The Services require users to be at least 13 years old. Users between 13 and the age of majority in their jurisdiction may only access the Services if a parent or guardian has accepted the Terms on their behalf before use.
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This provision establishes the minimum age threshold under COPPA (13 years in the US) and requires verifiable parental consent for minors below the age of majority, creating a compliance dependency on accurate age representation and consent collection mechanisms.
Interpretive note: The Terms do not describe the technical mechanism by which parental consent or age verification is obtained or verified, leaving the operational compliance posture under COPPA dependent on practices described elsewhere.
The updated terms state that the Company reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen, edit, or delete any user content at any time, for any reason, and without notice. The revised language also clarifies that while the Company does not claim ownership of user-submitted content, the Company retains ownership of the Services and the underlying technology used to generate Output. Additionally, the terms now specify that users must obtain license rights in their content to allow the Company to operate the Service without legal violations. The operational effect is that user content may be subject to removal at any time under the Company's sole discretion, and users should understand the distinction between their ownership rights in submitted content and the Company's ownership of the platform and generation technology.
View change record →Expanded to explicitly require parental/guardian consent for minors aged 13 to majority and removed COPPA-specific data deletion obligation in favor of general age gate.
View full change record →Under this clause, children under 13 are prohibited from using the Services, and users between 13 and the applicable age of majority may only use the Services with prior parental or guardian acceptance of the Terms.
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Compare across platforms →"You must be 13 years of age or older to use the Services. Minors under the age of majority in their jurisdiction but that are at least 13 years of age are only permitted to use the Services if the minor's parent or guardian accepts these Terms on the minor's behalf prior to use of the Services. Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to use the Services.Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity Terms of Service
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This provision establishes the minimum age threshold under COPPA (13 years in the US) and requires verifiable parental consent for minors below the age of majority, creating a compliance dependency on accurate age representation and consent collection mechanisms.
Under this clause, children under 13 are prohibited from using the Services, and users between 13 and the applicable age of majority may only use the Services with prior parental or guardian acceptance of the Terms.
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