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In addition to its enforcement work, in the last five years alone, the FTC has
undertaken numerous other initiatives involving COPPA, including launching a
regulatory review of the COPPA Rule, releasing a policy statement, conducting
studies and workshops, and issuing a report relating to COPPA.
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III. This Case
In the proceedings below, plaintiffs – a group of children – alleged that
Google collected data about them and tracked their online activity surreptitiously
and without their consent, and that this conduct violates the constitutional,
statutory, and common law of several states. Op. 7-8 (DE 59-1). Much of the
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See, e.g., Request for Public Comment on the Federal Trade Commission’s
Implementation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, 84 Fed. Reg.
35842 (July 25, 2019), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/07/25/
2019-15754/request-for-public-comment-on-the-federal-trade-commissions-
implementation-of-the-childrens-online; FTC, Policy Statement of the Federal
Trade Commission on Education Technology and the Children’s Online Privacy
Protection Act (2022), https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/policy-statement-
federal-trade-commission-education-technology-childrens-online-privacy-
protection; FTC, Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress on COPPA
Staffing, Enforcement and Remedies (2022), https://www.ftc.gov/reports/federal-
trade-commission-report-congress-coppa-staffing-enforcement-remedies; FTC
Workshop, The Future of the COPPA Rule (2019), https://www.ftc.gov/news-
events/events/2019/10/future-coppa-rule-ftc-workshop; FTC Workshop, Student
Privacy and Ed Tech (2017), https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/events/2017/12/
student-privacy-ed-tech; FTC, FTC Issues Orders to Nine Social Media and Video
Streaming Services Seeking Data About How They Collect, Use, and Present
Information (2020), https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2020/
12/ftc-issues-orders-nine-social-media-video-streaming-services-seeking-data-
about-how-they-collect-use (initiating a study relating to social media and video
streaming companies’ practices, including their impact on children and teens).
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