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Protect Children's Data. Automate COPPA Compliance. Build Digital Trust.

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act requires strict controls over the collection, use, and sharing of personal information from children under 13. BigID enables automated discovery, verifiable consent governance, data minimization, and audit-ready reporting to operationalize COPPA compliance and protect young users at scale.

Protect Children’s Data with Measurable Controls

COPPA requires organizations to:

  • Obtain verifiable parental consent
  • Limit data collection to what is necessary
  • Enable parental access and deletion rights
  • Protect children’s data with strong security controls
  • Ensure third-party partners meet compliance obligations

Meeting these requirements demands visibility into where children’s data resides, how it is processed, and who has access.

BigID enables organizations to:

  • Discover and classify children’s personal information
  • Correlate data to individual child profiles
  • Automate parental rights fulfillment
  • Enforce retention and minimization policies
  • Monitor third-party data sharing
  • Generate defensible compliance documentation

Protecting children’s privacy begins with precise data intelligence.

Meet Core COPPA Requirements

Verifiable Parental Consent

COPPA requires explicit parental authorization before collecting children’s personal information.

BigID supports:

  • Mapping child data to consent records
  • Visibility into purpose-based data collection
  • Reporting on consent coverage gaps
  • Audit-ready documentation aligned to FTC expectations

Consent governance becomes measurable and defensible.

Data Minimization and Retention

Organizations must collect only what is necessary and retain it only as long as required.

BigID enables:

  • Identification of redundant and excessive data
  • Policy-driven retention enforcement
  • Automated lifecycle workflows
  • Deletion validation reporting

Minimization reduces regulatory and reputational risk.

Parental Access and Deletion Rights

Parents have the right to review, correct, and delete their child’s information.

BigID automates:

  • Identity correlation across systems
  • End-to-end rights fulfillment workflows
  • SLA tracking and documentation
  • Cross-system deletion validation

Rights fulfillment becomes scalable across large user bases.

Third-Party Accountability

Operators remain responsible for vendors and partners that process children’s data.

BigID provides:

  • Visibility into third-party data sharing
  • Data flow documentation
  • Vendor processing oversight
  • Reporting to support contractual enforcement

Data sharing becomes transparent and governed.

Security and Risk Monitoring

Children’s data requires heightened protection.

BigID enables:

  • Identification of high-risk sensitive attributes
  • Visibility into overexposed data access
  • Risk-based prioritization of vulnerable assets
  • Continuous monitoring across cloud and SaaS environments

Security posture strengthens at the data layer.

Who Must Comply

COPPA applies to:

  • Websites and apps directed at children under 13
  • Platforms with mixed audiences that knowingly collect child data
  • EdTech platforms used in K–8 environments
  • Gaming and streaming services
  • Advertising and analytics providers that process children’s data

If your organization collects, uses, or shares personal data from U.S. users under 13, compliance is mandatory.

Why BigID for COPPA

Protecting children’s privacy demands more than static policies. BigID operates directly at the data layer to provide real-time visibility and enforceable controls across modern digital ecosystems.

BigID is:

  • Content-based across structured and unstructured data
  • Identity-aware for precise child profile correlation
  • Scalable across mobile, cloud, SaaS, and AI systems
  • Designed for privacy, security, and governance convergence
  • Built for continuous oversight and regulatory accountability

Organizations strengthen compliance while building digital trust with families.

COPPA Compliance FAQs

Who must comply with COPPA?
COPPA applies to websites, apps, and digital services directed to children under 13, as well as platforms that knowingly collect personal information from children in the United States.
What qualifies as personal information under COPPA?
COPPA covers persistent identifiers, geolocation data, biometric identifiers, voice recordings, photos, behavioral data, and any information that identifies or profiles a child.
What is verifiable parental consent?
Organizations must obtain clear, documented parental authorization before collecting or processing children’s personal data. Consent must be purpose-specific and demonstrable.
How does BigID help with COPPA compliance?
BigID discovers and classifies children’s data, correlates it to individual profiles, validates consent coverage, automates parental rights requests, and enforces retention policies across systems.

Protect Children’s Data with Confidence

Children’s privacy demands rigorous oversight and responsible data practices. BigID helps you identify children’s personal information, validate consent, enforce minimization, automate rights workflows, and maintain audit-ready reporting across your entire digital ecosystem.

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