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This provision operationalizes Khan Academy's compliance framework with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which mandates parental consent mechanisms for data collection from minors under 13. The requirement channels account creation through authorized gatekeepers (parents or educational institutions) to ensure consent is obtained before personal information collection occurs.
Users under 13 cannot independently create accounts on Khan Academy; account setup must be initiated by a parent or through a teacher/school using the institutional service. This mechanism conditions account access and service use on completion of the parental consent process.
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"Khan Academy is committed to complying with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without proper consent. A child under 13 must have their account created by a parent or by a teacher/school using our school service.— Excerpt from Khan Academy's Khan Academy Terms of Service
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This provision operationalizes Khan Academy's compliance framework with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which mandates parental consent mechanisms for data collection from minors under 13. The requirement channels account creation through authorized gatekeepers (parents or educational institutions) to ensure consent is obtained before personal information collection occurs.
Users under 13 cannot independently create accounts on Khan Academy; account setup must be initiated by a parent or through a teacher/school using the institutional service. This mechanism conditions account access and service use on completion of the parental consent process.
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