NOTE: §1772 eff. July 1, 2026. See Acts 2025, No. 481, §2.

§1772. Application stores

            A. A covered application store provider shall:

            (1) At the time an individual who is located in the state creates an account with a covered application store provider do both of the following:

            (a) Request age information from the individual.

            (b)(i) Verify the individual's age category using commercially available methods that are reasonably designed to ensure accuracy, including but not limited to a means of verification provided through the use of a real-time age verification system authorized by the commissioner of the office of motor vehicles.

            (ii) For individuals under eighteen years of age, a method is commercially available if it includes affirmative age attestation by someone who is reasonably believed to be the parent or legal guardian, along with other information collected in the ordinary course of account creation or use.

            (2) If the age verification methods or process described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection determines the individual to be a minor, the covered application store provider shall do both of the following:

            (a) Require the account to be affiliated with parent account.

            (b) Obtain verifiable parental consent from the holder of the affiliated parent account before allowing the minor to download an application, purchase an application, or make an in-application purchase.

            (3) After receiving notice of a significant change from a developer, notify the user of the significant change and for a minor account, notify the holder of the affiliated parent account and obtain renewed verifiable parental consent.

            (4) Provide to a developer, in response to a request authorized pursuant to R.S. 51:1773:

            (a) The age category for a user located in this state.

            (b) The status of verified parental consent for a minor located in this state.

            (5) Notify a developer when a parent revokes parental consent.

            (6) Protect personal age verification data by doing all of the following:

            (a) Limiting collection and processing to data necessary for:

            (i) Verifying a user's age.

            (ii) Obtaining parental consent.

            (iii) Maintaining compliance records.

            (b) Transmitting personal age verification data using industry-standard encryption protocols that ensure data integrity and data confidentiality.

            B. A covered application store provider shall not do any of the following:

            (1) Enforce a contract or terms of service against a minor unless a covered application store provider has obtained verifiable parental consent.

            (2) Knowingly misrepresent the information in the parental consent disclosure.

            (3) Share age verification data except between a covered application store provider and a developer as required by this Part or as required by law.

            Acts 2025, No. 481, §2, eff. July 1, 2026.