Privacy Policy for Younger Users

Account & Service Control · Context

The Under 13 Experience is for children in the United States, and 13-year-olds in Florida

This is the children's-facing page of TikTok's privacy policy, last updated July 15, 2026. It says children under 13 in the United States, and users who are 13 years old in Florida, can use TikTok in the Under 13 Experience, and that TikTok collects some information from them when they do. The parents' section of the policy adds that "we" is TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC and that the Under 13 Experience is a separate experience of the TikTok services in the United States.

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Last updated: July 15, 2026

Children under the age of 13 in the United States (as well as users who are 13 years old in Florida) can use TikTok in the Under 13 Experience.

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC (“TikTok USDS Joint Venture”, “we” or “us”)

on a separate experience of the TikTok services in the United States (the “Under 13 Experience”)

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to the Under 13 Experience in the United States, for children under 13 and for 13-year-old users in Florida.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Children can ask to know, access, correct or delete their information; a parent can ask too, depending on residence

The child-facing text says the child has the right to know, access, correct or delete their information. A request can be made at the privacy request page or by writing to the address in the Contact Us section. Depending on where the family lives, a parent or guardian can also make these requests. TikTok says it will respond appropriately and will not penalize the child for it. The parents' section adds that parental rights depend on the state of residence, requests are handled under applicable law and subject to proper validation, and some aspects of the Under 13 Experience may no longer be available to the child after a request.

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You have the right to know, access, correct or delete your information.

Depending on where you live, your parent or guardian can also make these requests for you.

If you, or your parent or guardian, do make such a request, we will respond appropriately and will not penalize you for it.

Depending on your state of residence, you (as a parent or guardian) may have the ability to exercise certain rights over your Child's account.

We will address these requests in accordance with applicable law and subject to proper validation.

We will not retaliate against you or your Child for exercising such rights and choices, although some aspects of the Under 13 Experience may no longer be available to your Child.

Qualifications & exceptions

• A parent or guardian's ability to make requests depends on where the family lives (state of residence).
• Requests are handled in accordance with applicable law and subject to proper validation.
• The no-penalty promise sits alongside a statement that some aspects of the Under 13 Experience may no longer be available to the child.

Not stated here

• The child-facing text does not say which states give a parent these rights.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): A parent or guardian may ask to access or delete a child's information, or appeal a decision, via the webform or address — The child-facing text lists the rights to know, access, correct or delete and says a parent or guardian can make these requests depending on where the family lives. The parents' section names parent requests to access, delete or appeal and does not mention correction. The text does not say whether a parent can request correction.
• qualified by (model-proposed): TikTok says it will not retaliate for exercising rights, though some aspects of the experience may become unavailable — The no-penalty promise in the child-facing rights text is qualified in the parents' section: some aspects of the Under 13 Experience may no longer be available to the Child after rights are exercised.

Account & Service Control · Context

The parents' section covers children under 13, and 13-year-olds in Florida, in TikTok's US Under 13 Experience

This section says TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC ("we" or "us") is committed to protecting the privacy of children. It says the Children's Privacy Policy explains how it collects, uses, shares and otherwise processes personal information of users under 13, and of users who are 13 years old in Florida, on a separate experience of the TikTok services in the United States, called the Under 13 Experience.

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TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC (“TikTok USDS Joint Venture”, “we” or “us”)

is committed to protecting the privacy of children

explains how we collect, use, share, and otherwise process the personal information of users under the age of 13 (“Children” or “Child”) (as well as users who are 13 years old in Florida) on a separate experience of the TikTok services in the United States (the “Under 13 Experience”)

Qualifications & exceptions

• Covers users under 13, and 13-year-olds in Florida, in the Under 13 Experience of TikTok in the United States only.

Not stated here

• The text does not say how users are placed in the Under 13 Experience.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

Users of the Under 13 Experience cannot message others, and others cannot view their profiles

The section describes the Under 13 Experience as one that limits the information collected: users can view videos from other creators and capture their own videos with music and special effects, but they cannot exchange messages with other users and other users cannot view their profiles.

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The Under 13 Experience allows its users to engage with TikTok’s fun video features while limiting the information collected from them.

