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
6/04/98
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
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