Legal

Children's Privacy (COPPA)

Last updated: October 26, 2026

Not for anyone under 18

White Coat World is for people 18 and older. Accounts are for people 18 and older; by creating one you confirm you are 18 or older.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18, including children under 13 (the age the U.S. COPPA law covers). If you believe someone under 18 has given us personal information, please contact us immediately and we will delete the account and all associated data. Copies in our encrypted database backups, which normally run every night (paused until about November 1, 2026), are deleted as those backups age out: normally within 28 days, and longer while backups are paused, because older copies are kept until new ones replace them.

Users 13–17

Users in this age range are below our minimum age. While some pre-health interest content (blog, public school directory) may be accessed without an account, account creation is restricted to users 18 and older.

Parental rights

Parents or legal guardians who believe their child has created an account against this policy should reach us through our contact form (choose “Legal notice”), with proof of relationship — that raises an alert immediately, and we will delete the account within 7 days of a verified request. We also publish privacy@whitecoatworld.org, but inbound delivery to that address is still being provisioned, so please use the form if you need certainty your request arrived.

Data we do not collect

We do not collect facial recognition data, biometric identifiers, precise location data without explicit consent, or any data we believe to be from anyone under 18.