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Children’s Online Privacy Protection
Rule Proposed Parental Consent
Method; Application of the ESRB
Group for Approval of Parental
Consent Method
Federal Trade Commission.
Request for public comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Federal Trade
Commission (FTC or Commission)
requests public comment concerning the
proposed parental consent method
submitted by the Entertainment
Software Rating Board, Yoti Ltd. and
Yoti (USA) Inc., and SuperAwesome
Ltd. (‘‘the ESRB group’’), under the
Voluntary Commission Approval
Processes provision of the Children’s
Online Privacy Protection Rule.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before August 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a
comment online or on paper, by
following the instructions in the
Invitation to Comment portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
below. Write ‘‘Application for Parental
Consent Method, Project No. P235402’’
on your comment and file your
comment online through https://
regulations.gov.
If you prefer to file a comment in hard
copy, please write ‘‘Application for
Parental Consent Method, Project No.
P235402’’ on your comment and on the
envelope and mail your comment to the
following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary,
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite
CC–5610 (Annex P), Washington, DC
20580.
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SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peder Magee, Attorney, (202–326–3538),
or James Trilling, Attorney, (202–326–
3497), Division of Privacy and Identity
Protection, Federal Trade Commission,
Washington, DC 20580.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Section A. Background
On October 20, 1999, the Commission
issued its final Rule 1 pursuant to the
Children’s Online Privacy Protection
Act, 15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq, which
became effective on April 21, 2000.2 On
December 19, 2012, the Commission
amended the Rule, and these
amendments became effective on July 1,
2013.3 The Rule requires certain website
operators, among other things, to post
privacy policies, provide notice, and
obtain verifiable parental consent, prior
to collecting, using, or disclosing
personal information from children
under the age of 13. The Rule
enumerates methods for obtaining
verifiable parental consent, while also
allowing interested parties to file a
written request for Commission
approval of parental consent methods
not currently enumerated.4 To be
considered, parties must submit a
detailed description of the proposed
parental consent method, together with
an analysis of how the method meets
the requirements for parental consent
described in 16 CFR 312.5(b)(1).
Pursuant to 16 CFR 312.12(a), the
ESRB group has submitted a proposed
parental consent method to the
Commission for approval. The ESRB
group proposes a consent mechanism
that uses facial age estimation
technology, which analyzes the
geometry of the consenting person’s face
to confirm the person is an adult. The
full text of its application is available on
the Commission’s website at
www.ftc.gov and on the docket for this
project at www.regulations.gov.
Section B. Questions on the Parental
Consent Method
The Commission is seeking comment
on the proposed parental consent
method and is particularly interested in
receiving comment on the questions that
follow. These questions are designed to
assist the Commission’s consideration of
the application and should not be
construed as a limitation on the issues
on which public comment may be
submitted. Responses to these questions
should cite the number of the question
being answered. For all comments
submitted, please provide any data,
statistics, or any other evidence, upon
which those comments are based.
1. Is this method already covered by
existing methods enumerated in 16 CFR
312.5(b)(2)?
2. If this is a new method, provide
comments on whether the proposed
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FR 59888 (1999).
CFR part 312.
3 78 FR 3972 (2013).
4 16 CFR 312.12(a); 78 FR at 3991–3992, 4013.
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parental consent method meets the
requirements for parental consent laid
out in 16 CFR 312.5(b)(1). Specifically,
the Commission is looking for
comments on whether the proposed
parental consent method is reasonably
calculated, considering available
technology, to ensure that the person
providing consent is the child’s parent.
3. Does this proposed method pose a
risk to consumers’ personal information,
including consumers’ biometric
information? If so, is that risk
outweighed by the benefit to consumers
and businesses of using this method?
4. Does this proposed method pose a
risk of disproportionate error rates or
other outcomes for particular
demographic groups? If so, is that risk
outweighed by the benefit to consumers
and businesses of using this method?
