[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 236 (Wednesday, December 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76491-76492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30935]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Review; 
Comment Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FTC intends to ask the Office of Management and Budget 
(``OMB'') to extend for an additional three years the current Paperwork 
Reduction Act (``PRA'') clearance for information collection 
requirements contained in the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act 
Rule (``COPPA Rule'' or ``Rule''), which will expire on February 29, 
2016.

DATES: Comments must be filed by January 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a comment online or on paper, by 
following the instructions in the Request for Comment part of the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write ``COPPA Rule: Paperwork 
Comment, FTC File No. P155408'' on your comment, and file your comment 
online at https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/coppapra2, by 
following the instructions on the web-based form. If you prefer to file 
your comment on paper, mail your comment to the following address: 
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Suite CC-5610 (Annex J), 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 J), Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be addressed to Miry Kim, Attorney, (202) 326-3622, Division of 
Privacy and Identity Protection, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal 
Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: COPPA Rule, 16 CFR part 312.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0117.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Abstract: On September 25, 2015, the FTC sought public comment on 
the information collection requirements associated with subpart N. 80 
FR 57818 (``September 25, 2015 Federal Register Notice''). No relevant 
comments were received. Pursuant to the OMB regulations, 5 CFR part 
1320, that implement the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., the FTC is 
providing a second opportunity for public comment while seeking OMB 
approval to renew the pre-existing clearance for the Rule.
    The COPPA Rule, 16 CFR part 312, requires commercial Web sites to 
provide notice and obtain parents' consent before collecting, using, 
and/or disclosing personal information from children under age 13, with 
limited exceptions. The COPPA Rule contains certain statutorily-
required notice requirements that apply to operators of any Web site or 
online service directed to children, and operators of any Web site or 
online service with actual knowledge of collecting personal information 
from children. Covered operators must: Provide online notice and direct 
notice to parents of how they collect, use, and disclose children's

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personal information; obtain the prior consent of the child's parent in 
order to engage in such collection, use, and disclosure, with limited 
exceptions; provide reasonable means for the parent to obtain access to 
the information and to direct its deletion; and, establish procedures 
that protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal 
information collected from children.

Burden Statement 1
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    \1\ This discussion and the associated burden estimates concern 
strictly recurring compliance obligations under the COPPA Rule. 
Details underlying the estimates within this Burden Statement can be 
found in the September 25, 2015 Federal Register Notice.
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1. Estimated annual hours burden: 17,500 hours
    (a) New entrant web operators' disclosure burden: 16,800 hours
    (b) Safe harbor applicant reporting requirements: 100 hours, 
rounded (for an estimated one additional safe harbor applicant)
    (c) Annual audit and report for safe harbor programs: 800 hours
    (d) Safe harbor program recordkeeping requirements: 0 or minimal
2. Estimated annual labor costs: $5,342,500
    (a) New entrant web operators' disclosure burden: $5,297,600
    (b) Safe harbor applicant reporting requirements: $18,500
    (c) Annual audit and report for safe harbor programs: $26,400
    (d) Safe harbor program recordkeeping requirements: $0 or marginal
3. Estimated annual non-labor costs: $0

Request for Comments

    You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to 
consider your comment, we must receive it on or before January 8, 2016. 
Write ``COPPA Rule: Paperwork Comment, FTC File No. 155408'' 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 public 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, like 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 doesn't include any 
sensitive health information, like medical records or other 
individually identifiable health information. In addition, don't 
include any ``[t]rade secret or any commercial or financial information 
. . . which is privileged or confidential'' as provided 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, don't 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 you have to follow the procedure explained 
in FTC Rule 4.9(c)).\2\ Your comment will be kept confidential only if 
the FTC General Counsel grants your request in accordance with the law 
and the public interest.
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    \2\ 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), CFR 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 https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/coppapra2, by following the instructions on the web-based form. 
When this Notice 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 ``COPPA Rule: Paperwork 
Comment, FTC File No. 155408'' on your comment and on the envelope, and 
mail it to the following address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of 
the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite CC-5610 (Annex J), 
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 J), Washington, DC 
20024. If possible, submit your paper comment to the Commission by 
courier or overnight service.
    Comments on the information collection requirements subject to 
review under the PRA should additionally be submitted to OMB. If sent 
by U.S. mail, they should be addressed to Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk 
Officer for the Federal Trade Commission, New Executive Office 
Building, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20503. Comments sent to OMB by U.S. postal mail, however, are 
subject to delays due to heightened security precautions. Thus, 
comments instead should be sent by facsimile to (202) 395-5806.
    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 January 8, 
2016. For information on the Commission's privacy policy, including 
routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/privacy.htm.

David C. Shonka,
Principal Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2015-30935 Filed 12-8-15; 8:45 am]
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