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COPPA Law

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Chimpy
, 22nd May 2012 at 10:32 AM (425 Views)
A lot of you seem to have to idea that COPPA forbids users from under 13 years old from being on fora at all. This, however, is not the case.

COPPA forbids children who are less than thirteen years old from signing up for a site without permission from their parents. However, just a tick of "I am 13 years or older or have permission from my parents" does not live up to COPPA, since it requires a reasonable way to check.

What does this mean? Simple, if Jiggmin adds a system to get the parents' permission (For instance sending the parents an E-Mail to confirm their children joining JV) people who are 12- years old CAN be on JV without violating COPPA
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  1. iFire's Avatar
    Webbi was allowed by her parents.
  2. Mars's Avatar
    Me gusta.
  3. Chimpy's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by iFire
    Webbi was allowed by her parents.
    She still got banned because the thread on JV was about banning all users under 13 years old, which is excessive.
  4. NotFunneh's Avatar
    You have broke the Matrix code, man.
  5. iFire's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Chimpy
    She still got banned because the thread on JV was about banning all users under 13 years old, which is excessive.
    No, aaa told me that her parents must send jigman a mail
  6. Chimpy's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by iFire
    No, aaa told me that her parents must send jigman a mail
    Then maybe we should have a system that automatically sends a mail to the parents' e-mail adress? It would prevent a lot of hassle.
  7. Chip's Avatar
    It wouldn't work.
    anyone could make a new email and say it's their parents
  8. Chimpy's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by zambyman_
    It wouldn't work.
    anyone could make a new email and say it's their parents
    The point is that you've fulfilled the reasonable check for COPPA at that moment.
  9. FinalCheetah's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Chimpy
    The point is that you've fulfilled the reasonable check for COPPA at that moment.
    Pretty much yeah ;D
  10. Nikolaj's Avatar
    Honestly, I'd rather see this website go down if the forum gets caught having *cue gasp* uncertified youngsters (which is a risk that is ludicrously ambiguous), rather than this unofficial rule that allows our moderation staff to relentlessly crack down users for something that doesn't even threaten the forum and give them some kind of pang of guilt even though their innocence is total.
  11. PinkyWoman's Avatar
    But some people (like me) put in their own email, not their parent's. So....


    idk ok
  12. aaaaaa123456789's Avatar
    By "mail" I meant printed mail, Chimpy.

    And well... Jiggmin would have to handle the parental permission himself, because the law requires him to do so. If he receives sufficient proof of parental permission he'll probably unban the users.