Paramount+ provides access to children's programming from Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. within its platform, which means data may be collected from or about child users, triggering specific legal protections for minors under federal law.
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Federal law (COPPA) requires verifiable parental consent before collecting personal data from children under 13, and the FTC actively enforces these rules against streaming platforms that include children's content.
Interpretive note: The full COPPA disclosure and parental consent mechanisms are not visible in the truncated document; the existence and adequacy of those mechanisms requires review of the complete policy and platform registration flows.
If a child under 13 uses Paramount+ to access Nickelodeon or Nick Jr. content, parents should confirm that the platform's parental controls and COPPA consent mechanisms are active, as failure to do so may result in children's data being collected and used without required parental authorization.
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REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), enforced by the FTC, requires operators of websites and online services directed to children under 13 to obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from those children. Where a general-audience platform knowingly permits children to access children-directed content, COPPA obligations may be triggered for that portion of the service. The FTC has issued guidance and enforcement actions against streaming and entertainment platforms for inadequate COPPA compliance. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High. The inclusion of Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. branded content within the Paramount+ general subscription platform creates COPPA exposure if the platform does not implement adequate age verification, parental consent flows, and data minimization for child-directed content pathways. The FTC has imposed significant civil penalties in COPPA enforcement actions. JURISDICTION FLAGS: COPPA applies across all US jurisdictions. The EU's GDPR imposes heightened protections for children's data under Article 8, requiring member state-specific age of consent thresholds (typically 13-16) and parental authorization. The UK's Age Appropriate Design Code (Children's Code) imposes additional requirements for services likely to be accessed by children. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Any third-party analytics or advertising SDK that receives data generated through child-directed content pathways must be evaluated for COPPA compliance; COPPA prohibits behavioral advertising targeting children under 13 and limits data collection to what is strictly necessary for the service. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should audit the registration and profile creation flows for children's profiles on the platform, confirm that parental consent mechanisms satisfy COPPA verifiable consent standards, and ensure that advertising SDKs are disabled or restricted for users identified as children. The platform's parental control settings should be reviewed to confirm they are effective and default-on for child profiles.
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Federal law (COPPA) requires verifiable parental consent before collecting personal data from children under 13, and the FTC actively enforces these rules against streaming platforms that include children's content.
If a child under 13 uses Paramount+ to access Nickelodeon or Nick Jr. content, parents should confirm that the platform's parental controls and COPPA consent mechanisms are active, as failure to do so may result in children's data being collected and used without required parental authorization.
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