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Minor Users and Parental Consent

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This provision allocates responsibility for age verification and parental authorization to the user at account creation and establishes xAI's disclosure obligations regarding content that may be age-inappropriate. It creates a contractual requirement that parental consent be documented as agreement to the Terms, establishing a three-party consent structure for minor users.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users must attest to meeting the minimum age requirement upon account creation. For users aged 13-17, parental or legal guardian consent is required as a condition of service access, with the parent or guardian bound by the full Terms of Service. Users are notified that output content may include age-inappropriate material depending on selected features and input language.

How other platforms handle this

Minecraft High

If you are under 13 years of age (or the applicable age of digital consent in your country), you must have your parent or guardian's permission to use our services and for us to collect your personal data. We use Microsoft Family accounts to obtain and manage parental consent for child accounts.

Ring Medium

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Ring Offerings. If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, you may use the Ring Offerings only with consent of a parent or guardian who agrees to this Agreement on your behalf.

Khan Academy High

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us at privacy@khanacademy.org so that we can take steps t...

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You must be at least 13 years old or the minimum age required in your country to use the Service, and you must confirm that you meet the minimum age requirement. If you are a teenager between the ages of 13 and 17 years old, you must have your parent or legal guardian's permission to use the Service, and they must agree to our Terms of Service. While we have taken measures to limit undesirable training data and outputs, depending on the features that you choose to use, the Service could produce output that is not appropriate for all ages. For instance, if users choose certain features or input suggestive or coarse language, the Service may respond with some dialogue that may involve coarse language, crude humor, sexual situations, or violence. We urge parents to exercise care in monitoring the use of the Service by their teenagers.

— Excerpt from xAI's xAI Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

ePrivacy Directive
European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
xAI Terms of Service
Entity
xAI
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-006496
Document ID
CA-D-00327
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
fbcda0ec0bb33eba1935039e132a19676af37212d42f1dfa3668d5a855803878
Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 10:51 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: xAI
Document: xAI Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-006496
Captured: 2026-05-08 10:51:01 UTC
SHA-256: fbcda0ec0bb33eba…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/xai/xai-terms-of-service/minor-users-and-parental-consent/
Accessed: June 10, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does xAI's Minor Users and Parental Consent clause do?

This provision allocates responsibility for age verification and parental authorization to the user at account creation and establishes xAI's disclosure obligations regarding content that may be age-inappropriate. It creates a contractual requirement that parental consent be documented as agreement to the Terms, establishing a three-party consent structure for minor users.

How does this clause affect you?

Users must attest to meeting the minimum age requirement upon account creation. For users aged 13-17, parental or legal guardian consent is required as a condition of service access, with the parent or guardian bound by the full Terms of Service. Users are notified that output content may include age-inappropriate material depending on selected features and input language.

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