HB317 Alabama 2025 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris Sells Representative

Republican

Session

2025 Regular Session

Title

Consumer protection, app store providers and developers required to take certain actions related to age verification and parental consent, Attorney General authorized to bring action for violations as deceptive trade practice, parents authorized to bring civil action

Description

This bill would require app store providers to verify the age of users.

This bill would require app store providers to affiliate minor accounts with parent accounts and obtain consent from the holder of the parent account.

This bill would require app store providers to notify users when an app makes a significant change.

This bill would require app store providers to give developers real-time access to the age category and consent status for minor accounts.

This bill would require app store providers to protect personal age verification data.

This bill would prevent app store providers and developers from enforcing contracts against minors, misrepresenting information in disclosures and sharing personal age verification data.

This bill would require developers to verify the age of users, notify users of significant changes to the app, and limit the use of age category data in compliance with laws or regulations.

This bill would require the Attorney General to adopt certain rules.

This bill would also authorize the Attorney General to bring an action for a violation as a HB317 INTRODUCED deceptive trade practice.

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Subjects

Consumer Protection