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Your age; Curious as to average age here
Topic Started: Feb 12 2005, 12:52 PM (2,286 Views)
mathiaus
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probably still get some people saying they had
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I'm 5!

13 3/28/91
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Dynasty
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Hmm your right :P
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Das
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Seth
February 14, 2005 10:49 AM
mathiaus
February 14, 2005 12:21 PM
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February 14, 2005 12:38 PM
Seth
February 14, 2005 03:19 PM
General Poseidon
February 14, 2005 09:03 AM
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I like this topic :) catches all the lawbreakers.

:rofl:

2 caught already. Really, if you're gonna be on here and you're under the allowed age, you shouldn't really come to a topic and tell everyone about it. Especially when staffs bearing Ban-Stick(tm)s are around :arr:

good point! :lol:

Unles of course they want to be banned for some reason :arr: :blink: :alien: :smithster:

We don't ban, we delete. It is ILLEGAL for us to have accounts of kids under 13 on this board. Why don't people understand that? IF could get shut down if we didn't patrol for them.

Why is it illegal. The boards aren't porn or rude things. Content is very limeted, and discusions are often closed if they get inapropriate.

On a side note I can't spell
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Logik
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it's not sparkly enough
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Why is it illegal. The boards aren't porn or rude things. Content is very limeted, and discusions are often closed if they get inapropriate.


COPPA. If they use the form and register, it is ok. If they don't, they will feel the wratih of the Delete Stick. :arr:
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http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998

(1) CHILD.—The term "child" means an individual under the age of 13.

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(a) ACTS PROHIBITED.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—It is unlawful for an operator of a website or online service directed to children, or any operator that has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information from a child, to collect personal information from a child in a manner that violates the regulations prescribed under subsection (B).

B ) REGULATIONS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, regulations that—

(A) require the operator of any website or online service directed to children that collects personal information from children or the operator of a website or online service that has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information from a child—

(i) to provide notice on the website of what information is collected from children by the operator, how the operator uses such information, and the operator's disclosure practices for such information; and

(ii) to obtain verifiable parental consent for the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information from children;

that basically sums it up. Bold part is what you call the COPPA form.
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fuhr_andrew
February 14, 2005 05:54 PM
(1) IN GENERAL.—It is unlawful for an operator of a website or online service directed to children, or any operator that has actual knowledge that it is collecting personal information from a child, to collect personal information from a child in a manner that violates the regulations prescribed under subsection (B).

Oh that is why.
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Matthew
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Interesting law you have in the US there :blink:

What I don't understand is why people that don't live in the US still have to go by it. I remember I had to at some other site (had to send in one of them form things).

I assume it's because the site is operated in the US or something :/


*EDIT* Oh yeah that's it. Because IF is operated in the US, it would be illegal for them to have information from under 13s no matter where they live :eh:
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Lothlómendil
February 14, 2005 03:23 AM
There, edited.

woohoo, efficient Lothy
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