Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-1628
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act

 
This bill extends to minors (ages 12&#8211;16) privacy protections previously applicable only to children (ages 0&#8211;12) and otherwise establishes greater online privacy protections for children and minors.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits an operator of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application directed to a child or minor with constructive knowledge the user is a child or minor from collecting the user's personal information without
 
 
providing notice and obtaining consent,
 
providing a parent or minor with certain information upon request,
 
conditioning participation by a user on the provision of personal information,
 
establishing and maintaining reasonable procedures to protect the personal information collected from users. 
 
 
The bill also prohibits targeted marketing directed to a child or directed to a minor without the minor's consent. 
 
The bill further outlines a set of principles governing how operators should collect and use personal information, as well as provide information to a parent or minor. A parent or minor must be able to challenge the accuracy of personal information, and an operator must provide for the erasure or correction of inaccurate personal information. Operators must also implement mechanisms for the erasure or elimination of personal information at the request of users and make users aware of such mechanisms.
 
Moreover, the bill prohibits the sale of internet-connected devices targeted to children and minors unless they meet certain cybersecurity and data security standards, and it requires manufacturers of such devices to display a privacy dashboard detailing how personal information is collected and used.

action_date: 2022-12-15
text: 

Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act

 
This bill extends to minors (ages 12&#8211;16) privacy protections previously applicable only to children (ages 0&#8211;12) and otherwise establishes greater online privacy protections for children and minors.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits an operator of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application directed to, or used or reasonably likely to be used by, a child or minor from collecting the user's personal information without
 
 
providing notice and obtaining consent,
 
providing a parent or minor with certain information upon request,
 
conditioning participation by a user on the provision of personal information,
 
establishing and maintaining reasonable procedures to protect the personal information collected from users. 
 
 
The bill also prohibits targeted marketing directed to a child or directed to a minor without the minor's consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 658.
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in Senate