Hi On 16 May 2016 at 23:20, Samuel Greenfeld <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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. > I'm not interested in age/grade, or their specific IP addresses :) What information do you think is safe to collect? > 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 > Both these seem to be related to _children’s personal information_; I don't think anyone here is interested in that. > 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. > This is great stuff! Thanks for sharing :) > 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. > Since Sugar is packaged and distributed by OLPC, perhaps the OLPC lawyer would be willing to review this. How can I contact them? -- Cheers Dave
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