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One Step Ahead: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act: Does It Apply to Your Website? |
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October 22, 2013, Volume 60, No. 10 |
Another tip in a series provided by the
Offices of Information Systems & Computing and Audit, Compliance & Provacy
As concerns over online marketing targeted at children increased in the 1990s, Congress passed the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). COPPA provides that a website—or any online service—collecting personal information from children under 13 must obtain verifiable consent for that collection from parents; provide a privacy notice describing what information is collected and how it will be used; and store the collected information securely. Recently, the COPPA regulations were updated to protect children’s geolocation data, unique device identifiers and other types of information.
To help ensure compliance with COPPA, it is important for operators of any University websites that interact with children to know exactly what information they are collecting from children and how that information is being used and stored. If your program’s website includes sections/pages that interact with children, please contact Penn’s Privacy Office at privacy@upenn.edu so that we may assist in assessing any compliance obligations that may apply.
For additional tips, see the One Step Ahead link on the Information Security website: www.upenn.edu/computing/security/ |
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