It's worse than that. Giving something away in a contest that's illegal in Florida? Sorry, can't ask what state they're from without parental permission. Need their email address for password verification? Sorry. Effectively, this bars children from accessing the net, since companies won't be able to affordably comply. And all to protect children from something that their parents can far more effectively protect them against. On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Andrew Brown wrote:
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.
Hello Shawn, Man where dod you learn to swing a hammer :-) that nail got driven clean thru Ladies/Gents . That is exactly where the problem lies , - PARENTS - '.' Not anywhere else . JimL On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Shawn McMahon wrote:
It's worse than that. Giving something away in a contest that's illegal in Florida? Sorry, can't ask what state they're from without parental permission. Need their email address for password verification? Sorry. Effectively, this bars children from accessing the net, since companies won't be able to affordably comply. And all to protect children from something that their parents can far more effectively protect them against. +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | 25416 22nd So | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | DesMoines WA 98198 | only on AXP | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Then such a law is unconstitutional since it openly discriminates against a particular age group and was crafted with such intent in mind, as to deter the use of an informational instrument and network pathways for personal growth of A said class of people in the United States. Shawn McMahon wrote:
It's worse than that.
Giving something away in a contest that's illegal in Florida?
Sorry, can't ask what state they're from without parental permission.
Need their email address for password verification? Sorry.
Effectively, this bars children from accessing the net, since companies won't be able to affordably comply.
And all to protect children from something that their parents can far more effectively protect them against.
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Andrew Brown wrote:
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.
-- Thank you; |--------------------------------------------| | Thinking is a learned process so is UNIX | |--------------------------------------------| Henry R. Linneweh
Then such a law is unconstitutional since it openly discriminates against a particular age group and was crafted with such intent in mind, as to deter the use of an informational instrument and network pathways for personal growth of A said class of people in the United States.
Cheer up, at least you have a written constitution. Some of have to try to think about living with the RIP (see http://www.stand.org.uk/ for something frightening). Peter
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