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.
The removal of age restrictions and minor supervision requirements eliminates clarity on legal capacity to form a binding contract and parental supervision obligations.
View full 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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This clause places full responsibility for minors' content consumption on the adult account holder rather than restricting minor access at a technical level, which may expose children to age-inappropriate content if supervision is inadequate.
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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