Section C. Invitation To Comment
You can file a comment online or on
paper. For the Commission to consider
your comment, we must receive it on or
before August 21, 2023. Write
‘‘Application for Parental Consent
Method, Project No. P235402’’ on your
comment. Your comment—including
your name and your state—will be
placed on the public record of this
proceeding, including the https://
www.regulations.gov website.
Because of the agency’s heightened
security screening, postal mail
addressed to the Commission is subject
to delay. We strongly encourage you to
submit your comments online through
the https://www.regulations.gov
website. To make sure the Commission
considers your online comment, please
follow the instructions on the webbased form.
If you file your comment on paper,
write ‘‘Application for Parental Consent
Method, Project No. P235402’’ on your
comment and on the envelope, and mail
your comment to the following address:
Federal Trade Commission, Office of the
Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Suite CC–5610 (Annex P),
Washington, DC 20580.
Because your comment will be placed
on the publicly accessible website at
https://www.regulations.gov, you are
solely responsible for making sure that
your comment does not include any
sensitive or confidential information. In
particular, your comment should not
include any sensitive personal
information, such as your or anyone
else’s Social Security number; date of
birth; driver’s license number or other
state identification number, or foreign
country equivalent; passport number;
financial account number; or credit or
debit card number. You are also solely
responsible for making sure that your
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comment does not include any sensitive
health information, including medical
records or other individually
identifiable health information. In
addition, your comment should not
include any ‘‘[t]rade secret or any
commercial or financial information
which is . . . privileged or
confidential’’—as provided by Section
6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. 46(f), and
FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)—
including in particular competitively
sensitive information such as costs,
sales statistics, inventories, formulas,
patterns, devices, manufacturing
processes, or customer names.
Comments containing material for
which confidential treatment is
requested must be filed in paper form,
must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential,’’
and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c).
In particular, the written request for
confidential treatment that accompanies
the comment must include the factual
and legal basis for the request and must
identify the specific portions of the
comment to be withheld from the public
record. Your comment will be kept
confidential only if the General Counsel
grants your request in accordance with
the law and the public interest. Once
your comment has been posted publicly
at www.regulations.gov, we cannot
redact or remove your comment unless
you submit a confidentiality request that
meets the requirements for such
treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c), and
the General Counsel grants that request.
Visit the FTC website to read this
publication and the news release
describing it. The FTC Act and other
laws that the Commission administers
permit the collection of public
comments to consider and use in this
proceeding as appropriate. The
Commission will consider all timely
and responsive public comments that it
receives on or before August 21, 2023.
For information on the Commission’s
privacy policy, including routine uses
permitted by the Privacy Act, see
https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/
privacy-policy.
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By direction of the Commission.
April J. Tabor,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
29 CFR Part 1926
[Docket No. OSHA–2019–0003]
RIN 1218–AD25
Personal Protective Equipment in
Construction
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA); Labor.
ACTION: Proposed rule; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
OSHA is proposing to revise
its personal protective equipment
standard in construction to explicitly
require that the equipment must fit
properly. The agency requests
comments regarding the proposed
revision.
SUMMARY:
Submit comments and
attachments, as well as hearing requests
and other information, by September 18,
2023. All submissions must provide
evidence of the submission date. (See
the following section titled ADDRESSES
for instructions on making
submissions.)
DATES:
Comments may be
submitted as follows:
Written comments: You may submit
comments and attachments, as well as
hearing requests and other information,
identified by OSHA Docket No. OSHA–
2019–0003, electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency’s name and docket
number for this rulemaking (Docket No.
OSHA–2019–0003). All comments,
including any personal information you
provide, are placed in the public docket
without change and may be made
available online at https://
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions interested parties about
submitting personal information such as
Social Security numbers and birthdates.
Docket: To read or download
comments or other information in the
docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov. All comments and
submissions are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index; however,
some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to
read or download through that website.
