In preparation for the new COPPA Rule coming July 1st, the FTC sent letters to over 90 app developers summarizing compliance information. Reading the FTC’s press release, in addition to these letters, would be an ideal crash course for interpreting new COPPA legislation. How do your apps need to be constructed to be in compliance with COPPA? Who is at risk? What are the exceptions? A summarized version of these answers is spelled out in the following resources:
FTC’s announcement about the letters: http://ftc.gov/opa/2013/05/coppa_education.shtm
Letter to developers who may be collecting audio and images in apps: http://ftc.gov/os/2013/05/130515coppadomesticimagesletter.pdf
Letter to developers who may be collecting persistent identifiers in apps: http://ftc.gov/os/2013/05/130515coppadomesticidentifiersletter.pdf
