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This provision establishes a gatekeeping mechanism to comply with children's privacy regulations such as COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) and similar age-based data protection regimes. The provision operationalizes parental consent as a condition precedent to service access and data collection for minors.
Users under 13 must secure parental or guardian authorization through a Microsoft Family account before accessing Minecraft services or having personal data collected. The terms condition service availability and data processing on completion of this parental consent workflow.
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"If you are under 13 years of age (or the applicable age of digital consent in your country), you must have your parent or guardian's permission to use our services and for us to collect your personal data. We use Microsoft Family accounts to obtain and manage parental consent for child accounts.— Excerpt from Minecraft's Minecraft Privacy Statement
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This provision establishes a gatekeeping mechanism to comply with children's privacy regulations such as COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) and similar age-based data protection regimes. The provision operationalizes parental consent as a condition precedent to service access and data collection for minors.
Users under 13 must secure parental or guardian authorization through a Microsoft Family account before accessing Minecraft services or having personal data collected. The terms condition service availability and data processing on completion of this parental consent workflow.
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