Ulf Möller <use...@...> writes: >>The idea of restricting access to age 13+ strikes me as odd in the >>extreme. When I get some time I'll do some research into what is going >>on in the US that makes them do this. > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act
Is there any indication that putting a paragraph of boilerplate text somewhere on your website does *anything at all* to comply with this Act? If, let us suppose, the Act says you may not gather data from under 13s, there is unlikely to be an exemption that says you may do so as long as you have some text somewhere saying that you don't. Or that it somehow becomes not your responsibility if you have some text somewhere saying that under 13s should not use the site (which you do nothing to enforce). There might be some subtle legal reason why adding certain incantations to a 'Terms and conditions' page somewhere will absolve you from blame, but I'm not seeing it at first glance. -- Ed Avis <e...@waniasset.com> _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk