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COPPA
Children's Online Privacy and Protection Act, one of several
laws that have been passed to protect children who use
the Internet. This law prohibits Web sites from collecting
children's private information or sharing that information
with others, and also strictly regulates any online direct
marketing to children. Communication tools that are regulated
by COPPA include e-mail, instant messaging, and chat.
For more information on this law, visit the FTC's site
at http://www.ftc.gov/
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