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.
This analysis describes what OpenSea's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
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.
Interpretive note: Exact verbatim text was not fully extractable from the rendered HTML; description reflects standard age restriction and COPPA disclosure language commonly found in OpenSea's published policy.
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.
How other platforms handle this
If you choose to reveal any personal information about yourself to other users, you do so at your own risk. We strongly encourage you to use caution in disclosing any personal information online.
When you are asked to provide information, you may decline to do so; but if you choose not to provide information that is necessary to provide some of our Services, you may not be able to use those Services.
to object to profiling activities based on our own legitimate interests
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) governs collection of personal data from U.S.
Enforcement risk, jurisdiction flags, contract triggers, and due diligence action items.
Ad personalization controls removed. Contact scanning added. Advertiser data partnerships quietly dropped. A timeline of every change.
Get the research letter
Companies change their terms quietly. We read every version and catch what actually changed. One email a week on the changes that matter and what they mean.
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.
ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 290 platforms. See the full comparison.
No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by OpenSea.