COPPA Updates Show an FTC Focused on Mobile Privacy

With a strong focus on updating privacy rules governing mobile apps, the updates to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act announced Wednesday tell the story of an agency that views itself as a protector of smartphone and tablet users across the country.

Children are increasingly being born and raised smartphone-or-tablet-in-hand. About 23% of teens own a smartphone, and almost all of them use their device to access the Internet. There's a wealth of children's apps available for myriad devices and platforms. The new Windows Phones have a "kid's corner" setting to protect sensitive data from tiny, wandering fingers. It's a safe bet that a child younger than, say, five years old is mo…
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