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This provision establishes AWS's compliance framework with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and similar child privacy regulations by defining the service's intended user scope and specifying data handling procedures when child information is identified.
The provision clarifies that the service is not designed for users under 13 and establishes a deletion mechanism if child data is collected without authorization. Parents or guardians seeking to provide lawful parental consent would need to engage through AWS's established procedures, as the default position is no knowingly collected child data.
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Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to delete such info...
Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information without parental consent, we will take steps to remo...
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will delete that information.
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"Our Services are not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under 13 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.— Excerpt from AWS's AWS Privacy Notice
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This provision establishes AWS's compliance framework with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and similar child privacy regulations by defining the service's intended user scope and specifying data handling procedures when child information is identified.
The provision clarifies that the service is not designed for users under 13 and establishes a deletion mechanism if child data is collected without authorization. Parents or guardians seeking to provide lawful parental consent would need to engage through AWS's established procedures, as the default position is no knowingly collected child data.
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