Feature Request
Drupal Ver 6
subject: COPPA Compliance

So far we have been lucky, but subjects like COPPA Compliance, are becoming topics in the news more and more lately.

This is becoming even more important for Social Networking sites and sites with Forums.

We're going to have to address this sooner later, I was hoping we would consider doing with the next release.

There are also others to consider, when you take into account we are an international group.

thank you for considering
Jeff

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luno’s picture

luno commented

With a bit of work, I think this can already be accomplished with the profile.module.

Add profile fields for birthdate. Make them required and visible during registration.

Add a role called NoCoppa. Allow NoCoppa access to create content, but don't allow authenticated_user to create content.

Set up a main page that has some PHP which tests for the user's age > 13 and $user->uid > 0. If the test succeeds, then add the user to the NoCoppa role.

This should end up giving unauthenticated users and under(-COPPA)age users a read-only view of the site.

RobRoy’s picture

RobRoy commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

This can easily be done with a contrib module and IMHO doesn't belong in core. Marking won't fix, but re-open if you feel strongly about it.

green monkey’s picture

green monkey commented

thanks for the feedback

I understand your point of views on this and they have good merit, and I can see why you believe this does not belong in Core.

It kind of falls into the area of, Terms & Conditions, Privacy Policy and such.

Watching the News Headlines on this topic, my main concern is with the Forum, that seems to be what they are looking at the most.

Where as, I am very concerned with the coming trends, there might be a way to do this using Roles, Terms, or OG.

I will explore those options deeply, before I consider reopening this thread.

best regards

sepeck’s picture

sepeck commented

I would suggest checking into the Loggin Toboggin module and extending that one as a perhaps better option

green monkey’s picture

green monkey commented

thanks Steven :-)

alikzam’s picture

alikzam commented

If you can get COPPA built-in or have a plugin for it then there are lots of people out there who would switch to you guys. Besides phpBB there are very few wesbite systems that have this implemented. I'm looking for it myself right now, and just the MENTION of it in some forums brought me here. I really hope that you get this in a new update.

BioALIEN’s picture

BioALIEN commented

Drupal core is a framework acting as the base for any project you undertake. I dont believe it should ship with COPPA support for the same reason it shouldn't ship with ready made terms, privacy sections. Because this is site specific - not everybody will require it in their drupal setups.

What I do recommend is a contrib module be created. At the moment, you can achieve this exact functionality with the CCK module, creating a field and putting validation to only allow 13+ to register and participate in your website. However, CCK is a big module and granted, not everybody would want to install it in order to add this functionality. So a small contrib module will be the way to go.

A note to consider, theres a lot of talk about CCK being ported in some way or another into Drupal for 6.x so maybe this whole issue is moot since it will be achievable from within Drupal core itself. Lets wait and see before you consider opening this issue again.

heine’s picture

heine commented
Title: FR: V6 - COPPA Compliance » Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

For those not in the US.

COPPA - Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

Websites that are collecting information from children under the age of thirteen are required to comply with Federal Trade Commission ( FTC ) Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

http://www.coppa.org/coppa.htm
http://www.coppa.org/comply.htm