The Supreme Court on Monday, 15 Apr 2019, refused to stay the order of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, directing the Center to ban the "Tiktok" app.
Earlier, on 03 April, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, without hearing the other party, scheduled to hear the matter on 16 April, and issued the Interim order, inclusive of directing the media not to telecast clips made with the app. In addition, the Madurai Bench has also asked the government if it would enact a statute on the line of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act in the US.
The Supreme Court has listed to hear the matter on 22 April.
What is Children's Online Privacy Protection Act?
The Children's Online Privacy Act. COPPA, 1998 is about imposing certain requirements on Operators of Websites and Online Services, with regard to the content, services and collection of information fron children under 13 years of age.
What is "Personal Information" according to COPPA?
Interestingly, Date of Birth is NOT identified as any "Personal Information" though it's still used in India, by the government and the banks for User identification.
Earlier, on 03 April, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, without hearing the other party, scheduled to hear the matter on 16 April, and issued the Interim order, inclusive of directing the media not to telecast clips made with the app. In addition, the Madurai Bench has also asked the government if it would enact a statute on the line of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act in the US.
The Supreme Court has listed to hear the matter on 22 April.
What is Children's Online Privacy Protection Act?
The Children's Online Privacy Act. COPPA, 1998 is about imposing certain requirements on Operators of Websites and Online Services, with regard to the content, services and collection of information fron children under 13 years of age.
What is "Personal Information" according to COPPA?
(A) a first and last name;
(B) a home or other physical address including street name and name of a city or town;
(C) an e-mail address;
(D) a telephone number;
(E) a Social Security number;
(F) any other identifier that the Commission determines permits the physical or online contacting of a specific individual; or
(G) information concerning the child or the parents of that child that the website collects online from the child and combines with an identifier described in this paragraph.
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