COPPA Enforcement Database: Every U.S. Children's-Privacy Penalty, 2000–2026

Complete record of U.S. enforcement actions under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the FTC's COPPA Rule, from the rule's effective date (April 2000) through August 22, 2026: 52 actions, million in penalties. Compiled from FTC and DOJ press releases, case filings, and state attorney-general announcements; every action with a penalty of million or more was independently re-verified against its government primary source (source URL included per case). Key findings: 98.2% of all COPPA dollars date from 2019 or later; the record penalty has been broken 11 times (,000 in 2001 → ,000,000 in 2026); TikTok's 2026 settlement is 70× the penalty the same company paid in 2019 as Musical.ly and represents 41% of all COPPA penalties ever collected. Files: all cases (with amounts, agencies, resolution types, notes, source URLs), annual aggregates, record progression. Companion analysis: settlementinsight.com/research/coppa-penalties