"While we share the goal of strengthening kids' online safety, we are concerned that SB2420 impacts the privacy of users by requiring the collection of sensitive, personally identifiable information to download any app, even if a user simply wants to check the weather or sports scores."
"While we have user privacy and trust concerns with these new verification laws, Google Play is designing APIs, systems, and tools to help you meet your obligations,"
"These requirements include ingesting users' age ranges and parental approval status for significant changes from app stores and notifying app stores of significant changes."
Texas SB2420, the Utah law, and the Louisiana law create age assurance requirements for app marketplaces and developers and set different effective dates in 2026. The Texas law begins January 1, 2026; the Utah law begins May 7, 2026; the Louisiana law begins July 1, 2026. The laws require app stores to verify users' ages, collect sensitive personally identifiable information for downloads, and impose restrictions for users under 18. Developers must adopt new capabilities and modify app behavior to comply. Apple and Google are creating compliance features, APIs, systems, and tools while warning that the new requirements reduce user privacy.
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