The policy states that Coinbase services are not directed at users under 18 and that if a user is suspected of being under 18, their account will be required to close and their data will be deleted as soon as possible.
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This provision establishes a minimum age of 18 for Coinbase services and a remediation process for suspected underage users, including account closure and data deletion; the detection mechanism for underage users is described as suspicion-based rather than systematic age verification at onboarding.
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Compare across platforms →"The Sites and Services are not directed to persons under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly request or collect any information about persons under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not provide any personal information through the Sites or Services. If a User or Customer submitting personal information is suspected of being younger than 18 years of age, Coinbase will require the relevant Customer or User to close his or her account, and will take steps to delete the individual's information as soon as possible.Excerpt from Coinbase's Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes a minimum age of 18 for Coinbase services and a remediation process for suspected underage users, including account closure and data deletion; the detection mechanism for underage users is described as suspicion-based rather than systematic age verification at onboarding.
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