[IAEP] Sugar network / School Network

[Samuel Greenfeld]

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> On 16 May 2016 at 19:40, Samuel Greenfeld <samuel at greenfeld.org> wrote:
>
>> In general, getting information about children using a product targeted
>> at them is a bit of a legal minefield.
>>
>
> Fortunately I'm not interested in information about children :)
>

Getting information about how they use Sugar (rough age/grade, source IP
Address, etc.) may count as getting information about them.


>
>> There are countries which don't allow anything about younger children or
>> what they do online to be known without parental and/or school consent.
>> Said consent may require proving the adult is actually an adult and not a
>> child providing an incorrect date of birth.
>>
>
> Which countries? :)
>

The United States has COPPA, the EU has Directive 95/46/EC, Australia might
be using the Privacy Act 1988 for this.

Canada may not have a separate act but current interpretation considers
younger children's information as more sensitive under PIPEDA.
https://www.priv.gc.ca/resource/fs-fi/02_05_d_62_tips_e.asp

In any country screwing up can result in significant consequences:
https://www.priv.gc.ca/cf-dc/2014/2014_011_1007_e.asp
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/12/two-app-developers-settle-ftc-charges-they-violated-childrens

Google kind of hints at the environment with their minimum ages for
accounts:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1350409?hl=en

Privacy International notes that in 2014, over 100 countries had what they
considered "comprehensive data protection legislation".  So don't expect me
to know them all.


> Historically Sugar Labs has been non-profit, and probably too tiny to get
>> on the radar.  But before social and/or metric features get incorporated
>> into Sugar's core, it would be best to check with the lawyers as to how to
>> do it.
>
>
> Which lawyers? :)
> --
>

OLPC had and likely still has one on staff to handle these sorts of issues,
along with a full-service legal firm with specialists in this area.

Sugar Labs probably would have to start with the SFC and see what they
recommend.
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