{
  "id": "POL-202",
  "slug": "pol-202",
  "title": "The terms should state a minimum age",
  "statement": "The terms of service must include an eligibility clause stating who may use the service and any minimum age.",
  "rationale": "The age line decides which privacy regime the business is in, so a document silent on it leaves the children's section of the policy floating free. It also has to agree with the SMS terms, and where the two differ the pair contradicts itself in a way a reviewer can spot instantly.",
  "layer": "POLICY_PAGE",
  "layerSlug": "policy-page",
  "object": "terms of service body",
  "severity": "MEDIUM",
  "detectability": [
    "AI_FORM"
  ],
  "failureClass": "TERMINAL_POLICY",
  "artifact": "sms_terms",
  "authorities": [
    "TCR"
  ],
  "applicabilityText": "Applies to every 10DLC registration.",
  "universal": true,
  "remediation": "State the minimum age in the eligibility clause and make it the same number the privacy policy and the SMS terms use. Done when all three agree.",
  "example": "You must be at least 18 to use this site and to place an order.",
  "notes": "The conflict between this age and the privacy policy's children's section is POL-231.",
  "phase": "approval",
  "automated": true,
  "url": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/policy-page/pol-202/",
  "markdown": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/policy-page/pol-202.md",
  "registry": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/",
  "updated": "2026-07-25",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}