Security Management: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is revisiting how Web sites should handle children’s information that is collected and potentially tracked online. In the summer of 2012, the agency issued for comment its proposed revisions of the rule. The modifications would change the way the FTC enforces the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), passed in 1998. Among other things, the law requires Web site operators to gain verifiable parental consent before collecting children’s information.
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