United States of America: Introduced Clean Slate for Kids Online Act including Data Protection Requirements

On 13 February 2023, the Clean Slate for Kids Online Act (SB 395) was introduced in the United States Senate. The Act aims to protect minors, specifically children under the age of 13. The Act would amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) to allow every citizen to request the deletion of any data that was collected on them when they were younger than 13 years old, regardless of whether the parents consented to the data collection at the time. The Act would also give the right to deletion of data that was collected about children indirectly through data brokers and other sources. The entity will be required to send a written confirmation of the deletion to the individual that submitted such a request.