Children under 13 cannot use Riot's services, and teenagers aged 13-17 need their parent's permission — but Riot relies on the child's own claim that a parent approved, rather than independently verifying it.
Minors aged 13-17 can create accounts and make real-money purchases in Riot games based solely on their own representation that a parent consented, exposing families to unauthorized or excessive spending by children without adequate verification safeguards.
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1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision directly implicates COPPA (15 U.S.C. §6501 et seq.) enforced by the FTC, which requires verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13. Riot's categorical prohibition on under-13 users does not fully discharge COPPA obligations if inadequate age-gate mechanisms allow under-13 users to access services. UK Children's Code (Age Appropriate Design Code, enforced by ICO) applies to online services likely to be accessed by minors, requiring privacy-by-default settings. GDPR Art. 8 requires member state age thresholds (16 in most EU jurisdictions, with opt-downs to 13) and verifiable parental consent. 2)
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