Users of this experience also have a more limited interactive experience; for example, they cannot exchange messages with other users, and other users cannot view their profiles.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Introduced with "for example"; the text does not list every limit on interaction.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Users cannot publicly share personal information, including videos or profile information

TikTok says users cannot publicly share personal information on the Under 13 Experience, including videos or profile information.

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Users cannot publicly share personal information on the Under 13 Experience, including videos or profile information.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

A parent or guardian may ask to access or delete a child's information, or appeal a decision, via the webform or address

A parent or guardian may submit a request to access or delete the Child's information, and a request to appeal a decision on such a request, by contacting TikTok through the webform or the physical address in the Contact Us section. The section also says that, depending on the state of residence, a parent or guardian may be able to exercise certain rights over the Child's account. The child-facing text lists the rights to know, access, correct or delete, and says a parent or guardian can make these requests depending on where the family lives; this section names access, deletion and appeal requests and does not mention correction.

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A parent or guardian may submit a request to access or delete the information of their Child, as well as a request to appeal a decision we have made about such a request, by contacting us via the webform or the physical address provided in the Contact Us section below.

Depending on your state of residence, you (as a parent or guardian) may have the ability to exercise certain rights over your Child's account.

You have the right to know, access, correct or delete your information.

Depending on where you live, your parent or guardian can also make these requests for you.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Requests go through the webform or the physical address in the Contact Us section.
• The ability to exercise certain rights depends on the state of residence.

Not stated here

• Which states give a parent these rights is not stated, and this section does not mention correction requests.
• The webform itself is not supplied in this document; the Contact Us section only gives its web address.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): Children can ask to know, access, correct or delete their information; a parent can ask too, depending on residence — The child-facing text lists the rights to know, access, correct or delete and says a parent or guardian can make these requests depending on where the family lives. The parents' section names parent requests to access, delete or appeal and does not mention correction. The text does not say whether a parent can request correction.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

A parent may be able to exercise rights over a Child's account depending on state; requests are validated

The section says that, depending on the state of residence, a parent or guardian may be able to exercise certain rights over the Child's account, for example downloading account data or exercising other rights, by contacting TikTok through the webform or physical address in the Contact Us section. It says TikTok will address these requests in accordance with applicable law and subject to proper validation. Earlier in the section, a parent or guardian may request access to or deletion of the Child's information, or appeal a decision on such a request.

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Depending on your state of residence, you (as a parent or guardian) may have the ability to exercise certain rights over your Child's account.

For example, you may download account data or exercise other rights in connection with your Child by contacting us via the webform or physical address provided in the

We will address these requests in accordance with applicable law and subject to proper validation.

A parent or guardian may submit a request to access or delete the information of their Child, as well as a request to appeal a decision we have made about such a request

Qualifications & exceptions

• The ability to exercise rights depends on the parent's state of residence.
• Requests are addressed in accordance with applicable law and subject to proper validation.

Not stated here

• Which states give a parent these rights, and what "other rights" means, are not stated.
• The webform is reached through a link whose contents are not supplied in this document.

Account & Service Control · Company commitment

TikTok says it will not retaliate for exercising rights, though some aspects of the experience may become unavailable

TikTok says it will not retaliate against the parent or the Child for exercising these rights and choices. It adds that some aspects of the Under 13 Experience may no longer be available to the Child. The child-facing text says TikTok will respond appropriately and will not penalize the child for a request made by the child or the parent or guardian.

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We will not retaliate against you or your Child for exercising such rights and choices, although some aspects of the Under 13 Experience may no longer be available to your Child.

If you, or your parent or guardian, do make such a request, we will respond appropriately and will not penalize you for it.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Some aspects of the Under 13 Experience may no longer be available to the Child after rights are exercised.

Not stated here

• The text does not say which aspects of the Under 13 Experience may become unavailable.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): Children can ask to know, access, correct or delete their information; a parent can ask too, depending on residence — The no-penalty promise in the child-facing rights text is qualified in the parents' section: some aspects of the Under 13 Experience may no longer be available to the Child after rights are exercised.