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Google may offer accounts for kids, controls for parents |
August 19, 2014
Children who want to use Google services may no longer have to lie about their age, as the company reportedly plans special accounts for users under the age of 13.
Try to create an account now on Google if you’re not at least 13 years old, and the Web giant will stop you in your tracks.
Currently, Google doesn’t allow users to sign up unless they say they’re at least 13 years old. That’s because the Federal Trade Commission has strict privacy rules in place for children, requiring parents to provide “verifiable consent” in the form of a credit card transaction, a phone call to a trained specialist, a printed consent form, or a scanned image of the parent’s government ID. But it’s not exactly a secret that kids will pretend to be older in order to use online services like Google.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2466789/google-may-offer-accounts-for-kids-controls-for-parents.html#tk.rss_all
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