WASHINGTON, D.C.— Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV announced that he will host Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz to announce the update and modernization of the regulations implementing the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), also known as the COPPA Rule, to address new commercial practices and technological advances in the past decade.
PRESS CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION RULE
Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Start Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Room 253, Russell Senate Office Building
Attendees:
Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-WV)
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz
Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Representative Ed Markey (D-MA 7)
Representative Joe Barton (R-TX 6)
April McClain-Delaney, Common Sense Media
Please note the press conference will be webcast live via the Senate Commerce Committee website. Refresh the Commerce Committee homepage 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time to automatically begin streaming the webcast.
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