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The prohibition establishes a hard age threshold for account eligibility and places an affirmative restriction on Fly.io's data collection and content direction practices toward that age group.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim merges two independent propositions (account prohibition and no-collection/no-direction). The primary claim is the account prohibition; the no-collection and no-direction rules are recorded here as secondary propositions.
The updated policy now explicitly discloses that Fly.io uses third-party fraud-prevention services that collect device and browser signals (such as device identifiers and browser fingerprints) when you create an account or sign in. The policy states this data collection is mandatory and cannot be opted out of, distinguishing it from analytics collection, which remains optional. The company asserts its legal basis is its legitimate interest in protecting the platform and its users.
View change record →If you are under 13, you may not hold a Fly.io account, and Fly.io will not knowingly collect your information or direct content specifically at you.
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"If you're a child under the age of 13, you may not have an account on fly.io. fly.io does not knowingly collect information from or direct any of our content specifically to children under 13.Excerpt from Fly.io's Privacy Policy
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The prohibition establishes a hard age threshold for account eligibility and places an affirmative restriction on Fly.io's data collection and content direction practices toward that age group.
If you are under 13, you may not hold a Fly.io account, and Fly.io will not knowingly collect your information or direct content specifically at you.
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