{"id":106339,"date":"2026-02-26T15:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=d49788159e97e6be709326826ee2d259"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:50:29","slug":"ftc-declines-to-enforce-a-kids-privacy-law-for-data-collected-to-verify-users-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=106339","title":{"rendered":"FTC declines to enforce a kids privacy law for data collected to verify users\u2019 ages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/885592\/ftc-age-verification-childrens-online-privacy-enforcement\">The Verge -  All Posts<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color : #fff7d5;\n\t\t\tborder-width : 1px; padding : 5px; border-style : dashed; border-color : #e7d796;margin-bottom : 1em; color : #9a8c59;\">Article note: This is exactly the opposite of what I'd like.<\/div><figure>\n\n<img alt=\"A blurred out image of two people with a date entry form.\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/STKS517_AGE_VERIFICATION_B.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t<figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\"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, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/news\/press-releases\/2026\/02\/ftc-issues-coppa-policy-statement-incentivize-use-age-verification-technologies-protect-children\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said in a press release<\/a>. \"Our statement incentivizes operators to use these innovative tools, empowering parents to protect their children online.\"<\/p>\n<p>There are certain criteria that websites need to meet in order &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/885592\/ftc-age-verification-childrens-online-privacy-enforcement\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Trade Commission is encouraging companies to adopt age ver&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=106339\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}