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COPPA and Children Under Thirteen

What COPPA requires for children under thirteen, stated as current rule and policy rather than shorthand.

LG11 · Hub: Children Teens and Age Verification · Intended reader: Platform, product, education, and child-privacy teams

Scope

COPPA operator coverage, actual knowledge, parental consent, rights, notices, retention, security, and third parties under the current rule; keeps the amended rule distinct from FTC enforcement policy. Texas relevance: platforms and edtech vendors serving Texas children face COPPA alongside the SCOPE Act and SB 2420, so Texas teams need the federal floor stated precisely before layering state duties.

Section outline

  1. Deck: "What COPPA requires for children under thirteen, stated as current rule and policy rather than shorthand."
  2. Short answer: coverage, consent, notices, retention, vendors, timing.
  3. Section: The Amended COPPA Rule Versus FTC Enforcement Policy.
  4. Section: Operator Coverage and Actual Knowledge.
  5. Section: Parental Consent.
  6. Section: Notices and Rights.
  7. Section: Retention and Security.
  8. Section: Vendor Sharing and Third Parties.
  9. Section: Effective and Compliance Timing (source-dated entries).
  10. What Is Unsettled: timing and policy questions sourced but not independently confirmed.
  11. Sources.
  12. Related reading: LG12 (SCOPE and app stores), LG13 (age assurance).

Assigned content modules

  • G53: COPPA and Children Under Thirteen

Required research sections

  • The amended COPPA Rule, 16 C.F.R. part 312 (what it covers; distinct from FTC policy)
  • The FTC February 2026 age-verification enforcement policy (what it covers; kept separate from the rule)
  • Operator coverage and actual knowledge (what it covers)
  • Parental consent (what it covers)
  • Children under thirteen: notices, rights, retention, security (what it covers)
  • Vendor sharing and third parties (what it covers)
  • Effective and compliance timing as source-dependent entries (what it covers)

Research anchors and owner works

Anchors: L08. Owner works: A01 (dependency; content to be supplied by owner, not invented)

Owner works: A01 (dependency; content to be supplied by owner, not invented).

Sister-site crossover

both. The data site explains general children and platform privacy; the AI site keeps chatbot and AI-specific applications. Verified companion: https://texasailaw.com/guides/minors-apps-and-ai/ (Appendix F mode: both).

Industry: Technology and platforms; Retail and consumer
Track: Compliance

Related reading

  • SCOPE and app stores