COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act)
The federal law that limits how online services collect personal information from children under 13.
- Stands for
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
- Used in
- United States
- Topic
- Policy and law
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- FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) United States
- The federal law that protects the privacy of student education records and gives parents (and students at 18) rights to see and correct them.
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