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01/12/09
Virtual Worlds and Kids: Mapping the Risks
12/11/08
Sony BMG Music Settles Charges Its Music Fan Websites Violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
Company Will Pay $1 Million Civil Penalty
12/6/07
Rights and Responsibility: Protecting Children in a Web 2.0 World (Chairman Majoras's Keynote Address, Family Online Safety Institute)
09/07
Social Networking: A Parent's Guide
2/27/07
Implementing the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act: A Report to Congress
9/7/06
Xanga.com to Pay $1 Million for Violating Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule
5/9/06
Do You Know Who Your Kids Are Talking To? Safety Tips for Social Networking Online
11/29/05
FTC Approves Revisions to ESRB's Safe Harbor Program
4/21/05
FTC Seeks Comment on Children’s Online Privacy Rule
1/12/05
FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed COPPA Rule Amendment
8/2/04
PRIVO, Inc. Earns “Safe Harbor” Status
Program Will Promote Compliance with Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
2/18/04
UMG Recordings, Inc. to Pay $400,000, Bonzi Software, Inc. To Pay $75,000 to Settle COPPA Civil Penalty Charges
2/27/03
FTC Receives Largest COPPA Civil Penalties To Date In Settlements With Mrs. Fields Cookies and Hershey Foods
4/22/02
FTC Protecting Children's Privacy Online
FTC Announces Settlement With Etch-A-Sketch, a New Survey on Children's Web Sites, and Extension of the Rule's Sliding Scale Mechanism
2/14/02
Popcorn Company Settles FTC Privacy Violation Charges
"Jolly Time" Web Site Collected Information from Kids Without Parents' Consent
10/2/01
Web Site Targeting Girls Settles FTC Privacy Charges
Company Disregarded Recommendations of Better Business Bureau Children’s Unit
10/26/01
FTC Seeks Comment on Amending Children's Internet Privacy Rule
Proposal Would Extend Time Sites Can Use E-Mail to Verify Parental Consent to Collection of Kids Data
5/23/01
TRUSTe Earns "Safe Harbor" Status
Program Will Promote Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
4/19/01
FTC Announces Settlements with Web Sites That Collected Children's Personal Data Without Parental Permission
Three Web Operators Agree to Pay Civil Penalties to Settle Violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
4/19/01
Entertainment Software Rating Board Awarded "Safe Harbor" Status
Program Will Promote Compliance with Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
2/1/01
First "Safe Harbor" Approved for Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
CARU's Safe Harbor Program Receives FTC Approval
7/21/00
FTC Announces Settlement With Bankrupt Website, Toysmart.com, Regarding Alleged Privacy Policy Violations
Agreement Enforces Privacy Promises, Prohibits Sale of Customer Lists Except Under Very Restricted Circumstances; Company Also Faces First Charge of Violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
7/17/00
Web Sites Warned to Comply With Children's Online Privacy Law
FTC Also Works to Educate Children's Sites About Law's Privacy Protections
4/20/00
New Rule to Protect Children's Online Privacy Takes Effect April 21, 2000
2/28/00
FTC Seeks Public Comment on First Children's Online Privacy "Safe Harbor" Application
10/20/99
New Rule Will Protect Privacy of Children Online
Effective April 2000, Certain Web Sites Must Obtain Parental Consent Before Collecting Personal Information from Children
6/23/99
FTC to Hold Public Workshop on Appropriate Methods to Obtain Parental Consent in Conjunction with Rulemaking on Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
5/6/99
Young Investor Website Settles FTC Charges
Agency Alleged Website Made False Promises About Collection of Personal Information from Children and Teens
9/23/98
FTC Testifies in Support of Federal Legislation Protecting Children's Online Privacy
8/13/98
Internet Site Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptively Collecting Personal Information in Agency's First Internet Privacy Case
Report to Congress on Privacy Online
12/15/97
FTC Surfs Children's Web Sites to Review Privacy Practices
7/16/97
FTC Staff Sets Forth Principles For Online Information Collection From Children
6/4/97
Consumers' and Children's Privacy Online, Computer Databases, and Unsolicited E-Mail: To Be Explored at FTC Privacy Week - June 10-13
