Nintendo's websites are not intended for children under 13, and children under that age are not permitted to use the sites or submit personal information. Parents who believe their child's data was collected without consent should contact Nintendo promptly.
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This provision establishes Nintendo's COPPA compliance posture for the main websites and places responsibility on parents to monitor and report unauthorized child data collection.
Parents of children under 13 should be aware that the terms prohibit unsupervised use of Nintendo.com by young children, and that a separate Children's Privacy Policy applies to Nintendo services designed for younger users. If a child has created an account or submitted data without parental consent, parents should contact Nintendo immediately.
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Our Services are not directed to children under 13. If you learn that anyone younger than 13 has unlawfully provided us with personal data, please contact us at privacy@medium.com.
The Service is intended for general audiences and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information without your cons...
To access and use the Services, you must be at least the age of majority in the state, province, or territory where you live or at least 18 years of age. If you are under the age of 13, you may not use the Services and you should not be visiting the Sites or using the Services.
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"The Sites are not directed to children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, do not use the Sites or provide any information on the Sites. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13 without parental consent, please notify us immediately.— Excerpt from Nintendo's Nintendo Terms of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which is enforced by the FTC and applies to operators of websites and online services directed to children under 13, or those with actual knowledge of collecting personal information from children under 13. The provision's directive to parents to notify Nintendo of unauthorized child data collection is consistent with COPPA's verifiable parental consent requirements. The FTC has brought enforcement actions against operators who failed to implement adequate age-gating mechanisms, making the operational effectiveness of Nintendo's age restriction a material compliance consideration. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The statement that the sites are not directed to children does not fully insulate an operator from COPPA liability if the platform has actual knowledge of child users or if the content is likely to attract child audiences. Nintendo's product portfolio, which includes many titles marketed to children, may create tension with a general-purpose website disclaimer. JURISDICTION FLAGS: COPPA applies to US operators and users nationwide, with no state-level carve-out. The EU's GDPR sets the digital age of consent at 16 (with member state discretion to lower it to 13), creating a gap between US and EU requirements for Nintendo's European services. The UK's Age Appropriate Design Code imposes additional obligations for services likely to be accessed by minors. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Third-party vendors or partners integrated into Nintendo's digital properties should confirm that their data collection and processing practices are COPPA-compliant where child users may be present. Any vendor receiving data from Nintendo's platforms should assess whether that data may include information from users under 13 and apply appropriate processing restrictions. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should evaluate whether Nintendo's age-gating and verification mechanisms are operationally sufficient to support the COPPA disclaimer in the terms, and whether the separate Children's Privacy Policy is consistent with current FTC guidance. Review whether parental consent collection and verification procedures for Nintendo Account child profiles meet COPPA's verifiable parental consent standard.
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This provision establishes Nintendo's COPPA compliance posture for the main websites and places responsibility on parents to monitor and report unauthorized child data collection.
Parents of children under 13 should be aware that the terms prohibit unsupervised use of Nintendo.com by young children, and that a separate Children's Privacy Policy applies to Nintendo services designed for younger users. If a child has created an account or submitted data without parental consent, parents should contact Nintendo immediately.
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