[IAEP] Sugar network / School Network

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi ….
Here are the HHS requirements for any study done with children in the United States. Other countries probably have similar laws.
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/guidance/special-protections-for-children/index.html#
In academic settings the IRB (institutional review board) will usually be made up of university personnel and all academic research involving minors must go through the process. 
Caryl

From: dave at lab6.com
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 22:09:06 -0400
To: samuel at greenfeld.org
CC: laura at somosazucar.org; iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org; sugar-sur at lists.sugarlabs.org
Subject: Re: [IAEP] Sugar network / School Network

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 :) 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? :)
 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? :)
-- 
Cheers
Dave


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