[OSM-legal-talk] Privacy and Terms

Matt Amos zerebubuth at gmail.com
Sat Jul 4 16:34:27 BST 2009


On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Frederik Ramm<frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ulf Möller wrote:
>>> No (though you will often see small print disclaimers on them). The
>>> idea of restricting access to age 13+ strikes me as odd in the
>>> extreme. When I get some time I'll do some research into what is going
>>> on in the US that makes them do this.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act
>
> Should we perhaps have two sets of Terms and Condition - one that
> applies if the user is in the USA, and the other if he isn't? One with
> 200 lines of text, the other with 10?

i'll suggest that to our lawyer, but this might mean having more than
two sets - apparently Canada and Australia have their own versions of
COPPA. and i guess the EU has something similar. it may end requiring
us to to have a different set of Ts&Cs for each jurisdiction.

cheers,

matt




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