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Legislative summary
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) was enacted in 2000 to protect the online collection of personal information about children under the age of 13. The goal of COPPA is to protect children’s privacy and safety online in recognition of the easy access that children often have to the web. The law requires that website operators post a privacy policy on the site and outlines requirements for website operators to seek parental consent to collect children’s personal information in certain circumstances.
The law applies not only to websites that are clearly directed toward children but to any website that contains general audience content where the website operators have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information from children. An operator must post a link to a notice of its information practices on the home page of its website or online service and at each area where it collects personal information from children. An operator of a general audience site with a separate children's area must post a link to its notice on the home page of the children's area.
HP Application Security Center capabilities
- Verify that links to privacy policies exist at appropriate places in your web applications
- Get detailed security assessment reports categorized by Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) sections
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