H.R. 5573 · 116th Congress
PROTECT Kids Act
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Preventing Real Online Threats Endangering Children Today or the PROTECT Kids Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 9, 2020
Preventing Real Online Threats Endangering Children Today or the PROTECT Kids Act
This bill addresses the online collection of personal information from children.
Specifically, the bill raises the age for parental consent protections for children online from under 13 to under 16, adds geolocation and biometric information to protected personal information, and extends all protections for children online to mobile applications.
The bill also requires the operator of a website, online service, or mobile application to delete a child's personal information upon the verified request of a parent, and it prohibits such operator from terminating service to a child whose parent has refused to permit further collection or use of that child's personal information.
Additionally, the Federal Trade Commission must study and report on the appropriateness of the existing actual knowledge standard (preventing an operator from collecting personal information without meeting certain requirements when it has actual knowledge that it is collecting such information from a child) and what effects changing such standard will have on children's online privacy.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: PROTECT Kids Act
Also known as: Preventing Real Online Threats Endangering Children Today
Latest action (Jan 9, 2020): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 9, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.