The policy states that the services are not intended for children and that the minimum age for access is 18 years old, with a stated practice of not knowingly collecting personal information from children.
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This provision establishes a minimum age of 18, which exceeds the COPPA threshold of 13 and the GDPR Article 8 digital consent ages applicable in most EU member states. The policy does not describe a technical age verification mechanism for enforcement of this restriction.
Under these terms, individuals under 18 are not authorized to access the services and should stop accessing them as stated in the policy's key highlights. The policy does not describe a process for handling personal information discovered to have been collected from a minor.
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This provision establishes a minimum age of 18, which exceeds the COPPA threshold of 13 and the GDPR Article 8 digital consent ages applicable in most EU member states. The policy does not describe a technical age verification mechanism for enforcement of this restriction.
Under these terms, individuals under 18 are not authorized to access the services and should stop accessing them as stated in the policy's key highlights. The policy does not describe a process for handling personal information discovered to have been collected from a minor.
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