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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 -

Michigan AG Sues Roku Under Multiple Privacy Regulatory Schemes

Maynard Nexsen on 5/12/2025

On April 29, 2025, the Michigan Attorney General filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Michigan against Roku on multiple grounds, alleging violations of: (a) the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and (b)...more

China Issues New Cybersecurity Law to Protect Children

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/9/2019

China’s PCPPIC protects children’s personal information in much the same way as COPPA and the GDPR, but with a few differences. On August 22, 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released a new data privacy...more

Self-Regulatory Actions Signal Warning for Mobile Apps that Allow Third Parties to Collect Information for Interest-Based...

WilmerHale on 7/22/2016

Recent actions against two prominent mobile app developers serve as a warning for companies that authorize third parties to collect and use information over time for advertising in mobile apps (known as interest-based...more

No VPPA Liability for Disclosure of Certain Anonymous Digital Identifiers

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 7/1/2016

Another court has contributed to the ongoing debate over the scope of the term “personally identifiable information” under the Video Privacy Protection Act – a statute enacted in 1988 to protect the privacy of consumers’...more

Third Circuit Tackles New VPPA and Other Privacy Questions in In re Nickelodeon Consumer Privacy Litigation

WilmerHale on 6/30/2016

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals handed the defendants a partial victory in In re Nickelodeon Consumer Privacy Litigation on June 27. While its decision last year in In re Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy...more

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