The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Updates include share buttons, actual knowledge and information collected from child-redirected sites. If an app includes a share button that allows children to send or post information, “verifiable parental consent” is required; clarity on the actual knowledge standard is provided, and best practices are offered to third parties that discover personal information from a child-directed site has been collected. Recent COPPA revisions by the FTC went into effect on July 1.
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