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Age Restrictions and Minor User Prohibition

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Age restrictions operate as an eligibility requirement for account creation and service access. This provision establishes the entity's compliance framework with child protection regulations and defines the user population to which other contractual terms apply.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Apr 3, 2026
First Seen
Apr 3, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 560 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users below the specified age are not permitted to establish accounts or access the service under these terms. For users aged 13 or older in jurisdictions with parental consent requirements, account establishment may require documented parental authorization before service use commences.

How other platforms handle this

Wise Medium

You may not use our Services for any illegal purpose or in violation of any laws or regulations. You may not use the Services to send money to sanctioned countries or individuals on government watchlists. You may not use the Services for gambling, illegal drugs, weapons, or any other prohibited acti...

Redfin Medium

You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...

TaskRabbit Medium

Subject to your compliance with the terms of the Agreement (including, without limitation, these Terms and Taskrabbit's Acceptable Use Policy), Taskrabbit grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable license to (a) access and use the Platform (in the locations and territories ...

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Applicable regulations

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Provision details

Document information
Document
Terms of Use (ROW)
Entity
OpenAI
Document last updated
March 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 10, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-000059
Document ID
CA-D-00007
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
3a064f11bc2cb0f491e5ad76938f2712026c1d020c9f8b50528f8c7b639a4f7f
Analysis generated
March 10, 2026 03:31 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: OpenAI
Document: Terms of Use (ROW)
Record ID: CA-P-000059
Captured: 2026-03-10 03:31:52 UTC
SHA-256: 3a064f11bc2cb0f4…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/terms-of-use-row/age-restrictions-and-minor-user-prohibition/
Accessed: July 4, 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 Prohibition clause do?

Age restrictions operate as an eligibility requirement for account creation and service access. This provision establishes the entity's compliance framework with child protection regulations and defines the user population to which other contractual terms apply.

How does this clause affect you?

Users below the specified age are not permitted to establish accounts or access the service under these terms. For users aged 13 or older in jurisdictions with parental consent requirements, account establishment may require documented parental authorization before service use commences.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 1 platforms. See the full comparison.

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