Kids Web Services Terms of Use

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KWS Terms of Use

Last updated: 10 September 2026

Introduction

Welcome to Kids Web Services (KWS). Our mission is to make the internet safer for kids by building technology that enables companies to responsibly interact with their audiences.

These KWS Terms of Use (Terms) apply to your use of our age verification and parent consent management platform, known as Kids Web Services (KWS), including our website at www.kidswebservices.com.

To use KWS and to enter into the contract created by these Terms, you must be at least 18 years old and be an adult of the legal age of majority in your country of residence. Please read these Terms carefully before you start using KWS. By using KWS or otherwise accepting these Terms, you accept and agree to be bound and comply with these Terms. If you do not want to agree to these Terms, you must not use our services.

If you are a parent or guardian and would like to understand more about KWS, click here.

If you choose ConnectID to verify your age, see also the additional terms here.

If you are a developer and would like to use our services within your website, app or digital service, additional terms govern such use. Please visit our Developer Terms Hub for more information. You will be asked to agree to these additional terms when you access or use a specific KWS service.

We are Kids Web Services Ltd, a private limited company incorporated in England (Company Number: 13351982), having its registered office at C/O Shepherd And Wedderburn LLP, 1-6 Lombard Street, London, England, EC3V 9AA, United Kingdom (we / our / us). Our VAT registration number is GB 452 1755 02. Kids Web Services Ltd belongs to the Epic Games family of companies. The term you or your refers to the person using or accessing KWS.

Changes to these Terms

We may change these Terms from time to time without notice by updating this page. Every time you wish to use KWS, please check these Terms to ensure you understand the Terms that apply at that time. Your continued use of KWS following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes.

Your privacy and personal information

Your privacy and personal information are important to us. Any personal information that you provide to us will be dealt with in line with our Privacy Policy.

Account security

To access or use KWS, you may be asked to provide registration details or other information (for example, if you are a developer, you may be asked to provide information about your website, app or other digital service). You must provide accurate and complete information and ensure it is kept up to date at all times.

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential and not disclose it to any third party. You may only access KWS through your own account, and you are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account. You must notify us immediately of any breach of security or unauthorised use of your account.

Access to KWS

KWS is made available free of charge. We do not guarantee that KWS, or any content within KWS, will always be available or be uninterrupted.

We may update, modify or change KWS from time to time without notice, for example to reflect changes to our services, our customers’ and users’ needs and our business priorities. From time to time, in order to use or access KWS or keep them secure, you may be required to make updates or enable additional software.

We also may suspend, withdraw, terminate or restrict the availability of all or any part of KWS at any time (including by means of cancellation, termination, modification, or suspension of a user account) to all or certain users without notice (unless required by applicable law) and without liability to you, for any or no reason including, without limitation, any violation of these Terms. Additionally, due to your geographic location, KWS or some of its features, services, or content may be unavailable to you.

Prohibited uses

You may use KWS only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to access or use KWS for any purpose that is illegal or beyond the scope of KWS’ intended use (in our sole judgment). Unauthorised use of KWS may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.

Ownership, use and intellectual property rights

KWS, including all content, features and functionality made available through KWS, are owned by us, our licensors, or other providers of such material, and are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. All such rights are reserved.

You are permitted to use KWS for your personal, non-commercial use only, or legitimate business purposes related to your role as a current or prospective customer of ours in accordance with these Terms. Except as expressly permitted by these Terms, in particular, you will not: (a) copy, modify, correct, adapt, translate, enhance or prepare derivative works or improvements of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish or transmit KWS or any of the material obtained through KWS or remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights or notices from KWS or from materials contained within KWS; (b) reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, decode, adapt or otherwise attempt to derive or gain access to KWS’ source code, in whole or in part; (c) reproduce, rent, lease, lend, sell, sublicense, assign, distribute, transfer or otherwise make available KWS to any person.

There are two dashboards known as the Parent Portal, and the Epic Games Developer Portal, which may be made available to you.

Parent Portal

The Parent Portal is made available to parents and guardians who wish to manage personal information that their child may share online in connection with third party websites, apps and other digital services which integrate with KWS. If you are a parent or guardian and would like to understand more about KWS, click here.

If you are using our Parent Portal, subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, royalty-free, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to use the Parent Portal, solely for the purpose of managing your child’s permissions in connection with the sites, apps and other digital services that integrate with KWS (Parent Licence). The Parent Licence shall commence on the date on which you access KWS and continues until an end-date designated by us in our sole discretion.

Epic Games Developer Portal

The Epic Games Developer Portal is made available to developers solely to enable them to integrate and manage KWS within their websites, apps and other digital services. Use of the Epic Games Developer Portal is subject to the Epic Games Terms of Service and the Epic Games Privacy Policy.

Materials you provide to us

KWS may allow you to post, submit, publish, display, or otherwise transmit (Submit) content or materials (Content) on or through KWS. You are solely responsible for securing and backing up Content that you Submit.

You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Content at the time you Submit it and that the Content does not violate these Terms or the rights (intellectual property rights or otherwise) of any third party.

Content you Submit must not breach our Content Guidelines. You represent and warrant that any Content you Submit complies with our Content Guidelines.

We have the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any Content. Unless restricted by applicable law, we also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that Content that you Submit constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.

You will have sole responsibility for the legality, reliability, integrity, accuracy and quality of any personal data you provide to us through KWS. Other than any personal information which will be dealt with in accordance with our Privacy Policy, any Content that you Submit will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary and you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable and fully sublicensable licence, to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display your Content in any media.

