reports on the opposition to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) efforts to update the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) to increase the types of data that require parental permission prior to collection, citing concerns that COPPA “has not kept pace with advances like online behavioral advertising,” the report states. Companies including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Viacom and Disney are among those raising concerns, the report states, with some contending the FTC’s “proposed rule changes seem so onerous that, rather than enhance online protections for children, they threaten to deter companies from offering children's websites and services altogether.” (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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