Verifying Kids’ Online Privacy Act
HR 7534, the Verifying Kids’ Online Privacy Act, raises the age of "child" under online privacy law from 13 to 16 and requires websites and apps to verify a user's age before collecting data. It prohibits companies from selling or reusing age verification data and mandates deleting such data 30 days after an account closes. The bill also creates a Children’s Online Safety Fund, using COPPA civil penalties to provide grants for school digital literacy programs focused on online safety and mental health. These changes directly affect online platforms serving children and fund digital safety education for children in schools.
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 5, 2024
Last action Mar 8, 2024
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Mar 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Mar 5, 2024
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Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Jake Auchincloss
DDemocratic
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