Ideogram's service is not intended for children under 13, and the company says it will delete data if it discovers a child under 13 has used the platform.
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The policy relies on a reactive rather than proactive age verification approach, meaning children's data may be collected before the company becomes aware of a violation, which is a common but operationally limited approach to COPPA compliance.
The updated policy now provides explicit disclosure of which categories of personal information are collected and which parties receive each category. Previously, the policy required readers to consult other sections to identify this information. The updated table format discloses that identifiers such as name and email address, visual information including uploaded images, and geolocation data may be shared with other users, vendors, service providers, login integration partners, social media widgets, and affiliates. This change provides clearer visibility into data sharing practices without altering what data is collected or shared, but rather how that information is disclosed.
View change record →The updated policy no longer provides a single consolidated view of which specific categories of recipients receive which types of personal data. Previously, users could see in one table that identifiers, commercial information, geolocation data, images, account credentials, and precise location were shared with specific recipient categories such as vendors, service providers, other users, login partners, social media widgets, and tracking technology providers. The revised policy instead directs users to review other sections of the document to find this information. The specificity and accessibility of this disclosure has been reduced, though the underlying data-sharing practices may remain unchanged.
View change record →If a child under 13 uses Ideogram and the company discovers this, the policy states it will delete the data, but there is no described mechanism to prevent children from signing up in the first place.
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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 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 Ideogram's Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), enforced by the FTC, which prohibits collecting personal information from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent.
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The policy relies on a reactive rather than proactive age verification approach, meaning children's data may be collected before the company becomes aware of a violation, which is a common but operationally limited approach to COPPA compliance.
If a child under 13 uses Ideogram and the company discovers this, the policy states it will delete the data, but there is no described mechanism to prevent children from signing up in the first place.
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