Questions tagged [coppa]
U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
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Do schools have permission to use pictures containing my face taken inside school forever if I agreed to it?
On day one of my first year in high school me and basically every other students were given a few documents to sign. One of them included a clause that allowed the school to publish pictures of us ...
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Using Sentry in an app targeting children below 13 years
We have created a children game using Unity and therein we use SentrySDK for automatic bug reporting.
Since our app is targeting children under 13 years, we need to comply with
COPPA
GDPR
Google's ...
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Does COPPA ban children from playing video games online through a parent's account?
A customer service representative at Nintendo recently told me that a parent can't let their Nintendo Account be used by their child for online play without violating the Children's Online Privacy ...
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Is YouTube legally required to not allow "Made For Kids" videos to be added to playlists?
In the last few years YouTube introduced a Made For Kids classification for videos, which requires uploaders to state whether a given video is made for children, in which case certain features are ...
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Does COPPA require that users who provide PII while under 13, then turn 13 have their PII purged?
If there is a user of an online website who provides PII while under the age of 13, then later turns 13, would COPPA require that that person have their PII purged from that online website?
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Can action be taken against a Discord server for someone admitting in chat they're under 13 then changing their age to over 13 thereafter?
Suppose you have a Discord server with a member who voluntarily tells people in chat that they are 12 years old. For purposes of this example, the user says
I am 12 years old.
Then after making that ...
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Are video consent forms needed for minors to participate in live video conferencing?
Since many classes are going online, do children under 18 require their parent/guardian to sign a consent form so they can participate?
Would it be different from a video release consent form since ...
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Doesn't COPPA incentivize mislabeling Youtube videos?
My understanding of the current situation with Youtube and COPPA is that Google was collecting private data (comments, viewing history, email addresses) about kids, which is a clear violation of COPPA....
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How can video creators on Youtube be fined under COPPA?
I understand why Youtube could be fined for COPPA violations, they collect data on all users, and some of them were kids. But this video asserts that the FTC could fine uploaders for mislabeling ...
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Mandatory Disclosing of Minor's User Data to Minor's Guardian
I was thinking of ideas for software projects to work on, and the one I thought to try brought an interesting legal question to mind. The idea was to create a collection of tools, such as a browser, ...
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Under COPPA, if a person says their age on a site and apparently were younger than 13 when they joined, does the site have to do anything?
If a user on a website with a 13+ age rule as required by The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, such as Stack Exchange, signs up in year 1, then says in year 3 that they are less than 15 (and ...
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How much evidence do I need in their ban appeal that they are actually 13+ to unban someone who was banned for being under 13 (to comply with COPPA)?
Since my site collects personal information, people under 13 years of age are not allowed because of the COPPA law (and the site is not directed towards children).
The most common ban appeals that ...
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Does linking to Discord from a game app breach COPPA restrictions?
I'm developing a mobile game and we want to link our Discord in the menu. The game is going to release both on iOS and Android.
Am I allowed to link Discord in it or would that interfere with the ...
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Who is responsible for complying with COPPA?
I'm a relatively new freelance web developer that's creating a site for a client that's geared solely towards children. I have read through the guidelines on how to comply with COPPA and I'm doing my ...
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Is asking a website user their age the same as asking their birthdate?
COPPA says you must ask a user's age in a neutral way. Most websites make you enter your birthdate to check whether you're old enough to be using it. But what if you just simply ask the user's age? ...
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