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US: COPPA and Schools: The (Other) Federal Student Privacy Law, Explained
Education Week – July 28, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission, which enforces COPPA, has said that schools can, in many situations, stand in for parents and let companies collect information from young children. In some cases, companies may try to shift some of the burden of COPPA compliance away from themselves and onto schools. And it’s clear that the law places significant indirect burdens on schools and educators. Those dynamics have opened up multiple cans of worms, said Sonja H. Trainor, the director of the Council of School Attorneys for the National School Boards Association.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/childrens-online-privacy-protection-act-coppa/index.html