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Age Restrictions and Minor User Provisions

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Age restrictions serve as a compliance mechanism for regulatory obligations and establish the legal basis for account termination if age requirements are not met. The provision creates operational checkpoints for account creation and ongoing eligibility verification.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
5
Months Monitored
Apr 3, 2026
First Seen
Apr 3, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4244 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users below the specified age threshold are not permitted to create or maintain accounts under these terms. Users who misrepresent their age at registration operate in violation of the stated eligibility requirements, which may result in account suspension or termination.

How other platforms handle this

Anthropic Medium

Before enabling an integration, granting Claude access to, or instructing Claude to take actions on a Third-Party Service, you should ensure you have the authority to grant such access and that doing so complies with any applicable terms, policies, or confidentiality obligations.

Glassdoor Medium

You are responsible for keeping your username and password secret...Please create a unique password for your account and do not use it for any other web services or applications. Do not share your password with anyone else.

Tinder Medium

You may not display any personal contact, banking, or peer-to-peer payment information, whether in relation to you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card...)

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Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal
DMCA
United States Federal
DSA
European Union
Trump Executive Order on AI Policy Framework
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
OpenAI Terms of Use
Entity
OpenAI
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 10, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-000075
Document ID
CA-D-00009
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
6ae7df627f8ff0f0434212dde1986e4d1bfced272b18d29c3cea01e80cf3dbb0
Analysis generated
March 10, 2026 03:23 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: OpenAI
Document: OpenAI Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-000075
Captured: 2026-03-10 03:23:22 UTC
SHA-256: 6ae7df627f8ff0f0…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/openai-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-000075/age-restrictions-and-minor-user-provisions/
Accessed: Aug. 5, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does OpenAI's Age Restrictions and Minor User Provisions clause do?

Age restrictions serve as a compliance mechanism for regulatory obligations and establish the legal basis for account termination if age requirements are not met. The provision creates operational checkpoints for account creation and ongoing eligibility verification.

How does this clause affect you?

Users below the specified age threshold are not permitted to create or maintain accounts under these terms. Users who misrepresent their age at registration operate in violation of the stated eligibility requirements, which may result in account suspension or termination.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 282 platforms. See the full comparison.

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