Cybersecurity Policy Report, Bill to Ban Data Brokers From Collecting Kids’ Data Set for Markup Tomorrow, (Dec 10, 2025)
Organizations Mentioned:Federal Trade Commission
Legislation that would prohibit data brokers from collecting data about minors is among 18 bills scheduled for markup tomorrow by the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on commerce, manufacturing, and trade.
The Don't Sell Kids' Data Act (H.R. 6292, 119th Cong. (2025)) was introduced by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D., N.J.), ranking member of the full committee. It would bar data brokers from collecting or using data about “an individual the data broker knows is a child or teen,” according to its text.
It would empower minors or their parents or legal guardians to ask data brokers to delete a minor’s data, which the broker would have to do within 10 days or face fines of $1,000 for each violation. The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general would be authorized to enforce the law, and aggrieved individuals could also file lawsuits in federal court.
Other bills teed up for consideration tomorrow include the Kids Internet Safety Partnership Act (HR 6437), which would require the Commerce Department to create a Kids Internet Safety Partnership (CPR, Dec. 8); the Stop Profiling Youth and Kids Act (HR 6273), which would prohibit online platforms from using data collected from young users for market research or behavioral profiling (CPR, Dec. 3); and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) (H.R. 6291), which would expand the 1998 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act to protect older teens (CPR, Dec. 1).
The markup is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
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