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Al has a short, but informative, post up on Spam Resource about privacy groups filing complaints with the FTC about companies violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Companies who are alleged to have violated COPPA include Nickelodeon, McDonalds and General Mills.
The underlying issue appears to be the presence of “send to a friend” links maintained on kid focused websites. The consumer advocates are alleging that kids don’t understand that when they send things to their friends what they’re sending is actually advertising.
I talk a lot about informed consent, but don’t often touch the idea of consent from minors. But this is a good reminder that there are other laws than CAN SPAM involved when dealing with children.

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  • jeez, its hard enough getting adults to read before they agree to something, the liability when considering the same for children is just staggering.

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