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This provision establishes Mercury's compliance framework for children's privacy regulations, including the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). It defines the company's age restriction policy and outlines the operational procedure for responding to unauthorized collection of minors' data.
The terms establish that Mercury's services are restricted to users 18 and older. If a user under 18 provides personal information without parental consent, Mercury's stated procedure is to delete that information upon discovery, rather than retain it.
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Our platform is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information.
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in certain jurisdictions) without verifiable parental consent. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under the applicable age without parental consent, we will take steps to delete such d...
Uber's services are not directed to children under the age of 18. Uber does not knowingly collect personal data from children. If Uber learns that it has collected personal data from a child under 18, it will take steps to delete that data.
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"Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 18 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information.— Excerpt from Mercury's Mercury Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes Mercury's compliance framework for children's privacy regulations, including the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). It defines the company's age restriction policy and outlines the operational procedure for responding to unauthorized collection of minors' data.
The terms establish that Mercury's services are restricted to users 18 and older. If a user under 18 provides personal information without parental consent, Mercury's stated procedure is to delete that information upon discovery, rather than retain it.
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