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The provision operationalizes age-gating requirements by specifying data retention limits for age verification information and establishing default advertising treatment based on user age status. This creates distinct data handling and personalization pathways depending on whether the user qualifies as a younger user under the service's age categories.
Users providing age verification data have that information deleted immediately upon completion of the age check process. Younger users will have tailored advertising disabled by default; upon reaching the appropriate age, tailored advertising activates automatically with notification provided through the service interface.
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Our Services are not directed to children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information...
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.
Our services are restricted to users who are 18 years of age or older. We do not permit users under the age of 18 on our platform and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18.
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"Age Check Data is the data you provide if you (i) choose to use a feature that is subject to an Age Check or (ii) are a parent or legal guardian providing parental consent for a Managed Account ('Age Check'). All Age Check Data is deleted immediately after the Age Check. Younger users may have tailored advertising turned off by default. When you reach the appropriate age, you will start to receive tailored advertising. When this happens, you will receive a message within the Spotify Service to let you know.— Excerpt from Spotify's Spotify Privacy Policy
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The provision operationalizes age-gating requirements by specifying data retention limits for age verification information and establishing default advertising treatment based on user age status. This creates distinct data handling and personalization pathways depending on whether the user qualifies as a younger user under the service's age categories.
Users providing age verification data have that information deleted immediately upon completion of the age check process. Younger users will have tailored advertising disabled by default; upon reaching the appropriate age, tailored advertising activates automatically with notification provided through the service interface.
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