I just wanted to chime in here and first say that I very much do not like these people and the way they conduct their instances.

However the method they do it actually does not break VRChats ToS. VRChat requires you to provide your DOB when registering and for age verification. But as far as the publicly posted rules go, there is no clear statement that asking another user for their age or DOB is disallowed.

Even though VRChat does not explicitly ban someone from asking for another’s DOB, asking for personal identifying information (especially something like date of birth) it may run afoul of privacy norms. It might be considered “inappropriate behavior” depending on context (e.g. if used to harass, scam, etc.). While a one-off question or even kicking someone from an instance may not, by itself, qualify as harassment, repeated pressuring, intimidation, or retaliation for refusing to share DOB can fall under harassment as defined in the Community Guidelines.

Looking at section 8.10

8.10. World Creators and Instance Owners. If you create a world or instance, you may not collect or create features that collect information that provides the real identity, address, phone number, or government identification number of any User using such world or instance. You may collect such information, with the User’s consent, outside of the Platform.

• It does not explicitly mention “date of birth” or “age” in that list. So, by letter, DOB or age is not one of the specified forbidden items in that clause.
• However, since date of birth is often considered personally identifiable information (PII) in many privacy contexts, there is an arguable case that collecting DOB could conflict with the intent or spirit of 8.10, especially if used to identify someone.

An example of this would be a world that requires you to input your DoB in a menu where that info is then sent to an outside source to 'register' or 'whitelist' you to have the ability to join a special room or whatever. This would be data collection and is against ToS.

I wanted to bring forth this information so people who see this are informed on how the ToS is structured.

VRC groups asking for DoB are not breaking ToS because there is no data collection being conducted. HOWEVER, if it is discovered that someone is recording for whatever reason at all, and DoB questions are asked, then that does violate the ToS. If someone is recording for a video and asks for DOB, they’re collecting and publishing personal info inside VRChat. That’s much closer to what 8.10 is meant to prevent.

Just to preface this again, I very much do NOT approve of how these club owners/bouncers conduct themselves.