Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 509.052
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 509.052, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 509.052. DIGITAL SERVICE PROVIDER DUTIES RELATING TO AGREEMENT WITH MINOR.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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