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This clause establishes a firm age threshold of 18 for personalized advertising, and conditions personalized ads for adults on consent where legally required, affecting how ad targeting applies across the user base.
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 →If you are under 18, you will see only nonpersonalized ads on Roblox. If you are 18 or older, you will see personalized ads, subject to your consent where the law requires it.
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If you are located in the European Union, we will not send promotional emails without your consent.
If you enable location data for the mobile version of our services...we may use your location data to serve you geo-targeted ads for employers and other advertisers that are local to you.
If you are under 18 or not of legal age, you must have your parent or legal guardian's permission if you want to use the Services.
"Users under 18 years old will see only nonpersonalized ads. Users 18 years old and older will see personalized ads on Roblox (with consent, where required).Excerpt from Roblox's Privacy and Cookie Policy
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This clause establishes a firm age threshold of 18 for personalized advertising, and conditions personalized ads for adults on consent where legally required, affecting how ad targeting applies across the user base.
If you are under 18, you will see only nonpersonalized ads on Roblox. If you are 18 or older, you will see personalized ads, subject to your consent where the law requires it.
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