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The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1998 to protect children's privacy by regulating what personal information may be collected from children's online activity. The law applies to commercial websites and online services directed at children under thirteen years of age and regulates how personal information may be collected, stored or used. less -

FTC Announces New Children’s Privacy Requirements in Updated COPPA Rule

Perkins Coie on 2/7/2025

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced long-awaited amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule) on January 16, 2025, marking the first changes to the COPPA Rule since 2013....more

Rhode Island’s New Data Privacy Law

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/12/2024

Some writers (not from my great state of Rhode Island) act like Rhode Island has been behind the times when it comes to data privacy and security when discussing Rhode Island’s new privacy law. I feel a need to explain that...more

New York Legislature Passes a Pair of Bills to Protect Children's Privacy Online

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 6/19/2024

On June 7, 2023, the New York legislature passed the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act (SAFE Act or the Act) and the New York Child Data Protection Act (CDPA), both aimed at protecting children online. The...more

Maryland Passes Age-Appropriate Design Code

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/22/2024

On May 9, 2024, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed HB 603, the Maryland Age-Appropriate Design Code (Maryland AADC). The Maryland AADC builds on Maryland’s Online Data Privacy Act, which was signed into law the same day and...more

Privacy Perils: Children's Online Privacy Education (COPE)

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 4/10/2020

Especially with their children now homebound, bored and seeking virtual social contact, many parents are particularly concerned about educating their children – preschool through high school — of the risks inherent in social...more

Landmark FTC Settlement Offers Important Lessons for Businesses That May Collect or Use Children’s Information

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/10/2019

On September 4, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the “Commission”) announced a settlement with YouTube and its parent Google that resolves allegations that the companies violated the Children’s Online Privacy...more

Mobile App Privacy Policies

BCLP on 11/20/2018

Many of the most popular mobile apps collect personally identifiable information. Although most app developers are not required to display a privacy policy under federal law, they are contractually required to do so pursuant...more

New Potential Liability for Data Security: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Announces FTC has Authority to Scrutinize a...

Bilzin Sumberg on 8/26/2015

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit announced that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has the authority to scrutinize a business’s data security protocol -- and to file a complaint if the FTC finds that protocol...more

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