Paramount+ states the service is not designed for children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their personal information, but the platform hosts children's programming which may attract younger users.
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Despite hosting Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., and other children's content, the terms restrict use to those 13 and older, creating a tension between the platform's content offering and its stated age restriction that parents should be aware of.
Interpretive note: The platform's hosting of substantial child-directed content (Nickelodeon, Nick Jr.) creates a factual tension with the stated 13-plus age restriction that may affect the COPPA 'directed to children' analysis regardless of the terms' disclaimer.
If a child under 13 uses Paramount+ (including its Nickelodeon and children's programming), the agreement states that the service is not intended for them and that no personal data should be collected from them, but parents should actively use parental controls and monitor account use.
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YOU MUST BE AND HEREBY AFFIRM THAT YOU ARE AN ADULT OF THE LEGAL AGE OF MAJORITY IN YOUR COUNTRY OR STATE OF RESIDENCE. If you are under the legal age of majority, your parent or legal guardian must consent to this agreement.
The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years of age, please do not use or access the Service at any time or in any manner. If we learn that personally identifiable information has been collected on the Service from persons under 13 years of age and without v...
The Services are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, he or she should contact us at priv...
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"The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not use the Service or send us any information about yourself.— Excerpt from Paramount+'s Paramount+ Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act), enforced by the FTC, which prohibits operators of child-directed websites or apps from collecting personal information from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent. The presence of Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. content on the platform creates potential COPPA exposure if the service is deemed to be directed at children in part, even if the terms disclaim such direction. The FTC has brought COPPA enforcement actions against streaming and entertainment platforms with similar content profiles. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High. The platform's children's content library creates an inherent tension with the COPPA 'directed to children' analysis. The FTC's COPPA guidance considers the content, visual content, music, animated characters, and celebrities that appeal to children when assessing whether a service is child-directed, regardless of stated age restrictions in the terms. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: COPPA applies across the United States. EU users under 16 (or the applicable national age threshold under GDPR) require parental consent for data processing, and the applicable age varies by EU member state. The UK's Age Appropriate Design Code (AADC) imposes additional obligations for services likely to be accessed by minors. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Third-party advertising and analytics vendors integrated into the Paramount+ platform must comply with COPPA restrictions if child-directed content is accessible; vendor data processing agreements should address COPPA-compliant data handling. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should conduct a COPPA directed-to-children analysis for the Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. content segments specifically. Parental consent mechanisms, age gate implementations, and data collection practices for child profiles should be audited. UK AADC compliance should be separately assessed for users in that jurisdiction.
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Despite hosting Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., and other children's content, the terms restrict use to those 13 and older, creating a tension between the platform's content offering and its stated age restriction that parents should be aware of.
If a child under 13 uses Paramount+ (including its Nickelodeon and children's programming), the agreement states that the service is not intended for them and that no personal data should be collected from them, but parents should actively use parental controls and monitor account use.
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