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This provision establishes age eligibility thresholds that interact with GDPR Article 8 and national digital consent age requirements across EU member states, which range from 13 to 16 years old, meaning the 13-year minimum in this agreement may not satisfy applicable legal requirements in all EEA jurisdictions.
Interpretive note: The 13-year minimum age may not satisfy GDPR Article 8 requirements in EU member states that have set higher ages of digital consent; compliance depends on jurisdiction-specific national law.
The agreement states that content submitted to OpenAI services may be used to provide and improve services, which may include AI model training depending on applicable settings and account type. European users retain GDPR-based rights to access, correct, and delete personal data held by OpenAI, and the EU contracting entity is OpenAI Ireland Limited. You can exercise data subject rights including deletion and data export through OpenAI's privacy request portal at https://privacy.openai.com.
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The Services are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, he or she should contact us at priv...
YOU MUST BE AND HEREBY AFFIRM THAT YOU ARE AN ADULT OF THE LEGAL AGE OF MAJORITY IN YOUR COUNTRY OR STATE OF RESIDENCE. If you are under the legal age of majority, your parent or legal guardian must consent to this agreement.
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This provision establishes age eligibility thresholds that interact with GDPR Article 8 and national digital consent age requirements across EU member states, which range from 13 to 16 years old, meaning the 13-year minimum in this agreement may not satisfy applicable legal requirements in all EEA jurisdictions.
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