CYBER SAFETY
The following text are meant for guidance.
Please do further reading and contact the school counselor for further details.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule ("COPPA") Tags: 16 CFR Part 312
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 6501–6505 Bureau of Consumer Protection Business Center
Rule Summary: COPPA imposes certain requirements on operators of websites or online services directed to children under 13 years of age, and on operators of other websites or online services that have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information online from a child under 13 years of age.

Refer link below for further reading of the law.
http://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/rules/rulemaking-regulatory-reform-proceedings/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule
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