[28241] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New Federal Law (COPPA)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Brown)
Fri Apr 21 16:28:51 2000
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 16:26:18 -0400
From: Andrew Brown <twofsonet@graffiti.com>
To: Robert Cannon <rmcannon@mail.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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Reply-To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
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>If you operate a commercial Web site or an online service directed to
>children under 13 that collects personal information from children or
>if you operate a general audience Web site and have actual knowledge
>that it collects personal information from children, you must comply
>with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
i have a website that might be collecting information from children,
even though that's not the "target" audience. can i ask the person
how old they are, or is that a violation of the law?
it seems to me that i must break the law in order to comply.
or am i just being pedantic?
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