Children and the Internet
Category RSS FeedWill there be an “eraser button” on social media for teens?
There are two bills (SB 568 and SB 501) working their way through the California Legislature that may require social media sites to erase the content of minors.
Oops . . . I shouldn’t have posted that.
California Senate Bill 568, which has already passed the Senate, would allow minors to request websites to remove that picture the … Continue Reading
COPPA Part 5 – What is Personal Information?
We conitnue our series on the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act, or COPPA, with a double-dose discussion on the meaning of “personal information” under the law and the effect of the proposed changes.
You can also read my overview of COPPA.
COPPA – Part 4: Why the changes?
We continue our video series on the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act with the reasoning behind the FTC’s proposed changes.
You can also read my overview of COPPA.
COPPA Part 3: The FTC’s Basics on Compliance
We continue our video series on the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act with the basic guidelines the Federal Trade Commission lists to make sure you are complying with COPPA.
You have to excuse the interruption in the middle of the video for the break regarding CLE verification code which you can ignore.
You can also read … Continue Reading
COPPA – Part Two: COPPA and Online Privacy
Today, we continue our series on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Last time, we talked about the basic pitfalls of contracting with minors online. You can also read my overview of COPPA.
This video discusses COPPA and online privacy as it relates to minors.
COPPA – The Introduction
I did a Lawlines CLE entitled Online Marketing to Minors: Legal Pitfalls & Ramifications. Over the next couple of weeks, I will be posting some clips from the presentation here that should give you a good idea of proposals the FTC is making to update the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act. For a basic introduction … Continue Reading
COPPA and ONLINE MARKETING TO CHILDREN WEBINAR ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 8
In cooperation with Lawlines, I will be presenting a webinar titled “Online Marketing to Minors: Legal Pitfalls and Ramifications” on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. central (fee required). The presentation will be recorded and available later on the Lawlines website.
We will discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s recent guidelines on the Children’s Online Privacy … Continue Reading
Marketing to Minors Even When You Don’t Mean To – Part 3
We’ve discussed contracting with minors and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act in our prior two parts of the series. There’s more to it than just those issues and we wrap up the series with some recent troubles from Facebook.
Facebook forbids thirteen-year-olds from creating profiles and those under 18 to have their parents’ permission. The … Continue Reading
Marketing to Minors – Even When You Don’t Mean To Part 2
We have been focusing on the legal pitfalls you may face when you market to minors. If you are doing any business online, then you are marketing to minors even if you don’t mean to. Our last post introduced the topic and provided an example of the law’s protection of minors by not recognizing a … Continue Reading
First Sext Ed; Now Parents in Trouble for Raising a Cyberbully
In my prior post I talked about the Texas Legislature’s proposal to make parents go to education classes on the danger of teen sexting. Now, the Legislature is proposing to punish the parents of kids who engage in cyberbulling.
BEWARE: The future evil cyberbullies
HB 1467 was introduced yesterday which proposes changes to the Education Code giving … Continue Reading
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