U.S. children apps handling of personal data 2023

As of the first quarter of 2023, around 23 percent of mobile apps registered in the United States are likely non-compliant with COPPA's disclosure obligations. Additionally, 17 percent of the analyzed mobile apps collecting data among younger users did not include a privacy policy disclosure or had no privacy policy.

Handling of personal data among mobile apps for children in the United States in 1st quarter 2023

Characteristic	Share of apps
U.S.-registered apps that were likely non-compliant with COPPA's disclosure obligations	23%
Apps collecting data about children with no privacy policy or not including a privacy policy disclosure	17%
Apps failing to comply with COPPA's online notice provision by not posting a privacy policy	4%

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July 2023

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United States

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Q1 2023

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1,000 popular U.S.-registered likely child-directed mobile apps in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store

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