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Certain categories of directly identifying personal information are not collected from children by the app, limiting direct identification data held by YouTube Kids.
Interpretive note: The excerpt uses 'like' before the examples, suggesting the list is illustrative rather than exhaustive. The canonical claim reflects the named examples faithfully without treating the list as exhaustive.
YouTube Kids does not collect your child's name, address, or contact information.
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Category A: Identifiers. Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, driver's license number, passport number... Collected: Yes.
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If you are an individual user, we collect, use, transfer, disclose and store any personal Data you provide to us in accordance with our privacy policy, (available on our website), and Applicable Privacy Laws.
"YouTube Kids doesn't collect personal information like name, address, or contact information from your child.Excerpt from YouTube Kids's Privacy Notice
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Certain categories of directly identifying personal information are not collected from children by the app, limiting direct identification data held by YouTube Kids.
YouTube Kids does not collect your child's name, address, or contact information.
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