And to state the bloomin' obvious, if all internships were sold, then those brought up in social housing or on council estates could say goodbye to any hope of obtaining direct personal experience of work in a top company while young.
Commission officials have said they expect the industry to develop technology that will streamline the process of obtaining parental consent and have promised to work with the private sector to make sure those tools comply with Coppa.
Another provision in the bill would prohibit any company from sending a foreign national employee (on an H-1B or L-1) to work with a customer offsite without first obtaining permission (via a formal waiver process) from the U.S. Department of Labor (or U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for an L-1).