Users under 18 cannot use Fireworks AI unless a parent or legal guardian has read, understood, and formally agreed to these Terms on their behalf.
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This provision attempts to restrict minors from using the platform independently, which is relevant for COPPA compliance and parental liability, but places the verification and supervision obligation on parents rather than on Fireworks AI.
Interpretive note: Whether this contractual prohibition satisfies COPPA's affirmative verifiable consent requirements depends on whether Fireworks AI's platform collects personal data from children under 13 and whether it is directed to children, which the document does not specify.
Minors cannot use Fireworks AI without active parental supervision and the parent's formal agreement to the Terms, meaning parents who allow minors to use the platform take on full legal responsibility for the minor's activity.
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"Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any access to, or use of, the Service by anyone who is a minor (which is under the age of 18 in most jurisdictions) in any applicable jurisdiction (a "Minor") is strictly prohibited and in violation of these Terms, unless such access and/or use is supervised by a parent or legal guardian ("Parent") who: (a) has read and understands these Terms; (b) approves all rights granted, and all obligations undertaken, by the Minor hereunder; and (c) agrees to be bound by these Terms.— Excerpt from Fireworks AI's Fireworks AI Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) for users under 13, which imposes affirmative obligations on operators to obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children. The provision's approach of relying on parental agreement at account creation rather than affirmative age verification or consent collection mechanisms may require evaluation under COPPA's verifiable consent requirements. The FTC is the primary COPPA enforcement authority. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The agreement prohibits minor access without parental supervision but does not describe any age verification mechanism, which is the operative COPPA compliance question. If Fireworks AI's platform is accessible to children under 13 without affirmative age gating or verified parental consent, the contractual prohibition alone may be insufficient under COPPA. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: COPPA applies to operators of websites and online services directed to children under 13 or that have actual knowledge of collecting information from children under 13. State-level laws such as California's Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) may impose additional obligations if minors are likely to access the platform. EU/EEA member states have varying age of digital consent requirements under GDPR Article 8. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Organizations that deploy Fireworks AI in contexts where minors may access the platform should assess whether additional controls or parental consent mechanisms are required by COPPA or applicable state law. The absence of described age verification processes is a due diligence gap for enterprise customers in education or consumer product contexts. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should assess whether Fireworks AI's platform collects any personal data from users and whether any of those users could be under 13. If so, a COPPA compliance review is warranted. Organizations deploying the API in consumer-facing applications should ensure their own COPPA and AADC compliance obligations are met independently of this contractual provision.
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This provision attempts to restrict minors from using the platform independently, which is relevant for COPPA compliance and parental liability, but places the verification and supervision obligation on parents rather than on Fireworks AI.
Minors cannot use Fireworks AI without active parental supervision and the parent's formal agreement to the Terms, meaning parents who allow minors to use the platform take on full legal responsibility for the minor's activity.
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