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

Stay audit-ready, reduce risk, and simplify COPPA compliance with BigID. BigID empowers organizations that serve children, like app developers, educational platforms, and gaming providers, with the visibility and control needed to operationalize compliance, protect children’s privacy, and stay ahead of enforcement with confidence.

COPPA Overview: Scope & Challenges

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) is a U.S. federal law enforced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that sets strict requirements for protecting the personal information of children under 13. The law applies to websites, apps, platforms, and services directed at children or knowingly collecting their data.

With the COPPA rule updates, organizations now face stricter requirements around data collection, consent, data rights, retention, and security. BigID helps companies automate COPPA compliance, reduce regulatory risk, and build responsible products for young users.

How BigID Maps to COPPA Compliance

Leverage Deep Data Classification

BigID automatically classifies children’s data via machine learning that identifies context and relationships.

Define Policies for Retention or Deletion

Automate workflows to remove data aging, tag what data to be retained, determine how long data should be kept, and delete over-retained data.

Minimize Data to Mitigate Risk

Identify and delete duplicate, similar, and redundant data – and enable policy-driven retention management.

Reduce Risk

Identify high-risk information, flag data flow and access patterns, and continuously monitor access activity to reduce risk to children’s data.

Capture Consent & Preferences

Correlate data to a specific person, capturing consent with practical validation from parents for collecting and processing children’s data.

Manage Data Rights Request

Protect the data rights of children – and automate end-to-end data rights fulfillment, from access to deletion for parents.

Monitor Third-Party Data Sharing

Monitor and mitigate third-party risk with insights into vendor data activities and compliance status to ensure accountability and transparency.

Report on COPPA Compliance

Demonstrate compliance with insightful reporting, highlighting the completion of COPPA requirements.

Built for COPPA, Trusted by Digital Leaders

BigID is trusted by leading app developers, game studios, EdTech platforms, and content providers to:

  • Move from reactive to proactive: Detect children’s personal data and privacy risks before they become violations
  • Unify fragmented data environments: Discover and classify child-specific data across SaaS, cloud, mobile, and on-prem systems
  • Operationalize compliance policies: Automate verifiable parental consent, enforce data minimization, and streamline deletion workflows
  • Scale for evolving regulations: Stay ahead of FTC rule updates, state-level kids’ privacy laws, and future legislative changes

Whether you’re launching a COPPA compliance initiative, auditing data practices, or building safer digital experiences for children—BigID helps you protect young users while simplifying compliance.

Who Needs to Comply with COPPA?

COPPA applies to a wide range of digital operators, including:

  • Websites and apps directed at children under 13
  • Platforms with mixed audiences that knowingly collect children’s data
  • EdTech and educational platforms used in K–8 environments
  • Game developers, streaming services, and social platforms
  • Ad tech providers that receive or process child data

If your service collects, uses, or shares data from users under 13 in the U.S., COPPA compliance is mandatory.

COPPA Requirements: What You Need to Know

The FTC’s 2025 COPPA updates introduced critical new rules, including:

  • Verifiable Parental Consent (VPC): Explicit, purpose-based consent required before collecting personal information
  • Opt-In for Targeted Advertising: Parental opt-in required before using child data for marketing or personalization
  • Biometric Data Coverage: New rules apply to facial scans, voice recordings, and other biometric identifiers
  • Data Minimization: Collect only what’s necessary, for as long as necessary
  • Written Security Program: Required to protect children’s data against unauthorized access or misuse
  • DSARs: Parents must be able to access, delete, or correct their child’s information
  • Third-Party Accountability: Operators are responsible for ensuring partners meet COPPA standards

Get Compliant with COPPA

BigID simplifies COPPA compliance—so you can focus on creating safer, smarter digital experiences for children.

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