The FTC's COPPA Deadline Is April 22.
One API to get compliant.
$53,088 per violation. Per child. Per instance. The FTC has called COPPA enforcement its top priority for 2026.
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6 New Requirements by April 22
Separate Parental Consent
Operators need separate VPC before disclosing children's data for advertising or non-integral purposes
Written Data Retention Policy
Must document purpose, business need, and deletion timeline — publish in COPPA privacy notice
Enhanced Direct Notice
Notices to parents must disclose how the operator intends to use children's data
Third-Party Oversight
Written confirmation from every service provider that they have reasonable security measures
Expanded Personal Information
Now includes biometric identifiers and government-issued identifiers
New Consent Methods
Knowledge-based questions, facial recognition with gov ID, text-plus verification
One API. Every Requirement.
Separate parental consent for ads
parental_consent_gate
Data retention policy enforcement
data_deletion_request
Enhanced direct notice to parents
parental_event_notification
Third-party provider oversight
commercial_data_ban
Expanded PII protection
targeted_ad_block
New consent method support
screen_time_report
POST /v1/children/{id}/enforce
{
"rules": [
"parental_consent_gate",
"targeted_ad_block",
"commercial_data_ban",
"data_deletion_request"
],
"platforms": ["youtube", "instagram", "tiktok", "roblox"]
}The Cost of Non-Compliance
$520M
Epic Games COPPA settlement
$170M
YouTube COPPA settlement
$5.7M
TikTok COPPA fine
Penalties under the amended rule: $53,088 per violation. Per child. Per instance.
59 Days. One API Call.
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