Privacy Update: The Powerful (but Little) Bill That Almost Was, but Won’t Be (For Now)

Sen Markey today released a statement lamenting the inability of Congress to pass COPPA 2.0. 

Earlier this month, AASA joined other national organizations in a two separate letters urging Congress to at least past COPPA 2.0 if they weren’t going to be able to pass the broader KOSPA Act (passed out of the Senate in July, summarized in the blog here). 

This means work on federal privacy policy is all but dead this term, and we will resume efforts in the new year and with the new Congress.