You must be at least 13 years old with parental consent, or 18 years old, to use Spotify. Parents who enable a kids account through a Family subscription confirm they are the legal guardian and give permission for their child to use the service.
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The terms permit users as young as 13 to access the service with parental consent, which engages COPPA obligations regarding data collection from users under 13 and creates parental responsibility for minor users' compliance with the full terms.
Interpretive note: The document does not describe the specific parental consent verification mechanism for users aged 13-17, creating uncertainty about COPPA compliance adequacy.
Parents or guardians who enable access for children under 18 take on responsibility for the child's use of the service and compliance with all terms, including the User Content license and arbitration provisions. The agreement relies on user self-representation of age eligibility rather than a verified age-check mechanism.
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"BY USING THE SPOTIFY SERVICE, YOU AFFIRM THAT YOU ARE 18 YEARS OR OLDER TO ENTER INTO THESE TERMS, OR, IF YOU ARE NOT, THAT YOU ARE 13 YEARS OR OLDER AND HAVE OBTAINED PARENTAL OR GUARDIAN CONSENT TO ENTER INTO THESE TERMS. Additionally, in order to use the Spotify Service and access any Content, you represent that: you reside in the United States, and any registration and account information that you submit to Spotify is true, accurate, and complete, and you agree to keep it that way at all times. If you do not meet the minimum age requirements then you must not register as a user. In certain markets, Spotify may offer primary account holders the opportunity to allow access to a kids experience as part of a family subscription. By enabling such access, the primary account holder confirms they are the legal guardian of any user accessing the experience and that they give permission for the younger user to use Spotify.Excerpt from Spotify's Terms and Conditions
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The minimum age of 13 with parental consent engages the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), enforced by the FTC, which imposes specific requirements for obtaining verifiable parental consent before collecting personal data …
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The terms permit users as young as 13 to access the service with parental consent, which engages COPPA obligations regarding data collection from users under 13 and creates parental responsibility for minor users' compliance with the full terms.
Parents or guardians who enable access for children under 18 take on responsibility for the child's use of the service and compliance with all terms, including the User Content license and arbitration provisions. The agreement relies on user self-representation of age eligibility rather than a verified age-check mechanism.
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