COPPA privacy notice for child-directed websites and apps

By law

When COPPA applies to your business.

COPPA follows the audience of your website or app, and what you know about your users. A general-audience site does not have to check ages, and the rules start once you know a user is under 13.

When COPPA applies to a business, and what the business needs
Your business	What you need	Why
Runs a website or app directed to children under 13	Privacy PolicyParental consent	The COPPA Rule covers every operator of a website or online service directed to children (16 CFR §312.3).
Runs a general-audience site and learns that a user is under 13	Privacy PolicyParental consent	The COPPA Rule covers operators with actual knowledge that they collect personal information from a child, for example when a parent says so (16 CFR §312.3).
Uses cookies or other persistent identifiers on a site for children	Parental consent	Cookies and IP addresses that recognize a user over time count as personal information (16 CFR §312.2). Only identifiers for internal operations skip parental consent, never behavioral advertising.
Serves teenagers aged 13 and over only	Privacy Policy	COPPA covers children under 13. Several state privacy laws add rules for minors, such as consent for targeted advertising to teenagers.

What COPPA asks, and the part TermsFeed covers.

The COPPA Rule sets these duties for operators. The Privacy Policy Generator writes the privacy section for children, and the parental consent process stays with your team.

COPPA Rule requirements, with the TermsFeed product where one helps
What the law asks	Where it comes from	How TermsFeed helps
Post a privacy notice for children, linked from the home page and every place you collect data from children	16 CFR §312.4(d)	Privacy Policy Generator
Send a direct notice to parents	16 CFR §312.4(b) and (c)	Handled by your team
Get verifiable parental consent before you collect, use or disclose the data of a child	16 CFR §312.5	Handled by your team
Get separate parental consent before you disclose the data of a child to third parties	16 CFR §312.5(a)(2), added in 2025	Handled by your team
Keep a written data retention policy, and publish it in the notice	16 CFR §312.10, added in 2025	Handled by your team
Keep a written information security program	16 CFR §312.8(b), added in 2025	Handled by your team

How the Privacy Policy Generator handles the privacy of children.

The Privacy Policy Generator asks whether your website collects data from children under 13, and adds a privacy section for children when you answer yes.

A question in the generator

The questionnaire asks about children under 13, so the Privacy Policy matches your audience.
A privacy section for children

The section covers children under 13 and parental consent, in plain language.
A page with a permanent link

TermsFeed hosts the Privacy Policy on a permanent link, for the footer of your website or the listing of your app.

What the laws ask

What privacy laws expect, and how TermsFeed covers it.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforces COPPA, and has acted against small companies as well as large ones. The row names the law, when it applies and the part TermsFeed handles.

Consent laws, what is at stake and how Privacy Consent covers each one
Law	Applies when	What it can cost	How TermsFeed covers it
COPPA United States	A website or app is directed to children under 13, or the operator knows the website collects data from a child.	Civil penalties of up to $53,088 per violation, the figure the FTC keeps for 2026 (16 CFR §312.9).	A Privacy Policy with a privacy section for children Free hosting page with a permanent link

A summary for orientation, not legal advice.

Privacy Consent plans.

Every plan includes the consent banner, Google Consent Mode v2 and the Preferences Center. Paid plans add rules by visitor location managed by TermsFeed, more banner loads and more domains. On the Free plan, a banner that keeps using up its banner loads pauses until the next month or an upgrade.

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Included: 1 domain
Included: 15,000 banner loads a month
Included: 10 vendors
Included: Consent log kept 180 days
Included: Ongoing regulation monitoring
Included: Strict consent logic: the consent banner asks every visitor
Included: Google Consent Mode v2 and Microsoft Consent Mode
Included: Global Privacy Control (GPC)
Included: Preferences Center
Included: Consent log export
Included: JavaScript callbacks when a visitor accepts or declines

Standard consent logic starts here

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A business website with visitors from several countries.