All comments and submissions,
including copyrighted material, are
available for inspection through the
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OSHA Docket Office. Contact the OSHA
Docket Office at (202) 693–2500 (TDY
number 877–889–5627) for assistance in
locating docket submissions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Press inquiries: Frank Meilinger,
Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, telephone: (202) 693–
1999; email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
General and technical inquiries:
Vernon Preston, OSHA Directorate of
Construction, telephone: (202) 693–
2020; email: preston.vernon@dol.gov.
Copies of this Federal Register
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copies of these documents are available
at OSHA’s web page at https://
www.osha.gov.
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In the docket for the personal
protective equipment in construction
rulemaking, found at https://
www.regulations.gov, every submission
was assigned a document identification
(ID) number that consists of the docket
number (OSHA–2019–0003) followed
by an additional four-digit number (e.g.,
OSHA–2019–0003–0002). In this notice
of proposed rulemaking, citations to
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author or title and date, where
appropriate. This information can be
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www.regulations.gov. For example, the
citation for the OSHA Publication
Personal Protective Equipment is
(Personal Protective Equipment, OSHA
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include one or more attachments (see,
e.g., NABTU, January 5, 2017,
Attachment 1). When citing exhibits in
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or title of the document, the date, the
attachment number or other attachment
identifier, if necessary for clarity, and
page numbers (designated ‘‘p.’’). In a
citation that contains two or more
documents, the citations are separated
by semicolons. OSHA may also cite
items that appear in another docket.
When that is the case, OSHA includes
the full document ID number for the
corresponding docket (e.g., OSHA–
2010–0034–4247).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Executive Summary
II. Background
A. OSHA’s PPE Requirements
B. Rulemaking History
C. Comments Received During the SIP–IV
Rulemaking
D. Consideration of National Consensus
Standards
III. Discussion of Proposed Changes
A. Section 1926.95(c)
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 312
RIN 3084-AB58
Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule Proposed Parental
Consent Method; Application of the ESRB Group for Approval of Parental
Consent Method
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) requests
public comment concerning the proposed parental consent method
submitted by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, Yoti Ltd. and
Yoti (USA) Inc., and SuperAwesome Ltd. (``the ESRB group''), under the
Voluntary Commission Approval Processes provision of the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Rule.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file a comment online or on paper, by
following the instructions in the Invitation to Comment portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. Write ``Application for
Parental Consent Method, Project No. P235402'' on your comment and file
your comment online through https://regulations.gov.
If you prefer to file a comment in hard copy, please write
``Application for Parental Consent Method, Project No. P235402'' on
your comment and on the envelope and mail your comment to the following
address: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC-5610 (Annex P), Washington, DC 20580.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peder Magee, Attorney, (202-326-3538),
or James Trilling, Attorney, (202-326-3497), Division of Privacy and
Identity Protection, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Section A. Background
On October 20, 1999, the Commission issued its final Rule \1\
pursuant to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, 15 U.S.C.
6501 et seq, which became effective on April 21, 2000.\2\ On December
19, 2012, the Commission amended the Rule, and these amendments became
effective on July 1, 2013.\3\ The Rule requires certain website
operators, among other things, to post privacy policies, provide
notice, and obtain verifiable parental consent, prior to collecting,
using, or disclosing personal information from children under the age
of 13. The Rule enumerates methods for obtaining verifiable parental
consent, while also allowing interested parties to file a written
request for Commission approval of parental consent methods not
currently enumerated.\4\ To be considered, parties must submit a
detailed description of the proposed parental consent method, together
with an analysis of how the method meets the requirements for parental
consent described in 16 CFR 312.5(b)(1).
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\1\ 64 FR 59888 (1999).
\2\ 16 CFR part 312.
\3\ 78 FR 3972 (2013).
\4\ 16 CFR 312.12(a); 78 FR at 3991-3992, 4013.
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Pursuant to 16 CFR 312.12(a), the ESRB group has submitted a
proposed parental consent method to the Commission for approval. The
ESRB group proposes a consent mechanism that uses facial age estimation
technology, which analyzes the geometry of the consenting person's face
to confirm the person is an adult. The full text of its application is
available on the Commission's website at www.ftc.gov and on the docket
for this project at www.regulations.gov.
