[Foundation-l] COPPA

[Alison Wheeler]

On Fri, September 8, 2006 18:54, George Herbert wrote:
> I think it helps a lot that neither the foundation nor the projects
> actually
> collect personal information about people as part of project activities,
> other than the account's email if the user wants to, and their IP address
> (for anons or checkuser usage).

I would read "collects" as "requires from the individual in order to open
an account or editing facility whether mandatory or optional", which at
most would be a valid email address.

The information people may or may not choose to place on a userpage is
simmilar to the content on an LJ or MySpace page or in a blog. It isn't
"collected" by the operator as part of their service but freely offered by
the person involved for their own purposes.

Alison Wheeler