$9 / month

$89 / year

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Higher than the plan before: 125,000 banner loads a monthThen $0.30 per extra 1,000
Higher than the plan before: 25 vendors
Higher than the plan before: Consent log kept 730 days (24 months)
Included: Ongoing regulation monitoring
Included: Strict consent logic: the consent banner asks every visitor
Included: Google Consent Mode v2 and Microsoft Consent Mode
Included: Global Privacy Control (GPC)
Included: Preferences Center
Included: Consent log export
Included: JavaScript callbacks when a visitor accepts or declines
Plus
Higher than the plan before: 125,000 banner loads a monthThen $0.30 per extra 1,000
Higher than the plan before: 25 vendors
Higher than the plan before: Consent log kept 730 days (24 months)
Included: Standard consent logic: banner rules by visitor location
Included: Geolocation rules managed by TermsFeed
Included: Multi-language banner
Included: Custom banner colors beyond the light and dark palettes
Included: Remove TermsFeed branding
Included: Basic consent analytics

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A growing business with several websites.

$24 / month

$229 / year

Or $229 a year with yearly billing.

About $19.08 a month. Saves $59 a year against monthly billing.

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Higher than the plan before: 5 domains
Higher than the plan before: 500,000 banner loads a monthThen $0.30 per extra 1,000
Higher than the plan before: Unlimited vendors
Included: Consent log kept 730 days (24 months)
Included: Ongoing regulation monitoring
Included: Strict consent logic: the consent banner asks every visitor
Included: Google Consent Mode v2 and Microsoft Consent Mode
Included: Global Privacy Control (GPC)
Included: Preferences Center
Included: Consent log export
Included: JavaScript callbacks when a visitor accepts or declines
Included: Standard consent logic: banner rules by visitor location
Included: Geolocation rules managed by TermsFeed
Included: Multi-language banner
Included: Custom banner colors beyond the light and dark palettes
Included: Remove TermsFeed branding
Plus
Higher than the plan before: 5 domains
Higher than the plan before: 500,000 banner loads a monthThen $0.30 per extra 1,000
Higher than the plan before: Unlimited vendors
Included: Full consent analytics

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$59 / month

$569 / year

Or $569 a year with yearly billing.

About $47.42 a month. Saves $139 a year against monthly billing.

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Higher than the plan before: 3,000,000 banner loads a monthThen $0.21 per extra 1,000
Included: Unlimited vendors
Included: Consent log kept 730 days (24 months)
Included: Ongoing regulation monitoring
Included: Strict consent logic: the consent banner asks every visitor
Included: Google Consent Mode v2 and Microsoft Consent Mode
Included: Global Privacy Control (GPC)
Included: Preferences Center
Included: Consent log export
Included: JavaScript callbacks when a visitor accepts or declines
Included: Standard consent logic: banner rules by visitor location
Included: Geolocation rules managed by TermsFeed
Included: Multi-language banner
Included: Custom banner colors beyond the light and dark palettes
Included: Remove TermsFeed branding
Included: Full consent analytics
Plus
Higher than the plan before: 25 domains
Higher than the plan before: 3,000,000 banner loads a monthThen $0.21 per extra 1,000
Included: Overage 30% lower than Pro

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Frequently asked questions about COPPA.

Answers to the questions small businesses ask about COPPA and the privacy of children.

Does COPPA apply to my website?

COPPA applies to your website when the website is directed to children under 13, or when you know you collect data from a child. A general-audience website does not have to check the age of visitors.

A parent who tells you that a child uses your website gives you that knowledge. From then on, the COPPA rules apply to the data of that child.

Do cookies count as personal information under COPPA?

Yes, cookies and IP addresses that recognize a user over time count as personal information under COPPA. The COPPA Rule calls them persistent identifiers (16 CFR §312.2).

A persistent identifier used only to support the internal operations of the website needs no parental consent. Behavioral advertising never falls under that exception, according to the FTC.

What changed in the 2025 COPPA Rule?

The 2025 COPPA Rule took effect on June 23, 2025, and operators had to comply by April 22, 2026.

Disclosing the data of a child to third parties needs separate parental consent, unless the disclosure is integral to the service. Operators keep a written data retention policy and publish it in the notice. The rule adds a written information security program for every operator. Online contact information now includes mobile phone numbers.

Is a Privacy Policy enough for COPPA?

No, a Privacy Policy covers only the notice part of COPPA. Operators send a direct notice to parents. They get verifiable parental consent before they collect the data of a child, and they keep a retention policy and a security program.

Generate the privacy section for children with the Privacy Policy Generator, and plan the parental consent process with your team.

What are the COPPA penalties?

COPPA violations carry civil penalties of up to $53,088 each. The FTC kept the 2025 figure for 2026.

In 2025 the FTC acted against a small robot toy maker after a third-party software kit in its app collected the location of children without parental consent.

COPPA for websites and apps, for small businesses.