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US FTC’s new COPPA rule to come into effect this summer

By Madeline Hughes ( April 21, 2025, 17:23 GMT | Insight) -- Children’s online data will be harder to sell to third parties beginning this summer under the US Federal Trade Commission’s new Children's Online Privacy Protection Act rule that is set to go into effect in soon, MLex has learned. The 218-page rule update is set to be published in the Federal Register tomorrow and come into effect 60 days after, according to a document obtained by MLex.Children’s online data will be harder to sell to third parties beginning this summer under the US Federal Trade Commission’s new Children's Online Privacy Protection Act rule that is set to go into effect in soon, MLex has learned....

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