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The minimum age of 13 with parental consent triggers COPPA compliance obligations for Spotify, and the mechanism for verifying parental consent or guardian status may have practical limitations that create regulatory exposure.
The agreement requires users to resolve disputes with Spotify through mandatory individual arbitration rather than jury trials or class actions, which limits collective legal recourse. Any content you post to Spotify, including playlists, messages, and feedback, is subject to a royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide license that permits Spotify to modify, sublicense, and distribute that content through any medium. You can cancel a Paid Subscription at any time through your Spotify account settings, but cancellations take effect at the end of the current billing period with no partial refunds unless otherwise required by law.
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YOU MUST BE AND HEREBY AFFIRM THAT YOU ARE AN ADULT OF THE LEGAL AGE OF MAJORITY IN YOUR COUNTRY OR STATE OF RESIDENCE. If you are under the legal age of majority, your parent or legal guardian must consent to this agreement.
The Service is not directed to children under the age of 16. If you are under the age of 16, you may only use the Service with the involvement and consent of a parent or guardian. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information without your...
The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years of age, please do not use or access the Service at any time or in any manner. If we learn that personally identifiable information has been collected on the Service from persons under 13 years of age and without v...
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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. 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 Spotify Terms and Conditions
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The minimum age of 13 with parental consent triggers COPPA compliance obligations for Spotify, and the mechanism for verifying parental consent or guardian status may have practical limitations that create regulatory exposure.
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