Parents or legal guardians are legally responsible for creating Microsoft accounts for minor children and for accepting the Minecraft EULA on their behalf.
Parents who set up Minecraft accounts for their children are legally bound by this EULA and the Microsoft Services Agreement on their child's behalf, and are responsible for ensuring their child complies with all community standards — including accepting liability for potential account bans.
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Compare across platforms →Parents who create Microsoft accounts for their children are legally accepting all of Minecraft's terms on the child's behalf, including data collection practices, community standards, and account suspension policies.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision directly implicates COPPA (16 CFR Part 312), which requires verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13 in the US. GDPR Art. 8 requires member state-specified age of digital consent (typically 13-16) and parental consent for processing below that age. The UK Age Appropriate Design Code (Children's Code) under the UK GDPR imposes additional obligations for services likely to be accessed by children. FTC is the primary COPPA enforcement authority; EU data protection authorities enforce GDPR Art. 8. (2)
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