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we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe the intellectual property rights of others.
If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal data without parental consent, we remove such data and terminate the child's account (except where we are required to retain all or a portion of such data for compliance purposes).
If we learn that we've collected the personal data of a child under the age of 13 or 16, as applicable, we'll take reasonable steps to delete the personal data. This may require us to delete the Skillshare account...
"we reserve the right to delete or disable content alleged to be infringing, and to terminate the accounts of repeat alleged infringers.Excerpt from Substack's Terms of Use
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The clause states: “we reserve the right to delete or disable content alleged to be infringing, and to terminate the accounts of repeat alleged infringers.”
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