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New COPPA Update: A Setback for Schools and Student Privacy?

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New COPPA Update A Setback for Schools and Student Privacy? January 17, 2025 Morgan Sexton and Amelia Vance       CC BY-NC 4.0 Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a much-anticipated update to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule)–and it is not what the education community was hoping for. As you may recall, the FTC released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to update the COPPA Rule in December 2023, which included rules clarifying when schools can consent to technology use instead of parents and imposing strong contractual requirements on edtech vendors. However, the final rule […]

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PIPC Joins Two Letters Supporting COPPA 2.0

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Press Release PIPC Joins Two Letters Supporting COPPA 2.0 December 16, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Public Interest Privacy Center (PIPC) joins 11 other members of the Federal Education Privacy Coalition (FEPC), a coalition of nationwide education membership and privacy-focused organizations interested in advancing principled student privacy practices, in a letter encouraging Congress to pass the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) without delay. From the letter: “COPPA 2.0 should be passed to ensure that schools retain the authority to consent to data collection and use on behalf of parents in educational contexts. School districts rely on

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Fixing FERPA: Protecting Student Privacy in the Cloud

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Protecting Student Privacy in the Cloud December 13, 2024 Jessica Arciniega, Katherine Kalpos, Morgan Sexton, Amelia Vance, and Casey Waughn   CC BY-NC 4.0 From one-to-one devices to virtual reality experiences, technology has become an integral part of the educational journey for today’s students. Edtech provides schools the opportunity to enhance student learning experiences in countless ways, such as using algorithms to personalize individual learning experiences to each student’s strengths and interests, or using virtual reality field trips to teach students about different places. But while technology has great potential to enhance and supplement traditional instruction, schools often do not

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KOSA’s Constitutionality Concerns: Do KOSPA’s Edits Fix the Issues?

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KOSA’s Constitutionality Concerns: Do KOSPA’s Edits Fix the Issues? December 12, 2024 Jessica Arciniega, Katherine Kalpos, Morgan Sexton, and Amelia Vance       CC BY-NC 4.0 As the 118th Congress nears its end, PIPC has been closely tracking the likelihood of federal child privacy protections becoming law. As you may recall, the Senate passed the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA) in July, incorporating two major child privacy bills–the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teen’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0). The House Energy & Commerce Committee passed versions of KOSA and COPPA 2.0

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A Kids Online Safety Bill in Time for the Holidays? It’s Possible.

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A Kids Online Safety Bill in Time for the Holidays? It’s Possible. December 9, 2024 Jessica Arciniega, Katherine Kalpos, Morgan Sexton, and Amelia Vance       CC BY-NC 4.0 Hello all, As you may recall–the Senate passed the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA) in July, incorporating two major student and child privacy bills–the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teen’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0). The House Energy & Commerce Committee passed different versions of KOSA and COPPA 2.0 in September, leaving questions about how these bills would proceed. This weekend, Senator Blackburn released a new version

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Comparing KOSA AINS with KOSPA

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Comparing the House’s KOSA with Senate’s KOSPA On 7/30/24, the Senate passed the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA), which incorporates two major student and child privacy bills–the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teen’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0)–into the Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2024. On 9/17/24, the House posted an amendment in the nature of a substitute from Representative Bilirakis to their previously introduced version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). Below is our redline comparing KOSPA as it passed the Senate to the House version of KOSA (as updated in the

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Comparing COPPA 2.0 AINS with KOSPA

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Comparing the House’s COPPA 2.0 AINS with the Senate’s KOSPA The Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) and the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) will be included in a Wednesday (9/18) markup by the full House Commerce Committee. An amendment in the nature of a substitute (AINS) were shared publicly this morning (9/17) for both bills. Below is our redline comparing the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA) as it passed the Senate to the House version of COPPA 2.0 (as updated in the AINS on 9/17). A similar redline for KOSA is forthcoming. Children and

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PIPC Joins Letter Endorsing COPPA 2.0

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Press Release PIPC Joins Letter Endorsing COPPA 2.0 September 6, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Public Interest Privacy Center (PIPC) today joins over 100 organizations urging the House Energy & Commerce Committee to to move the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) as a standalone bill to a markup before the full House Committee on Energy and Commerce. From the letter: “H.R. 7890 is an effective, widely supported, bipartisan update to its 25-year-old predecessor. It extends privacy protections to teens, implements strong data minimization principles, bans targeted advertising to minors, gives families greater control over their data,

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Comparing Senate KOSPA with House KOSA/COPPA 2.0

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Comparing Senate KOSPA with House KOSA/COPPA 2.0 On 7/30/24, the Senate passed the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act (KOSPA), which incorporates two major student and child privacy bills–the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teen’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0)–into the Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2024. Below is our redline comparing KOSPA as it passed the Senate to the House versions of KOSA (as updated in the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute for KOSA on 6/27) and COPPA 2.0 (as introduced in the House). Table of Contents Add a header to begin generating

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Comparing Senate Versions of KOSA/COPPA 2.0 vs KOSPA

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Comparing Senate Versions of KOSA/COPPA 2.0 vs KOSPA On Tuesday (7/23/24) Senate Majority Leader Schumer introduced an amendment to add two major student and child privacy bills–the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teen’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0)–to the Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2024. This created a new bill–the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act–which passed a cloture vote today (7/25/24). The Senate is expected to vote on the Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act next week. Below is our redline tracking substantive changes to KOSA and COPPA 2.0 in the Kids Online Safety

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