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Parents or legal guardians may create Lyft accounts for minors aged 13 to 17 for rideshare services and 16 to 17 for bikes and scooters in permitted markets; by doing so, parents assume all responsibility and liability for the minor's platform use and consent to the full agreement on the minor's behalf.
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This provision permits minors aged 13 and older to use Lyft's rideshare services under parental account creation, with full contractual liability assumed by the parent or guardian. The provision implicates COPPA for users under 13 and raises safety and liability considerations for minor Riders.
Interpretive note: The operational effectiveness of the parental account creation mechanism as a COPPA-compliant verifiable parental consent method depends on how Lyft implements age verification, which is not detailed in the quoted provision.
Under this clause, parents or guardians who create accounts for minors aged 13 to 17 accept personal liability for all of the minor's platform activity, including financial charges, and the agreement requires parents to guarantee the minor's compliance with all terms. The provision restricts Rideshare Services for minors under 13 as always prohibited, and requires drivers to cancel rides involving unaccompanied minors under 13.
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"If you are the parent or legal guardian of a 13- to 17-year-old minor, you may create a User account for such minor to use the Lyft Platform solely to access and use Rideshare Services as a Rider in certain markets where expressly permitted under the applicable Supplemental Agreement... By creating a User account for such minor, you hereby give permission and consent to the Agreement on the minor's behalf, you expressly guarantee the minor's acceptance, and your own acceptance, of the terms of this Agreement, and you shall assume any and all responsibility and liability for the minor's use of the Lyft Platform as provided by the terms of this Agreement and any applicable Supplemental Agreements.Excerpt from Lyft's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The minor user provisions engage COPPA for users under 13; the agreement states that use by minors under 13 is always prohibited for rideshare, which is consistent with COPPA's restrictions on collecting personal information from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent. The FTC enforces COPPA. State child safety and transportation regulations may impose additional requirements for minors using rideshare services. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The operational challenge of verifying minor user age at the point of ride request, and the reliance on parental account creation as the verification mechanism, creates regulatory exposure if minors under 13 access the platform or if minors use the platform without parental-created accounts. Driver obligations to cancel rides involving unaccompanied prohibited minors require operational training and enforcement. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: All US jurisdictions are potentially affected. States with specific minor rideshare regulations may impose requirements beyond what this agreement establishes. California's COPPA implementation and the California Age Appropriate Design Code may create heightened obligations for minor user data handling. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: The parental liability mechanism transfers financial and legal responsibility for minor users to parent or guardian account holders, which should be considered by any organization assessing Lyft Business programs that might involve minor riders. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should evaluate whether the parental consent mechanism at account creation satisfies COPPA verifiable parental consent standards and whether the platform's age verification processes are sufficient to prevent access by minors under the minimum age thresholds. Data handling practices for minor users, including the perpetual content license, should be assessed under COPPA and applicable state minor privacy frameworks.
This provision permits minors aged 13 and older to use Lyft's rideshare services under parental account creation, with full contractual liability assumed by the parent or guardian. The provision implicates COPPA for users under 13 and raises safety and liability considerations for minor Riders.
Under this clause, parents or guardians who create accounts for minors aged 13 to 17 accept personal liability for all of the minor's platform activity, including financial charges, and the agreement requires parents to guarantee the minor's compliance with all terms. The provision restricts Rideshare Services for minors under 13 as always prohibited, and requires drivers to cancel rides involving …
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