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Houston Chronicle: FTC releases proposal to improve children’s online privacy law amid advanced technology

December 22, 2023

The COPPA specifically aims to protect the privacy of children younger than 13 by requesting parental consent for the collection or use of any personal information of the users, according to the Electronic Privacy Information Center’s website. The act went into effect in 2000, revised in 2013 and then had a workshop to decide on updates to the law in 2019.

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