[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
On 15/09/14 12:21, Martijn Grooten wrote: > 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. > > To add to this, looking at freenode, anyone of any age can connect to this but due to US laws you can't register as a user if your under 13. even if this is basically issuing the command (well you're not meant to, there is nothing stopping you) \msg chanserv register <user> <password> <email> and even then IIRC the e-mail bit is optional Thinking about this, one point of registering a nickname is so others don't use it, and therefore go on to pose as you or as a friend. So in one sense the law that is meant to protect people could actually have the opposite effect. Paul -- http://www.zleap.net @zleap14 Torbay Raspberry Pi jam info - http://www.dcglug.org.uk/ I am committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable groups and expect any school, establishment or organsation that I am involved with to share this commitment. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq