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Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA): True or False?

Are you a COPPA expert? See how many questions you can get right on the true-or-false quiz below.

Chances are, if you're a parent with kids online, you've heard of COPPA, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. But you may not know exactly how it works to protect you and your kids. Can you spot the truths and the lies below?

Ariel Fox Johnson
Ariel Fox Johnson is Senior Counsel for Global Policy at Common Sense Media, where she advocates for smart practices, policies, and rules to help all kids thrive in today’s wired world. Her work focuses on enhancing family privacy rights, strengthening students' educational privacy, and promoting robust consumer protections in the online world. She frequently advises policymakers, industry, and tech experts, and has helped develop laws on student privacy, consumer privacy, and the Internet of Things. Ariel is a graduate of Harvard College and Law School. Prior to joining Common Sense, Ariel worked on privacy, media, intellectual property, and technology matters at corporate law firms, and provided pro bono assistance to nonprofits and asylum seekers.