On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Dave Crossland <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi! > > On 16 May 2016 at 19:40, Samuel Greenfeld <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In general, getting information about children using a product targeted >> at them is a bit of a legal minefield. >> > > Fortunately I'm not interested in information about children :) > Getting information about how they use Sugar (rough age/grade, source IP Address, etc.) may count as getting information about them. > >> There are countries which don't allow anything about younger children or >> what they do online to be known without parental and/or school consent. >> Said consent may require proving the adult is actually an adult and not a >> child providing an incorrect date of birth. >> > > Which countries? :) > The United States has COPPA, the EU has Directive 95/46/EC, Australia might be using the Privacy Act 1988 for this. Canada may not have a separate act but current interpretation considers younger children's information as more sensitive under PIPEDA. https://www.priv.gc.ca/resource/fs-fi/02_05_d_62_tips_e.asp In any country screwing up can result in significant consequences: https://www.priv.gc.ca/cf-dc/2014/2014_011_1007_e.asp https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/12/two-app-developers-settle-ftc-charges-they-violated-childrens Google kind of hints at the environment with their minimum ages for accounts: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1350409?hl=en Privacy International notes that in 2014, over 100 countries had what they considered "comprehensive data protection legislation". So don't expect me to know them all. > Historically Sugar Labs has been non-profit, and probably too tiny to get >> on the radar. But before social and/or metric features get incorporated >> into Sugar's core, it would be best to check with the lawyers as to how to >> do it. > > > Which lawyers? :) > -- > OLPC had and likely still has one on staff to handle these sorts of issues, along with a full-service legal firm with specialists in this area. Sugar Labs probably would have to start with the SFC and see what they recommend.
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