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Date:      Fri, 18 Jul 1997 14:49:52 -0400
From:      Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
To:        sef@Kithrup.COM
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FTC regulating use of registrations
Message-ID:  <199707181849.OAA16644@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199707181713.KAA05887@kithrup.com> (message from Sean Eric Fagan on Fri, 18 Jul 1997 10:13:03 -0700)

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>>Well, the good ol' FTC is taking a hand in the Internet now.  It
>>appears that they have declared it illegal to request information on
>>minors without the parent's consent.
>As I recall, what they have done was said that it was not permissable to
>*sell* personal information gathered abotu a child without the parents'
>permission.

This is correct, I had misunderstood the initial report I heard.

>Frankly, I don't think they went far enoguh -- I don't want it to be
>permissable to sell information about *me* without my consent.  Yet that
>happens all the time.

This is true.  But the decision was more far-reaching than just
dissemation of information; it also included collection of
information.

Cheers,
joelh

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