{"page":"/blog/us-state-privacy-laws-tracker","modified":"2026-11-10","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","columns":["State","Opt-out of targeted ads and sale","Universal opt-out signal (GPC)","Sensitive data","Minors","Data protection assessment","GPP section"],"rows":[["California","Sale and \"sharing\" for cross-context behavioral advertising","Required (opt-out preference signal); browsers must offer one from January 2027 (AB 566)","Right to limit use and disclosure","Under 16: opt-in to sale or sharing (13 to 15 themselves, under 13 a parent)","Risk assessments under the 2026 regulations (CPPA, 23 September 2025)","8"],["Virginia","Yes","Not required","Opt-in","Known child: no targeted ads or sale without COPPA consent (2024 cc. 840, 844)","Yes","9"],["Colorado","Yes","Required from 1 July 2024; GPC is the recognized mechanism (Colorado Department of Law)","Opt-in","Under 18: no targeted ads, sale or significant profiling without consent, from 1 October 2025","Yes","10"],["Connecticut","Yes","Required from 1 January 2025","Opt-in; any processing triggers the law from 1 July 2026; sale of precise geolocation banned from 1 October 2026 (PA 26-64, s. 14)","Under 18: targeted ads and sale prohibited from 1 July 2026","Yes; impact assessments for profiling","12"],["Utah","Yes","Not required","Notice and opportunity to opt out","Known child: COPPA","Not required","11"],["Texas","Yes","Required from 1 January 2025, through an authorized agent such as a browser or device setting (541.055(e))","Opt-in","Known child: COPPA","Yes","16"],["Oregon","Yes","Required from 1 January 2026 (Oregon DOJ)","Opt-in; sale of precise geolocation within 1,750 feet banned","Under 16: no targeted ads or sale (statute text)","Yes","15"],["Montana","Yes","Required from 1 January 2025 (MCA 30-14-2809)","Opt-in","Under 18: no targeted ads or sale without consent (Ch. 567, L. 2025)","Yes, plus a minors assessment","14"],["Florida","Yes","Not required","Opt-in; sale needs consent","\"Child\" means under 18; platform duties sit in a separate section not reviewed here","Yes","13"],["Iowa","Sale opt-out; targeted ads must be disclosed with an opt-out method (715D.4(6))","Not required","Notice and opportunity to opt out","Known child: COPPA","Not required","18"],["Delaware","Yes","Required from 1 January 2026","Opt-in","13 to 17: no targeted ads or sale without consent","Yes","17"],["Nebraska","Yes","Required, through an authorized agent (87-1109)","Opt-in","Known child: COPPA","Yes","19"],["New Hampshire","Yes","Required from 1 January 2025","Opt-in","13 to 15: no targeted ads or sale without consent; sale of a child's data banned from 1 January 2027 (HB 1460, ch. 168)","Yes","20"],["New Jersey","Yes, plus profiling","Required six months after the effective date","Opt-in","13 to 16: no targeted ads, sale or profiling without consent","Yes","21"],["Tennessee","Yes","Not required","Opt-in","Known child: COPPA","Yes","22"],["Minnesota","Yes, plus profiling","Required from 31 July 2025","Opt-in","13 to 15: no targeted ads or sale without consent","Yes","23"],["Maryland","Yes","Required by 1 October 2025","Only where strictly necessary for a requested product or service; sale banned; definition widened from 1 July 2026 (Table 3)","Under 18 (knew or should have known): no targeted ads, no sale","Yes, prospective from 1 April 2026","24"],["Indiana","Yes","Not required","Opt-in; health means a provider's diagnosis","Known child: COPPA","Yes","25"],["Kentucky","Yes","Not required","Opt-in","Known child: COPPA","Yes","26"],["Rhode Island","Yes","Not required","Opt-in","Known child: consent and COPPA","Yes","27"],["Oklahoma","Yes","Not required","Opt-in","Known child: COPPA","Yes, prospective","None"],["Louisiana","Yes, plus profiling","Required from 1 January 2027, through an authorized agent","Opt-in; sale needs consent","Known child: COPPA","Yes","None"],["Alabama","Yes, through a website link","Not expressly required; the text addresses conflicts with a signal","Opt-in","Known child: COPPA","Not required","None"],["Vermont","Yes","Required from 1 January 2028","Opt-in to process or sell","13 to 17: no targeted ads, no sale","Yes, plus profiling assessments","None"]],"sourceUrls":[["https://cppa.ca.gov/announcements/2025/20251008_2.html","https://cppa.ca.gov/announcements/2025/20250923.html"],[],["https://coag.gov/uoom/"],["https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00064-R00SB-00004-PA.PDF"],[],[],["https://www.doj.state.or.us/consumer-protection/id-theft-data-breaches/privacy/"],[],[],[],[],[],["https://gc.nh.gov/bill_Status/billinfo.aspx?id=2443"],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[],[]]}