NOTE: §1773 eff. July 1, 2026. See Acts 2025, No. 481, §2.

§1773. Developer requirements

            A. A developer shall do all of the following:

            (1) Verify through the covered application store's data sharing methods the age category of users located in this state and any other source of data or information that the developer determines is recommended or appropriate to comply with applicable law.

            (2) If the data shared from a covered application store described in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection determines the individual to be a minor, the developer shall do both of the following:

            (a) Require the account to be affiliated with a 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) Notify covered application store providers of a significant change to the application.

            (4) Enforce all age-related restrictions.

            (5) Enforce any developer-created age-related restrictions.

            (6) Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Any developer required by law to age verify users at the application level shall continue to be responsible for age verification. No provision in this Part shall be construed to remove this responsibility.

            (7) Implement any developer-created safety-related features or defaults.

            (8) Request personal age verification data or parental consent:

            (a) At the time a user downloads an application or purchases an application.

            (b) When implementing a significant change to the application.

            (c) To comply with applicable law. Any developer required by law to age verify users at the application level shall continue to be responsible for age verification. No provision in this Part shall be construed to remove this responsibility.

            B. A developer may request personal age verification data or parental consent:

            (1) No more than once during a twelve-month period to verify the accuracy of user age verification data or continued account use within the verified age category.

            (2) When there is reasonable suspicion of account transfer or misuse outside the verified age category.

            (3) At the time a user creates a new account with a developer.

            C. When implementing any developer-created safety-related features or defaults, a developer shall use the lowest age category indicated by age verification data provided by a covered application store provider or age data independently collected by the developer.

            D. A developer shall not do any of the following:

            (1) Enforce a contract or terms of service against a minor unless the developer has verified through the covered application store provider that verifiable parental consent has been obtained.

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

            (3) Share age category data with any person.

            E. Developers and covered application store providers shall each be separately responsible for any data each chose to rely on in their independent judgment for compliance with age verification requirements of law.

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