[28284] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New Federal Law (COPPA)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Brown)
Mon Apr 24 10:16:34 2000
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 10:04:05 -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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In-Reply-To: <385239637.956584086787.JavaMail.root@web421-mc.mail.com>; from rmcannon@mail.com on Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 09:48:06AM -0400
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>One website that collects personal data had a field for Date of Birth. If
>you entered a DOB that meant that you were underaged, the webpage refused to
>go further. Thus, the webpage could collect the data where individual was
>of legal age but would just automatically refuse if under age. This doesnt
>seem too hard.
that sounds like an obvious use of javascript; something that i can't
condone. web monkeys^Wdevelopers that know how to do javascript think
that it completely obviates the need for cgi. i, of course, know
better, but had to spend a week at one point convincing them of this.
besides, javascript can be turned off or not work. are you allowed to
base your legal defense on something so flimsy?
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