Moderating Usernames

For some games/services powered by KWS technology, we moderate usernames during the child account creation process to ensure they follow our Content Guidelines. You can also flag usernames that are illegal or otherwise in breach of these Terms or Content Guidelines using this form. We use a combination of automation and human review to identify usernames that violate our Content Guidelines. We will review reported usernames and consider each situation contextually and carefully before any action is taken.

Content Guidelines

We do not allow content that is illegal, fraudulent, deceptive, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringes on intellectual property rights, or otherwise harms others. Content on our service must not contain software viruses, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of “spam.”

Do not rely on information within KWS

The content within KWS is provided for general information and use only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content within KWS. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through KWS meet your specific requirements. Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered within KWS for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that the information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law. Your use of any information or materials on or made available through KWS is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable.

We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them

We do not guarantee that KWS will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access KWS. You should use your own virus protection software. You must not misuse KWS by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to KWS, the server on which KWS is stored or any server, computer or database connected to KWS. You must not attack KWS via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use KWS will cease immediately.

Indemnity

This section only applies to the extent permitted by applicable law. If you are prohibited by law from entering into the indemnification obligation below, then you assume, to the extent permitted by law, all liability for all claims, demands, actions, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including legal fees, costs and expert witnesses’ fees) that are the stated subject matter of the indemnification obligation below.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Kids Web Services Ltd, its affiliates, and licensors, and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and suppliers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from your Content or violation of these Terms. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we and our associated parties’ suffer as a result of your Content or breach of these Terms.

Disclaimers and limitations of liability

Nothing in these Terms will affect the statutory rights that you may have as a consumer of KWS and we do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

Some countries, states, provinces or other jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of liability as stated in this section, so the below terms may not fully apply to you. Instead, in such jurisdictions, the exclusions and limitations below shall apply only to the extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdictions.

KWS and all information, content, materials, products (including the Parent Portal), software, and other services included on or otherwise made available to you through KWS are provided by us on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied. You expressly agree that your use of KWS is at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permissible by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. We do not warrant that KWS, information, content, materials, products (including the Parent Portal), software, or other services included on or otherwise made available to you through KWS, our servers, or electronic communications sent from us are free of viruses or other harmful components, will meet your or any other person’s requirements, operate without interruption, achieve any intended result, be compatible or work with any software, system or other services or be secure, accurate, complete, free of harmful code or error free.

To the fullest extent permissible by law, we will not be liable for any loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue, business interruption, loss of anticipated savings, loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation or any indirect, incidental, punitive, special or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with KWS or these Terms. Further, to the fullest extent permissible by law, our aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with these Terms will not exceed one hundred pounds sterling (£100). These limitations and exclusions regarding damages apply even if any remedy fails to provide adequate compensation.

We are not responsible for websites we link to

From time to time, KWS may include links to other websites or digital services provided by third parties. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Additional terms

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the controlling language for these terms is English. Any translation has been provided for your convenience only.

No waiver of these Terms by us shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition, and any failure by us to assert a right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of these Terms will continue in full force and effect.

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation.

No one other than us or you has any right to enforce any of these Terms.

If you are a consumer, these Terms, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland. If you are a business, these Terms, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. You and we both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Contact us

If you are a parent, guardian or general visitor and have any queries, need information or require assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to us using the contact form provided on this page.

If you are a developer or business user and have any queries, need information or require assistance, please refer to the Community Support Forums.

ConnectID® Terms

These terms apply if you use ConnectID to verify your age. By choosing ConnectID as your verification method, you agree to these terms. We handle any personal information you give us in line with our Privacy Policy.

How ConnectID works

KWS is part of the ConnectID Network. This lets you ask your bank to confirm your age to us. Your bank only tells us whether you are 16+ or 18+. It does not share your name, address, date of birth, banking information or any other personal information about you.

The ConnectID Network enables the transfer of age information between us and your bank. However, ConnectID Pty Ltd or its related bodies corporate (ConnectID) does not access or hold your age information. The transfer happens directly from the bank to us.

Any transfer of age information from the bank to us is at your request and option. Your chosen bank will only share your age information with your express consent. If you do not consent, the age verification will not be performed and we will offer you another way to verify your age.

Each age verification with ConnectID is a one-off transfer of age information from your bank to KWS. Any further transfers of age information from the bank require further consent from you and a new age verification request, even if you ask the same bank.

We do not charge you to verify your age.

When you can use ConnectID

ConnectID is only available in Australia, and only if the Partner has chosen to offer it as a verification option. You can only verify your age using ConnectID if (i) you have an active digital account with one of the banks that is part of the ConnectID Network, listed here, (ii) you have verified your identity with your bank within the prior 5 years, and (iii) you meet the minimum age requirements set out in your bank’s terms of service for ConnectID.

Customer acknowledgments

You acknowledge and agree that:

We hold the exclusions in this section that relate to ConnectID on trust for ConnectID. This means that, although ConnectID is not a party to these terms, it can rely on your agreement to these exclusions.

Age verifications using ConnectID are intended to operate separately from requests made under the Consumer Data Right scheme. We do not participate in that scheme.

Withholding service

We may withdraw or suspend the ConnectID verification method at any time. We or your bank may also be unable to offer ConnectID or process an age verification request for a number of reasons, including if:

Your Rights

Our Privacy Policy explains your rights relating to your personal information and how to exercise them. You can exercise your rights at any time by emailing privacy@kidswebservices.com. Exercising your rights with us will not impact your record with your bank. You will need to contact your bank separately if you want to exercise your rights in respect of the personal information they hold about you. If you suspect fraud in relation to any verification, you must notify us as soon as possible.

Complaints

For complaints or disputes relating to our participation in the ConnectID Network, please contact us at privacy@kidswebservices.com. However, if your complaint or dispute relates to activities of the bank that you asked to disclose age information to us, we may direct you to contact your bank directly.

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