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The provision operationalizes compliance with children's privacy regulations across jurisdictions by establishing gatekeeping requirements for account access. It allocates consent obligations to parents or guardians for minors, establishing a two-party authorization structure for underage users.
Users under 13 or below their jurisdiction's minimum age of consent cannot access the Services under the stated terms. Users aged 13-17 (or until the jurisdiction's age of majority) must secure documented parental or guardian permission to proceed with account creation and service use.
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Except as set forth below, or as otherwise approved by us, the services are for your personal, non-commercial use unless you enter into a separate agreement with us for your commercial use.
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...)
You agree that Promotional Codes: (a) must be used in a lawful manner; (b) must be used for the intended audience and purpose; (c) may not be duplicated, sold or transferred in any manner...
"You must be at least 13 years old or the minimum age required in your country to consent to use the Services. If you are under 18, you must have your parent or guardian's permission to use the Services.Excerpt from OpenAI's Terms of Use
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The provision operationalizes compliance with children's privacy regulations across jurisdictions by establishing gatekeeping requirements for account access. It allocates consent obligations to parents or guardians for minors, establishing a two-party authorization structure for underage users.
Users under 13 or below their jurisdiction's minimum age of consent cannot access the Services under the stated terms. Users aged 13-17 (or until the jurisdiction's age of majority) must secure documented parental or guardian permission to proceed with account creation and service use.
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