About the IAPP

Claire Quinn is a subject matter expert (SME) specializing in COPPA, GDPR, Student Digital Privacy and child safety in the digital world. She has worked closely with major well-known child directed brands, third party service providers, moderation companies, CEOP and US law enforcement. Claire also works directly with regulators including the FTC and EU data protection authorities and has more than 25 years’ experience in the media industry. 

Her expertise is often called upon by regulators and industry and she regularly participates in industry events. Claire was on the latest FTC COPPA Rule review panel in DC and regularly takes part in webinars. Claire has also contributed to numerous articles and white papers. 

Her previous experience includes launching B2C websites for United News & Media. She was also Head of Lycos UK – content and channels where she helped to launch Europe’s biggest chatroom. In addition, Claire was Chief of Safety at MMO WeeWorld.com, a US virtual world with mobile apps for tweens and teens, where she engaged PRIVO to certify the platform as COPPA compliant and took up a role as an ambassador for The Children’s Exploitation and Online Protection agency. Following the partnership with PRIVO, she took up a position with the company to develop its Kids Privacy Assured Program, build its compliance team and support on the development of its identity and consent management platform and age verification tools.