1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clean Slate for Kids Online Act of 2018 . 2. Enhancing the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (a) Definitions Section 1302 of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ( 15 U.S.C. 6501 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (13) 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 business. . (b) 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 1303 of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ( 15 U.S.C. 6502 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: (3) Failure to delete It is unlawful for an operator of a website or online service directed to children, or any operator that has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information from a child, 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 (e).