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Feb-17-2012 15:41

Ralph E. Stone Salem-News.com

Let your members of Congress know how we feel about H.R. 1895, ?The Do Not Track Kids Act.?

(SAN FRANCISCO) ? Privacy has turn a vital emanate in a United States and Congress is profitable attention. H.R. 1895, ?H.R. 1895: Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011?, a bi-partisan check sponsored by U.S. Representatives Ed Markey (D. MA) and Joe Barton (D. TX), is tentative in Congress. H.R. 1895 would rectify a ?Children?s Online Privacy Protection Act? (COPPA) by introducing additional supplies to oversee a collection and use of teens? personal information.

COPPA, effective Apr 21, 2000, was upheld before cookies and other tracking technologies were being used, and doesn?t cover teens, who frequently use amicable networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. COPPA relates to a online collection of personal information from children underneath 13. COPPA spells out what a website user contingency embody in a remoteness policy, when and how to find verifiable agree from a parent, and what responsibilities an user has to strengthen children?s remoteness and reserve online. COPPA is enforced by a Federal Trade Commission. The FTC has promulgated regulations to make COPPA. For some-more information on COPPA, see a FTC?s ?Frequently Asked Questions about a Children?s Online Privacy Protection Rule.

H.R. 1895 takes COPPA even serve by prohibiting Internet companies from collecting personal information from anyone underneath 13 but parental consent, and from teenagers but their consent, and prohibits companies from profiling kids and teenagers for advertising. It also requires websites to have an ?eraser button? to get absolved of information collected about kids and teens.

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