The agreement prohibits use of the platform by persons under age thirteen and requires parental or guardian consent and supervision for users between thirteen and eighteen years of age.
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This provision establishes the minimum age requirement for platform access and conditions adolescent use on parental consent, creating compliance obligations under COPPA for users under thirteen and operational considerations for platform access controls.
The terms prohibit access for users under age thirteen and require verifiable parental consent and supervision for users aged thirteen to seventeen. Parents and guardians who permit minors to access the platform are deemed to agree to the terms on their behalf.
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To access and use the Services, you must be at least the age of majority in the state, province, or territory where you live or at least 18 years of age. If you are under the age of 13, you may not use the Services and you should not be visiting the Sites or using the Services.
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.
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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"The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years of age, you are not permitted to use the Services. If you are between 13 and 18 years of age, you may only use the Services with the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms.— Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity Terms of Service
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The age restriction provision directly engages COPPA, which governs collection of personal information from children under thirteen and is enforced by the FTC. The provision also interacts with GDPR Article 8, which in many EU member states sets the age of digital consent at sixteen (with member state variation between thirteen and sixteen). The EU's Digital Services Act may impose additional obligations regarding minor user protection. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The document states the prohibition but does not describe specific technical age-verification mechanisms. The FTC has pursued enforcement actions against online services for inadequate COPPA compliance, and the adequacy of Perplexity's age-gating implementation is a compliance question that the document alone does not resolve. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU member states vary in the age of digital consent under GDPR Article 8, with some setting the threshold at sixteen. Organizations deploying Perplexity in educational settings or for minor users should assess compliance with both COPPA and applicable EU member state law. The UK Age Appropriate Design Code (Children's Code) may impose additional obligations for services accessible to UK minors. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Educational institutions or organizations serving minors that deploy Perplexity should obtain explicit assurances about COPPA compliance mechanisms and age-gating implementation. The contractual prohibition alone does not satisfy COPPA compliance obligations without corresponding technical controls. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Organizations considering deployment of Perplexity in contexts where minor users may access the platform should conduct a COPPA compliance assessment, review Perplexity's privacy policy for minor-specific data handling disclosures, and implement organizational controls to prevent access by users under thirteen.
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This provision establishes the minimum age requirement for platform access and conditions adolescent use on parental consent, creating compliance obligations under COPPA for users under thirteen and operational considerations for platform access controls.
The terms prohibit access for users under age thirteen and require verifiable parental consent and supervision for users aged thirteen to seventeen. Parents and guardians who permit minors to access the platform are deemed to agree to the terms on their behalf.
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