US Approves New Internet Laws To Protect Children
News Under the rules -- which are mandated by the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, signed into law last year -- sites will have to get parental permission via mail, fax, credit card, or digital signature before disclosing a child's...
[October 21, 1999, 10:26]
Amazon.com Taken To Task Over Child Privacy
News A response from the FTC could help establish ground rules for how COPPA affects commercial Web sites primarily intended for adults. Eleven groups, including the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Junkbusters, filed a complaint with the...
[April 23, 2003, 8:48]
Amazon's Gender Stereotyping Patent Slammed
News Coyle's organisation, EPIC and a number of other like-minded groups filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission a couple of years ago alleging Amazon's online toy store and children's reviews violate the federal Children's Online Privacy...
[March 15, 2005, 8:30]
Privacy Groups Turn Up Heat On Windows XP, Passport
News Based on a review conducted by the Center for Media Education (CME), the groups concluded that Kids Passport does not comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). A group of privacy organisations on Wednesday renewed their...
[August 16, 2001, 8:50]
