After conducting a public comment period and review of
AgeCheq, Inc.’s application for Children’s Online Privacy Protection (
COPPA) Rule verifiable
parental consent method, the FTC has decided deny the
company’s application.
Under the COPPA Rule, online sites and services directed at children
under 13, and general audience sites or services that knowingly collect,
use, or disclose personal information from children under 13, must
obtain permission from a child’s parents before collecting personal
information from that child. The rule lays out a number of acceptable
methods for gaining parental consent, but also includes a provision
allowing interested parties to submit new verifiable parental consent
methods to the Commission for approval. Approved methods may be used by
any company, not just the particular applicant requesting approval of
the method.
FTC
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