Lindsey Tonsager, Natalie Maas, Divya Bhat, and Bryan Ramirez of Covington and Burling write:
On April 21, 2025, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed three laws expanding privacy protections for children and teens. The Content Creation Protection Act passed the legislature and is pending signature. This blog summarizes the statutes’ key takeaways.
Arkansas Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Act
Arkansas Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Act (HB 1717) is modeled after the proposed expansion of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) in the federal COPPA 2.0 bill that stalled in 2024. HB 1717 provides privacy protections to individuals between ages 13 and 16 (“teens”). The law goes into effect on July 1, 2026.
- Applicability: HB 1717 applies to “operators” of a website, online service, online application, or mobile application that are “directed at children or teens” or when operators have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information from children or teens.
Read more at Inside Privacy.