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This clause establishes that Personal Information may be disclosed to fulfill legal obligations, meaning government or court-driven processes can result in data being shared without user consent.
Interpretive note: The excerpt presents this as one condition in a list ('if:'); other conditions for sharing may exist in the full clause but are not present in the quoted text.
The updated policy restricts personalized advertising based on age. Users under 18 will see only nonpersonalized ads on the platform, while users 18 and older may see personalized ads if they provide consent where required. The revised language also removes the previous statement that the platform collects personal information from under-13 accounts for advertising purposes, clarifying that such data is not used for marketing. Users 18 or older can control whether they see personalized ads through Roblox account settings.
View change record →The updated policy clarifies that parent email addresses constitute the only personal information collected from child accounts under COPPA, rather than listing persistent identifiers. The policy now states that personalized ads are not enabled until age 18, rather than leaving this ambiguous when a child turns 13. These clarifications affect how parents and children understand what data Roblox collects and when advertising becomes personalized; however, the underlying data practices do not appear to have changed operationally. The policy removed detailed descriptions of collection purposes (such as internal operations), which means parents now have less granular explanation of data uses, though stated practices remain.
View change record →Your Personal Information may be shared by Roblox without your consent when a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process served on Roblox requires it.
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All requests for information or documents related to potential, anticipated, or current legal proceedings, investigations, or disputes must be made using the appropriate level of legal process.
The following is a list of categories of personal information which we may collect or may have been collected from California residents within the last twelve (12) months.
Either you or we may share confidential information with legal or regulatory authorities if required by law to do so.
"We may share your Personal Information, as permitted or required by law, if: necessary to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process served on Roblox.Excerpt from Roblox's Privacy and Cookie Policy
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This clause establishes that Personal Information may be disclosed to fulfill legal obligations, meaning government or court-driven processes can result in data being shared without user consent.
Your Personal Information may be shared by Roblox without your consent when a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process served on Roblox requires it.
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