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This provision operationalizes compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by establishing a collection baseline that requires parental consent for users under 13 and creating a remediation mechanism through deletion upon notice of unauthorized collection.
For users under 13, the provision requires that Walmart obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information. Parents or guardians may initiate information deletion by contacting privacy@walmart.com if they become aware that a child under 13 has provided personal information to Walmart.
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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...
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 learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under 13, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.
Our platform is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information.
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"Our websites 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 verifiable parental consent. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will delete that information. Parents or guardians who believe their child has provided us with personal information may contact us at privacy@walmart.com.— Excerpt from Walmart's Walmart Privacy Notice
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This provision operationalizes compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by establishing a collection baseline that requires parental consent for users under 13 and creating a remediation mechanism through deletion upon notice of unauthorized collection.
For users under 13, the provision requires that Walmart obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information. Parents or guardians may initiate information deletion by contacting privacy@walmart.com if they become aware that a child under 13 has provided personal information to Walmart.
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