Does the 2025 COPPA amendment apply to our ed-tech tutor product?
If your AI tutor is directed to children under 13 or you have actual knowledge it collects personal information from under-13 users, COPPA applies — and the FTC's 2025 amended Rule tightens consent, data-retention limits, and disclosure obligations, including…
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If your AI tutor is directed to children under 13 or you have actual knowledge it collects personal information from under-13 users, COPPA applies — and the FTC's 2025 amended Rule tightens consent, data-retention limits, and disclosure obligations, including around third-party (e.g. AI model) data sharing. The school-authorization exception may apply in some classroom contexts but is narrow. Planisphere measures model behaviour and can be configured to avoid ingesting student PII; it does not determine your COPPA applicability, which is a legal question.
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under-13 data · 2025 amended Rule · ed-tech consent & retention.
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