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Texas Business and Commerce Code - BUS & COM § 509.051. Digital Service Provider Duty to Register Age of User

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of section effective Sept. 1, 2024>

(a) A digital service provider may not enter into an agreement with a person to create an account with a digital service unless the person has registered the person's age with the digital service provider.

(b) A person who registers the person's age as younger than 18 years of age is considered to be a known minor to the digital service provider until after the person's 18th birthday.

(c) A digital service provider may not allow a person who registers the person's age to alter the person's registered age, unless the alteration process involves a commercially reasonable review process.

(d) A minor is considered to be a known minor to a digital service provider if:

(1) the minor registers the minor's age under Section 509.051 as younger than 18 years of age; or

(2) the minor's parent or guardian, including a verified parent:

(A) notifies a digital service provider that the minor is younger than 18 years of age;

(B) successfully disputes the registered age of the minor; or

(C) performs another function of a parent or guardian under this chapter.

(e) If a minor is a known minor, or if the minor's parent or guardian, including a verified parent, takes an action under Subsection (a), a digital service provider:

(1) is considered to have actual knowledge that the minor is younger than 18 years of age; and

(2) shall treat the minor as a known minor under this chapter.

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