Unity's services are not for children under 13, and Unity will delete personal information it discovers was collected from children under 13 without parental consent.
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This provision establishes Unity's COPPA compliance posture, but relies on users self-certifying their age rather than active age verification, which is a common limitation in developer-tool contexts.
The updated terms establish explicit restrictions on how developers and organizations can use Unity's platform in connection with artificial intelligence and automated systems. Specifically, the terms now require prior written authorization from Unity before training machine learning or AI models on Unity data or any data derived from it. Additionally, the terms restrict automated access to the platform through scrapers, bots, AI agents, large language models, and similar systems unless they operate through a framework designated or operated by Unity. Users remain responsible for any automated systems acting on their behalf, and breaches of these restrictions may result in account suspension. You can request prior authorization from Unity for AI training use cases, and you may review the full updated terms to understand which automated frameworks are Unity-approved.
View change record →The updated terms clarify that users in England will have disputes resolved through the London Court of International Arbitration, with disputes governed by New York law rather than English law. Previously, England was not explicitly listed in the dispute resolution table, creating ambiguity about which arbitration rules and governing law would apply. The revised language removes this ambiguity but establishes that England-based users will proceed through arbitration in London under New York substantive law. Users in other regions (Asia-Pacific, China/Hong Kong/Macau, and worldwide locations) see reorganized dispute resolution tables with the same arbitration rules and governing law, but clearer formatting.
View change record →Children under 13 who access Unity's services without parental consent are not protected by active age-gating mechanisms under these terms, and any personal data collected from them may be retained until Unity becomes aware of it and takes deletion steps.
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"The Services are not directed to children under 13 and Unity does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access the Services at any time or in any manner. If Unity learns that personal information has been collected on the Services from persons under 13 years of age and without verifiable parental consent, then Unity will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.Excerpt from Unity's Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly implicates the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in the United States, enforced by the FTC, which requires verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13.
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This provision establishes Unity's COPPA compliance posture, but relies on users self-certifying their age rather than active age verification, which is a common limitation in developer-tool contexts.
Children under 13 who access Unity's services without parental consent are not protected by active age-gating mechanisms under these terms, and any personal data collected from them may be retained until Unity becomes aware of it and takes deletion steps.
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