Groq's services are not intended for children under 13, and the company states it does not knowingly collect personal data from that age group.
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Parents and guardians should be aware that Groq has no age verification mechanism described in this policy, relying instead on a reactive approach to removing children's data if notified.
There is no proactive age gate described in the policy; if a child under 13 uses Groq's services, the policy's only stated remedy is for parents to contact privacy@groq.com after the fact, at which point collected data would presumably be deleted.
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Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete such information. In some juris...
Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 without parental consent. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13 without parental consent, we wil...
Our online 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 personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.
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"The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided personal information to us through the Services, please contact us at privacy@groq.com.— Excerpt from Groq's Groq Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act), which imposes specific requirements on operators of websites and online services directed to children under 13, including obtaining verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information. The FTC is the primary COPPA enforcement authority. The policy's statement that services are 'not directed to children under 13' is a standard COPPA compliance posture, but it does not describe the age verification mechanisms in place to prevent collection from minors. 2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low to Medium. The provision is standard for a developer-focused AI platform not directed to children, but the absence of described age verification creates residual COPPA exposure if minors access the services. The FTC has taken enforcement action against platforms that relied solely on policy disclaimers without implementing actual age screening. 3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: US federal law (COPPA) applies. Some EU member states and the UK impose stricter age-appropriate design requirements under the GDPR and the UK's Age Appropriate Design Code, which may apply if Groq's services could be accessed by minors. 4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers who use Groq's API to build consumer-facing applications should independently assess whether their products could be accessed by minors and implement appropriate COPPA or GDPR child protection measures in their own services. 5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Groq should document the technical and operational measures in place to prevent collection of data from children under 13. If any Groq service could foreseeably attract users under 13, a COPPA assessment and potentially a data protection impact assessment under GDPR should be conducted.
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Parents and guardians should be aware that Groq has no age verification mechanism described in this policy, relying instead on a reactive approach to removing children's data if notified.
There is no proactive age gate described in the policy; if a child under 13 uses Groq's services, the policy's only stated remedy is for parents to contact privacy@groq.com after the fact, at which point collected data would presumably be deleted.
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