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Check the child’s age, service and data history. The privacy rule gives rights and duties, not a payment for each family.
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Federal Trade Commission · Issuer of the final privacy rule
Finding: The final rule gives parents ways to review and limit covered collection of children’s personal information.
FTC final amended children's online privacy rule, April 22, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · Apr 22, 2025 · Checked Oct 3, 2026
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The rule defines a child as under 13. Coverage also depends on the service and what its owner knows.
COPPA is the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, the federal children’s privacy law. The rule covers child-directed services and other covered operators with actual knowledge. It does not treat every teen account the same, and it is not proof of a violation by a named game.
The rule has notice and consent duties, with stated exceptions. Ask which collection, use or sharing the question concerns.
The final text describes exceptions to prior consent in specified circumstances. It also addresses separate consent for some disclosures to third parties. Do not assume one checkbox covers every use of a child’s information or that every collection is automatically unlawful.
For covered data, parents can review it and ask for deletion. The company must take reasonable steps to check who is asking.
The FTC consumer guide explains how parents can revoke consent and ask for deletion. Keep the request and full response. Ask what information remains, what collection will stop and which identity documents are needed before sending them.
The amended rule took effect on June 23, 2025. Most of its compliance duties had an April 22, 2026 date, with stated exceptions.
The final rule was published April 22, 2025. Its dates are different from the date a child opened an account or an operator sent a notice. Keep the actual collection and request dates so a lawyer can check which requirements apply, including any special safe-harbor provisions.
The general rule does not decide a Roblox case. A review needs the child’s age, account and actual data history.
Identify the operator and the service used, including any third-party site. Keep the notice, consent request and information you believe was collected. Ask a lawyer which facts show coverage and which show the alleged breach of a duty.
The rule is not a family payout schedule. Ask which legal claim and relief may fit the facts.
A civil claim asks for relief based on alleged harm and responsibility. FTC guidance also explains how to report a suspected privacy violation. A report to the FTC and a claim seeking relief for your family are separate steps; ask what each can address before choosing what to do.
Ask what help the lawyer’s fee would cover. Reporting to the FTC is different from hiring a firm for a claim.
Ask whether the work concerns checking coverage, sending a data request or seeking relief in court. Get written fee and expense terms and ask what costs remain if a claim loses. Do not treat a general government reporting guide as a fee agreement with a private lawyer.
Keep the child’s age and the dates of data collection or requests. Ask how those dates affect the applicable rules.
The amended rule’s effective and compliance dates are not a personal filing deadline. Ask a lawyer which claim and time limit apply to your facts, including any earlier collection. Confirm what the firm needs next and whether it has agreed to act for your family.
The review is free and private. Asking for it doesn’t commit you to anything.
Register your interestGiven that Roblox has millions of users under 13, each instance of data collection without parental consent constitutes a separate violation. Additionally, state attorneys general can bring COPPA enforcement actions under state consumer protection laws, and private plaintiffs can seek damages in class action litigation.
Yes. Under COPPA, platforms have responsibility when they have "actual knowledge" that users are under 13 — and Roblox has extensive actual knowledge that its user base is predominantly children. Roblox's own SEC filings, investor presentations, and marketing materials acknowledge the platform's child-dominated demographics. A platform cannot rely on easily falsified age gates to avoid COPPA compliance when it knows its users are children. The FTC has consistently rejected age-gate defenses in COPPA enforcement actions.
COPPA 2.0, if enacted, would extend privacy protections to teenagers ages 13–16, ban targeted advertising to all minors, require data minimization, and strengthen FTC enforcement. While COPPA 2.0 would not retroactively apply to current claims, its passage would signal strong legislative intent to protect children online — context that could influence judicial interpretation of existing COPPA provisions and strengthen the policy arguments supporting current litigation against Roblox.
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