[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 10791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04063]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


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

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') 
requests that the Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') extend for 
an additional three years the current Paperwork Reduction Act (``PRA'') 
clearance for the information collection requirements in the Children's 
Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (``COPPA Rule'' or ``Rule''). The 
clearance expires on March 31, 2022.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by March 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peder Magee, Attorney (202-326-3538), 
Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Bureau of Consumer 
Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Rule, 16 CFR part 
312.
    OMB Control Number: 3084-0117.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses and other for-profit 
entities.
    Abstract: The COPPA Rule requires certain commercial websites and 
online services to provide notice and obtain parents' consent before 
collecting, using, and/or disclosing personal information from children 
under age thirteen, with limited exceptions. The COPPA Rule contains 
certain statutorily required notice requirements that apply to 
operators of any website or online service directed to children and 
operators of any website or online service that have actual knowledge 
they are collecting personal information from children. The Rule also 
applies to operators that have actual knowledge that they collect 
personal information from users of another website or online service 
that is directed to children. Covered operators must, among other 
things: Provide online notice and direct notice to parents of how they 
collect, use, and disclose children's 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.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 17,600.
    Estimated Annual Labor Costs: $5,783,700.
    Estimated Annual Non-Labor Costs: $0.
    Request for Comment: On October 6, 2021, the Commission sought 
comment on the information collection requirements associated with the 
COPPA Rule. 86 FR 55609 (Oct. 6, 2021). No relevant comments were 
received. Pursuant to the OMB regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, the FTC is 
providing this second opportunity for public comment while seeking OMB 
approval to renew clearance for the Rule's information collection 
requirements.
    Your comment--including your name and your state--will be placed on 
the public record of this proceeding. 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 does not 
include any sensitive health information, like 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 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, do not include competitively sensitive 
information such as costs, sales statistics, inventories, formulas, 
patterns devices, manufacturing processes, or customer names.

Josephine Liu,
Assistant General Counsel for Legal Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2022-04063 Filed 2-24-22; 8:45 am]
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