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PeeWee.Inc
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 27 February 2003 : 11:49:05
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One of my friends had this done a while ago but, he did not have it done on a 3.4.03
Only allowing members over a age view a forum..? Any input? |
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jimlord
New Member
USA
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Posted - 01 March 2003 : 15:50:22
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| Along this lines, is there a COPPA mod that will disallow registrations from those under 13? |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
5820 Posts |
Posted - 01 March 2003 : 17:42:20
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| we had a similar discussion last week about forums for certain genders, and the bottom line was how do you stop someone from entering bogus information into their profile? How are you going to verify what age they are? The Internet is plagued with liars so this will not work unless you want to use a system similar to credit card verification. |
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PeeWee.Inc
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1893 Posts |
Posted - 01 March 2003 : 17:47:28
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This is very true and i did think about it for a while.
What i was thinking is makin it so you have to fill in the DOB when you join the forum and make it so it can not be updated or edited. Members could still lie when they join the forum but it would be one step into making the forum that much safer for the younger members. |
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
5820 Posts |
Posted - 01 March 2003 : 21:54:25
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| you would also have to make the DOB a mandatory field. |
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PeeWee.Inc
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1893 Posts |
Posted - 02 March 2003 : 05:02:36
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Originally posted by dayve
you would also have to make the DOB a mandatory field.
There is a MOD to do this that i have in use.
It would not to be to hard to have this done without that MOD in use. |
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jimlord
New Member
USA
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Posted - 03 March 2003 : 15:11:19
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dayve, I understand that, but we're a public company with deep pockets. :) The more we can show that we took all reasonable steps to limit the use of our boards to comply with COPPA, the better off we'll be with our insurance company and any potential jurors.
There's no way to post this without putting people on the defensive, so here goes anyway... I know people can get around things like registration birthdates. I know I can't totally ban users. I'm not asking if I "should" do something or if it will "bulletproof" my site. I'm asking for help on how to do something. I know why I need to do it. (I paid darn good money to Infopop because they had these features.)
Respectfully, thank you.
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dayve
Forum Moderator
USA
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Posted - 03 March 2003 : 16:35:54
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| fair enough... are you using the profile feature where they enter their age or their birthdate? it would make a difference on how the code would be implemented. |
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jimlord
New Member
USA
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Posted - 03 March 2003 : 17:21:28
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Thanks. :)
I'm using the birthdate since I converted from UBB and had that field already filled in. I hope to be able to use it later for birthday announcements also. I don't think it will be hard, but I wanted to check here before cranking out the code myself. I imagine I can just have it check what gets sent from the calendar popup before it goes back to the registration page and flag something saying "Registration is only allowed for those 13 and older in compliance with COPPA" or something like that. |
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kray257
Starting Member
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Posted - 08 April 2003 : 14:49:53
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I would love to be able to require age in the profile - but also somehow also require it for those who are already signed up but did not specify their age.
I also agree that they can lie, but at least this way I asked, and I feel that should cover my tail...
Would anyone be able to help me mod my forum to require age for new signups, as well as something like preventing posting if no age, or under 13 is specified in the profile?
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AdamC
Starting Member
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Posted - 12 May 2003 : 16:27:22
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So has anyone come up with a way to take the information the user has put in the date of birth feild and use that to send the user to another page if they are under 13? What I'm looking to do is if they are under 13 years of age send them to a page that says they should get their parent or garudian to contact us before they can register with us. If I can do that it would make our board compliant with the COPPA law.
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Adam
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Edited by - AdamC on 12 May 2003 20:15:46 |
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