{"id":74305,"date":"2019-04-24T15:26:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T22:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=74305"},"modified":"2019-04-24T15:26:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T22:26:56","slug":"coppa-a-few-tips-to-keep-your-child-safe-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/coppa-a-few-tips-to-keep-your-child-safe-online\/","title":{"rendered":"COPPA: A Few Tips to Keep Your Child Safe Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"submitted\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<p>Online games and websites for kids are everywhere these days \u2013 to the point where it\u2019s commonplace to see toddlers playing with them, too. And while the internet often offers a positive way for children to explore and learn, privacy concerns are lurking. To help protect children\u2019s privacy, the FTC enforces the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/0031-protecting-your-childs-privacy-online\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Children\u2019s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)<\/a>, which requires websites and online services to obtain consent from parents before collecting personal information from kids younger than 13.<\/p>\n<p>According to the FTC, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/press-releases\/2019\/04\/ftc-alleges-operators-two-commercial-websites-failed-protect.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">i-Dressup, a website allowing users to play dress-up games<\/a>, and its owners violated COPPA by collecting personal information\u00a0from kids \u2013 including names, email addresses, and user names\u00a0\u2013 without obtaining parental consent and failing to take reasonable steps to protect this information. This led to a breach of i-Dressup\u2019s network in August 2016. As a result of the breach, a hacker accessed the personal information and account passwords of over two million i-Dressup users, including at least 245,000 children under 13.<\/p>\n<p>So how can you protect your child online? Here are some tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Talk to your kids about <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/media\/video-0001-net-cetera-chatting-kids-about-being-online\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">what they\u2019re doing online<\/a><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong> Find out which games, social networking sites, and other online activities your kids are into and make sure you are comfortable with them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Talk to your children about the implications of providing personal information<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Help your kids understand what information should stay private.<\/strong> Tell your kids why it&#8217;s important to keep information like Social Security numbers, street addresses, phone numbers, and financial information private.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/0031-protecting-your-childs-privacy-online#breakingrules\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a><\/strong><strong> about how to protect your child<\/strong> when he\u2019s online.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/complaint\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">File a complaint<\/a><\/strong><strong> with the FTC<\/strong> if you think a site has put your child\u2019s privacy at risk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"submitted\">\n<div class=\"author\"><em>\u2013 By Lisa Lake, Consumer Education Specialist, FTC<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online games and websites for kids are everywhere these days \u2013 to the point where it\u2019s commonplace to see toddlers playing with them, too. And while the internet often offers a positive way for children to explore and learn, privacy concerns are lurking. To help protect children\u2019s privacy, the FTC enforces the Children\u2019s Online Privacy&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/coppa-a-few-tips-to-keep-your-child-safe-online\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,275,11,276,1848,19,20],"tags":[24627,24628,24626,706,6792,24629,24630,7199,24631,6046,8026,147,24632],"class_list":["post-74305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-tech","category-community","category-lifestyle","category-opinion","category-society","category-topics","category-youth","tag-child-identity-theft","tag-coppa","tag-identity-online-security","tag-kids","tag-online","tag-online-safety","tag-parental-control","tag-parents","tag-personal-information","tag-privacy","tag-protect","tag-siliconeer","tag-web"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}