FPF Files COPPA Comments with the Federal Trade Commission
On March 11, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (Commission) in response to its request for comment on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) proposed rule. As technology evolves, so must the regulations designed to protect children online, and FPF commends the Commission’s efforts to strengthen COPPA. In our comments, we outlined a number of recommendations and considerations that seek to further refine and update the proposed rule, from how it would interact with multiple provisions of a key student privacy law to the potential implications of a proposed secondary verifiable parental consent requirement.
To amplify the questions about how COPPA would interact with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), FPF was also one of 12 signatories to a multistakeholder letter addressed to the Commission and Department of Education urging the development of joint guidance.
