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The minimum age of 13 in the US context is the COPPA threshold, but the higher threshold of 16 in certain jurisdictions (EU GDPR Art. 8) means underage EU users who sign up without parental consent are subject to data deletion, which could result in loss of course progress.
Coursera collects extensive personal data including learning behavior, assessment results, payment information, and device identifiers, and the policy permits sharing subsets of this data with institutional clients such as employers and universities, advertising partners, and third-party service providers. Learners enrolled through employer or campus programs should be aware that their course activity and performance data may be visible to the sponsoring organization, which may affect how they approach platform use. You can adjust marketing communication preferences and exercise data rights including access, deletion, and portability by contacting privacy@coursera.org or visiting your account settings.
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Our platform is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information.
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. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under 13, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.
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"We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in certain jurisdictions) without verifiable parental consent. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under the applicable age without parental consent, we will take steps to delete such data as soon as possible.— Excerpt from Coursera's Coursera Privacy Notice
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The minimum age of 13 in the US context is the COPPA threshold, but the higher threshold of 16 in certain jurisdictions (EU GDPR Art. 8) means underage EU users who sign up without parental consent are subject to data deletion, which could result in loss of course progress.
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