GitHub does not allow children under 13 to use its services and will delete any data it discovers was collected from a child under 13.
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This provision operationalizes GitHub's compliance framework for children's privacy regulations, particularly the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). It establishes the threshold at which GitHub implements data deletion procedures upon discovery of underage user accounts or data collection.
The updated terms now explicitly authorize GitHub to collect AI outputs generated within the platform alongside user-provided code and content, and to share personal data with Microsoft and other GitHub affiliates for purposes including training and improving artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. The privacy statement indicates that aggregate and de-identified data will be used where feasible, but the updated language establishes broader authority for affiliate data sharing and AI model development than the previous version stated. The revised terms also remove specific disclosure of the conditions under which GitHub personnel may access private repositories, replacing that detail with a cross-reference to the Terms of Service, which means the scope of internal GitHub access to private repositories is now defined in a separate contract document rather than the privacy statement itself.
View change record →Children under 13 are prohibited from creating GitHub accounts, and any personal data inadvertently collected from a minor under 13 will be deleted — but GitHub has no stated active verification mechanism to prevent underage registration.
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Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to delete such info...
Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under 13, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.
Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information. Users between the ages of 1...
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"Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, please contact us. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information as soon as possible.— Excerpt from GitHub's GitHub Privacy Statement
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: COPPA (15 U.S.C. §6501 et seq.; 16 C.F.R. Part 312) requires verifiable parental consent prior to collecting personal information from children under 13 in the US; GDPR Art. 8 sets age of digital consent at 16 (or lower if member states specify, minimum 13) for information society services; UK GDPR and ICO Age Appropriate Design Code (Children's Code) impose additional obligations for services likely accessed by under-18s.
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This provision operationalizes GitHub's compliance framework for children's privacy regulations, particularly the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). It establishes the threshold at which GitHub implements data deletion procedures upon discovery of underage user accounts or data collection.
Children under 13 are prohibited from creating GitHub accounts, and any personal data inadvertently collected from a minor under 13 will be deleted — but GitHub has no stated active verification mechanism to prevent underage registration.
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