COPPA
What is COPPA?
US federal law protecting the online privacy of children under 13, implemented by the FTC COPPA Rule (16 CFR Part 312, amended April 2025): notice, verifiable parental consent, parental review and deletion rights, data minimisation, security, retention limits, safe harbor, and FTC and state-AG enforcement.. It comprises 21 controls organised across 6 domains, and applies in the United States.
How COPPA maps to other frameworks
All 21 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 6 domains COPPA groups its controls into
Where COPPA overlaps with the standards you already hold
What COPPA means in your sector
What COPPA means for your job
Questions people ask about COPPA
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How do I get started with COPPA compliance?
Query COPPA programmatically
COPPA, its 21 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
COPPA API reference and MCP config →What COPPA requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one COPPA control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
- COPPA-312-10 Data Retention and Deletion (Written Retention Policy)
- COPPA-312-11 FTC-Approved Safe Harbor Programs
- COPPA-312-2-DTC Child-Directed and Mixed Audience Determination
- COPPA-312-2-SIO Support for Internal Operations Exception Definition
- COPPA-312-3 General Requirements: Five Core Obligations
- COPPA-312-4C Direct Notice to the Parent
- COPPA-312-4D Online Notice of Information Practices (Privacy Policy)
- COPPA-312-5-SCH School Authorization in Lieu of Parental Consent
- COPPA-312-5A Verifiable Parental Consent Requirement
- COPPA-312-5B Approved Methods of Verifiable Parental Consent
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