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The agreement states that parents or legal guardians who permit a minor to use the platform assume full responsibility for all of the minor's activities on the services, including all virtual content purchases made through the minor's account.
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This provision assigns contractual liability to parents and guardians for all minor account activity, including financial transactions, which has direct implications for purchase disputes, unauthorized transactions, and compliance with COPPA's parental consent framework. The scope of liability includes all platform activities, not only purchases.
Roblox removed substantial portions of its Terms of Use, including sections covering dispute resolution, arbitration agreements, and class action waivers, which historically limited user remedies in disputes. The removal of language governing payments, refunds, user accounts, and intellectual property rights creates uncertainty about what protections or obligations currently apply, as replacements have not been provided in the change summary. Users should review the updated full terms when available to understand how disputes will be handled, what account protections exist, and how refunds and payments are governed.
View change record →The updated terms reorganize and clarify existing policies rather than imposing new restrictions. Roblox consolidated AI-related terms from supplemental documents into the main Terms of Use, added clarifying language about how creator content may be used in marketing and advertising, expanded disclosures about ad personalization and targeting practices, and provided additional detail on moderation procedures and group/community owner responsibilities. Practically, users and creators will find AI feature terms more prominently disclosed in the main agreement rather than in supplemental annexes, and the platform provides expanded transparency around advertiser eligibility and how ads are targeted based on personalization preferences.
View change record →The updated Terms of Use incorporate previously separate AI tool disclosures and advertising policies directly into the main user and creator agreement sections. The document now includes regional appendices addressing compliance requirements for the EU/EEA, UK, Australia, China, Japan, and Vietnam, which may apply different terms or restrictions based on your location. The restructuring removes the standalone change summary that previously explained these updates in plain language, relocating that information throughout the terms document itself.
View change record →Under this clause, parents or guardians who permit a minor to use Roblox are contractually responsible for all actions taken in that minor's account, including virtual content purchases made with or without explicit parental authorization at the time of purchase.
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"BY PERMITTING A MINOR TO USE THE SERVICES, A MINOR'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN BECOMES SUBJECT TO THE ROBLOX TERMS AND AGREES TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE MINOR'S ACTIVITIES ON THE SERVICES, INCLUDING THE PURCHASE OF ANY VIRTUAL CONTENT.Excerpt from Roblox's Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The parental liability provision operates alongside COPPA's requirement for verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13. The FTC enforces COPPA and has taken action against platforms that fail to obtain adequate parental consent. The provision's broad liability assignment for all minor activities may interact with state consumer protection laws in jurisdictions where parents' liability for minor contracts is limited. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The provision is a standard risk allocation mechanism in platforms serving minor users, but its breadth, covering all activities and purchases, creates practical liability for parents in the event of unauthorized purchases, which are a documented consumer complaint category for gaming platforms. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: In the EU and UK, parental consent mechanisms for minor users are subject to GDPR Article 8 and UK GDPR age-appropriate design requirements. COPPA applies to U.S. users under 13. State consumer protection laws may limit the extent to which parents can be held contractually liable for minor-initiated transactions they did not affirmatively authorize. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Educational institutions or organizations that administer Roblox accounts for minors should evaluate whether this liability provision creates institutional exposure and whether their own acceptable use policies or procurement agreements address platform liability for minor-initiated transactions. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should verify that parental consent and account creation flows for minor users adequately disclose the scope of parental liability under this provision, and that dispute resolution processes for unauthorized minor purchases are operationally accessible and clearly disclosed.
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This provision assigns contractual liability to parents and guardians for all minor account activity, including financial transactions, which has direct implications for purchase disputes, unauthorized transactions, and compliance with COPPA's parental consent framework. The scope of liability includes all platform activities, not only purchases.
Under this clause, parents or guardians who permit a minor to use Roblox are contractually responsible for all actions taken in that minor's account, including virtual content purchases made with or without explicit parental authorization at the time of purchase.
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