's permission, the Strike Force performed a trial of this concept. The trial was considered a success by the Strike Force and the FCC, playing a significant role in reducing IRS scam calls by about 90 percent during the September 2016 to February 2017 test run. Robocalls that Don't Ring-Ringless Calls Ringless calls are those that are routed straight to voicemail without ringing a telephone. Marketers who use this service have the voicemail message they want to distribute, or a simple survey recorded on a server at a provider's data center that is programmed to go to the server with subscribers' voicemail boxes. As of mid-2018, the FCC has not ruled on whether Ringless voice mail is an example of a robocall and therefore illegal. Exceptions to the Anti-Robocall Regulations The FCC ruled that robocall prohibitions don't apply to government contractors' calls, debt collectors, or political campaigns. Contractors who are agents of the government are allowed to make as many calls as they want to. Thus, people can be called by federal contractors that use voice recordings to ask their opinions on surveys or public issues. Debt collectors are also allowed to make robocalls. www.TechnicalPDF.com Legislation to Protect the Privacy of Minors Privacy refers to peoples' control over personal information, the ability to make decisions regarding how they want information accessed, and which information they want available. Privacy settings on social networks ostensibly allow users to control what information is available about themselves and about their children. Prior to 2013, the only legislation in the United States that protected privacy was the 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). This law grants parents of children 12 years old and younger the ability to control what information web sites collect about them. It does not apply to adults or teenagers older than 12 but younger than 18. Furthermore, it makes no mention of privacy on mobile networks or online apps (applications). COPPA updates were enacted 