FTC to Finalize COPPA Rule June 23
The FTC is finalizing its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule with changes from the prior administration’s proposal, the agency said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication Tuesday.
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The final rule is set to take effect June 23, but companies will have a year to come into compliance with most of its provisions. Those with an immediate compliance date include annual reporting for the COPPA Safe Harbor program and disclosures about collecting children’s audio. The commission said it also reserves the right to revoke and issue new Safe Harbor exemptions based on new requirements.
The commission said it’s not finalizing the prior regime’s proposed amendments to the rule related to education technology and the “role of schools at this time.” The FTC wants to avoid conflicts with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, an education records law that the Department of Education enforces.