Plain English Breakdown
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Changes to Age Verification Signals for Software
This law changes how operating systems share age information by removing limits on who counts as a user and expanding which companies can receive the data.
What This Bill Does
- Removes the rule that defines 'user' only as a child who is the primary user of a device.
- Requires operating system providers to ask for birth dates or ages during account setup if their system has an account feature on a specific device.
- Expands who can receive age signals to include application stores, developers, browser providers, and internet website operators.
- Prohibits people from asking for age signals unless the Digital Age Assurance Act or another law requires it.
- Limits legal knowledge of user ages only to when a person uses an app on the specific device that sent the signal.
Who It Names or Affects
- Operating system providers
- Application developers and stores
- Browser providers
- Internet website operators
Terms To Know
- Digital Age Assurance Act (DAAA)
- The existing law that sets rules for age verification in software applications.
- Age signal
- Information sent from an operating system to apps about a user's age bracket or birth date.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not list the effective date for these specific changes.
- It is unclear how browser providers will technically receive signals compared to app stores based on this summary alone.