Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act

This bill would overhaul the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) to provide stronger protections for both children and teens online. Key changes include expanding the scope to explicitly cover teens (ages 13 through under 17), broadening what counts as personal information, clarifying consent and notice requirements, and tightening rules on how information can be collected, used, or transferred. It also adds new rights for families and teens (such as deletion and correction of data), requires stronger security practices, and creates new enforcement and oversight mechanisms, including a possible move toward a common consent mechanism and studies by federal agencies. The act would preempt conflicting state laws but would allow states to adopt stricter protections. In short, the bill aims to modernize privacy protections for younger users in the era of mobile apps and connected devices, reduce the scope for targeted or non-consensual data collection, and strengthen individuals’ control over their information.