The notice identifies children's personal information as a discrete section, indicating that the policy addresses how information from minors is handled.
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Provisions addressing children's personal information engage COPPA for users under 13 and, for a consumer financial services provider, may engage additional state-level protections for minors.
Interpretive note: The specific age thresholds, restrictions, and parental rights provisions are in a section of the notice not fully reproduced in the document text provided.
The agreement includes a dedicated section on children's personal information; the specific age thresholds, restrictions, and parental rights described there govern how Afterpay handles data from minor users.
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"Children's Personal InformationExcerpt from Afterpay's Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which requires verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13.
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Provisions addressing children's personal information engage COPPA for users under 13 and, for a consumer financial services provider, may engage additional state-level protections for minors.
The agreement includes a dedicated section on children's personal information; the specific age thresholds, restrictions, and parental rights described there govern how Afterpay handles data from minor users.
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