BeReal sets a minimum age requirement for users, typically 13 or older, and may have additional provisions restricting access for users under a certain age depending on jurisdiction.
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Age restrictions determine whether minors can legally use the service and what additional protections apply to their data, which is particularly significant given BeReal's popularity among teenagers.
Interpretive note: The exact age restriction language is not present in the truncated document; this analysis is based on publicly known BeReal terms and applicable regulatory requirements for social media platforms with youth audiences.
Provision expanded from a simple 'Minimum Age Requirement' to 'Age Restriction and Minor User Provisions,' suggesting additional protections or specific rules for underage users were added.
View full change record →If a minor under the minimum age uses BeReal, their account may be subject to termination and their data should be deleted; parents should be aware that the platform may collect personal data including photos of minors.
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Our Services are not directed to children under 13. If you learn that anyone younger than 13 has unlawfully provided us with personal data, please contact us at privacy@medium.com.
The Service is intended for general audiences and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information without your cons...
To access and use the Services, you must be at least the age of majority in the state, province, or territory where you live or at least 18 years of age. If you are under the age of 13, you may not use the Services and you should not be visiting the Sites or using the Services.
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(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Age restriction provisions engage COPPA for users under 13 in the United States, requiring verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children. In the EU, GDPR and the GDPR's recital regarding children's data sets the age of digital consent between 13 and 16 depending on member state. The UK Age Appropriate Design Code (Children's Code) imposes additional requirements for services likely to be accessed by children under 18. The FTC enforces COPPA. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High. BeReal is widely used by teenagers, making robust age verification and parental consent mechanisms a significant compliance requirement. Inadequate age gating or verification exposes BeReal to COPPA enforcement by the FTC and potential GDPR enforcement by EU supervisory authorities. The collection of photos, location data, and other personal information from minors without adequate consent is a material risk. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: The United States (COPPA, FTC enforcement), EU member states with digital age of consent at 16 (including France, Germany, Netherlands), and the UK (Children's Code, ICO enforcement) create the highest compliance exposure for minor-related provisions. Several US states have also enacted or proposed children's online privacy legislation that may impose additional requirements. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Third-party vendors and analytics providers integrated into BeReal's platform must be assessed to ensure they do not collect data from users identified as minors. Data processing agreements should include explicit restrictions on processing children's data. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should assess whether BeReal's age verification mechanism meets COPPA and GDPR standards, whether parental consent workflows are implemented where required, and whether data collected from users who are later identified as minors is deleted in accordance with applicable law. The UK Children's Code requires a data protection impact assessment for services likely accessed by minors.
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Age restrictions determine whether minors can legally use the service and what additional protections apply to their data, which is particularly significant given BeReal's popularity among teenagers.
If a minor under the minimum age uses BeReal, their account may be subject to termination and their data should be deleted; parents should be aware that the platform may collect personal data including photos of minors.
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