Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule ("COPPA")
Tags:
Consumer Protection
Privacy and Security
Children's Privacy
16 CFR Part 312
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, 15 U.S.C. 6501–6505 Children's Privacy
Rule Summary:
COPPA imposes certain requirements on operators of websites or online services directed to children under 13 years of age, and on operators of other websites or online services that have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information online from a child under 13 years of age.
Text of Rule
Federal Register Notices
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request (COPPA Rule)
- 16 CFR Part 312: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule Safe Harbor Proposed Self-Regulatory Guidelines; Entertainment Software Rating Board’s COPPA Safe Harbor Program Application to Modify Program Requirements Federal Register Notice(April 5, 2018)
- 16 CFR Part 312: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule Proposed Parental Consent Method; Jest8 Limited, Trading as Riyo, Application for Approval of Parental Consent Method(August 7, 2015)
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule: Final Rule Amendments To Clarify the Scope of the Rule and Strengthen Its Protections For Children's Personal Information; 16 C.F.R. Part 312(January 17, 2013)
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule: Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request For Comment - Proposal To Modify Certain Proposed Definitions, 16 C.F.R. Part 312(August 6, 2012)
- 16 C.F.R. Part 312: Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule: Proposed Rule; Request for Comment on Proposal to Amend Rule to Respond to Changes in Online Technology(September 27, 2011)
- Request for Public Comment on the Federal Trade Commission's Implementation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule - 16 CFR Part 312(April 5, 2010)
- Request for Public Comment on the Federal Trade Commission's Implementation of the Rule, 75 FR 17089(April 5, 2010)
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule: Request for Comments - 16 CFR Part 312(April 22, 2005 )
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule: Request for Comments - 16 CFR Part 312(April 22, 2005)
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule - 16 CFR Part 312(January 14, 2005)
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule - 16 CFR Part 312(April 17, 2002)
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule - 16 CFR Part 312(November 3, 1999)
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule - 16 CFR Part 312(July 27, 1999)
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule - 16 CFR Part 312(April 27, 1999)
Public Events
Related Documents
- Protecting Children’s Privacy Under COPPA: A Survey on Compliance(1.22 MB)
- Summary of Ex Parte Communication on December 10, 2019, with Commissioner Christine S. Wilson; Forrest Waldron, KreekCraft; and Travis Richardson, Ellify Talent Agency, Regarding the 2019 COPPA Rule Review(92.73 KB)
- Summary of Ex Parte Communication on December 16, 2019, between Commissioner Christine S. Wilson and Mohamed Moshyem, regarding the 2019 COPPA Rule Review(94.72 KB)
- Summary of Ex Parte Communication on December 9, 2019, between Commissioner Christine S. Wilson and Representatives from the DanTDM YouTube channel, regarding the 2019 COPPA Rule Review(94.88 KB)