The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA): What Parents Should Know
Congress and the FTC have taken special steps to assure that children under 13 years of age don’t share their personal information on the Internet without the express approval of their parents. Congress passed the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act in 1998 and the FTC wrote a rule implementing the law, which was revised in 2012. The FTC has taken law enforcement actions against companies that failed to comply with the provisions of the law.
- Epic Games, In the Matter of ( )
- Edmodo, LLC, U.S. v. ( )
- Amazon.com (Alexa), U.S. v. ( )
- Microsoft Corporation, U.S. v. ( )
- Epic Games, Inc., U.S. v. ( )
- Weight Watchers/WW ( )
- Kuuhuub, Inc., et al., U.S. v. (Recolor Oy) ( )
- Miniclip, In the Matter of ( )
- HyperBeard, Inc. ( )
- Google LLC and YouTube, LLC ( )
- Unixiz, Inc. doing business as i-Dressup.com ( )
- Musical.ly, Inc. ( )
- Prime Sites, Inc. (Explore Talent) ( )
- VTech Electronics Limited ( )
- InMobi Pte Ltd. ( )
- LAI Systems, LLC ( )
- Retro Dreamer ( )
- Yelp Inc. ( )
- TinyCo, Inc. ( )
- Path, Inc. ( )
- FTC Staff Report Finds Large Social Media and Video Streaming Companies Have Engaged in Vast Surveillance of Users with Lax Privacy Controls and Inadequate Safeguards for Kids and Teens ( )
- FTC Investigation Leads to Lawsuit Against TikTok and ByteDance for Flagrantly Violating Children’s Privacy Law ( )
- FTC Order Will Ban NGL Labs and its Founders from Offering Anonymous Messaging Apps to Kids Under 18 and Halt Deceptive Claims Around AI Content Moderation ( )
- FTC Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report ( )
- FTC Denies Application for New Parental Consent Mechanism Under COPPA ( )
- FTC Releases 2023 Privacy and Data Security Update ( )
- FTC Extends Deadline by 60 days for Commission Decision on ESRB Application for New Consent Mechanism Under COPPA ( )
- FTC Announces Tentative Agenda for January 18 Open Commission Meeting ( )
- FTC Proposes Strengthening Children’s Privacy Rule to Further Limit Companies’ Ability to Monetize Children’s Data ( )
- In Comment Submitted to U.S. Copyright Office, FTC Raises AI-related Competition and Consumer Protection Issues, Stressing That It Will Use Its Authority to Protect Competition and Consumers in AI Markets ( )
- FTC Extends Deadline for Commission Decision on ESRB Application for New Consent Mechanism Under COPPA ( )
- FTC Seeks Comment on New Parental Consent Mechanism Under COPPA ( )
- FTC Provides Testimony Before the House Judiciary Committee at Oversight Hearing ( )
- FTC Will Require Microsoft to Pay $20 million over Charges it Illegally Collected Personal Information from Children without Their Parents’ Consent ( )
- FTC and DOJ Charge Amazon with Violating Children’s Privacy Law by Keeping Kids’ Alexa Voice Recordings Forever and Undermining Parents’ Deletion Requests ( )
- FTC Files Brief in Jones v. Google in Support of Appeals Court Ruling that COPPA Does Not Preempt Plaintiffs’ State Privacy Claims ( )
- FTC Proposes Blanket Prohibition Preventing Facebook from Monetizing Youth Data ( )
- Fortnite Video Game Maker Epic Games to Pay More Than Half a Billion Dollars over FTC Allegations of Privacy Violations and Unwanted Charges ( )
- FTC to Crack Down on Companies that Illegally Surveil Children Learning Online ( )
- FTC Announces Tentative Agenda for May 19 Open Commission Meeting ( )
- Open Commission Meeting -January 18, 2024January 18, 2024
- The Future of the COPPA Rule: An FTC WorkshopOctober 7, 2019
- Protecting Kids' Privacy Online: Reviewing the COPPA RuleJune 2, 2010
- Interpretation of Rules and Guides for Electronic MediaMay 14, 1999
- Remarks of Samuel Levine at the National Advertising Division Annual Conference 2024 ( )
- Statement of the Federal Trade Commission In the Matter of Bytedance/Musical.ly ( )
- Chair Khan Opening Statement at House Committee on Appropriations , Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government ( )
- Statement of Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya On the Issuance of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Update the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) ( )
- Statement of Commissioner Alvaro M. Bedoya in the Matter of Facebook, Inc. ( )
- Concurring Statement of Commissioner Christine S. Wilson Regarding Epic Games, Inc. ( )
- Statement of Commissioner Alvaro Martin Bedoya Regarding the Policy Statement on Education Technology and COPPA ( )
- Statement of Chair Lina M. Khan Regarding Policy Statement on Education Technology and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ( )
- Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips Regarding HyperBeard, Inc. ( )
- Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra Regarding Miniclip and the COPPA Safe Harbors ( )
- Remarks of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips at FTC Workshop: The Future of the COPPA Rule ( )
- Opening Remarks by Commissioner Christine S. Wilson at FTC Workshop: The Future of the COPPA Rule ( )
- Prepared Remarks of Chairman Joe Simons at FTC YouTube Settlement Press Conference ( )
- Statement of Chairman Joe Simons and Commissioner Christine Wilson Regarding YouTube ( )
- Statement of Commissioner Rohit Chopra Regarding YouTube ( )
- Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter in the Matter of Google LLC and YouTube, LLC ( )
- Statement of Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips Regarding YouTube ( )
- Prepared Remarks of Commissioner Rohit Chopra at Common Sense Media Truth About Tech Conference ( )
- Prepared Remarks of Commissioner Rohit Chopra at ABA on Tech Platforms, Content Creators, and Immunity ( )
- Statement of Commissioner Chopra and Commissioner Slaughter In the Matter of Musical.ly Inc. (now known as TikTok) ( )
- A Look Behind the Screens: Examining the Data Practices of Social Media and Video Streaming Services ( )
- Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress on COPPA Staffing, Enforcement and Remedies ( )
- Protecting Children’s Privacy Under COPPA: A Survey On Compliance ( )
- FY 2023 Annual Report
- The Federal Trade Commission 2023 Privacy and Data Security Update
