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The agreement sets a minimum age of 13 for all users and requires parental or guardian consent for users who have not reached the applicable age of consent in their country of residence.
This analysis describes what BeReal's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
This provision establishes jurisdiction-dependent parental consent obligations, which engage COPPA for US users under 13, GDPR Article 8 for EU users below the applicable national digital consent age (ranging from 13 to 16 across EU member states), and equivalent national frameworks. The document does not specify the mechanism by which parental consent is obtained or verified.
Interpretive note: The document does not describe the parental consent verification mechanism, making compliance adequacy under COPPA and GDPR Article 8 impossible to assess from the terms alone.
Under this clause, users under 13 are not permitted to use BeReal's services, and users between 13 and the local age of digital consent may require parental or guardian consent depending on their jurisdiction. The document does not describe the consent verification or collection mechanism.
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"To use our services, you must be a REAL human (because feelings matter): who is at least 13 years old. Depending on where you live, if you have not reached the age of consent in your country, a parent or guardian may also need to give their consent for you to use our services.Excerpt from BeReal's Terms of Service
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: COPPA (US) prohibits collection of personal data from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent, enforced by the FTC. GDPR Article 8 sets the digital consent age at 16 by default, with EU member states permitted to lower it to a minimum of 13; BeReal's minimum age aligns with this floor. The UK Children's Code (Age Appropriate Design Code) imposes additional requirements for services likely to be accessed by minors. The document's conditional parental consent language acknowledges jurisdictional variance but does not specify the verification mechanism. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The absence of a described parental consent verification mechanism in the document means compliance adequacy cannot be assessed from the terms alone. COPPA and GDPR Article 8 both require implementable consent collection processes, not merely contractual assertions. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: US users under 13 are subject to COPPA, enforced by the FTC with civil penalty authority. EU users face GDPR Article 8 requirements with member-state variance in the applicable digital consent age. UK users are subject to the Age Appropriate Design Code. States such as California have additional minor-specific privacy protections. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: The age restriction provision applies to all account types, including those created on behalf of organizations. No mechanism for age verification is described, which may be relevant to downstream compliance assessments. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should assess whether BeReal's age verification and parental consent collection processes (not described in this document) satisfy COPPA verifiable parental consent standards, GDPR Article 8 requirements, and UK Children's Code obligations. The absence of a described verification mechanism in the terms is a gap that warrants supplementary review of operational implementation.
This provision establishes jurisdiction-dependent parental consent obligations, which engage COPPA for US users under 13, GDPR Article 8 for EU users below the applicable national digital consent age (ranging from 13 to 16 across EU member states), and equivalent national frameworks. The document does not specify the mechanism by which parental consent is obtained or verified.
Under this clause, users under 13 are not permitted to use BeReal's services, and users between 13 and the local age of digital consent may require parental or guardian consent depending on their jurisdiction. The document does not describe the consent verification or collection mechanism.
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