Written by Julia Siripurapu, CIPP/US According to recent media reports, Google is allegedly designing a Google account for children under 13 which would permit children in this age group to officially create their own Gmail account and to access a kid-friendly version of YouTube. Google currently prohibits children 12 and under from creating a Google… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Verifiable Parental Consent
COPPA Update: FTC Provides More Flexibility on Obtaining Verifiable Parental Consent
Posted in Children, Privacy RegulationWritten by Julia Siripurapu, CIPP/US Some clarification and a bit more flexibility was forthcoming late last week from the Federal Trade Commission to help ease compliance with the “new” COPPA. In its recent update to three FAQs in Section H (Verifiable Parental Consent) of the COPPA FAQs , the FTC provided important information on the topic of… Continue Reading
COPPA: “Knowledge-Based Authentication” Method Approved by Federal Trade Commission
Posted in Children, Federal Trade CommissionWritten by Julia Siripurapu The FTC has announced (press release) that it has unanimously approved the knowledge-based authentication method proposed by Imperium, LLC (“Imperium”) as a COPPA-compliant method of obtaining verifiable parental consent (“VPC”). Knowledge-based authentication has been used by entities in the financial services industry to authenticate users for several years. For more information… Continue Reading
