Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Passed first chamber
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- +18
- Latest action
- Mar 16
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Done)
Floor (Current step)
Law (Not started)
What it does
The Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act would amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to extend privacy protections to teens aged 13 to 16, in addition to children under 13, by expanding the definition of "operator" to include online services, mobile applications, and connected devices, and strengthening rules around the collection, use, disclosure, and deletion of personal information. It prohibits operators from collecting or using personal information of children or teens for individual-specific advertising unless certain exceptions apply, and requires verifiable consent from parents for children or directly from teens before such data is collected. The bill also updates definitions of personal information to include biometric data, geolocation, persistent identifiers, and audio/visual files, while clarifying exclusions for internal operational support and contextual advertising.
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
What moved
Who is involved
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]Lead sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]Co-sponsor
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]Co-sponsor
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL]
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ]
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
- Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA]
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.
- Who sits in the seats that vote on itA roster is not a certified tally, and a filing is not a place on the ballot.
- Who funds the people decidingA receipt is not backing. A contribution does not establish a policy motive.
- Who is paid to be heardNaming an institution is the filer's account, not a record of any meeting.
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