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This provision establishes Target's operational compliance framework with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which imposes specific requirements on online services regarding the collection of data from children under 13. The clause documents the company's policy to avoid directed collection from this age group and establishes a remediation procedure for inadvertent collection.
For users under 13, the terms establish that parental consent is required before Target collects personal information. The provision also establishes a deletion mechanism: if Target becomes aware of inadvertent collection from a child under 13, the company commits to delete that information as soon as possible rather than retain it.
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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 become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to delete such info...
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without 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 become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information. Users between the ages of 1...
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"Our sites and apps are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.— Excerpt from Target's Target Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes Target's operational compliance framework with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which imposes specific requirements on online services regarding the collection of data from children under 13. The clause documents the company's policy to avoid directed collection from this age group and establishes a remediation procedure for inadvertent collection.
For users under 13, the terms establish that parental consent is required before Target collects personal information. The provision also establishes a deletion mechanism: if Target becomes aware of inadvertent collection from a child under 13, the company commits to delete that information as soon as possible rather than retain it.
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