United States of America: Adopted Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act (SCOPE Act/ HB 18) including data protection regulation

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Adopted Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act (SCOPE Act/ HB 18) including data protection regulation

On 28 May 2023, the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act (SCOPE Act/ HB 18), including data protection regulation, was adopted by the Texas House of Representatives House. The Act would require digital service providers to enable parents, at the point of account creation for a minor, to permanently enable certain privacy settings and prevent the collection of certain types of information. Further, digital service providers would be required to give parents access to and certain user rights in regard to minors' information. Finally, a digital service provider would be required to collect the minor's data only for the purpose of providing the service and would be prohibited from sharing, disclosing or selling the minor's data and collecting geolocation data.

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Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
online advertising provider, platform intermediary: user-generated content, streaming service provider, platform intermediary: e-commerce, software provider: app stores, search service provider, software provider: other software, messaging service provider, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2023-02-23
under deliberation

On 23 February 2023, the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act (SCOPE Act/ HB 1…

2023-04-18
under deliberation

On 18 April 2023, the Texas House of Representatives amended the Securing Children Online through P…

2023-04-26
under deliberation

On 26 April 2023, the Texas House of Representatives passed the Securing Children Online through Pa…

2023-05-28
adopted

On 28 May 2023, the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act (SCOPE Act/ HB 18), i…

2023-06-13
adopted

On 13 June 2023, the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act (SCOPE Act/ HB 18), …