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No. 10700 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) HOUSE BILL 1762 By: Kerbs AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to children; providing definitions; directing covered entities to complete and review impact assessments; requiring covere d entities to provide impact assessments to Attorney General; requiring certain default privacy settings; directing covered entities to publicly provide certain information in clear language suited to age of children accessing product; requiring entity pro vide certain tools; providing information required for data protection impact assessment; requiring covered entity act in best interest of children; clarifying data protection impact assessments are confidential and not subject to public disclosure; clarif ying certain information disclosed does not waive privilege or protection; permitting assessments that complies with other law; permitting single data protection impact assessment for similar processing operations; requiring first impact assessment by certain date; prohibiting covered entities from processing personal data of a chil d in way that is inconsistent with best interest of child; prohibiting covered entities from profiling a child unless listed exception applies; prohibiting covered entities from processing personal data of child that is not necessary to provide online product; prohibiting processing certain personal data for purposes other than reason collected; prohibiting the processing of certain geolocation information of children; prohibiting covered entities from using dark patterns for certain purpose; requiring cove red entity signal a child when being monitored or tracked; providing penalties for a covered entity that violates this act; permitting only Attorney General to initiate enforcement actions; directing Attorney General provide notice to covered entities in substantial Req. No. 10700 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 compliance; directing covered entities notify Attorney General when certain violations are cured; clarifying Act does not serve as basis for private right of action; providing list of entities this act does not apply to; clarifying Act does not impose certain liability; clarifying Act does not prevent or preclude a child from deliberately searching for content; clarifying Act does not require covered entity to restrict access to online products based solely on age; clarifying Act applies to certain covered entities; clarifying that Act does not apply to online products, services, or features not accessible by public after certain date; providing for codification; and pro viding an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 8001 of Title 10, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: As used in this act: 1. "Affiliate" means a legal entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with another legal entity; 2. "Age-appropriate" means a recognition of the distinct needs and diversities of children in the following age ranges: a. up to five (5) years of age, b. six (6) to nine (9) years of age, c. ten (10) to twelve (12) years of age, d. thirteen (13) to fifteen (15) years of age, and e. sixteen (16) to seventeen (17) years of age; Req. No. 10700 Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3. "Best interest of children " means the use, by a covered entity, of the personal data of a child or the design of an online product, service or feature in a way that: a. will not benefit the covered entity to the detriment of the child, and b. will not result in: (1) reasonably foreseeable and material physical or financial harm to the child, (2) reasonably foreseeable and severe psychological or emotional harm to the child, (3) a highly offensive intrusion on the reasonable privacy expectations of the c hild, or (4) discrimination against the child based upon race, color, religion, national origin, disability, sex or sexual orientation; 4. "Child" means a consumer who is under eighteen (18) years of age; 5. "Collect" means buying, renting, gathering, ob taining, receiving or accessing personal data pertaining to a consumer by any means, including receiving personal data from the consumer, either actively or passively, or by observing the consumer 's behavior; 6. "Common branding" means a shared name, serv ice mark or trademark that the average consumer would understand that two or more entities commonly own; Req. No. 10700 Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 7. "Consumer" means a natural person who resides in Oklahoma, however identified, including by a unique identifier; 8. "Control" or "controlled" means: a. ownership of or the power to vote more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of any class of voting security of a covered entity, b. control in any manner over the election of a majority of the directors or of individuals exercising simi lar functions of a covered entity, or c. the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management of a covered entity; 9. "Covered entity" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, affiliate , or other legal entity that is organized or operated for the profit or financial benefit of the entity 's shareholders or other owners and that offers online products, services or features to individuals in Oklahoma and processes children 's personal data; 10. "Dark pattern" means a user interface designed or manipulated with the purpose of subverting or impairing user autonomy, decision making, or choice; 11. "Data protection impact assessment " means a systematic survey to assess compliance with the duty to act in the best interest of children; Req. No. 10700 Page 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 12. "Default" means a preselected optio n adopted by a covered entity for an online product, service, or feature; 13. "De-identified" means information that cannot reasonably be used to infer information about, or oth erwise be linked to, an identified or identifiable individual, if a covered entity that possesses that information: a. takes reasonable measures to ensure that such information cannot be associated with an individual, b. publicly commits to process such in formation only in a de-identified fashion and not attempt to re -identify such information, and c. contractually obligates any recipients of such information to satisfy the criteria set forth in this subsection; 14. "Derived data" means data that is create d by the derivation of information, data, assumptions, correlations, inferences, predictions or conclusions from facts, evidence, or another source of information or data about a child or a child 's device; 15. "Personal data" means any information, includ ing derived data, that is linked or reasonably linkable, alone or in combinati on with other information, to an identified or identifiable individual. Personal data does not include de -identified information or publicly available information; Req. No. 10700 Page 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16. "Precise geolocation" means any data that is derived from a device and that is used or intended to be used to locate a consumer within a geographic area that is equal to or less than the area of a circle with a radius of one thousand eight hundred (1,800) feet; 17. "Process" or "processing" means conduct or an operation performed, whether b y manual or automated means, on personal data or on sets of personal data, such as the collection, use, storage, disclosure, analysis, deletion, modification or other handling of personal data; 18. "Profiling" means automated processing of personal data that uses personal data to evaluate certain aspects relating to a natural person, including analyzing or predicting aspects concerning a natural person's performance at work, econ omic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior , location or movements. Profiling does not include the processing of data that does not result in an assessment or judgment about a natural person; 19. "Reasonably likely to b e accessed" means an online product, service or feature is accessed or is reasonably likely to be accessed by children based on any of the following indicators: a. the online product, service or feature is directed to children as defined by the federal Chi ldren's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, b. the online product, service or feature is determined, based on competent and reliable evidence regarding Req. No. 10700 Page 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 audience composition, to be routinely accessed by a significant number of children, c. the online product, service or feature has advertisements marketed to children, d. the online product, service or feature is substantially similar or the same as an online product, service or feature subject to subparagraph b of this paragraph, e. a significant amount o f the audience of the online product, service or feature is determined, based on internal company research, to be children, or f. the covered entity knew or should have known that a user is a child; 20. "Sell" means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing , disseminating, making available, transferring or otherwise communicating orally, in writing or by electronic or other means, a consumer's personal data by a covered entity to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration. Sell does not include: a. the disclosure of personal data to a third party who processes the personal data on behalf of the covered entity, b. the disclosure of personal data to a third party with whom the consumer has a direct relationship for Req. No. 10700 Page 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 purposes of providing an onli ne product, service or feature requested by the consumer, c. the disclosure or transfer of personal data to an affiliate of the covered entity, d. the disclosure of data that the consumer intentionally made available to the general public via a channel of mass media and did not restrict to a specific audience, or e. the disclosure or transfer of personal data to a third party as an asset that is part of the completed or proposed merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other transaction in which the third party a ssumes control of all or part of the covered entity 's assets; 21. "Sensitive personal data " means personal data that includes: a. data revealing racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, mental or physical health condition or diagnosis, sex life, sexual orientation or citizenship or immigration status, b. the processing of geneti c or biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying an individual, or c. precise geolocation data; 22. "Share" means sharing, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring or otherwise Req. No. 10700 Page 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 communicating orally, in writing or by electronic or other means, a consumer's personal data by a covered entity to a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising, whether or not for monetary or other valuable consideration, including transactions between a covered entity and a third party for cross -context behavioral advertising for the benefit of a covered entity in which no money is exchanged; and 23. "Third party" means a person other than the con sumer of the covered entity. SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 8002 of Title 10, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. A covered entity sha ll: 1. Complete a data protection impact assessment for any online product, service or feature that is reasonably likely to be accessed and maintain documentation of the data protection impact assessment as long as the online product, service or feature i s reasonably likely to be accessed; 2. Review all data protection impact assessments as necessary to account for material changes to data processing pertaining to the online product, service or feature; 3. Within five (5) business days of a written reque st by the Attorney General, provide to the Attorney General a list of all data protection impact assessments the covered entity has completed; Req. No. 10700 Page 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 4. Within seven (7) business days of a written request by the Attorney General, provide a data protection impact assessment to the Attorney General pursuant to such a request; provided that the Attorney General may, in the Attorney General's discretion, extend the time allowed for a covered entity to