Skillshare does not allow users under 13 to use its services and states it will delete any personal data it discovers was collected from a child under 13.
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This provision establishes the platform's COPPA compliance framework, but parents or guardians who believe a child under 13 has used the platform should contact Skillshare directly to trigger deletion of the child's data.
Children under 13 are not authorized to use Skillshare, and the platform states it will delete personal data collected from such users upon discovery; parents who identify underage account use should contact help@skillshare.com to initiate data deletion.
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Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete such information. In some juris...
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"We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, you are not authorized to use the Services. If we learn that we have collected Personal Data from a child under 13, we will promptly take steps to delete such information. If you believe that we have collected Personal Data from a child under 13, please contact us at help@skillshare.com.— Excerpt from Skillshare's Skillshare Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which is enforced by the FTC and imposes strict requirements on the collection of personal information from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent. The policy's reliance on self-reported age without a described age verification mechanism is a standard industry approach but may not fully satisfy COPPA's actual knowledge standard in all contexts. The FTC is the primary enforcement authority. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The policy states a prohibition and a deletion commitment but does not describe the age verification or screening mechanisms used to prevent under-13 registration. Given the educational platform context, the risk of minors accessing the service is non-trivial, and the adequacy of detection and deletion procedures is an operational compliance question. JURISDICTION FLAGS: COPPA applies to US-directed services and is primarily a US regulatory obligation, enforced by the FTC. Some EU member states and UK law impose additional protections for minors in digital services contexts, including under the UK Children's Code (Age Appropriate Design Code). The policy does not address compliance with the UK Children's Code or comparable EU member state requirements. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers using Skillshare for employee training should confirm that their user populations are appropriately age-verified. Third-party providers receiving data from Skillshare, including session replay tools, should be assessed for COPPA compliance in the event that underage users are inadvertently present on the platform. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should review whether Skillshare's age gate mechanism meets COPPA's actual knowledge standard and whether internal procedures for detecting and deleting under-13 data are operationally documented and tested. The deletion commitment upon discovery should be supported by a defined internal response protocol with documented timelines.
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This provision establishes the platform's COPPA compliance framework, but parents or guardians who believe a child under 13 has used the platform should contact Skillshare directly to trigger deletion of the child's data.
Children under 13 are not authorized to use Skillshare, and the platform states it will delete personal data collected from such users upon discovery; parents who identify underage account use should contact help@skillshare.com to initiate data deletion.
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