Section B. Questions on the Parental Consent Method
The Commission is seeking comment on the proposed parental consent
method and is particularly interested in receiving comment on the
questions that follow. These questions are designed to assist the
Commission's consideration of the application and should not be
construed as a limitation on the issues on which public comment may be
submitted. Responses to these questions should cite the number of the
question being answered. For all comments submitted, please provide any
data, statistics, or any other evidence, upon which those comments are
based.
1. Is this method already covered by existing methods enumerated in
16 CFR 312.5(b)(2)?
2. If this is a new method, provide comments on whether the
proposed parental consent method meets the requirements for parental
consent laid out in 16 CFR 312.5(b)(1). Specifically, the Commission is
looking for comments on whether the proposed parental consent method is
reasonably calculated, considering available technology, to ensure that
the person providing consent is the child's parent.
3. Does this proposed method pose a risk to consumers' personal
information, including consumers' biometric information? If so, is that
risk outweighed by the benefit to consumers and businesses of using
this method?
4. Does this proposed method pose a risk of disproportionate error
rates or other outcomes for particular demographic groups? If so, is
that risk outweighed by the benefit to consumers and businesses of
using this method?
Section C. Invitation To Comment
You can file a comment online or on paper. For the Commission to
consider your comment, we must receive it on or before August 21, 2023.
Write ``Application for Parental Consent Method, Project No. P235402''
on your comment. Your comment--including your name and your state--will
be placed on the public record of this proceeding, including the
https://www.regulations.gov website.
Because of the agency's heightened security screening, postal mail
addressed to the Commission is subject to delay. We strongly encourage
you to submit your comments online through the https://www.regulations.gov website. To make sure the Commission considers your
online comment, please follow the instructions on the web-based form.
If you file your comment on paper, write ``Application for Parental
Consent Method, Project No. P235402'' on your comment and on the
envelope, and mail your comment to the following address: Federal Trade
Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite
CC-5610 (Annex P), Washington, DC 20580.
Because your comment will be placed on the publicly accessible
website at https://www.regulations.gov, you are solely responsible for
making sure that your comment does not include any sensitive or
confidential information. In particular, your comment should not
include any sensitive personal information, such as your or anyone
else's Social Security number; date of birth; driver's license number
or other state identification number, or foreign country equivalent;
passport number; financial account number; or credit or debit card
number. You are also solely responsible for making sure that your
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comment does not include any sensitive health information, including
medical records or other individually identifiable health information.
In addition, your comment should not include any ``[t]rade secret or
any commercial or financial information which is . . . privileged or
confidential''--as provided by Section 6(f) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C.
46(f), and FTC Rule 4.10(a)(2), 16 CFR 4.10(a)(2)--including in
particular competitively sensitive information such as costs, sales
statistics, inventories, formulas, patterns, devices, manufacturing
processes, or customer names.
Comments containing material for which confidential treatment is
requested must be filed in paper form, must be clearly labeled
``Confidential,'' and must comply with FTC Rule 4.9(c). In particular,
the written request for confidential treatment that accompanies the
comment must include the factual and legal basis for the request and
must identify the specific portions of the comment to be withheld from
the public record. Your comment will be kept confidential only if the
General Counsel grants your request in accordance with the law and the
public interest. Once your comment has been posted publicly at
www.regulations.gov, we cannot redact or remove your comment unless you
submit a confidentiality request that meets the requirements for such
treatment under FTC Rule 4.9(c), and the General Counsel grants that
request.
Visit the FTC website to read this publication and the news release
describing it. The FTC Act and other laws that the Commission
administers permit the collection of public comments to consider and
use in this proceeding as appropriate. The Commission will consider all
timely and responsive public comments that it receives on or before
August 21, 2023. For information on the Commission's privacy policy,
including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see https://www.ftc.gov/site-information/privacy-policy.
By direction of the Commission.
April J. Tabor,
Secretary.
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