produce a data protection impact assessment; 5. Configure all default privacy settings provided to children by the online product, service or f eature to settings that offer a high level of privacy, unless the covered entity can demonstrate a compelling reason that a different setting is in the best interest of children; 6. Publicly provide privacy information, terms of service, policies and community standards in a prominent, precise manner and use clear language suited to the age of children reasonably likely to access that online product, service or feature; and 7. Publicly provide prominent, accessible and responsive tools to help a child or, if applicable, the child 's parent or guardian, exercise the child's privacy rights and report concerns. B. The data protection impact assessment required by this section shall identify the purpose of an online product, service or feature and how the online product, service or feature uses children's personal data and determine whether the online product, service or feature is designed and offered in an age -appropriate manner consistent with the best interest of children who are Req. No. 10700 Page 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 accessing or reasonably lik ely to access the online product, service or feature by examining at least the following: 1. Whether the design of the online product, service or feature could lead to children experiencing or being targeted by harmful, or potentially harmful, contacts on the online product, service or feature that would be inconsistent with the best interest of children reasonably likely to access the online product, service or feature; 2. Whether the design of the online product, service or feature could permit children to witness, participate in or be subject to conduct on the online product, service or feature that would be inconsistent with the best interest of children reasonably likely to access the online product, service or feature; 3. Whether the design of the online product, service or feature is reasonably expected to allow children to be party to or exploited by a contract on the online product, service or feature; 4. Whether algorithms used by the online product, service or feature would be inconsistent with the best interest of children reasonably likely to access the online product, service or feature; 5. Whether targeted advertising systems used by the online product, service or feature would be inconsistent with the best interest of children reasonably likely to access the online product, service or feature; Req. No. 10700 Page 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 6. Whether the online product, service or feature uses system design features to increase, sustain or extend the use of t he online product, service or feature by children, including the automatic playing of media, rewards for time spent and notifications, that would be inconsistent with the best interest of children reasonably likely to access the online product, service or feature; and 7. Whether, how and for what purpose the online product, service or feature collects or processes sensitive personal data of children and whether those practices would be inconsistent with the best interest of children reasonably likely to ac cess the online product, service or feature. C. When a covered entity identif ies an online product, service or feature reasonably likely to be accessed by children that may be inconsistent with the best interest of children, the covered entity shall include in a data protection impact assessment a detailed plan describing the steps the covered entity has taken and will take to ensure that the online product, service or feature will be consistent with the best interest of children. D. A data protection imp act assessment is protected as confidential and shall be exempt from public di sclosure, including pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act. E. To the extent any information contained in a data protection impact assessment disclosed to the Attorney General includes information subject to attorney -client privilege or work product Req. No. 10700 Page 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 protection, disclosure pursuant to subsection A of this section shall not constitute a waiver of that privilege or protection. F. A data protection impact assessment conducted by a covered entity for the purpose of compliance with any other law complies with this section if the data protection impact assessment meets the requirements of this act. G. A single data protection impact assessment may contain multiple similar processing operations that present similar risks only if each relevant online product, service or feature is addressed. H. A covered entity shall complete a data protection impact assessment on or before January 1, 2026 , for any online product, service or feature t hat is reasonably likely to be accessed by children after December 31, 2025. SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 8003 of Title 10, unless there is created a duplication in numbe ring, reads as follows: A covered entity that provides an online product, service or feature that is reasonably likely to be accessed shall not: A. Process the personal data of a child in a way that the covered entity knows, or has reason to know, is inco nsistent with the best interest of children reasonably likely to access the on line product, service or feature. B. Profile a child by default unless: Req. No. 10700 Page 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1. The covered entity can demonstrate that the covered entity has appropriate safeguards in place to ens ure that profiling is consistent with the best interest of children reasonably likely to access the online product, service or feature; and 2. Profiling is necessary to provide the online product, service or feature requested, and only with respect to the aspects of the online product, service or feature with which the child is actively and knowingly engaged; or 3. The covered entity can demonstrate a compelling reason that profiling is in the best interest of children. C. Process any personal data that is not necessary to provide an online product, service or feature with which a child is actively and knowingly engaged. D. If the end user is a child, process