Colorado § 6-30-101 - Definitions.

§ 6-30-101. Definitions.

[Editor's note: This section is effective July 1, 2028.] As used in this article 30, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Account" means a user account that connects an operating system to a covered application store.

(2) (a) "Account holder" means an individual in the state who is at least eighteen years old, or the parent or legal guardian of a user who is a minor, and who establishes an account on a device.

(b) "Account holder" does not include a parent of an emancipated minor who is a user of a device.

(3) "Age-bracket data" means nonpersonally identifiable data derived from a user's birth date or age for the purpose of sharing with covered applications, which data indicates the user's age range, including, at a minimum, data that indicates whether a user is:

(a) Under thirteen years old;

(b) Thirteen years old or older but under sixteen years old;

(c) Sixteen years old or older but under eighteen years old; or

(d) Eighteen years old or older.

(4) "Age signal" means age-bracket data sent through a real-time secure application programming interface from an operating system or covered application store to a covered application.

(5) (a) "Covered application" means a consumer software application that is accessed through a covered application store and that may be run or directed by a user on a device.

(b) "Covered application" does not include:

(I) A software application that does not process users' personal data; or

(II) An application from a free, publicly available code repository.

(6) (a) "Covered application store" means a publicly available internet website, software application, online service, or platform that distributes and facilitates, on a commercial basis, the download of applications from third-party developers to users of devices.

(b) "Covered application store" does not include:

(I) A code repository provider;

(II) A containerized software distribution; or

(III) An online service or platform that distributes any of the following applications if the application runs exclusively within a separate host application:

(A) An extension;

(B) A plug-in;

(C) An add-on; or

(D) Any other software application.

(7) "Developer" means a person that writes, creates, maintains, or controls a covered application.

(8) "Device" means a computer, mobile device, or similar general-purpose computing device that is intended for use by a consumer.

(9) "Family account application" means a covered application that:

(a) Offers subaccounts or profiles within the application;

(b) Requires a paid subscription or account creation with payment method verification as the application's primary business model;

(c) Does not permit account creation by minors; and

(d) Verifies that the primary account holder for the application is over the age of eighteen years old using commercially reasonable age estimation methods.

(10) "Minor" means an individual who is under eighteen years old.

(11) "Operating system provider" means a person that develops, licenses, or controls the operating system software on a device.

(12) "Personal data" has the meaning set forth in section 6-1-1303 (17).

(13) "Process" has the meaning set forth in section 6-1-1303 (18).

(14) "User" means the primary user of a device.

Source: L. 2026: Entire article added, (SB 26-051), ch. 343, p. 2087, § 2, effective July 1, 2028.