Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
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The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates how websites and online services collect, use, and disclose personal information from children under 13.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| COPPA | 1 |
| COPPA Rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission | 1 |
| Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2724627 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Context triple: [Federal Trade Commission, legalBasis, Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act]
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A.
Electronic Communications Privacy Act
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the interception, access, and disclosure of electronic communications and associated data by government and private entities.
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B.
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 is a U.S. federal law that overhauled financial regulation by repealing key parts of Glass-Steagall, allowing the consolidation of commercial banking, investment banking, and insurance services while imposing new consumer privacy and data protection requirements.
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C.
Privacy Act of 1974
The Privacy Act of 1974 is a U.S. federal law that governs how federal agencies collect, maintain, use, and disclose individuals’ personal information, granting citizens rights to access and correct records about themselves.
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D.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a 1998 U.S. law that implements international copyright treaties and strengthens protections for digital content, including anti-circumvention measures and safe harbor provisions for online service providers.
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E.
Truth in Lending Act
The Truth in Lending Act is a U.S. federal law that requires lenders to clearly disclose key terms and costs of consumer credit to promote informed borrowing and protect consumers from unfair lending practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Target entity description: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates how websites and online services collect, use, and disclose personal information from children under 13.
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A.
Electronic Communications Privacy Act
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the interception, access, and disclosure of electronic communications and associated data by government and private entities.
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B.
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 is a U.S. federal law that overhauled financial regulation by repealing key parts of Glass-Steagall, allowing the consolidation of commercial banking, investment banking, and insurance services while imposing new consumer privacy and data protection requirements.
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C.
Privacy Act of 1974
The Privacy Act of 1974 is a U.S. federal law that governs how federal agencies collect, maintain, use, and disclose individuals’ personal information, granting citizens rights to access and correct records about themselves.
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D.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a 1998 U.S. law that implements international copyright treaties and strengthens protections for digital content, including anti-circumvention measures and safe harbor provisions for online service providers.
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E.
Truth in Lending Act
The Truth in Lending Act is a U.S. federal law that requires lenders to clearly disclose key terms and costs of consumer credit to promote informed borrowing and protect consumers from unfair lending practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
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consumer protection law ⓘ privacy law ⓘ |
| ageThreshold | under 13 years old ⓘ |
| allows | FTC-approved self-regulatory safe harbor programs ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
online services directed to children under 13
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operators of websites and online services that knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 ⓘ websites directed to children under 13 ⓘ |
| complianceMechanism |
COPPA Rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission
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linked to:
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
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| contains | requirements for data retention and deletion of children’s personal information ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| defines | personal information collected online from children ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Federal Trade Commission
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state attorneys general ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
notice and consent mechanisms for parents
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online collection of personal information from children ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent children’s privacy regulations and best practices worldwide ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal government
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linked to:
United States government
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| legalArea |
children’s rights
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data protection ⓘ online privacy ⓘ |
| obligates |
operators of child-directed websites
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operators of general-audience websites with actual knowledge of child users under 13 ⓘ |
| prohibits | conditioning a child’s participation in a game, contest, or activity on disclosing more personal information than reasonably necessary ⓘ |
| purpose |
to enhance privacy protections for children on the internet
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to give parents control over information collected from their young children online ⓘ |
| regulates |
collection of personal information from children under 13
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disclosure of personal information from children under 13 ⓘ use of persistent identifiers for tracking children online ⓘ use of personal information from children under 13 ⓘ |
| requires |
allowing parents to revoke consent and delete their child’s information
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giving parents the choice to consent to collection and internal use of a child’s information while prohibiting disclosure to third parties ⓘ maintaining the confidentiality, security, and integrity of children’s personal information ⓘ notice to parents about information practices ⓘ posting of a clear and comprehensive online privacy policy ⓘ providing parents access to their child’s personal information ⓘ reasonable procedures to protect the security of children’s personal information ⓘ verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children ⓘ |
| scope |
commercial websites and online services
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mobile applications directed to children ⓘ online advertising networks collecting data from child-directed services ⓘ |
| shortName |
COPPA
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linked to:
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
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| targetGroup |
children under 13 using online services
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parents of children under 13 ⓘ |
| violationConsequences |
civil penalties
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injunctive relief ⓘ requirements for future compliance programs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Description of subject: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates how websites and online services collect, use, and disclose personal information from children under 13.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
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complianceMechanism
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COPPA Rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission
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linked to: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act