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Whoa, thanks for the link. After reading that I guess TechCrunch tried to get a nice headline here.. I don't see that the bill allows parents access to the pro

Whoa, thanks for the link. After reading that I guess TechCrunch tried to get a nice headline here.. I don't see that the bill allows parents access to the profile. It 'only' allows parents to request that personal details of their children are taken down within 48h and it says that the default privacy settings are rather strict (Name, City revealed only) and need to be explained in plain text. That seems to be a lot different from 'Your parents can access your profile, young boy'? Am I misreading the text?

anigbrowl 15y ago
Well, it could be used to gain access to a minor's profile. Say Maurice Minor sets up a Spacelook account and elects to share his personal data with Spacelook Friends only. His parents become concerned because strange people start appearing at the door every day claiming to be Maurice's good friends, but since Maurice's parents are not Friends with him on Spacelook they can't tell exactly what information he's making available. Fearing for young Maurice's safety, they demand Spacelook get rid of his personal data but the company does not respond. They sue, Spacelook asks the court to dismiss their suit and denies any liability, and now the parents ask the Court to order that Spacelook reveal any and all data about Maurice's account. But as written, it doesn't seem like the parents can just demand access to any and all personal information about a minor's social network account - only that it be removed or restricted from public view. I don't know what existing law says about access rights of parents to a minor's data/accounts - that'd be a bit of a project. IANAL, TINLA, etc.