Many Businesses Affected by Calif. Age-Signals Law, Says Troutman
California’s newly minted Digital Age Assurance Act “will likely create significant compliance challenges for many businesses,” blogged David Stauss and two other Troutman privacy lawyers on Monday.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed the age-verification bill (AB-1043) earlier this month (see 2510140010). It requires an age-signaling system that’s meant to shield kids from objectionable content while protecting their privacy.
The California law “is more operational in nature, and in key respects narrower than the content-focused nature of the laws passed by Louisiana, Texas, and Utah,” the Troutman lawyers said. However, when AB-1043 takes effect Jan. 1, 2027, “the law will likely require companies to consider unique implementation strategies and may frustrate approaches to creating a uniform age-assurance compliance program,” they said. “Further, the law will likely affect almost every app developer operating in California, including many that have never dealt with age verification requirements.”