FTC declines to enforce a kids privacy law for data collected to verify users’ ages
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The FTC will not enforce a children's privacy law against websites that collect minors' data for age verification, aiming to encourage adoption of these technologies to protect kids online.
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.
"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, said in a press release. "Our statement incentivizes operators to use these innovative tools, empowering parents to protect their children online."
There are certain criteria that websites need to meet in order …