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TRUSTe Children’s Privacy Certification
If your website or app is fully or partially targeted towards children under the age of 13, or your website or app knowingly collects personal information from children under the age of 13, you need to comply with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforced Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). TRUSTe has been an FTC-approved COPPA Safe Harbor certification provider since 2001 and has extensive experience working on children’s privacy programs with clients of all sizes across a variety of industries.
The TRUSTe Children’s Privacy Certification program allows businesses to easily demonstrate the child-friendly nature of their website or app while ensuring compliance with the COPPA Rule and alleviating parental concerns over the safety of their children’s information.
The TRUSTe Children’s Privacy Certification program certifies compliance with the COPPA Rule and meets the requirements of TRUSTe’s Children’s Privacy Certification Standards, which include ongoing site monitoring and privacy dispute resolution.
Benefits
- Improve Compliance – Reduce the legal risks associated with meeting complex data privacy management requirements
- Protect Brand – Protect your brand from negative media coverage due to privacy issues
- Build Trust – Build trust with users, clients, business partners, and regulators by demonstrating your commitment to protecting customer data
- Maximize Resources – Save time and expense associated with hiring additional legal and operations resources to assess and manage your privacy practices
ASSESSMENT FEATURES
Our Assessments provide you with the information you need to take control with specific steps to mitigate risks.
Comprehensive Assessment
We first define the scope of assessment by business units, product/service lines, and digital properties (websites, apps, cloud platforms). A dedicated Privacy Solutions Manager (PSM) works with your team to efficiently guide discovery of necessary information, including relevant data flows. We then evaluate your privacy policies and practices against TRUSTe Children’s Privacy Certification program requirements.Findings Report
Our team delivers a findings report with a gap analysis dashboard and remediation recommendations so you have the privacy risk information you need to take actionable steps.Verifiable Parental Consent
TRUSTe partners can also help you meet COPPA requirements for Verifiable Parental Consent (VPC) with an FTC approved verification solution.Tracker Scanning
TRUSTe will apply proprietary scanning technology to the applicable digital properties providing comprehensive insight into personally identifiable information (PII) data collection, first and third party trackers on your property, and level of risk through the Privacy Sensitivity Index (PSI).Ongoing Guidance
You also get access to TRUSTe privacy experts for ongoing policy guidance, along with educational webinars, events, whitepapers, client advisories, privacy tips and research.Searchable Audit Trail
All of your assessment work and supporting documentation is available in a central repository for you to easily search, providing you with a way to respond to inquiries and demonstrate compliance for internal / external audits.Dispute Resolution
TRUSTe provides a third-party dispute resolution service, which helps you efficiently manage privacy inquiries from customers, and addresses the dispute handling requirements of globally recognized privacy frameworks.Powered by TRUSTe Button
We provide you with external demonstration to consumers, business partners and regulators that your company uses TRUSTe technology and tools to examine your privacy practices and handle privacy related questions or concerns. The Powered by TRUSTe button may be placed on your digital Privacy Policy page and links to a mechanism for consumers to submit questions or feedback.
CERTIFICATION FEATURES
With Assessment results in hand, you have the flexibility to choose whether to pursue full Certification.
Remediation / Validation
We assist with any necessary remediation steps, including providing relevant templates and process change advice. We then validate that your privacy statements accurately reflect your privacy practices and are consistent with TRUSTe Children’s Privacy Certification program requirements.Certification / Seal
Once certified, we authorize your use of the TRUSTe Kids Privacy seal for display on your digital properties. The seal is hosted by TRUSTe and linked to a TRUSTe Validation Page to provide real-time verification along with an easy-to-understand consumer notice that you meet globally recognized privacy requirements upon which the TRUSTe Children’s Privacy Certification program requirements are based. As proof of TRUSTe Certification, an official Letter of Attestation can be shared with your business partners, providing your organization with competitive differentiation.Letter of Attestation
As proof of TRUSTe Certification, an official Letter of Attestation can be shared with your business partners, providing your organization with competitive differentiation.
SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS A WIDE RANGE OF PRIVACY CHALLENGES
We provide a number of service tracks specifically designed to tackle the most important privacy challenges faced by our clients. Kids Privacy Assessments and Certifications are part of our broad range of privacy services. You may also be interested in our TRUSTe Enterprise, EU-US Privacy Shield, or Asia Cross Border services to further expand your risk and compliance management efforts. Learn More »
TRUSTe Privacy Professionals
TRUSTe Privacy Services are delivered by our Privacy Consultants and Privacy Services Managers, a team of recognized data privacy experts with significant experience conducting privacy assessments. Our team has a unique hybrid background of privacy, technology, business process, and project management experience. All are CIPP trained or certified, many have law degrees, and have hands-on experience working for a wide range of companies including Adobe, American Express, Citrix, Comcast, HSBC Bank, IBM, Kimberly-Clark, Microsoft, Pfizer, and many more.
Our privacy team leverages nearly 20 years experience delivering data privacy management solutions for thousands of global brands along with our comprehensive technology platform. We also have key regulatory relationships and are a leading provider of privacy services supporting regulatory and self-regulatory compliance programs for a wide range of agencies including APEC, DOC, DAA, EDAA, and FTC.
TRUSTe Technology Platform
Our Data Privacy Management Services leverage the TRUSTe Platform, a comprehensive, SaaS technology solution that provides state of the art assessment management, compliance control, and website scanning / monitoring capabilities.
