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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 -

Online Privacy and Minors: It’s Not Just Under 13 Anymore

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/31/2025

Many U.S. states have recently added provisions regarding “minors” that greatly exceed what is required under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In short, the new laws generally apply to people under 18,...more

New York’s Child Data Protection Act Is Now In Effect: What You Need to Do

Goodwin on 6/24/2025

On June 20, 2025, the New York Child Data Protection Act (CDPA) took effect, ushering in some of the most comprehensive child and teen privacy protections in the United States. The law applies to operators of websites, apps,...more

Arkansas Becomes First State to Enact a COPPA 2.0 Inspired Privacy Law

Kilpatrick on 5/1/2025

On April 7, 2025, Arkansas passed the Arkansas Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (HB 1717) - a state law modeled closely after the federal Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (widely referred to...more

ANA Children’s Advertising and Privacy Roundup

BakerHostetler on 11/20/2024

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) held its annual Masters of Advertising Law Conference November 11-13 in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona, and wow, children’s advertising and privacy was a hot-button topic at the...more

Looking Down the Road: Data Privacy Priorities in 2024

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 2/16/2024

2023 brought a surge of data privacy developments, with a large expansion of state comprehensive privacy laws, litigation of new claims based on older laws (e.g. wiretapping and VPPA cases), increased scrutiny on data...more

New Jersey Governor Signs Comprehensive Privacy Law

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/23/2024

On January 16, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 322 ("the Act"), making New Jersey the fourteenth state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, joining California, Virginia,...more

Settlement with App Developers Requires Limits on Collection and Use of Children’s Personal Information

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/7/2020

In August, Viacom and a number of other app developers and ad-tech companies reached a settlement with parents who had alleged that the companies were illegally selling children’s personal information for behavioral...more

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