1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Real Online Threats Endangering Children Today or the PROTECT Kids Act . 2. Amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ( 15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) is amended— (1) by inserting , including a service provided through a mobile application, after online service each place it appears; (2) in section 1302— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking age of 13 and inserting age of 16 ; (B) in paragraph (8)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting including a service provided through a mobile application after collected online ; (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (H) and (I), respectively; and (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: (F) precise geolocation information; (G) biometric information; ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (13) Mobile application The term mobile application means a software program that runs on the operating system of— (A) a mobile telephone; (B) a tablet computer