,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ghc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ac1         
#bjai,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,markey1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1
 and ,mrs4 ,gillibrand7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,children's  
,online ,privacy ,protection ,act of    
#aiih to give ,americans the option to  
delete personal information collected by
 internet operators as a result of the  
person's internet activity prior to age 
#ac4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be
 cited as the ,clean ,slate for ,kids   
,online ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,enhancing  
the ,children's ,online ,privacy        
,protection ,act of #aiih  7a7          
,definitions ,section #acjb of the      
,children's ,online ,privacy ,protection
 ,act of #aiih 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #feja7 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#ac7 ,delete ,the term     

delete means to remove personal         
information such that the information is
 not maintained in retrievable form and 
cannot be retrieved in the normal course
 of business4  4  7b7 ,regulation of    
unfair and deceptive acts and practices 
in connection with the collection and   
use of personal information from and    
about children on the internet ,section 
#acjc of the ,children's ,online        
,privacy ,protection ,act of #aiih 7#ae 
,u4,s4,c4 #fejb7 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
subsection 7a71 by adding at the end the
 following3  7#c7 ,failure to delete ,it
 is unlawful for an operator of a       
website or online service directed to   
children1 or any operator that has      
actual knowledge that it is collecting  
personal information from a child1 to   
fail to delete personal information     
collected from or about a child if a    
request for deletion is made pursuant to
 regulations prescribed under subsection
 7e74  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end 
the following3  7e7 ,right of an        

individual ,to delete personal          
information collected when the person   
was a child  7#a7 ,in general ,not later
 than #a year after the date of         
enactment of this subsection1 the       
,commission shall promulgate under      
section #eec of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code1 regulations that require 
the operator of any website or online   
service directed to children1 or any    
operator that has actual knowledge that 
it has collected personal information   
from a child or maintains such personal 
information--  7,a7 to provide notice in
 a prominent place on the website of how
 an individual over the age of #ac1 or a
 legal guardian of an individual over   
the age of #ac acting with the knowledge
 and consent of the individual1 can     
request that the operator delete all    
personal information in the possession  
of the operator that was collected from 
or about the individual when the        
individual was a child notwithstanding  
any parental consent that may have been 

provided when the individual was a      
child2  7,b7 to promptly delete all     
personal information in the possession  
of the operator that was collected from 
or about an individual when the         
individual was a child when such        
deletion is requested by an individual  
over the age of #ac or by the legal     
guardian of such individual acting with 
the knowledge and consent of the        
individual1 notwithstanding any parental
 consent that may have been provided    
when the individual was a child2  7,c7  
to provide written confirmation of      
deletion1 after the deletion has        
occurred1 to an individual or legal     
guardian of such individual who has     
requested such deletion pursuant to this
 subsection2 and  7,d7 to except from   
deletion personal information collected 
from or about a child-- 7i7 only to the 
extent that the personal information is 
necessary--  7,i7 to respond to judicial
 process2 or  7,,ii7 to the extent      
permitted under any other provision of  

law1 to provide information to law      
enforcement agencies or for an          
investigation on a matter related to    
public safety2 and  7ii7 if the operator
 retain such excepted personal          
information for only as long as         
reasonably necessary to fulfill the     
purpose for which the information has   
been excepted and that the excepted     
information not be used1 disseminated or
 maintained in a form retrievable to    
anyone except for the purposes specified
 in this subparagraph4  4  7c7 ,safe    
harbors ,section #acjd of the           
,children's ,online ,privacy ,protection
 ,act of #aiih 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fejc7 is 
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by    
striking section #acjc7;b7 and inserting
 subsections 7b7 and 7e7 of section     
#acjc2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7b77#a71 
by striking subsection 7b7 and inserting
 subsections 7b7 and 7e74  7d7 ,actions 
by ,states ,section #acje7;a77#a7 of the
 ,children's ,online ,privacy           
,protection ,act of #aiih 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4

 #fejd7;a77#a77 is amended by striking  
#acjc7;b7 and inserting subsection 7b7  
or 7e7 of section #acjc4