Apple CEO Tim Cook reached out to Texas Governor Greg Abbott regarding a bill that mandates parents link their accounts to minors for app downloads. The law aims to increase parental control but has raised privacy concerns, especially around data collection. Apple argues that the bill unnecessarily requires sensitive personal information from all Texans using app marketplaces, affecting even those downloading benign apps. Similar legislation is being considered in nine other states, indicating a potential wider trend in monitoring minors' digital activities.
If enacted, app marketplaces will be required to collect and keep sensitive personal identifying information for every Texan who wants to download an app, even if it's an app that simply provides weather updates or sports scores.
Those in support of the bill say it will allow parents to exercise more control over the relationship between children and their smartphones.
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