Video Game Industry Asks FTC to Tweak Privacy Compliance for Kids

• FTC seeks comment on proposed changes to video game industry self-regulatory privacy program • Public has until May 9 to comment on the industry group’s proposal

A push by the video game industry for a tweak to its safe harbor program under the Federal Trade Commission’s children’s online privacy rule has prompted the agency to seek public comment.

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board, a self-regulatory organization that designates age and content ratings to video games, proposed changes to the self-regulatory program under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule that the agency approved for the industry group in 2001. It ...