Children's Privacy
Kid's Guide to Privacy
By The Federal Trade Commission
Aug 17, 2005, 18:11
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Just
for Kidz !!!
Starting April 21, 2000,
a new law puts you and your parents in charge of your personal identifying
information -- if you’re under 13. Websites that ask for certain
information about kids under 13 have to get their parents permission
to get the information. This means that you and your parents can talk
about the information the website collects and decide together if it’s
information you want to give.
Why is this law important? Because it can stop website operators who
might misuse information they collect from kids like you. This law protects
you by asking your parents to give websites their permission to collect
information from you. Now you and your parents will know what information
is being collected and how it will be used.
Here are some important
things to know about
surfing, privacy and your personal information:
Never give out your last or family name, your home address or your phone
number in chat rooms, on bulletin boards, or to online pen-pals.
Don’t tell other kids your screen name, user ID or password.
Look at a website’s Privacy Policy to see how the site uses the
information you give them.
Surf the Internet with your parents. If they aren’t available,
talk to them about the sites you’re visiting.
Talk about the site’s Privacy Policy with your parents so that
you and your parents will know what information the site collects about
you and what it does with the information.
Websites must get your parent’s permission before they collect
many kinds of information from you.
If a website has information about you that you and your parents don’t
want it to have, your parents can ask to see the information –
and they can askthe website to delete or erase the information.
Sites are not supposed to collect more information than they need about
you for the activity you want to participate in. You should be able
to participate in many activities online without having to give any
information about yourself.
If a site makes you uncomfortable or asks for more information than
you want to share, leave the site.
Just
for Kidz !!! 
Never give out your last or family name, your home address or your phone
number in chat rooms, on bulletin boards, or to online pen-pals.
Don’t tell other kids your screen name, user ID or password.
Look at a website’s Privacy Policy to see how the site uses the
information you give them. 
Surf the Internet with your parents. If they aren’t available,
talk to them about the sites you’re visiting.
Talk about the site’s Privacy Policy with your parents so that
you and your parents will know what information the site collects about
you and what it does with the information.
Websites must get your parent’s permission before they collect
many kinds of information from you.
If a website has information about you that you and your parents don’t
want it to have, your parents can ask to see the information –
and they can askthe website to delete or erase the information. 
Sites are not supposed to collect more information than they need about
you for the activity you want to participate in. You should be able
to participate in many activities online without having to give any
information about yourself. 
If a site makes you uncomfortable or asks for more information than
you want to share, leave the site. 