Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
Sponsored By: Senator Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Passed Senate
Summary
Extends COPPA protections to teens (ages 13–16) and would tighten consent, data security, and limits on targeted advertising for children and teens. It broadens what counts as personal information and narrows how operators can collect, retain, and transfer youth data.
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- Families, children, and teens: Gives children and teens rights to access, delete, and correct data about them. Requires verifiable consent from parents for children and direct verifiable consent from teens before collection or material changes.
- Operators and digital services: Redefines "operator" to cover most commercial websites, apps, and connected devices and expands "personal information" to include biometrics, persistent identifiers, photos, geolocation, and related identifiers. Prohibits individual‑specific advertising to children and teens and requires notice before storing or transferring youth data outside the United States.
- Schools and oversight: Allows educational agencies to share data with operators only for educational purposes under notice and authorization limits. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to study a common verifiable consent mechanism, report within one year on feasibility, and, if feasible and compliant, issue regulations.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Stronger online privacy for kids and teens
This bill would expand who counts as an operator and what counts as a child’s or teen’s personal data. Services for kids, or that know a user is a child or teen, would have to post clear data notices. Parents or teens would need to give verifiable consent before data is collected or uses change. Parents and teens would be able to access, delete, and correct personal data. Services would be barred from using kids’ or teens’ data for individual‑specific ads. Companies would have to give notice before storing or sending that data outside the United States and delete it when no longer needed.
Small business rules for kids’ privacy
FTC rules under this bill would include a small‑business impact analysis. The safe‑harbor program would extend to teens. The FTC would publish certain compliance documents, subject to legal limits. State attorneys general would be able to bring related enforcement actions.
How sites are judged for kids
Enforcement would use reliable evidence and the totality of circumstances to decide if a service knows users are minors. The FTC would issue guidance with examples and best practices within 180 days. The guidance would not create new legal rights. Sites would not be required to add age checks or collect ages. That would mean protections depend on what operators know based on objective facts.
FTC reports on kids’ privacy
The FTC would deliver an oversight report within 3 years on how child‑focused apps follow the law. Starting 1 year after enactment, the FTC would issue yearly reports on cases, investigations, complaints, and recommendations.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
MA • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
LA • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
WA • D
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
HI • D
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Shelley Capito
WV • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
ID • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
OR • D
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
IA • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
CT • D
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
OR • D
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Peter Welch
VT • D
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
ME • I
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Katie Britt
AL • R
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
GA • D
Sponsored 3/24/2025
Charles Schumer
NY • D
Sponsored 5/13/2025
Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
TX • R
Sponsored 7/28/2025
Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ]
NJ • D
Sponsored 11/3/2025
Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA]
PA • R
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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