Why Am I Prompted to Enter a Credit Card to Create a Nintendo Account for My Child?
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In accordance with the Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in the United States and Law 25 in Quebec, Canada, a parent or guardian must provide consent to set up a Nintendo Account for children under certain ages in each region. To assure that a parent or guardian sets up the account, they will need to go through the Verifiable Parental Consent process while setting up the Nintendo Account for the child.
- A one-time fee of $0.50 is charged to verify that a parent or guardian has provided consent. This one-time payment is a commonly used and accepted parental control method required so that parents have the chance to see the payment on their credit card statement, and to alert Nintendo if consent was improperly provided.
- The fee is charged on the Nintendo Account website when the Nintendo Account is set up.
- Credit card information is not stored on the system, and cannot be used to make additional purchases through the system.
- A fee is not needed to set up subsequent child accounts through the parent/guardian’s Nintendo Account. Once the first child account has been set up, you can add additional child accounts for no additional fee.
- In the United States, this process is required to create an account for childen under the age of 13. In Quebec, this process is required to create an account for children under the age of 14.
