Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 07, 2026

Title 16 - Commercial Practices last revised: Dec 15, 2025
§ 312.7 - Prohibition against conditioning a child's participation on collection of personal information.

An operator is prohibited from conditioning a child's participation in a game, the offering of a prize, or another activity on the child's disclosing more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in such activity.

authority: 15 U.S.C. 6501 through 6506
source: 78 FR 4008, Jan. 17, 2013, as amended at 90 FR 16977, Apr. 22, 2025, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 16 CFR 312.7