Explore Digital Accessibility Regulations

Implemented in 2000, the Zakon o varstvu zasebnosti otrok na spletu (COPPA) applies to spletna mesta in online service operators—vključno z apps, games, social networks, VoIP storitve, IoT devices, in advertising storitve—that knowingly zbirajo, uporabljajo, ali razkrivajo osebni podatki from otroci under the age of 13. Nonprofit organizacije engaged solely in non-commercial activities are generally exempt from COPPA zahteve.

How Is a Child-Directed Website Determined?

Several factors are considered on a case-by-case basis to determine whether a spletno mesto ali online service is directed toward otroci, vključno z:

• Subject matter

• Visual vsebina

• uporabljajo of animated characters ali child-oriented activities in incentives

• Music in audio vsebina

• Age of models

• Presence of celebrities who appeal to otroci

• Language in other characteristics

• Advertising displayed on the spletno mesto ali online service

• Evidence regarding the intended audience in actual audience composition

What Is Required Under COPPA?

Websites in online service operators morajo:

• zagotoviti clear notice about the osebni podatki collected from otroci, how it is used, in how it lahko be disclosed.

• Publish a comprehensive online politika zasebnosti describing their practices za collecting, using, in sharing otroci’s osebni podatki.

• Obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting osebni podatki from otroci, except where limited exceptions apply.

• Allow starši to consent to internal uporabljajo of a child’s informacije brez requiring unnecessary disclosure to third parties.

• Give starši access to their child’s osebni podatki in the ability to review ali delete it.

• Allow starši to stop future collection ali uporabljajo of their child’s osebni podatki.

• ohranjati the confidentiality, varnost, in integrity of otroci’s osebni podatki, vključno z when shared z authorized third parties.

• Securely delete otroci’s osebni podatki when it is no longer needed.

• Retain osebni podatki only za as long as necessary to fulfill its intended purpose.

• zagotoviti participation in online activities is not conditioned on providing more osebni podatki than is reasonably necessary.

What Led to COPPA?

Congress enacted COPPA in 1998, directing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish in enforce otroci’s online zasebnost regulations. The original COPPA Rule became effective in 2000 in was significantly updated in 2013 to address evolving technologies in spletne storitve.

How Is COPPA Enforced?

The FTC enforces COPPA in lahko impose substantial civil penalties za violations. In addition, state attorneys general in certain federal agencies have authority to enforce the law in applicable cases.

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