Companies have to get parents' permission first before collecting any information from children.
Government agents will peruse thousands of Web sites to enforce the law, officials said. The bottom line is we will be enforcing this law and we will be looking at violators closely. The agency has the capabilities to check hundreds of Web sites daily. Fines and sleuthing won't stop everyone, said privacy advocate Jason Catlett, but federal scrutiny could move larger, more-reputable firms to do the right thing. Some will stumble over it stupidly.