Fact · Dictation software
The FTC's amended children's privacy rule adds biometric identifiers that can be used to recognize a person to the definition of personal information.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“biometric identifiers that can be used for the automated or semi-automated recognition of an individual”
Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule: final amendments (Federal Register, April 22, 2025), Federal Trade Commission, Federal Register (US Government Publishing Office), 2025, Final amendments, definition of personal information.
Open the original- What it measures
- The text of the final amendments as published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2025.
- What it does not show
- The rule sets obligations for online services covered by COPPA. Whether a particular dictation product or child's account falls under it needs legal review. This fact does not say that voice recordings are biometric identifiers in every case.