Commemorating the twentieth year since the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) was signed into law on October 21, 1998, the Hill released an op-ed reflecting on the Act’s passage as the only existing Federal privacy law last week. Kathryn C. Montgomery and Jeff Chester, the writers of the op-ed, advocated for COPPA’s enactment and spearheaded the campaign to have it signed into law. Chester is the Executive Director of the Center for Digital Democracy, while Montgomery is Professor Emerita at American University’s School of Communication in Washington D.C. The piece presented four key takeaways that the authors believe may be helpful in future policy and legislative efforts regarding online privacy. First, because the Internet’s business model is centered on collection of personal information to be used for marketing purposes, government regulation was necessary, especially in protecting children’s privacy. Second, as advocates and policymakers pushed for privacy ...