# POL-202 — The terms should state a minimum age

> The terms of service must include an eligibility clause stating who may use the service and any minimum age.

- **Rule ID:** POL-202
- **Layer:** Policy pages (`POLICY_PAGE`)
- **Checks:** `terms of service body`
- **Severity:** MEDIUM — Usually survives review, but lowers your trust score or invites manual review.
- **When it bites:** Gates approval — get this wrong and registration is refused
- **How it is detected:** AI judgement over the submitted form
- **Fix type:** Fix the privacy policy or SMS terms
- **Required by:** TCR
- **Applies:** Applies to every 10DLC registration.
- **Canonical URL:** https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/policy-page/pol-202/

## Why this rule exists

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.

## How to fix it

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 of a compliant value

```text
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.