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COPPA 16 CFR 312.6(a)-(c) - Parental review, refusal and deletion rights

Assess and implement parental review, refusal and deletion rights with proportionate verification and qualified service restrictions

CRITICALProcess dutyUser rightsBinding regulationIn forceApplies from 21 April 2000

Where this comes from

Provision: 16 CFR 312.6(a)-(c) - Parental review, refusal and deletion rights

Instrument: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Citation: 15 U.S.C. 6502(b)(1)(B); 16 CFR 312.2 (Delete), 312.6(a)-(c) and 312.7; 90 FR 16918, 16981 (22 April 2025); original rule 64 FR 59888 (3 November 1999), effective 21 April 2000. These parental rights predate the 2025 republication.

Text version: 2025 final rule, 90 FR 16918; 16 CFR 312.6 republished at 16981, retrieved 6 September 2026. Live eCFR 312.6 access was unavailable; no assertion of a freshly accessed current consolidation.

Checked against the source: 6 September 2026

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Who it applies to

It applies when all of these are true:

  • COPPA assessed activity Q_COPPA_COVERED_ACTIVITY: YES

What engineering work it implies

Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:

  • Map the child's collected information and the separate 312.6(a) rights: describe specific types/categories, refuse further use or future online collection and direct deletion, and review any personal information collected from that child.
  • Provide a usable review-access method that establishes the requester is a parent of that child, considering available technology without undue burden; test impostor denial and legitimate requests without requiring an existing account.
  • Do not invent a mandatory portal, government-ID/VPC method or a fixed statutory response deadline. Distinguish the category-description right from access to the child's actual data.
  • Test refusal of further use and future collection and actual deletion across affected systems/providers, including logs, caches and backups, against 312.2's no-retrievable-form/normal-course-of-business standard.
  • Assess any service termination under 312.6(c) against the parent's refusal/deletion direction and 312.7's reasonably-necessary participation limit. Treat paragraph (b)'s disclosure protection as conditional on good faith and reasonable procedures.

Evidence an auditor expects

  • Policy documentDocument review

    Parental-rights process and privacy-preserving control assessment

    [ ] Map the child's collected information and the separate 312.6(a) rights: describe specific types/categories, refuse further use or future online collection and direct deletion, and review any personal information collected from that child. [ ] Provide a usable review-access method that establishes the requester is a parent of that child, considering available technology without undue burden; test impostor denial and legitimate requests without requiring an existing account. [ ] Do not invent a mandatory portal, government-ID/VPC method or a fixed statutory response deadline. Distinguish the category-description right from access to the child's actual data. [ ] Test refusal of further use and future collection and actual deletion across affected systems/providers, including logs, caches and backups, against 312.2's no-retrievable-form/normal-course-of-business standard. [ ] Assess any service termination under 312.6(c) against the parent's refusal/deletion direction and 312.7's reasonably-necessary participation limit. Treat paragraph (b)'s disclosure protection as conditional on good faith and reasonable procedures. [ ] Retain minimized request, decision and control-test evidence without copying child records or retaining verification documents merely as proof; unresolved handling and legal-scope questions require review. Evidence supports a source-based review; it is not legal approval or proof from raw child data.

Questions people ask

Does COPPA 16 CFR 312.6(a)-(c) - Parental review, refusal and deletion rights apply to my service?
It applies when COPPA assessed activity Q_COPPA_COVERED_ACTIVITY: YES.
From when does this apply?
COPPA 16 CFR 312.6(a)-(c) - Parental review, refusal and deletion rights applies from 21 April 2000. Its current status is: in force.
What evidence does an auditor expect?
Parental-rights process and privacy-preserving control assessment.

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