CaliforniaCaliforniaLawAB 2273

California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act

Requires online services likely to be accessed by children to assess and mitigate risks to children and to configure default privacy settings to a high level of privacy.

Body

California Legislature

Session

2021-2022

Introduced

Feb 16, 2022

In effect since

Jul 1, 20242y2 years ago

Votes

Assembly 72-0, Senate 33-0, Assembly concurrence 75-0

Sponsors

Bipartisan

Topics

KidsPrivacy

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