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Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act | |
| It is important to the Consumer Protection Board (CPB) that parents and
guardians have control over what information is collected from their
children online and how such information is or may be used. The Children’s
Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (“COPPA”), imposes restrictions on
commercial websites, not on government agency websites. Although COPPA does
not apply to the CPB website, it is CPB policy to be compliant with the
requirements of COPPA and not to solicit or collect information about or
from children age thirteen (13) and under. The CPB website does contain some educational and entertaining content for children. In addition, the CPB publishes a newsletter for children called “KIDSUMERS”. If someone wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for information such as name and address so that the newsletter can be mailed to them. If a child is under the age of thirteen (13), we ask that the request come from a parent or an adult. No information which we collect is shared with third parties. In the event that the CPB does receive an online communication clearly indicating that it has been submitted by a child age thirteen (13) or younger, under no circumstances will any personal information be published on the CPB website, be used for a purpose not intended by its sender or shared with third parties before obtaining parental consent. At any time, a parent may ask to review their child’s information, delete it or ask that it not be used in the future by sending an email to webmaster@consumer.state.ny.us. The CPB website contains links to other websites intended to contain educational and entertainment content for children. While the CPB has selected sites that it believes offer good, reliable information, the CPB is not responsible for the content provided or these sites’ adherence to COPPA. It is important that parents and guardians monitor their children’s online communication to ensure that children do not provide personally identifiable information to websites that parents and guardians find unacceptable. Parents and guardians are encouraged to advise children to ask them or an adult to look at what they are doing first if they wish to give their name, address, phone number, e-mail address or other personal information. If you would like more information about COPPA, please visit the Federal Trade Commission’s official COPPA page at: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/online/kidsprivacy.htm. | |