DATA PRIVACY & CYBERSECURIT Y
Child Privacy Risk Poses New Challenges for GCs As Stricter Online Protections Take Effect By AJITH SAMUEL
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t’s a scary time to be a parent. In today’s digital world, it’s hard to know where kids are spending their time online and what to protect them from. It’s also a precarious time for corporate legal departments, which are now required to understand and comply with an evolving ecosystem of regulations protecting the privacy rights of children and their data.
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To date, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), a federal law that regulates the online collection of personal information from children under the age of 13, has not posed a serious threat to most companies (except for publishers and enterprises with web properties or mobile apps specifically made for children under 13). But now, two imminent structural
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changes are coming to COPPA, changes that will push all corporate counsel at all enterprises to revisit child privacy risk to remain compliant. After all, non-compliance with COPPA can result in hefty fines levied by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), reputational damage, and potentially costly litigation. In June alone, the FTC, in conjunction with the Department of BACK TO CONTENTS
