2. What is COPPA?
Children's Online Privacy Act
• Federal Trade Commission(FTC) found
that too much information was being
collected about children(full name,
address, phone numbers, social security
numbers)
• 2000 COPPA started
3. COPPA
• Covers all sites that are made for children or
have content that children would view
• Specifically for children under 13
• Ensures that all sites will have
– Clear privacy policy links BrainPOP - Animated
Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social
Studies, English, Math, Arts
– How information is collected and used
– Contact information for parents
*Law will be updated July 1, 2013
4. Marketing to Children
Sites that children were visiting were
planting cookies into the computer that
tracked sites
Allowed companies to follow interests and
send spam ads
COPPA helps prevent this
5. Tips for Protecting Your Kids
How to keep your family safe
•Stay computer literate
•Keep computer in a common area
•Share email accounts
•Bookmark favorite sites
•Block chat sites
•Insist on a contract
•http://kids.getnetwise.org/tools/toolscontracts.
php
•Have clear family rules
•Check out the privacy policies
6. Ideas for Teachers
Teach online safety though
games
http://webwisekids.org/
By using analogies and stories
Role- playing
Guest speakers
7. Software
• No software will be foolproof
• Kids can be smarter than software
• Filters: porn, some out going information,
chats
• Possible software
– CyberPatrol
– CyberSitter
– CyberSnoop
– NetNanny
8. Remember…
• You could take all the safety measures and still end up
with inappropriate pop-ups on your computer
• The best thing to do is to tech your
children how to:
– Avoid certain sites
– Know spam from something real
– Understand that not everything on
the internet is real
9. Warning Signs
What to look for if you think your child has
been targeted
• Long hours on the computer
• Being on late at night
• Gifts
• Odd phone calls
• Withdrawn
• Quickly hiding content when you come in
10. Who Can You Contact?
If you have any suspicions that your child
has been targeted or a site is not following
COPPA you can contact:
* 877-FTCHELP
* Ftc.gov
* Federal Trade Commissions
CRC- 240
Washington, D.C 20580
11. Reference Page
• BrainPop.com
• Dowshen, Steven. “Internet Safety” KidsHealth. Nemours
Foundation. June 2011. Web. February 2013.
• “Fact Sheet 21: Children’s Online Privacy: A Resource Guide
for Parents” Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Empowering
Consumers. Protecting Privacy. Privacy Rights
Clearinghouse. January 2013. Web. February 2013.
• “Make an Internet Use Agreement with Your Child”
GetNetWise. Internet Education Foundation. 2008. Web.
February 2013.
• Stansbury, Mary. “10 Ways Schools are Teaching Internet
Safety” eSchool News. eSchoolMedia and eSchoolNews.
November 2011. Web. Februaury 2013.
• http://webwisekids.org/
