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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 -

Disney to Pay $10M to Settle Allegations of Unlawful Kids’ Data Collection

Cozen O'Connor on 9/5/2025

The FTC settled with Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. and Disney Entertainment Operations LLC (collectively, “Disney”) over allegations that Disney violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA) by allowing...more

The Robins Kaplan Privacy Pulse - Big Tech Aims to Increase Privacy Protections for Teens and Children

Robins Kaplan LLP on 8/18/2021

Facing pressure from Congress and a groundswell of complaints by parents, many of the biggest technology companies are taking belated action to improve privacy protections for their teenage users. Though the Children’s Online...more

Practitioners’ Corner: The FTC is the COPPA on the Beat: The YouTube Settlement and What It Means for In-House Counsel

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/4/2019

Practitioner’s Corner is a monthly focus on topics of interest to in-house counsel in the implementation of their privacy programs. On September 4, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Google and YouTube...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

The Weekly Privacy Rewind

BakerHostetler on 4/19/2018

Class Actions - Uber Data Breach Suits Consolidated in California - The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has settled on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in which to...more

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