T-Mobile states it does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent and provides specific disclosures for its family plan features.
Children's data receives heightened legal protection under COPPA; parents need to be aware of what data T-Mobile may collect about minors on family plans and what controls are available.
COPPA compliance obligations require verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13; T-Mobile's family plan features create compliance exposure if minor account holders' data is used for advertising or shared with third parties without proper parental consent mechanisms.
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T-Mobile collects extensive personal data including precise geolocation, network browsing activity, CPNI, biometric data, and financial information, and uses it for targeted advertising as well as sharing with affiliates, partners, and third-party data brokers. Consumers' data may be sold or shared in ways that affect their privacy and financial profile, and some data sharing persists even after account cancellation due to legal retention obligations. You can opt out of T-Mobile's Advertising & Analytics program and request deletion of your personal data by visiting https://www.t-mobile.com/privacy-center.