Originally Posted by Erk

The legal issue may be debateable. Like.. Idk, places like here at least... The age of consent is 16, but the legal drinking age is 18. I knowyour guys' age of consent is 18 with the drinking age being 21. Sooo idk. May vary depending on what end of the world? I havent read anything about the issue though other then the thread.

This is true, the age of consent varies based on location. As denoted by Whatsapp's age restriction being shifted to 16 in Europe(still 13 in the U.S.) to avoid the aforementioned issues with the GDRP. That said, the aide to this point is to use the "blanket" international age of consent. Which is 18. This is expressed in the privacy policy, in that aspect, as previously referenced(children referred to as those under 18). But, shifting this to the point of data collection, I'll posit again, without the measures to make some determination of age, how can this data collection be refrained from in regard to children?

Originally Posted by Erk

The legal issue may be debateable. Like.. Idk, places like here at least... The age of consent is 16, but the legal drinking age is 18. I knowyour guys' age of consent is 18 with the drinking age being 21. Sooo idk. May vary depending on what end of the world? I havent read anything about the issue though other then the thread.

This is true, the age of consent varies based on location. As denoted by Whatsapp's age restriction being shifted to 16 in Europe(still 13 in the U.S.) to avoid the aforementioned issues with the GDRP. That said, the aide to this point is to use the "blanket" international age of consent. Which is 18. This is expressed in the privacy policy, in that aspect, as previously referenced(children referred to as those under 18). But, shifting this to the point of data collection, I'll posit again, without the measures to make some determination of age, how can this data collection be refrained from in regard to children?