Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act

This bill amends the 1998 children's online privacy law so that its protections also cover teens ages 13 to 16, not only children under 13. It would bar websites and apps that know or should reasonably know a user is a child or teen from using that user's personal information for targeted advertising. It would let parents and teens see, correct, and delete personal information an operator has collected, and would require consent before collecting it in many cases. It also widens the definition of personal information to include items such as geolocation and biometric data, and requires the Federal Trade Commission and the Government Accountability Office to issue reports.

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Sponsors

• Edward J. Markey Democrat sponsor
• 21 cosponsors