[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR312.3]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 312--CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION RULE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 312.3  Regulation of unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with the collection, use, and/or disclosure of personal information from and about 
          children on the Internet.

    General requirements. It shall be unlawful for any operator of a 
website or online service directed to children, or any operator that has 
actual knowledge that it is collecting or maintaining personal 
information from a child, to collect personal information from a child 
in a manner that violates the regulations prescribed under this part. 
Generally, under this part, an operator must:
    (a) Provide notice on the website or online service of what 
information it collects from children, how it uses such information, and 
its disclosure practices for such information (Sec. 312.4(b));
    (b) Obtain verifiable parental consent prior to any collection, use, 
and/or disclosure of personal information from children (Sec. 312.5);
    (c) Provide a reasonable means for a parent to review the personal 
information collected from a child and to refuse to permit its further 
use or maintenance (Sec. 312.6);
    (d) Not condition a child's participation in a game, the offering of 
a prize, or another activity on the child disclosing more personal 
information than is reasonably necessary to participate in such activity 
(Sec. 312.7); and
    (e) Establish and maintain reasonable procedures to protect the 
confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information 
collected from children (Sec. 312.8).