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The FTC sent letters to more than 90 businesses that may be affected by changes to the Children’snOnline Privacy Protection Act rule, it said in a Wednesday release (http://1.usa.gov/10yIiAn). The lettersnon COPPA went to companies in the U.S. and abroad "whose online services, including mobile applications,nappear to collect personal information from children under 13," including photos, videos and audionrecordings consistent with the new rule, it said. A similar letter was sent to companies that may be collectingnpersistent identifiers from children, it said. The letters don't reflect an official evaluation of thencompanies' practices by the FTC, the commission said. The FTC declined to comment on which companiesnit sent the letters to "since they were educational and not warning letters," an agency spokesman said. The COPPA rule takes effect July 1, a date commissioners voted earlier this month to keep as-is after industrynasked for a six-month delay (CD May 7 p8).