About the Course
Introduction
This CLE webinar will review the patchwork of state laws focused on the privacy and protection of minors online, including age-appropriate design, parental consent, data use, and limits on targeted advertising and other requirements, as well as the amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) which recently became effective, as well as various proposed federal laws.
Description
Protecting minors online is at the top of the regulatory and legislative agenda. Federal and state legislation continues to expand protections on minors’ personal information. Enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the California Attorney General have focused on how personal data collected from or about minors is used and disclosed.
In the courts, a California jury, in a bellwether case, awarded more than $3 million in compensatory damages for the deliberate design of an addictive social media platform and the severe mental health harm it caused the plaintiff as a teen and preteen. New Mexico jurors also sided with state prosecutors, awarding $375 million in fines for violations of the state’s Unfair Practices Act, and forty state attorneys general have filed similar lawsuits.
Listen as our panel examines evolving state and federal legal frameworks, including new COPPA regulations aimed at protecting the online privacy of children and teens. Attendees will gain practical guidance to help businesses manage regulatory and enforcement developments and the challenges posed by emerging technology.
Presented By
Ms. Jacobson is a partner in the Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets Practice. She offers practical and tactical counsel on privacy and cybersecurity compliance strategies, data breach response, technology transactions and marketing initiatives for national and multinational organizations. Ms. Jacobson assists clients with the design and development of privacy-sensitive policies for the collection and use of personal data. She regularly advises businesses on the privacy and cybersecurity aspects of environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs, ethical data use, machine learning and artificial intelligence, vendor contracting and management and business sales, combinations and acquisitions.
Mr. Schwarz is a highly skilled attorney specializing in privacy, cybersecurity, cyber intelligence and compliance oversight and IP rights, with specialties in HIPAA and children’s data privacy. He provides privacy, data governance, cybersecurity, compliance, incident response, and cyber intelligence advice to various clients, both starts-ups as well as mid to large-sized companies in various industries. Mr. Schwarz’ 360-degree perspective on cyber, privacy, and emerging technology was forged across public service, the intelligence community, and the private sector—including roles as a prosecutor (Special Counsel for Internet Matters, NY AG's Securities Bureau; Assistant AG, Internet Bureau; and Department of Justice’s Computer Crime & IP Section), Intelligence Community Privacy Officer (Office of Director of National Intelligence and the National Counterterrorism Center), and private sector positions at MetLife, MBL Technologies, and biotech firm Natera. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Albany Law School, where he develops and teaches Masters-level courses on cybercrime, cybersecurity and privacy, and is also Co-Founder and Board member of a nationwide initiative known as the Student Data Project, focused on strengthening our federal educational laws, and better protecting student data privacy. He’s a certified information privacy professional (CIPP) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), and a Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE) by ISACA. Mr. Schwarz frequently speaks and writes on privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, emerging technologies and IP matters.
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
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An excellent opportunity to earn Ethics CLE credits. Note: BARBRI cannot guarantee that this course will be approved for ethics credits in all states. To confirm, please contact our CLE department at pdservice@barbri.com.
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Date + Time
- event
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- schedule
1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT
I. State laws with minor-specific provisions that apply to businesses
II. Provisions in state consumer privacy laws focused on minors
III. COPPA
IV. Auditing, incident response, and compliance examined
A. Conducting a children's privacy review
B. Online notices, parental privacy notice, and consent systems
C. Unique steps for incident responses involving the information of minors
D. What "good faith" compliance efforts look like
E. Monitoring efforts to anticipate emerging legislative and enforcement activity
The panel will discuss these and other key considerations:
- Where are state and federal regulatory and enforcement efforts focused today, and where will they be looking next?
- How can businesses comply with the data collection, consent, use, and cybersecurity rules that apply to the data of minors?
- What qualifies as a product or service "directed to" or "likely to be accessed by" a minor?
- What are business best practices for auditing processes and systems for data privacy and cybersecurity risks involving the data of children?
- How should businesses respond to an incident or regulatory investigation involving the data of a teen or child?
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