Lyft's services are not intended for anyone under 13, and Lyft says it doesn't intentionally collect data from children under that age.
Children under 13 are formally excluded from Lyft's services, but there are no disclosed age verification mechanisms or enhanced protections for users aged 13-17, leaving a potential gap for teen users whose data is collected under the same terms as adults.
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Compare across platforms →The policy does not address users aged 13-17, meaning teenagers can use the service with no enhanced protections, and COPPA compliance depends on Lyft's ability to verify ages — which is not described in the policy.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: COPPA (16 CFR Part 312) prohibits collection of personal information from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent, enforced by the FTC. The FTC's 2022 COPPA Rule amendments expand protections and increase enforcement scrutiny on age verification mechanisms. California's Age-Appropriate Design Code (AB 2273, effective 2024) requires privacy protections for users under 18, going significantly beyond COPPA's under-13 threshold.
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