Report: Kids Sites Flunk Privacy

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WASHINGTON — Most Web sites geared for children don’t follow federal requirements for privacy, independent researchers said Wednesday. Almost half of the 162 sites checked don’t have prominent links to their privacy policy, and one in 10 had no link at all on their home page — contrary to the 1998 regulations designed to protect kids the Web.

The Federal Trade Commission wrote the rules for children’s Web sites based on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.


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