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On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Robert Cannon wrote: > One website that collects personal data had a field for Date of Birth. > If you entered a DOB that meant that you were underaged, the webpage > refused to go further. Thus, the webpage could collect the data where Is the law specific enough that if you validate but do not store the data you are not in violation? For instance, you could use either client-side javascript or some sort of server validation that would never store anything at that point, but simply "validate" whether or not the user can use your site. If they are "of age," then the site functionality would continue, otherwise redirect them to www.disney.com. Also... What if a user falsifies their DOB to gain access to the site? Is the company not liable at that point? I would assume they would not be liable, but Microsoft probably assumed they would never be broken up because of anti-trust violations. Well, maybe they did. Cheers, Branden R. Williams <[email protected]> Vice President, Systems - NetVitality, Inc. http://www.netvitality.net/ Internet Commerce Specialists
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