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AB-2246 • 2026

Online service, product, or feature: access by children.

Online service, product, or feature: access by children.

Children Privacy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Wicks
Last action
Official status
Assembly
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how businesses will be monitored or what happens in cases of accidental rule violations.

Online Services: Rules for Children's Privacy

AB-2246 requires online businesses to follow privacy rules when children use their services, products, or features and imposes penalties if these rules are broken.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires online services, products, or features likely used by children to comply with certain privacy requirements.
  • Prohibits businesses from profiling a child unless specified exceptions apply.
  • Does not allow businesses to use personal information for reasons other than why it was collected.
  • Imposes civil penalties on businesses that violate these provisions.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Online businesses providing services, products, or features likely used by children.
  • Children who use online services, products, or features.

Terms To Know

Profiling
Creating a detailed record of someone's personal information and behavior patterns for marketing or other purposes.
Civil Penalties
Fines imposed by the government for breaking laws.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how businesses will be monitored to ensure compliance with these rules.
  • The bill does not provide details on what happens if a business accidentally breaks the rules without intent to do so.

Bill History

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Official Summary Text

AB 2246, as amended, Wicks.
Online service, product, or feature: access by children.
Existing law, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, requires a business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by children to comply with certain requirements, including, among other things, prohibiting the business from profiling a child by default or using personal information for any reason other than the reason for which that information was collected, except as specified. Existing law imposes specified civil penalties upon a business that violates these provisions.
This bill would impose similar provisions without the above-referenced exceptions and would impose civil penalties for a violation of these provisions.

Current Bill Text

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