{"id":217801,"date":"2026-02-26T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/ftc-declines-to-enforce-a-kids-privacy-law-for-data-collected-to-verify-users-ages\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:25:07","slug":"ftc-declines-to-enforce-a-kids-privacy-law-for-data-collected-to-verify-users-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/ftc-declines-to-enforce-a-kids-privacy-law-for-data-collected-to-verify-users-ages\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC declines to enforce a kids privacy law for data collected to verify users\u2019 ages"},"content":{"rendered":"

FTC declines to enforce a kids privacy law for data collected to verify users\u2019 ages<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/885592\/ftc-age-verification-childrens-online-privacy-enforcement<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-02-26 15:42:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.theverge.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The Federal Trade Commission is encouraging companies to adopt age verification technologies by announcing it will not enforce a children\u2019s online privacy law against certain websites that collect and use minors\u2019 personal data in order to verify their ages.<\/p>\n

\u201cAge verification technologies are some of the most child-protective technologies to emerge in decades,\u201d Christopher Mufarrige, the director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a press release. \u201cOur statement incentivizes operators to use these innovative tools, empowering parents to protect their children online.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are certain criteria that websites need to meet in order to avoid enforcement under the Children\u2019s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, which generally requires commercial website operators to obtain parental consent to collect information on kids under 13. General or \u201cmixed audience\u201d sites will be allowed to collect minors\u2019 data without verifiable parental consent \u201cfor the sole purpose of determining a user\u2019s age\u201d if they follow a set of other protocols: they must promptly delete the data after it\u2019s finished being used to verify age; they can only disclose the data to third-party providers that have taken \u201creasonable steps to determine are capable of maintaining the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the information;\u201d they must provide a clear notice about the information they\u2019ll collect; they\u2019re expected to employ reasonable security measures; and they must try to ensure that results will be \u201creasonably accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement has been cheered by many who favor age verification technologies, but some privacy advocates like the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are skeptical the approach will do more to protect kids online. \u201cAge-checking-related data collection poses the very threats that COPPA is designed to address, and we have already seen age estimation systems having issues with data breaches and leaks,\u201d EFF senior…<\/p>\n

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