Delaware House Bill 261 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: Introduced on March 18 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-03-18 - Introduced and Assigned to Telecommunication Internet & Technology Committee in House
Pending: House Telecommunication Internet & Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill requires an operator of an Internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application who has actual knowledge that a child is using its Internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application to permit a person who is a registered user to remove, or request the operator remove, content posted by the person when the person was a child, except in certain circumstances. The operator would be required to provide notice of this feature and instructions on how to remove the content. Additionally, this bill prohibits the operator of an Internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application directed to children from marketing or advertising certain products or services on its website and this prohibition is extended to advertising services contracted by such an operator. The bill would also prohibit an operator who has actual knowledge that a child is using its Internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application from using a child’s personally identifiable information to direct marketing or advertising of certain products or services to the child. Further, this bill requires an operator to establish an age verification system. Finally, this bill empowers the Attorney General to enforce these provisions subject to the Attorney General’s powers regarding consumer protection and consumer fraud. Enforcement by private right of action is contemplated to the extent allowable by the Consumer Fraud Act. This bill becomes effective 1 year after its enactment into law.

An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Child Online Protection.

Rep. Darryl Scott [D]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]
Rep. Edward Osienski [D]	Rep. Charles Potter [D]	Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Sen. David Sokola [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-18	House	Introduced and Assigned to Telecommunication Internet & Technology Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/a5ff7563c146a87d85257bf60055b264?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+261/$file/legis.html?open