“We do not knowingly collect, use or share information from children under a certain age without parental consent or as permitted by law (e.g., a "child" is under the age of 13 in the United States, under the age of 14 in Quebec, etc.).”
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This establishes a protective restriction on Nintendo's data practices for child users, conditioned on the 'knowingly' standard and subject to legal exceptions.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim captures the primary restriction. Jurisdiction-specific age definitions and the legal-permission carve-out are recorded in omitted_material.
The updated policy expands the location-based services Nintendo may provide using your location data to include event check-ins and visits to Nintendo locations, in addition to location-based games and friend connections. For parents of child users, the policy now explicitly discloses that Nintendo collects persistent identifiers such as IP addresses and device identifiers from child accounts for operational purposes including service functionality, security, fraud prevention, and contextual advertising, and states that contractual restrictions limit how service providers use this information. The policy also clarifies that personal information is retained only as long as reasonably necessary and is then deleted or de-identified based on data sensitivity, account activity, and features used. Parents can now view a named list of third-party games and applications authorized to access their child's account information and manage which apps continue to have access through their Nintendo Account profile settings.
View change record →Children's information is not to be collected, used, or shared by Nintendo without parental consent, unless law otherwise permits.
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"We do not knowingly collect, use or share information from children under a certain age without parental consent or as permitted by law (e.g., a "child" is under the age of 13 in the United States, under the age of 14 in Quebec, etc.).Excerpt from Nintendo's Privacy Policy
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This establishes a protective restriction on Nintendo's data practices for child users, conditioned on the 'knowingly' standard and subject to legal exceptions.
Children's information is not to be collected, used, or shared by Nintendo without parental consent, unless law otherwise permits.
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