“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.”
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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 (and set cookies) when users create accounts or sign in. Unlike analytics, which users can opt out of via cookie preferences or Google's opt-out tool, this fraud-prevention processing cannot be opted out of. The company states its legal basis is legitimate interest in protecting the platform and users. You can opt out of analytics collection, but fraud-prevention data collection will apply to all account creation and sign-in activity.
View change record →The updated policy discloses that Fly.io now uses PostHog analytics on public, logged-out pages (marketing pages, blog, documentation) in addition to Google Analytics. PostHog stores a random identifier and pageview data such as URL, referrer, and device type in the EU, but does not link this data to user names, email addresses, or Fly.io accounts, and does not capture session recordings, clicks, keystrokes, or form contents. Analytics data is retained for a maximum of 12 months. For users in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, both Google Analytics and PostHog require explicit consent before being set; you can withdraw consent at any time using the 'Cookie preferences' link in the page footer or by using Google's opt-out browser add-on.
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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