Recent revelations about data sharing by Google and Facebook as well as increased attention to privacy concerns resulting from Europe’s General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) could provide a tailwind for the legislation, although the current climate in Washington is not likely favorable for bipartisan rulemaking.
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Legislation to Protect Kids Online Introduced
The Do Not Track Kids Act of 2018 is a bipartisan Congressional bill that seeks to expand safeguards found in the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act to children as old as 15. The current maximum age in the law is 13 years old. So reports Lexology.