We're launching a project in a few months that will involve tweens - kids ranging from 11-13.
1. The age of the participants puts us square into COPPA territory. We'd like not only to provide a secure environment for the kids, but to make sure we do it according to COPPA. Does anyone have a favorite site walking us through dos/don'ts, beyond just reviewing the law a few times? 2. If one of the kids uploads an image for her private use (since these are tweens, there is no such thing as public use on this site, although there will be ways for parents, friends, family to get viewing privs), how heavy do we need to be about IP? We'll start off making sure that kids and their parents are aware that "on the web" is not the same as "free for you to appropriate and remix as you choose", but we don't want to police IP unnecessarily (we sure as heck want to be sure we *are* policing as needed, of course). 3. If a kid uploads work that she/he has created--image or video, usually--does COPPA provide any means of sharing those items, presuming parental permission in the specific, with the wider world, even, dare I say it, unto sharing on Facebook (where, legally, none of these kids have accounts; practically, if our focus groups are to be believed, most do). Thanks! It's another brave new world.... ari
