# Mark Meador

Type: Person

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## Timeline

- **2026-03-03**: Legal Analysis Published — National Law Review highlights the shift in FTC enforcement approach and implications for businesses.
- **2026-02-25**: Policy Statement Issued — The FTC officially announces a relaxed enforcement stance for certain age-verification data collection.
- **2026-01-28**: FTC Age Verification Workshop — Commissioners and experts discuss the need for reliable, privacy-protective age-verification technologies.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### FTC Relaxes COPPA Enforcement to Accelerate Age Verification Adoption
2026-03-04 23:28:14 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a landmark policy statement providing enforcement flexibility for online platforms implementing age verification technologies. This shift aims to resolve the regulatory 'Catch-22' where services must collect data to verify age but are restricted from doing so under COPPA without prior parental consent.
Full story: https://getcyberbrief.com/story/ftc-coppa-age-verification-policy-shift

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