Only adults can create a Netflix account — but children can use the service if an adult supervises them, meaning the adult account holder is responsible for any minor's use.
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This provision creates an age-based eligibility requirement for account formation and establishes a supervisory framework for minor access. It allocates responsibility for compliance with the age restriction to the account holder at registration.
The updated terms now require users to resolve most disputes with Netflix through binding arbitration rather than in court, unless users exercise a time-limited right to opt out. Under the revised language, disputes will not be decided by a judge or jury. The terms state that Section 6 contains full details of this requirement. You can review Section 6 to understand your opt-out rights and the time period available to exercise them.
View change record →The updated terms introduce a new account category called 'Extra Members,' described as users who do not live in the same household as the Account Owner, available where the feature is offered. The terms now explicitly require that any person creating a Netflix account must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in their jurisdiction. The revised language also clarifies that some Netflix content and features may be accessed without creating an account or providing a payment method, while other options require a subscription. These changes formalize previously implicit account structures and establish age-gated account creation.
View change record →The updated Terms of Use clarify how Netflix membership operates and what users authorize by continuing service. The revised language explicitly defines the Netflix service as a personalized subscription enabling discovery and access to content, and states that membership continues until terminated and that Netflix may charge the user's payment method on each billing cycle unless the user cancels before the billing date. The updated terms no longer include the prior version's prominent language describing mandatory arbitration requirements and dispute resolution procedures, creating a material gap in documented dispute resolution authority compared to the previous terms.
View change record →Adult Netflix account holders bear full legal and practical responsibility for any use of the service by minors in their household, including content viewed and any account changes made — Netflix does not independently verify or restrict minor access beyond requiring adult account ownership.
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"4.1. You must be at least 18 years of age, or the age of majority in your province, territory or country, to become a member of the Netflix service. Minors may only use the service under the supervision of an adult.— Excerpt from Netflix's Netflix Terms of Use
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision engages COPPA (15 U.S.C. §6501 et seq.) in the US, enforced by the FTC, which applies to online services directed at children under 13; the EU's GDPR Art. 8 (minimum age for data processing consent, 16 years in most member states or 13 with parental consent); UK's Age Appropriate Design Code (Children's Code, ICO); Singapore's PDPA advisory guidelines on children's data; and local child protection statutes across covered Asia-Pacific markets.
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This provision creates an age-based eligibility requirement for account formation and establishes a supervisory framework for minor access. It allocates responsibility for compliance with the age restriction to the account holder at registration.
Adult Netflix account holders bear full legal and practical responsibility for any use of the service by minors in their household, including content viewed and any account changes made — Netflix does not independently verify or restrict minor access beyond requiring adult account ownership.
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