Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 748
116th Congress(2019-2020)
A bill to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and minors, and for other purposes.
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 12, 2019
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Introduced
Mar 12, 2019
Latest Action
Mar 12, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
748
Congress
116
Policy Area
Commerce
Commerce
Primary focus of measure is business investment, development, regulation; small business; consumer affairs; competition and restrictive trade practices; manufacturing, distribution, retail; marketing; intellectual property. Measures concerning international competitiveness and restrictions on imports and exports may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Massachusetts
Republican
Missouri
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

This bill extends to minors (ages 12–16) privacy protections previously applicable only to children (ages 0–12) 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.

Text (1)
March 12, 2019
Actions (2)
03/12/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
03/12/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 5:32:21 PM