Tag: Children&#039;s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Amazon.com (Alexa), U.S. v.

The FTC will require Amazon to overhaul its deletion practices and implement stringent privacy safeguards to settle charges the company violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule) and deceived parents and users of the Alexa voice assistant service about its data deletion practices.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

July 21, 2023

FTC Matter/File Number

192 3128

Case Status

Pending

Federal Register Notice

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule Proposed Parental Consent Method; Application of the ESRB Group for Approval of Parental Consent Method

Date

July 20, 2023

FTC Seeks Comment on New Parental Consent Mechanism Under COPPA

Date

July 19, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comment on an application from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) and others for a new mechanism for obtaining parental consent under the Children’s...

FTC Provides Testimony Before the House Judiciary Committee at Oversight Hearing

Date

July 13, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission testified today before the House Judiciary Committee on the agency’s work to ensure open, competitive, and fair markets and to protect consumers from fraud, scams and...

Microsoft Corporation, U.S. v.

Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle FTC charges that it violated COPPA by collecting personal information from children who signed up to its Xbox gaming system without notifying their parents or obtaining their parents’ consent, and by illegally retaining children’s personal information.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

June 9, 2023

FTC Matter/File Number

1923258

Case Status

Closed

FTC Will Require Microsoft to Pay $20 million over Charges it Illegally Collected Personal Information from Children without Their Parents’ Consent

Date

June 5, 2023

Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information from children who...

FTC and DOJ Charge Amazon with Violating Children’s Privacy Law by Keeping Kids’ Alexa Voice Recordings Forever and Undermining Parents’ Deletion Requests

Date

May 31, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice will require Amazon to overhaul its deletion practices and implement stringent privacy safeguards to settle charges the company violated the...

FTC Files Brief in Jones v. Google in Support of Appeals Court Ruling that COPPA Does Not Preempt Plaintiffs’ State Privacy Claims

Date

May 22, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission filed a brief arguing that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) does not preempt state privacy laws that are consistent with COPPA. The brief was filed in...

Amicus Briefs

Jones v. Google

Date

May 22, 2023

Citation Number

No. 21-16281

Federal Court

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

In this amicus brief, the FTC argues that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) does not preempt state laws that are consistent with COPPA’s treatment of regulated activities. The...

Brief for Amicus Curiae Federal Trade Commission in Support of Neither Party (327.26 KB)

Statement of Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya in the Matter of Facebook, Inc.

Date

May 3, 2023

Statement of Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya in the Matter of Facebook, Inc. (188.24 KB)

FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data

Date

May 3, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission proposed changes to the agency’s 2020 privacy order with Facebook after alleging that the company has failed to fully comply with the order, misled parents about their...

Epic Games, Inc., U.S. v.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

February 7, 2023

FTC Matter/File Number

2223087

Case Status

Pending

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson Regarding Epic Games, Inc.

Date

December 19, 2022

Christine S. Wilson, Former Commissioner

Matter Number

2223087

Concurring Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson Regarding Epic Games, Inc. (262.82 KB)

Fortnite Video Game Maker Epic Games to Pay More Than Half a Billion Dollars over FTC Allegations of Privacy Violations and Unwanted Charges

Date

December 19, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission has secured agreements requiring Epic Games, Inc., creator of the popular video game Fortnite, to pay a total of $520 million in relief over allegations the company...

Report

Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress on COPPA Staffing, Enforcement and Remedies

Date

August 24, 2022

Related Public Statement: Concurring Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson regarding Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress on COPPA Staffing, Enforcement and Remedies

Text of the Commission Report (284.42 KB)

FTC to Crack Down on Companies that Illegally Surveil Children Learning Online

Date

May 19, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it will crack down on education technology companies if they illegally surveil children when they go online to learn. In a new policy statement...

Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan Regarding Policy Statement on Education Technology and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

Date

May 19, 2022

Lina M. Khan, Chair

Matter Number

P155401

Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan Regarding Policy Statement on Education Technology and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (144.26 KB)

Statement of Commissioner Alvaro Martin Bedoya Regarding the Policy Statement on Education Technology and COPPA

Date

May 19, 2022

Alvaro Bedoya, Commissioner

Matter Number

P155401

Text of the Statement by Commissioner Bedoya (155.17 KB)