Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 509.052 · Subchapter B. DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDER DUTIES AND PROHIBITIONS
DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDER DUTIES RELATING TO AGREEMENT WITH MINOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Unless a verified parent provides otherwise under Section 509.102, a digital service provider that enters into an agreement with a known minor for access to a digital service:
(1) shall:
(A) limit collection of the known minor's personal identifying information to information reasonably necessary to provide the digital service; and
(B) limit use of the known minor's personal identifying information to the purpose for which the information was collected; and
(2) may not:
(A) allow the known minor to make purchases or engage in other financial transactions through the digital service;
(B) share, disclose, or sell the known minor's personal identifying information;
(C) use the digital service to collect the known minor's precise geolocation data; or
(D) use the digital service to display targeted advertising to the known minor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 795 (H.B. 18), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2024.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.509.htm
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