My takeaway on the current state in Canada is:

- An OS can mandate age collection (as long as it stays on device)

- Mandating such collection will face issues.

- Deployment of an OS that mandates age collection could be an issue

- Any attempt to use that collected data will face issues (especially if developers are required to be deemed to have collected it)

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