California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 1.81.9 — Digital Age Assurance Act, Section 1798.502
(a) With respect to a device for which account setup was completed before January 1, 2027, an operating system provider shall, before July 1, 2027, provide an accessible interface that allows an account holder to indicate the birth date, age, or both, of the user of that device for the purpose of providing a signal regarding the user’s age bracket to applications available in a covered application store.
(b) If an application last updated with updates on or after January 1, 2026, was downloaded to a device before January 1, 2027, and the developer has not requested a signal with respect to the user of the device on which the application was downloaded, the developer shall request a signal from a covered application store with respect to that user before July 1, 2027.
Notes
Requires operating-system providers, for devices whose account setup was completed before January 1, 2027, to provide by July 1, 2027 an interface for recording the user’s birth date, age, or both for age-bracket signals. Requires qualifying application developers with pre-2027 downloads to request the signal by July 1, 2027 if they have not already done so.
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