On 2019-11-05 10:12, Mateusz Konieczny wrote:
4 Nov 2019, 12:53 by md...@xs4all.nl:
In any case, I see that the "You must be 13 years or older to use
the Services." is still there.
Really? Someone under 13 can not look at the OSM map? I'm sorry, but
that is completely laughable. And not enforcable at all.
It is probably necessary for legal reasons, such requirement is
typical in TOUs.
Mostly result of COPPA[1] and similar laws. Extreme requirements on
providing
service to children younger than 13 makes it is easier to ban all
children younger than 13
from service than comply with them.
Especially in cases where children are not very likely to contribute
"Use" in this case is also viewing the website. There is no account
needed for that and if you want to block this you would need to do age
verification which is a lot more intrusive than not putting this clause
in your ToU at all. If people think OSM should be doing this, they
effectively say that children should not use the internet. That may be
your choice, but it is just that: a choice. In no way a legal
requirement.
COPPA does not seem to apply since OSM is not directed to children, let
alone in commercial ventures. The only possible connection would be when
children register since you would store information about them. That
might be a sensible reason to block children from registering (I can
also see that they probably would not have a significant positive
contribution to the data), but again, at the moment any use of OSM by
children is blocked.
Either no thought went into that, or it was thought that throwing a wide
net would be better "to comply" than no net at all. The same thing I
argue against with the "lots" comment that started this. Better to claim
that lots of the things you might do to keep your privacy are not
allowed according to the ToU than to make clear which things exactly are
not allowed.
It looks more like FUD to me at the moment.
Regards,
Maarten
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