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or fulfill a verbal instruction or request; and
''(iv) only maintains the audio file long
enough to complete the stated purpose and then
immediately deletes the audio file and does not
make any other use of the audio file prior to
deletion.
''(C) Support for the internal operations of a
website, online service, online application, or mobile
application.--
''(i) In general.--For purposes of
subparagraph (A)(vii), the term 'support for
the internal operations of a website, online
service, online application, or mobile
application' means those activities necessary
to--
''(I) maintain or analyze the
functioning of the website, online
service, online application, or mobile
application;
''(II) perform network
communications;
''(III) authenticate users of, or
personalize the content on, the
website, online service, online
application, or mobile application;
''(IV) serve contextual
advertising, provided that any
persistent identifier is only used as
necessary for technical purposes to
serve the contextual advertisement, or
cap the frequency of advertising;
''(V) protect the security or
integrity of the user, website, online
service, online application, or mobile
application;
''(VI) ensure legal or regulatory
compliance, or
''(VII) fulfill a request of a
child or teen as permitted by
subparagraphs (A) through (C) of
section 1303(b)(2).
''(ii) Condition.--Except as specifically
permitted under clause (i), information
collected for the activities listed in clause
(i) cannot be used or disclosed to contact a
specific individual, including through
individual-specific advertising to children or
teens, to amass a profile on a specific
individual, in connection with processes that
encourage or prompt use of a website or online
service, or for any other purpose.'';
(4) by amending paragraph (9) to read as follows:
''(9) Verifiable consent.--The term 'verifiable consent'
means any reasonable effort (taking into consideration
available technology), including a request for authorization
for future collection, use, and disclosure described in the
notice, to ensure that, in the case of a child, a parent of the
child, or, in the case of a teen, the teen--
''(A) receives direct notice of the personal
information collection, use, and disclosure practices
of the operator; and
''(B) before the personal information of the child
or teen is collected, freely and unambiguously
authorizes--
''(i) the collection, use, and disclosure,
as applicable, of that personal information;
and
''(ii) any subsequent use of that personal
information.'';
(5) in paragraph (10)--
(A) in the paragraph header, by striking ''Website
or online service directed to children'' and inserting
''Website, online service, online application, or
mobile application directed to children'';
(B) by striking ''website or online service'' each
place it appears and inserting ''website, online
service, online application, or mobile application'';
and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
''(C) Rule of construction.--In considering whether
a website, online service, online application, or