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FTC declines to enforce a kids privacy law for data collected to verify users’ ages

The Federal Trade Commission is encouraging companies to adopt age verification technologies by announcing it will not enforce a children's online privacy law against certain websites that collect and use minors' personal data in order to verify their ages. "Age verification technologies are some of...

FTC declines to enforce a kids privacy law for data collected to verify users’ ages
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The Federal Trade Commission is encouraging companies to adopt age verification technologies by announcing it will not enforce a children's online privacy law against certain websites that collect and use minors' personal data in order to verify their ages.

"Age verification technologies are some of the most child-protective technologies to emerge in decades," Christopher Mufarrige, the director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a press release. "Our statement incentivizes operators to use these innovative tools, empowering parents to protect their children online."

There are certain criteria that websites need to meet in order …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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