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Whatever happend to "If you are under 18 (or 13?), ask your parents or gaurdian for permission"? Believe that's the current Dutch regulations, not an expert th
by joelhaasnoot 15y ago
Whatever happend to "If you are under 18 (or 13?), ask your parents or gaurdian for permission"?
Believe that's the current Dutch regulations, not an expert though. It's quite unfair to assume that companies will keep track of this. Kids under 13 should probably have parental/monitored internet usage anyway.
(Though I have to admit to having had a Fb account back when it was 18+ when I was 17. School wasn't on Fb and everyone did it...)
- dangrossman 15y agoIt's a US company so they have to obey COPPA, which requires verifiable consent from a parent before collecting any private information from the child and restricts marketing to that child. So, in practical terms, for Google to offer mail accounts to children under 13, they need to be able to collect faxed or mailed proof of consent from parents, have some system to process that information and tie it to the accounts, then they need special rules for the ads shown on the gmail site to that user.
- CamperBob 15y agoWhy do no other COPPA-compliant account providers require anyone to fax or mail anything?
- adgar 15y agoI assume you mean "COPPA-compliant account providers that allow children under 13". If so, scroll up in the thread - they all require either faxing, mailing, or credit card payments.