Snapchat is not for anyone under 13, and Snap says it will delete personal information if it discovers it was collected from a child under 13.
Children under 13 who use Snapchat may have their personal data — including photos, location data, and usage patterns — collected and processed without the legally required parental consent under COPPA, exposing both the child and Snap to significant privacy risks.
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Compare across platforms →COPPA requires verifiable parental consent before collecting personal data from children under 13; Snap's self-attestation age verification model has been the subject of prior regulatory scrutiny and may not constitute adequate compliance.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision directly engages COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) 15 U.S.C. §6501 et seq. and 16 C.F.R. Part 312, enforced by the FTC. It also implicates GDPR Art. 8 (child consent — 16 years or lower threshold set by member states, minimum 13) for EEA users, UK GDPR Art. 8 and the ICO's Children's Code (Age Appropriate Design Code), and KOSA (Kids Online Safety Act) proposals under consideration in the US.
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