USA: Part One and Two - Children's Data Privacy Laws in 2025

Data Strategy, Security & Privacy attorneys Mark Francis and Ashley Fisher co-authored a two-part OneTrust DataGuidance guide highlighting the evolving data privacy laws in the United States, particularly those concerning children's data. Although federal laws such as the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) require verifiable parental consent for online data collection from children under 13, new proposals such as COPPA 2.0 and the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) aim to expand protections to teenagers and impose stricter regulations on social media, though their legislative outcomes remain uncertain. The authors also discuss how states are enacting comprehensive privacy statutes, updating age-appropriate design codes and broadening the scope of protections, including offline data and minors up to age 17, to better safeguard users' privacy.

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