Sec. 4. Protecting the security and privacy of users
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Subject to section (b), a covered company shall not be in violation of section 3 for an action that is— necessary to achieve user privacy, security, or digital safety; taken to prevent spam or fraud; necessary to prevent unlawful infringement of preexisting intellectual property; or taken to prevent a violation of, or comply with, Federal or State law. In paragraph (1), the term necessary to achieve user privacy, security, or digital safety includes— allowing an end user to opt in, and providing information regarding the reasonable risks, prior to enabling installation of the third-party apps or app stores; removing malicious or fraudulent apps or app stores from an end user device; providing an end user with the technical means to verify the authenticity and origin of third-party apps or app stores; and providing an end user with option to limit the collection sharing of the data of the user with third-party apps or app stores.
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(a)shall only apply if the covered company establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that the action described in that subsection is— applied on a demonstrably consistent basis to— apps of the covered company or its business partners; and other apps; not used as a pretext to exclude, or impose unnecessary or discriminatory terms on, third-party apps, in-app payment systems, or app stores; and narrowly tailored and could not be achieved through a less discriminatory and technically possible means.