The policy states that the Services are not directed to children under 13 in the US and that Replit will take reasonable steps to obtain parental consent or delete personal information of users found to be underage. Student profiles created in Teams for Education are separately stated to be non-public.
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This provision establishes Replit's stated approach to COPPA compliance for the general platform, relying on user self-representation of age eligibility rather than proactive age verification. The separately stated protection for Teams for Education student profiles addresses an education-specific use case with different default visibility settings.
Interpretive note: The adequacy of self-representation age verification under COPPA enforcement standards is subject to FTC interpretation and may vary depending on the specific deployment context and user demographics of a given Replit application.
The updated policy organizes personal data collection into specific categories: registration data (name, email, phone), content created (code, files, prompts), collaboration data (teams, workspaces, permissions), usage logs (pages viewed, searches, interactions), communications (messages, attachments), payment data (card details, billing address, subscription type, collected by third-party processors), device data (IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers), and general location inference from IP address (with explicit statement that precise location requires consent). The policy states it 'may collect certain Personal Data' but does not materially expand the types of data collection beyond the prior version's framework. The removal of the explicit Data Processing Agreement reference may affect how EU/UK/Switzerland users exercise data rights, though the policy now cross-references the Terms of Service and indicates DPA compliance may be addressed elsewhere.
View change record →Severity changed from 'medium' in previous version to 'medium' in current version; excerpt text remains identical.
View full change record →Under this clause, users are required to represent at account creation that they meet applicable age requirements; if Replit discovers an underage user, it states it will seek parental consent or delete the account. Student accounts created through Teams for Education are stated to be non-publicly visible and non-searchable.
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Compare across platforms →"Our Services are directed to a general audience and are not directed to children under the age of 13. By agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, you represent that you are allowed to use our Services according to your country's applicable age limits. If we learn that a child is under the age of 13 in the United States, or is under the applicable age requirement in another jurisdiction, we will take reasonable steps to obtain parental consent or delete the user's personal information from our files as soon as is practicable. Please contact us at privacy@replit.com if you believe that a user has provided us with representations in violation of this Privacy Policy.Excerpt from Replit's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages COPPA, enforced by the FTC, which requires verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13.
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This provision establishes Replit's stated approach to COPPA compliance for the general platform, relying on user self-representation of age eligibility rather than proactive age verification. The separately stated protection for Teams for Education student profiles addresses an education-specific use case with different default visibility settings.
Under this clause, users are required to represent at account creation that they meet applicable age requirements; if Replit discovers an underage user, it states it will seek parental consent or delete the account. Student accounts created through Teams for Education are stated to be non-publicly visible and non-searchable.
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