Apps designed for children must not collect personal data or show behavioral ads, and cannot share any information about children with outside companies.
Parents can trust that apps in the Apple Kids Category are prohibited from collecting their child's personal data or showing targeted advertisements, providing a baseline layer of privacy protection for minors.
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Compare across platforms →These protections are critical because children are a uniquely vulnerable population; violations could expose their personal data to commercial exploitation.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision directly implements COPPA (15 U.S.C. §6501-6506) requirements for operators of websites/services directed to children under 13, enforced by the FTC (16 C.F.R. Part 312). It also engages GDPR Art. 8 (conditions for child consent) and UK GDPR / Children's Code (Age Appropriate Design Code, ICO), requiring privacy-by-default for child users. California's AADC (AB 2273, Cal. Civ. Code §1798.99.28 et seq.) imposes similar requirements on connected services likely to be accessed by minors. (2)
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