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Children's Data Collection and Parental Consent

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This provision operationalizes EA's compliance framework with jurisdictional children's privacy regulations by establishing consent acquisition and feature restriction mechanisms. The clause creates distinct data handling pathways based on age verification and parental authorization status.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

For accounts identified as child accounts, the terms authorize EA to collect personal information only upon parental consent, and require EA to restrict identifying information sharing features unless consent has been provided. Parents may create child EA Accounts and authorize specific data collection and feature access through consent mechanisms.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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When players identify themselves as being children under the minimum age of digital consent guidelines set by the law of individual countries or territories, we will: (1) obtain consent from parents for the use of their children's personal information, when required by applicable law. For example, we allow parents to create a child EA Account on certain Services, and with parental consent EA will collect and use certain children's personal information to manage a child EA Account; (2) disable features in certain Services that could allow a child to share information that directly identifies them, unless a parent has provided relevant consent to us or the third-party platform on which their child is playing.

— Excerpt from EA's EA Privacy and Cookie Policy

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
COPPA
United States Federal
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
EA Privacy and Cookie Policy
Entity
EA
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 20, 2026
Last verified
May 10, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-001545
Document ID
CA-D-00306
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
6ef6b6ee185c651b01773460745644b56ff636b96bffeda4b0f814ee02ec3cac
Analysis generated
March 20, 2026 04:18 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: EA
Document: EA Privacy and Cookie Policy
Record ID: CA-P-001545
Captured: 2026-03-20 04:18:30 UTC
SHA-256: 6ef6b6ee185c651b…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/ea/ea-privacy-and-cookie-policy/childrens-data-collection-and-parental-consent/
Accessed: May 20, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does EA's Children's Data Collection and Parental Consent clause do?

This provision operationalizes EA's compliance framework with jurisdictional children's privacy regulations by establishing consent acquisition and feature restriction mechanisms. The clause creates distinct data handling pathways based on age verification and parental authorization status.

How does this clause affect you?

For accounts identified as child accounts, the terms authorize EA to collect personal information only upon parental consent, and require EA to restrict identifying information sharing features unless consent has been provided. Parents may create child EA Accounts and authorize specific data collection and feature access through consent mechanisms.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 2 platforms. See the full comparison.

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