What catalogers need to know about consumer privacy regulations.

By Reported Donna Loyle

Three Rules

Congress has enacted numerous regulations meant to protect consumers’ privacy. They include, but are not limited to, the following:

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Commercial Web sites must provide notice and obtain parents’ consent before collecting PII from children ages 13 and younger. (Exceptions may apply for sites that collect only kids’ e-mail addresses.)