1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Online collection, use, disclosure, and deletion of personal information of children and teens. Sec. 3. Study and reports of mobile and online application oversight and enforcement. Sec. 4. Severability. 2. Online collection, use, disclosure, and deletion of personal information of children and teens (a) Definitions Section 1302 of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ( 15 U.S.C. 6501 ) is amended— (1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: (2) Operator The term operator — (A) means any person— (i) who, for commercial purposes, in interstate or foreign commerce operates or provides a website on the internet, an online service, an online application, or a mobile application; and (ii) who— (I) collects or maintains, either directly or through a service provider, personal information from or about the users of that website, service, or application; (II) allows another person to collect personal information directly from users of that website, service, or application (in which case, the operator is deemed to have collected the information); or (III) allows users of that website, service, or application to publicly disclose personal information (in which case, the operator is deemed to have collected the information); and (B) does not include any nonprofit entity that would otherwise be exempt from coverage under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 45 ).