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Title 13 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 76 - App Store Accountability Act
Part 2 - App Store Provider and Developer Requirements
Section 201 - App store provider requirements.
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UT Code § 13-76-201 (2025)
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Effective 5/6/2026
13-76-201. App store provider requirements.
Enacted by Chapter 446, 2025 General Session
Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of newly enacted code also in HB0418, Chapter 468, also in HB0441, Chapter 032, also in SB0142, Chapter 446.also in HB0430, Chapter 266, also in HB0441, Chapter 032, also in SB0142, Chapter 446.also in HB0430, Chapter 266, also in HB0418, Chapter 468, also in HB0441, Chapter 032.
13-76-201. App store provider requirements.
- (1)An app store provider shall:
- (a)at the time an individual who is located in the state creates an account with the app store provider:
- (i)request age information from the individual; and
- (ii)verify the individual's age category using:
- (A)commercially available methods that are reasonably designed to ensure accuracy; or
- (B)an age verification method or process that complies with rules made by the division under Section 13-76-301;
- (b)if the age verification method or process described in Subsection (1)(a) determines the individual is a minor:
- (i)require the account to be affiliated with a parent account; and
- (ii)obtain verifiable parental consent from the holder of the affiliated parent account before allowing the minor to:
- (A)download an app;
- (B)purchase an app; or
- (C)make an in-app purchase;
- (c)after receiving notice of a significant change from a developer:
- (i)notify the user of the significant change; and
- (ii)for a minor account:
- (A)notify the holder of the affiliated parent account; and
- (B)obtain renewed verifiable parental consent;
- (d)provide to a developer, in response to a request authorized under Section 13-76-202:
- (i)age category data for a user located in the state; and
- (ii)the status of verified parental consent for a minor located in the state;
- (e)notify a developer when a parent revokes parental consent; and
- (f)protect personal age verification data by:
- (i)limiting collection and processing to data necessary for:
- (A)verifying a user's age;
- (B)obtaining parental consent; or
- (C)maintaining compliance records; and
- (ii)transmitting personal age verification data using industry-standard encryption protocols that ensure:
- (A)data integrity; and
- (B)data confidentiality.
- (i)limiting collection and processing to data necessary for:
- (a)at the time an individual who is located in the state creates an account with the app store provider:
- (2)An app store provider may not:
- (a)enforce a contract or terms of service against a minor unless the app store provider has obtained verifiable parental consent;
- (b)knowingly misrepresent the information in the parental consent disclosure; or
- (c)share personal age verification data except:
- (i)between an app store provider and a developer as required by this chapter; or
- (ii)as required by law.
Enacted by Chapter 446, 2025 General Session
Technically renumbered to avoid duplication of newly enacted code also in HB0418, Chapter 468, also in HB0441, Chapter 032, also in SB0142, Chapter 446.also in HB0430, Chapter 266, also in HB0441, Chapter 032, also in SB0142, Chapter 446.also in HB0430, Chapter 266, also in HB0418, Chapter 468, also in HB0441, Chapter 032.
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