Pryor Cashman Partner Robert deBrauwere, co-chair of the firm's Digital Media Practice Group, and Partner Jeffrey Johnson and Associate Jill Braibanti, members of the Digital Media Practice, have written an informative legal update entitled "Federal Trade Commission Cracks Down on Websites Illegally Collecting Children’s Personal Data."

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is vigorously enforcing children’s privacy laws by imposing hefty fines on website operators who knowingly collect personal information about children younger than the age of thirteen without obtaining parental consent, as required by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Website operators who knowingly collect personal information from children, or otherwise operate websites directed at children which collect personal information, should seek counsel on how to become legally COPPA-compliant and avoid exposure to enforcement actions and steep civil penalties. deBrauwere, Johnson and Braibanti have taken a closer look at how the FTC’s enforcement strategy is affecting website operators. 

To read the update, please click here.