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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FTC amendments to COPPA Rule effective soon

On April 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or the Commission) published an updated Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule (Rule) in the Federal Register. The updates are effective June 23, 2025. But...more

White & Case LLP

Unpacking the FTC’s COPPA Amendments: What You Need to Know

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On April 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its final amendments ("the Amendments") to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule in the Federal Register. The Amendments expand the...more

Venable LLP

FTC Finalizes COPPA Rule Changes, New Rule Takes Effect in June

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On January 16, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) published a final rule on the FTC website updating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule (Final Rule). This Final Rule follows a...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Sweeping Changes to Children’s Privacy Law Will Affect Businesses

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On June 23, 2025, businesses will face a new world of children’s privacy regulation, with amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) imposing a host of requirements on operators. The sweeping new...more

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Big Changes for Small Users: FTC Finalizes COPPA Rule Update

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On April 21, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a significant and long-awaited update to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule—the law’s first update since 2013. The revised Rule introduces...more

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FTC Announces Significant Amendments to COPPA

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On April 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published substantial amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA), which will take effect on June 23, 2025. Businesses subject to COPPA must ensure...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

#StatusUpdate on Social Media, Apps, and Children’s Privacy

Regulations impacting children’s use of social media continues to be a space in motion the past few months. There have been developments at both the state level, as well as with the FTC. And there is no sign of slowing down....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FTC files amicus brief in defense of COPPA

On August 19, the FTC filed an amicus brief supporting a class of plaintiffs representing their minor children in a case alleging that an educational technology company unlawfully collected, used and sold the children’s data...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CARU Settles With KidGeni AI Platform Over Alleged Privacy Violations 

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit recently settled with KidGeni – a generative art platform intended for children- for allegedly violating both CARU’s guidelines and COPPA. According to CARU, which is a self-regulatory...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Child-Facing Products and the FTC: What You Need to Know

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What are we discussing with our clients who have children-facing products following some new/recent Federal Trade Commission enforcement actions? Here are some key takeaways:...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

FTC Sues TikTok – Again – For Violating COPPA Rules On Children’s Data Privacy And Parental Consent

Once again, the Justice Department, acting upon notification and referral from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), has filed a lawsuit against the video-sharing platform TikTok and its parent company for alleged flagrant...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FTC Ruling on Proposed Facial Recognition Safe Harbor under COPPA

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has declined to approve a new method for obtaining parental consent under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) that would involve analyzing facial geometry to verify an...more

BakerHostetler

It’s Time to Face the Music: FTC Says ‘No’ to Facial Recognition-Based Consent Under COPPA

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced on March 29that it was denying the application for a new mechanism for obtaining verifiable Parental Consent under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act...more

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FTC Denies an Application to Add a New Verifiable Parental Consent Mechanism Under COPPA Rule Without Prejudice

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On March 29, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) published a unanimous decision to deny an application by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, Yoti, and SuperAwesome (collectively, the “Applicants”) to add a...more

Venable LLP

What Every Company Should Know about Child and Teen Privacy in 2024

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Federal and state regulators have previously prioritized minors’ online privacy regulation, and this trend is poised to continue in 2024. Chief among these laws is the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA),...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

43 AGs Urge FTC to Update Child Online Privacy Rules

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On March 7, 2024, a bipartisan coalition of 43 state attorneys general sent to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) a letter urging the FTC to update the regulations (“COPPA Rules”) implementing the Children’s Online Privacy...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Looking Down the Road: Data Privacy Priorities in 2024

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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

BakerHostetler

AD Nauseam – Children, They are Indeed Our Future – COPPA Developments

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On today’s episode of AD Nauseam, Amy, Daniel, and Carolina talk about the latest on COPPA – including the new proposed rule and recent enforcement actions. Questions & Comments: amudge@bakerlaw.com, dkaufman@bakerlaw.com,...more

King & Spalding

FTC Proposes Stricter Children’s Privacy Rules in First COPPA Update since 2013

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On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed revisions to its rules administering the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The updates both expand the universe of businesses subject...more

Lerman Senter PLLC

FTC Proposes Updates to COPPA Rule

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The FTC is proposing significant changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule to place new restrictions on the use and disclosure of children’s personal information. The COPPA Rule requires websites...more

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Complying with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule; FTC’s Proposed Updates

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On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule) seeking to update the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which would place new restrictions on...more

BakerHostetler

In Case You Were Focused on the Holidays and Not the FTC - It’s COPPA and Facial Recognition Time

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The FTC has become big on the late December surprise. In late December 2022, the agency announced the health claims guidance, which was quite a big deal for advertisers. This December there were two late December...more

Hinch Newman LLP

FTC Advertising Law Alert: Proposed Revisions to the COPPA Rule

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The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule requires operators of websites and online services that are directed to children under 13 years of age, or that have “actual knowledge” they are collecting personal information...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FTC Proposes Changes to COPPA Rule: What Businesses Need to Know

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule). The COPPA Rule applies to operators of websites and online services...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

FTC Proposes Significant Changes to COPPA Rule

On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) that would place significant new restrictions on companies that collect...more

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