Civil Code section 1798.500
(a)
(1)“Account holder” means an individual who is at least 18 years of age or a parent or legal guardian of a user who is under 18 years of age in the state.(2)
“Account holder” does not include a parent of an emancipated minor or a parent or legal guardian who is not associated with a user’s device.(b)
“Age bracket data” means nonpersonally identifiable data derived from a user’s birth date or age for the purpose of sharing with developers of applications that indicates the user’s age range, including, at a minimum, the following:(1)
Whether a user is under 13 years of age.(2)
Whether the user is at least 13 years of age and under 16 years of age.(3)
Whether the user is at least 16 years of age and under 18 years of age.(4)
Whether the user is at least 18 years of age.(c)
“Application” means a software application that may be run or directed by a user on a computer, a mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device that can access a covered application store or download an application.(d)
“Child” means a natural person who is under 18 years of age.(e)
(1)“Covered application store” means a publicly available internet website, software application, online service, or platform that distributes and facilitates the download of applications from third-party developers to users of a computer, a mobile device, or any other general purpose computing that can access a covered application store or can download an application.(2)
“Covered application store” does not mean an online service or platform that distributes extensions, plug-ins, add-ons, or other software applications that run exclusively within a separate host application.(f)
“Developer” means a person that owns, maintains, or controls an application.(g)
“Operating system provider” means a person or entity that develops, licenses, or controls the operating system software on a computer, mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device.(h)
“Signal” means age bracket data sent by a real-time secure application programming interface or operating system to an application.(i)
“User” means a child that is the primary user of the device.
Source:
Section 1798.500, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1798.500. (updated Jan. 1, 2026; accessed Dec. 1, 2025).
