Texas § BC.509.101 - VERIFICATION OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN

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§ BC.509.101. VERIFICATION OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN

VERIFICATION OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN. (a) A digital service provider shall verify, using a commercially reasonable method and for each person seeking to perform an action on a digital service as a minor's parent or guardian: (1) the person's identity; and (2) the relationship of the person to the known minor. (b) A digital service provider shall provide a process by which a person who has been verified under Subsection (a) as the parent or guardian of a known minor may participate in the digital service as the known minor's verified parent as provided by this chapter. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 795 (H.B. 18 ), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2024.

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