personal data for any reason other than a reason for which that personal data was collected. E. Process any precise geolocation information of children by default unless the collection of that precise geolocation information is strictly necessary for the covered entity to provide the online product, service or feature requested and then only for the limited time that the collection of precise geolocation information is necessary to provide the online product, service or feature. Req. No. 10700 Page 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 F. Process any precise geolocation information of a child without providing an obvious sign to the child for the duration of that collection that precise geolocation information is being collected. G. Use dark patterns to cause children to provide personal data beyond what is reasonably expected to provide that online product, service or feature, to forego privacy protection s or to take any action that the covered entity knows, or has reason to know, is not in the best interest of children reasonably likely to access the online product, service or feature. H. Process any personal data that is not reasonably necessary to provide an online product, service or feature with which a child is actively and knowingly engaged to reasonably estimate age. I. Allow a child's parent, guardian or any other consumer to monitor the child's online activity or track the child 's location without providing an obvious signal to the child when the child is being monitored or tracked. SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 8004 of Title 10, unless there is created a duplica tion in numbering, reads as follows: A. A covered entity that violates this act shall be: 1. Subject to injunctive relief to cease or correct the violation; Req. No. 10700 Page 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2. Liable for a civil penalty of not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) per affected child for each negligent violation; and 3. Liable for a civil penalty of not more than Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) per affected child for each intentional violation. B. Enforcement actions pursuant to subsection A of this section shall only be initiated by the Attorney General. C. If a covered entity is in substantial compliance with the requirements of Sections 3 through 5 of this act, the Attorney General shall provide written notice to the covered entity, before initiating an action pursuant to subsection A of this section, identifying the specific provisions of that act that the Attorney General alleges have been or are being violated. D. If a covered entity in compliance with subsection H of this section cures the alleged violations identified in a notice pursuant to subsection C of this section and provides the Attorney General a written statement that the alleged violations have been cured and sufficient measures have been taken to prevent future violations, the covered entity shall not be liable for a civil penalty for any violation cured pursuant to this subsection. E. Nothing in this act shall be interpreted to serve as the basis for a private right of action under this act or any other law. Req. No. 10700 Page 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statute s as Section 8005 of Title 10, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: This act shall not apply to: A. Protected health information that is collect ed by a covered entity associate governed by the privacy, security and breach notification rules issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, established pursuant to the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. B. A covered entity governed by the privacy, security and breach notification rules issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, established pursuant to the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, to the extent the provider or covered entity maintains patient information in the same manner as medical information or pr otected health information as described in subsection A of this section. C. Information collected as part of a clinical trial subject to the federal policy for the protection of human subjects, also known as the common rule, pursuant to good clinical prac tice guidelines issued by the International Council for Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use or pursuant to human Req. No. 10700 Page 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 subject protection requirements of the United States Food and Drug Administration. D. A telecommunications service as defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 153. E. The delivery or use of a p hysical product. SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 8006 of Title 10, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: Nothing in this act shall be interpreted or construed to: A. Impose liability in a manner that is inconsistent with 47 U.S.C., Section 230. B. Prevent or preclude a child from deliberately or independently search ing for, or specifically requesting, content. C. Require a covered entity to restrict access to online products, services, or features based solely on age. SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Stat utes as Section 8007 of Title 10, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. This act shall apply to covered entities in Oklahoma or persons that provide online products, services, or features that are targeted to residents o f this state and that during the preceding calendar year: 1. Controlled or processed the personal data of not fewer than one hundred thousand (100,000) consumers, excluding personal data Req. No. 10700 Page 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 controlled or processed solely for the purpose of completing a payment transaction; or 2. Controlled or processed the personal data of not fewer than twenty-five thousand (25,000) consumers and derived more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the covered entity 's gross revenue from the sale of personal data. B. This act does not apply to an online product, service, or feature that is not accessible by the public after December 31, 2025. SECTION 8. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025. 60-1-10700 MJ 01/14/25