The policy states the service is not directed at children under 13 and that Perplexity will delete personal information if it discovers it was collected from a child under 13.
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This provision establishes a COPPA-aligned age threshold, but relies on a reactive rather than proactive verification mechanism. The policy does not describe what age verification procedures are in place to prevent collection from users under 13 in the first instance.
Interpretive note: The policy does not describe the proactive age verification or age-gating mechanisms in place, making it difficult to assess full COPPA compliance from the document text alone.
Under this provision, children under 13 are not permitted to use the service, and any data collected from them will be deleted upon discovery. The policy does not describe proactive age verification mechanisms that would prevent such collection from occurring.
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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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"Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information.— Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages COPPA, enforced by the FTC, which requires verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13. The stated policy of deleting data upon discovery is a remedial mechanism, but COPPA compliance requires proactive safeguards. The EU's GDPR and member state implementations may set a higher age threshold (up to 16) for processing based on consent. 2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The absence of described proactive age verification creates potential COPPA exposure if children access the platform and their data is collected before the deletion remedy is triggered. FTC enforcement actions in this area have resulted in significant penalties for platforms lacking adequate age-gating. 3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: United States federal (COPPA) and state-level children's privacy laws create primary exposure. In the EU, GDPR Article 8 sets age of digital consent at 16 (or lower if member state law permits, minimum 13), which may require separate compliance analysis for EEA users. 4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: If Perplexity's platform is accessed through educational institutions or third-party integrations serving minors, additional obligations under FERPA, COPPA, and state student privacy laws may apply. 5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should assess whether the platform's registration and access flows include age verification mechanisms, whether COPPA consent infrastructure is in place for any contexts where minors may foreseeably access the service, and whether the deletion process for under-13 data is documented and auditable.
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This provision establishes a COPPA-aligned age threshold, but relies on a reactive rather than proactive verification mechanism. The policy does not describe what age verification procedures are in place to prevent collection from users under 13 in the first instance.
Under this provision, children under 13 are not permitted to use the service, and any data collected from them will be deleted upon discovery. The policy does not describe proactive age verification mechanisms that would prevent such collection from occurring.
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