[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 53482-53483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21979]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 312

RIN 3084-AB20


Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule Proposed Parental 
Consent Method; Jest8 Limited Trading as Riyo's Application for 
Approval of Parental Consent Method; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission).

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission is extending the comment period 
concerning the proposed parental consent method submitted by Jest8 
Limited, trading as Riyo (``Riyo''), under the Voluntary Commission 
Approval Processes provision of the Children's Online Privacy 
Protection Rule.

DATES: Written comments on the request for public comment published 
August 7, 2015 (80 FR 47429) must be received on or before September 
14, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a comment at http://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/riyocoppaconsent online or on paper, by 
following the instructions in the Request for Comment part of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write ``Jest8 Limited Trading 
as Riyo's Application for Parental Consent Method, Project No. P-
155405'' on your comment, and file your comment online at http://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/riyocoppaconsent by following the 
instructions on the Web-based form. If you prefer to file your comment 
on paper, write ``Jest8 Limited Trading as Riyo's Application for 
Parental Consent Method, Project No. P-155405'' on your comment and on 
the envelope, and mail your comment to the following address: Federal 
Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Suite CC-5610 (Annex E), Washington, DC 20580, or deliver your comment 
to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the 
Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th Street SW., 5th Floor, Suite 
5610 (Annex E), Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Miry Kim, Attorney, (202) 326-3622, 
Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 
Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Section A. Background

    On October 20, 1999, the Commission issued its final Rule \1\ 
pursuant to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. 
6501 et seq., which became effective on April 21, 2000.\2\ On December 
19, 2012, the Commission amended the Rule, and these amendments became 
effective on July 1, 2013.\3\ The Rule requires certain Web site 
operators to post privacy policies and provide notice, and to obtain 
verifiable parental consent, prior to collecting, using, or disclosing 
personal information from children under the age of 13. The Rule 
enumerates methods for obtaining verifiable parental consent, while 
also allowing an interested party to file a written request for 
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approval of parental consent methods not currently enumerated.\4\ To be 
considered, the party must submit a detailed description of the 
proposed parental consent method, together with an analysis of how the 
method meets the requirements for parental consent described in 16 CFR 
312.5(b)(1).
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    \1\ 64 FR 59888 (November 3, 1999).
    \2\ 16 CFR part 312.
    \3\ 78 FR 3972 (January 17, 2013).
    \4\ 16 CFR 312.12(a); 78 FR 3991 (January 17, 2013).
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    Pursuant to Section 312.12(a) of the Rule, Riyo has submitted a 
proposed parental consent method to the Commission for approval. The 
full text of its application is available on the Commission's Web site 
at www.ftc.gov.
    On July 31, 2015, the Commission issued a Federal Register document 
seeking comments on Riyo's proposed parental consent method. The 
comment period was scheduled to end on September 3, 2015. One group 
that frequently comments on issues relating to the Rule, the Center for 
Digital Democracy, requested a short extension for the filing of 
comments. Such an extension would not affect the deadline applicable to 
the Commission's determination whether to grant or deny the 
application. The Commission agrees that extending the comment period to 
allow interested parties adequate time to address issues raised by the 
proposed consent method will facilitate a more complete record. 
Accordingly, the Commission has decided to extend the public comment 
period eleven days, until September 14, 2015.

Section B. Invitation To Comment

    You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to 
consider your comment, we must receive it on or before September 14, 
2015. Write ``Jest8 Limited Trading as Riyo's Application for Parental 
Consent Method, Project No. P-155405'' on your comment. Your comment--
including your name and your state--will be placed on the public record 
of this proceeding, including, to the extent practicable, on the 
Commission Web site, at http://www.ftc.gov/os/publiccomments.shtm. As a 
matter of discretion, the Commission tries to remove individuals' home 
contact information from comments before placing them on the Commission 
Web site.
    Because your comment will be made public, you are solely 
responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any 
sensitive personal information, likes anyone's Social Security number, 
date of birth, driver's license number or other state identification 
number or foreign country equivalent, passport number, financial 
account number, or credit or debit card number. You are also solely 
responsible for making sure that your comment does not include any 
sensitive health information, including medical records or other 
individually identifiable health information. In addition, do not 
include any ``[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial information 
which is . . . privileged or confidential,'' as discussed in Section 
6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 
4.10(a)(2). In particular, do not include competitively sensitive 
information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, 
patterns, devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names.
    If you want the Commission to give your comment confidential 
treatment, you must file it in paper form, with a request for 
confidential treatment, and follow the procedure explained in FTC Rule 
4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).\5\ Your comment will be kept confidential only 
if the FTC General Counsel, in his or her sole discretion, grants your 
request in accordance with the law and the public interest.
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    \5\ In particular, the written request for confidential 
treatment that accompanies the comment must include the factual and 
legal basis for the request, and must identify the specific portions 
of the comment to be withheld from the public record. See FTC Rule 
4.9(c), 16 CFR 4.9(c).
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    Postal mail addressed to the Commission is subject to delay due to 
heightened security screening. As a result, we encourage you to submit 
your comments online. To make sure that the Commission considers your 
online comment, you must file it at http://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/riyocoppaconsent, by following the instructions on the Web-based 
form. If this document appears at http://www.regulations.gov/#!home, 
you also may file a comment through that Web site.
    If you file your comment on paper, write ``Jest8 Limited Trading as 
Riyo's Application for Parental Consent Method, Project No. P-155405'' 
on your comment and on the envelope, and mail your comment to the 
following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC-5610 (Annex E), Washington, DC 
20580, or deliver your comment to the following address: Federal Trade 
Commission, Office of the Secretary, Constitution Center, 400 7th 
Street, SW., 5th Floor, Suite 5610 (Annex E), Washington, DC 20024. If 
possible, submit your paper comment to the Commission by courier or 
overnight service.
    Visit the Commission Web site at http://www.ftc.gov to read this 
document and the news release describing it. The FTC Act and other laws 
that the Commission administers permit the collection of public 
comments to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. The 
Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments that 
it receives on or before September 14, 2015. For information on the 
Commission's privacy policy, including routine uses permitted by the 
Privacy Act, see http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-21979 Filed 9-3-15; 8:45 am]
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