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The age threshold establishes a baseline enrollment requirement consistent with applicable children's privacy regulations. The provision distinguishes between individual accounts (subject to age requirement) and organizational accounts (subject to legal registration requirement).
Interpretive note: The document does not describe age verification mechanisms, and GDPR Article 8 digital consent ages vary by EU member state, creating jurisdiction-dependent compliance obligations not addressed in these terms.
Users under age 13 and unregistered entities are not authorized to create accounts under these terms. Individuals aged 13 and above, and properly registered organizations, are permitted to proceed with account creation subject to other applicable terms.
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"In order to create an Account for yourself or for your Organization on our Website, you must be a natural person of at least age 13, or a legal entity duly registered.— Excerpt from Hugging Face's Hugging Face Terms of Service
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The age threshold establishes a baseline enrollment requirement consistent with applicable children's privacy regulations. The provision distinguishes between individual accounts (subject to age requirement) and organizational accounts (subject to legal registration requirement).
Users under age 13 and unregistered entities are not authorized to create accounts under these terms. Individuals aged 13 and above, and properly registered organizations, are permitted to proceed with account creation subject to other applicable terms.
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