Gemini's services are not directed at individuals under 18, and anyone under 18 should stop using the service and not provide personal information.
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This provision establishes the service's operational scope regarding minor users and creates a data deletion obligation upon discovery of inadvertent collection from users under 18. The clause reflects the service's institutional policy regarding compliance with children's privacy regulations.
Gemini does not knowingly collect data from users under 18, but if it discovers it has done so, it will delete that data; parents who believe their child has a Gemini account should contact Gemini to have data removed.
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"Gemini is not intended for children under the age of 18 and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information of children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected any Personal Information from a child under the age of 18, we will promptly delete it from our systems.Excerpt from Gemini's Privacy Policy
The under-18 prohibition engages COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) compliance obligations; if Gemini has collected data from users under 13, it faces significant FTC enforcement exposure.
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This provision establishes the service's operational scope regarding minor users and creates a data deletion obligation upon discovery of inadvertent collection from users under 18. The clause reflects the service's institutional policy regarding compliance with children's privacy regulations.
Gemini does not knowingly collect data from users under 18, but if it discovers it has done so, it will delete that data; parents who believe their child has a Gemini account should contact Gemini to have data removed.
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