The policy states that OpenSea's services are not directed to children under the age of 18 (or the applicable age of majority) and that OpenSea does not knowingly collect personal information from minors.
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This provision establishes the age restriction applicable to the platform and the policy's scope with respect to minors, engaging COPPA obligations for users under 13 in the United States and analogous requirements under GDPR for users in the EEA.
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Under this provision, users who are minors are not authorized to use the platform, and the policy states that personal data collected from minors will be deleted upon discovery. Parents or guardians who believe a minor's data has been collected can submit a deletion request.
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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.
Our services are restricted to users who are 18 years of age or older. We do not permit users under the age of 18 on our platform and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you suspect that a user is under the age of 18, please use the reporting mechanism available...
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...
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(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) governs collection of personal data from U.S. children under 13 and is enforced by the FTC. GDPR Article 8 imposes age-based consent requirements for children in the EEA, with the applicable age varying by member state (typically 13 to 16). The policy's restriction to users 18 and older is more conservative than COPPA's 13-year threshold. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low to Medium. The platform's restriction to users 18 and older reduces COPPA exposure if effectively enforced, but the absence of robust age verification mechanisms (common across web3 platforms) means reliance on user attestation. Regulators have increased scrutiny of platforms that lack technical age verification. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: U.S. federal COPPA applies to users under 13. EEA member states apply varying GDPR age-of-consent thresholds. The UK Children's Code imposes heightened obligations for services likely to be accessed by minors. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Marketing and advertising partners should be contractually restricted from targeting users identified as or likely to be minors. Analytics providers should not be permitted to build profiles based on data of known minor users. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should review the adequacy of age verification mechanisms in place at account creation, assess whether any platform features are particularly attractive to minors that might trigger enhanced regulatory scrutiny, and confirm that deletion protocols for minor user data are documented and tested.
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This provision establishes the age restriction applicable to the platform and the policy's scope with respect to minors, engaging COPPA obligations for users under 13 in the United States and analogous requirements under GDPR for users in the EEA.
Under this provision, users who are minors are not authorized to use the platform, and the policy states that personal data collected from minors will be deleted upon discovery. Parents or guardians who believe a minor's data has been collected can submit a deletion request.
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