{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-45-38-7","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-7","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 45-38-7","body":"(1) A digital service provider may not enter into an agreement with a person to create an account with a digital service unless the person has registered the person's age with the digital service provider. A digital service provider shall make commercially reasonable efforts to verify the age of the person creating an account with a level of certainty appropriate to the risks that arise from the information management practices of the digital service provider.\n\n(2) A digital service provider shall not permit an account holder who is a known minor to be an account holder unless the known minor has the express consent from a parent or guardian. Acceptable methods of obtaining express consent of a parent or guardian include any of the following:\n\n(a) Providing a form for the minor's parent or guardian to sign and return to the digital service provider by common carrier, facsimile, or electronic scan;\n\n(b) Providing a toll-free telephone number for the known minor's parent or guardian to call to consent;\n\n(c) Coordinating a call with a known minor's parent or guardian over video conferencing technology;\n\n(d) Collecting information related to the government-issued identification of the known minor's parent or guardian and deleting that information after confirming the identity of the known minor's parent or guardian;\n\n(e) Allowing the known minor's parent or guardian to provide consent by responding to an email and taking additional steps to verify the identity of the known minor's parent or guardian; or\n\n(f) Any other commercially reasonable method of obtaining consent in light of available technology.","path":["MS Code","Title 45"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"d62c6ac39ec337a67bda21815cba98e52b0729268051d3d6fdcddc5a8d0e2cbf","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-45-38-5","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-45-38-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}