Schools everywhere are breaking Google's TOS

2 points by DanWaterworth ↗ HN
Every school that allows under 13s to make Google searches breaks Google's terms of service

Here are Google's TOS which I assume apply to search:

https://www.google.com/accounts/TOS

TLDR; You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Google

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As far as I see, this only applies to registered users, as it talks about accounts and whatnot. You don't need that for ye' olde search.
First line,

> Your use of Google’s products, software, services and web sites (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this document...

Search is a service. I can't find any TOS that are more specific to search.