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In the US the reason is the Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), for the UK "The requirement has been introduced just two days before the UK begins enfo
by mtmail 4y ago
In the US the reason is the Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), for the UK "The requirement has been introduced just two days before the UK begins enforcing the age appropriate design code." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/31/instagram-to-require-all-users-to-enter-birthdate https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/31/instagram... I'm not sure if there is a similar EU ruling but such a legal requirements overrules GDPR.
By setting your age to 7 you locked yourself out. Possible they won't allow you to change the birth date and you'd be locked out forever.
- user_named 4y agoNo, they let you appeal and that's when you need to submit id.
- mtmail 4y agoThat's positive then. Below age 13 GDPR doesn't apply, as I understand it companies are not allowed to process any data once they determine one is below that age. "Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) includes specific provisions related to the processing of children’s information — with a hard cap set at age 13 for kids to be able to consent to their data being processed."