To amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and teens, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
Strengthens online privacy protections for children and teens by broadening covered services and data, tightening consent and advertising rules, and requiring FTC reporting.
Who Benefits and How
Children, teens, and parents gain broader privacy protections across websites, apps, and online services, including stronger limits on data use and disclosure.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Online platforms and high-impact social media companies face broader coverage and stricter obligations, and the FTC must report on compliance and enforcement.
Key Provisions
- Extends COPPA-style protections to teens and to online applications and mobile applications.
- Broadens personal-information definitions and tightens rules for targeted advertising and other uses.
- Requires periodic FTC reports to Congress on compliance, investigations, and enforcement actions.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Strengthens online privacy protections for children and teens by broadening covered services and data, tightening consent and advertising rules, and requiring FTC reporting.
Key Policy Areas
Technology, Consumer Protection, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Strengthens online privacy protections for children and teens by broadening covered services and data, tightening consent and advertising rules, and requiring FTC reporting.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Children, teens, and parents
- Consumers seeking stronger online privacy protections
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Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Online platforms and high-impact social media companies
- Federal Trade Commission administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Tim Walberg
R-MI | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Walberg (for himself and Ms. Lee of Florida) introduced …
Stakeholder Effects
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Online platforms and high-impact social media companies
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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