Title 8 — Title 8

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) ACCOUNT HOLDER. The individual associated with a mobile device. (2) AGE CATEGORY. Whether an individual is: (i) under 13 years of age; (ii) at least 13 years of age but less than 16 years of ag…

Attorney General shall adopt rules establishing processes and means by which an app store provider may verify whether an account holder is a minor in accordance with this chapter. History: (Act 2026-59, §10.)

(a) Any knowing or reckless violation of this chapter is deemed a deceptive trade practice actionable under Chapter 19. The Attorney General shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to bring an action pursuant to Chapter 19. If the Attorney General has reason to believe that an enti…

(a) A developer is not liable for a violation of this chapter if the developer demonstrates all of the following: (1) The developer relied in good faith on applicable age category data received through an app store’s data sharing methods. (2) The developer relied in good faith on…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to do any of the following: (1) Prevent an app store provider or developer from taking reasonable measures to do any of the following: a. Block, detect, or prevent distribution to minors of: (i) unlawful material; (ii) obscene material; …

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any person from compliance with any other law of this state that requires age verification. History: (Act 2026-59, §14.)

(a) An app store provider shall do both of the following when an individual located in this state creates an account with the app store provider, or before October 1, 2027, for all accounts in existence on January 2, 2027: (1) Request age category information from the individual.…

app store provider shall do all of the following when an individual is determined to be a minor pursuant to Section 8-19J-2: (1) Require the account to be affiliated with a parent account. (2) Obtain verifiable parental consent from the holder of the affiliated parent account bef…

An app store provider shall do both of the following after receiving notice of a significant change from a developer: (1) Notify the user of the significant change. (2) For a minor account, do both of the following: a. Notify the holder of the affiliated parent account. b. Obtain…

An app store provider shall provide developers with real-time access to both of the following: (1) Age category data for each user located in this state. (2) The status of verifiable parental consent for each minor located in this state. History: (Act 2026-59, §5.)

An app store provider shall protect personal age verification data by doing both of the following: (1) Limiting the collection and processing to data necessary to: (i) verify a user’s age; (ii) obtain parental consent; or (iii) maintain compliance records. (2) Transmitting person…

An app store provider shall do both of the following with respect to pre-installed apps: (1) Provide available age category information in response to a request from a developer. (2) Take reasonable measures to facilitate verifiable parental consent for use of a pre-installed app…

An app store provider may not do any of the following: (1) Enforce a contract or terms of service against a minor unless the app store provider has obtained verifiable parental consent. (2) Knowingly misrepresent the information in the parental consent disclosure. (3) Share age c…

(a) A developer shall do all of the following: (1) Verify through the app store’s data sharing methods: (i) the age category of users located in this state; and (ii) for a minor account, whether verifiable parental consent has been obtained. (2) Notify app store providers of any …