COPPA: All skidding aside
It billed itself as “Facebook and Myspace for kids,” but according to a settlement with the FTC, the Skid-e-Kids website failed to meet critical compliance obligations under COPPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. As a result, the FTC says the site collected personal information from about 5,600 kids without their parents’ consent. Under COPPA and the FTC’s COPPA Rule, website operators like Skid-e-Kids have to notify parents and get...