[28257] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New Federal Law (COPPA)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick Evans)
Sat Apr 22 10:15:31 2000
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Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 15:13:18 +0100 (BST)
From: Patrick Evans <pre@pre.org>
To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Andrew Brown wrote:
> i was actually implying that if you asked and found out they were 12,
> you've just broken the law. the only problem (as i see it) is there's
> no way for you to collect the age information *without* possibly
> breaking the law.
>
Simple, really. Just send an email to every single parent in the world
with a breakdown of what you're doing, and ask for prior written
consent before launching your site, and if they refuse, demand that
they return a signed disclaimer. If they fail to respond at all, well,
at least you tried, no?
Spam? No - federal requirement!
--
Patrick Evans - Sysadmin, but most certainly not a lawyer
