FranceLoi n° 2022-300 du 2 mars 2022 visant à renforcer le contrôle parental sur les moyens d'accès à internet (Law No. 2022-300 of 2 March 2022 strengthening parental control over means of internet access), Article 1, parental-control device on terminal equipment
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An app store age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
- Private right of action
- No
- Enforcement body
- Agence nationale des fréquences (ANFR)
As of .
What it requires
- Applies to manufacturers of terminal equipment intended for online public communication services that give access to content harmful to minors, and to the importers, distributors and order-fulfilment service providers that handle it; an app developer carries no duty under it.
- Equip the terminal with an easily accessible and understandable device that lets users restrict or control minors' access to those services and content, and offer to activate it when the equipment is first put into service.
- When placing the equipment on the market, make sure the operating system installed on it includes the device, and allow its activation, use and uninstallation at no extra cost to the user.
- Do not use minors' personal data collected or generated on activation for commercial purposes such as direct marketing, profiling or behavior-targeted advertising, even after they come of age.
- Build the device so that it can block downloads from software app stores of content that the law forbids to minors and can block access to installed content of that kind, and so that it runs locally without collecting the minor's personal data on servers.
What it reaches
Covered services
Terminal equipment (smartphones, tablets, computers, connected televisions and similar devices sold with an operating system) intended for online public communication services, with its manufacturers, operating system providers, importers, distributors and order-fulfilment service providers
Obligation class
Design code, Access restriction
What this law does
Terminal equipment intended for online public communication services that give access to services and content harmful to minors must be equipped with an easily accessible and understandable device that lets users restrict or control minors' access to them. Offering activation of the device must happen when the equipment is first put into service. Manufacturers must make sure, when they place the equipment on the market, that the operating systems installed on it include the device.
Activating, using and uninstalling the device must carry no extra cost for the user. Personal data of minors collected or generated when the device is activated must not be used for commercial purposes such as direct marketing, profiling or behavior-targeted advertising, even after they come of age. Importers, distributors and order-fulfilment service providers must check that the equipment is certified by the manufacturer or by the operating system provider.
The implementing decree sets the minimum technical features of the device. The device must be able to block downloads from software app stores of content that the law forbids to minors. It must also be able to block access to installed content that the law forbids to minors. The Act entered into force on the day after publication of decree number 2022-1212 of . That decree was published in the Journal officiel of .
The implementing decree of enters into force twelve months after its publication in the Journal officiel. That decree was published in the Journal officiel of . The decree extends the market surveillance powers of the Agence nationale des fréquences to these requirements.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app operates an app store.