2013-04-16

Both the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Application Developers Alliance fought tooth in nail to prevent the FTC from adopting commonsense rules designed to protect children's privacy and empower parents.  So it's not a surprise that they would continue their efforts to undermine kid privacy by trying to derail the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) new rules via a lobbying maneuver.  Yesterday, the groups sent separate letters to the Commission asking that new rules not go into effect until the New Year--instead of this July.  The concept tha