How do you handle COPPA for stores selling to under-13s?

If your store sells to (or markets to) children under 13 — toy stores, kids’ clothing, edtech — COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) applies. You must: (1) get verifiable parental consent before collecting any data on under-13s, (2) post a clear COPPA-specific privacy policy, (3) let parents review/delete the child’s data, (4) not condition participation on disclosure of more info than needed. We implement: age-gate at registration, parental-consent flow (email-plus or signed-form upload), data-segregation (under-13 records flagged + auto-purged on request). Penalties for non-compliance run up to $50,120 per violation — do not skip this.