Don’t Sell Kids’ Data Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Don’t Sell Kids’ Data Act prohibits data brokers from selling, licensing, renting, trading, transferring, releasing, disclosing, providing access to, or otherwise making available a minor’s personal information to third parties when the data broker knows or should know the person is a minor. The bill covers personal information using the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act definition and treats violations as FTC unfair or deceptive acts or practices. It typically includes exceptions for transfers to the minor or parent, transfers necessary to comply with law, and other limited operational or security purposes identified in the bill text.
Who Benefits and How
Minors and parents benefit from a Federal restriction on commercial transfer of children’s personal information by data brokers. Privacy advocates benefit from FTC-enforceable limits on the children’s data broker market. Companies that do not rely on selling minors’ data benefit from a clearer competitive privacy baseline.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Data brokers must identify minors’ information, stop covered sales or transfers, manage exceptions, and maintain compliance systems. The FTC must enforce violations as unfair or deceptive acts or practices. Third parties that buy or license minors’ data from brokers lose access to that data source.
Key Provisions
- Prohibits data brokers from selling or transferring minors’ personal information to third parties when they know or should know the person is a minor.
- Uses the COPPA personal-information framework for covered data.
- Treats violations as FTC unfair or deceptive acts or practices.
- Preserves limited exceptions for legally required, parent- or minor-directed, and operationally necessary transfers.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Prohibits commercial data brokers from selling or otherwise transferring minors’ personal information to third parties, with FTC enforcement and limited exceptions.
Key Policy Areas
Technology, Consumer Protection, Children
Primary Purpose
Prohibits commercial data brokers from selling or otherwise transferring minors’ personal information to third parties, with FTC enforcement and limited exceptions.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Minors whose personal information is held by data brokers
- Parents of minors
- Children’s privacy advocates
- Privacy-focused technology companies
Identified Costs
- Commercial data brokers
- Third parties buying minors data
- Federal Trade Commission
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of …
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mr. Pallone introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Minors whose personal information is held by data brokers, Parents of minors
Commercial data brokers, Third parties buying minors data
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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