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This provision establishes Snapchat's operational framework for compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and equivalent regulations in other jurisdictions. The clause specifies the company's procedures for age gating, deletion protocols, and notification mechanisms when underage data collection is identified.
Snapchat's privacy policy now includes expanded language describing how the platform collects, processes, and shares user data. The updated policy discloses additional practices and operational procedures governing user information. Review of the specific added sentences is necessary to determine whether new data collection, retention, or sharing practices are described, or whether existing practices receive clarified disclosure.
View change record →Users are required to provide date of birth during account creation, and users who indicate they are under the relevant minimum age are prohibited from creating an account. Parents or guardians who believe a child has provided personal information may initiate deletion by contacting privacy@snap.com, which obligates the company to process deletion requests.
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Our Services are not intended for use by children under 13 years of age.
The Service is not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with person...
Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and 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, we will take steps to delete such information as soon as possible.
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"We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 (or the relevant minimum age in your country). We may ask for your date of birth, and if you tell us you are under the relevant minimum age, we will not allow you to create an account. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under the relevant minimum age, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a child under the relevant minimum age may have provided us with personal information, please contact us at privacy@snap.com.— Excerpt from Snapchat's Snapchat Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes Snapchat's operational framework for compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and equivalent regulations in other jurisdictions. The clause specifies the company's procedures for age gating, deletion protocols, and notification mechanisms when underage data collection is identified.
Users are required to provide date of birth during account creation, and users who indicate they are under the relevant minimum age are prohibited from creating an account. Parents or guardians who believe a child has provided personal information may initiate deletion by contacting privacy@snap.com, which obligates the company to process deletion requests.
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