Help Protect Kids from Online Tracking

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Children and teens should be protected from mistakes they make online, so they don't come back to haunt them later. There is a bill in the House right now, H.R.1895 called the Do Not Track Kids Act that could protect our kids and teens from exactly that. How can you help?

Tomorrow, February 7th, 2012, Common Sense Media is urging everyone to take action.

1. Contact your representatives to urge them to become a cosponsor of the Do Not Track Kids Act (H.R. 1895). Find your representative online or call the U.S. House of Representatives switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected.

You can read more about the bill on Congressman Ed Markey's website.

For more on the topic of kids' privacy, Common Sense Media put together a Policy Brief, Protecting Our Kids' in a Digital World.


2. Take part in a Twitter Chat on February 7th at 11am PT/ 2pm ET to help bring increased attention to the important issues of kids' privacy. All the details of the tweet chat are on this Common Sense Media web page.

Our kids are dealing with a world that never existed when we were growing up. Many adults still don't understand the ramifications of things they post online, even supposedly intelligent politicians. How can we except minor children to make those decisions correctly. They need privacy protection and this bill will give that to them. Politicians are on their own.

See also:
Bankrupt At Birth: What Parents Need to Know About Child Identity Theft
Common Sense Media Launches 'Do Not Track Kids' Campaign
Quotes on Millennials and the Future of Privacy