Proposed changes to US children’s privacy rules count biometrics as personal data

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, unencumbered by more conservative members, is changing the nation's primary regulation controlling commercial access to children's personal data.

The FTC issued a statement this week saying it intends to change the Children's Online Privacy Protection, or COPPA rule, last updated a decade ago. It is seeking public comment.

Any changes would likely be somewhat easier to implement given that the current FTC's two Republican commissioners resigned in the last year in protest of what they …

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