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Re: [LUG] Unnecessary Questions
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] Unnecessary Questions
- From: Martijn Grooten <martijn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:21:08 +0000
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:06:42PM +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> Yes, I understand that. However just setting up an email account is not
> age restricted, is it?
It is. Here are the age requirements for Google accounts (and thus for
Gmail):
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1350409?hl=en
This may sound silly, but when you sign up for an email account, you
enter into an agreement with the email provider.
> And anyway, you can put in any sensible date of birth, true or false.
> How can anyone tell?
Obviously no one can. IANAL, but I suspect it is done because without
it, the website is breaking the law by providing a service to an
underaged person, whereas now it is the child (and thus perhaps their
parents) who is breaking the law.
Martijn.
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