<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi ….<div><br></div><div>Here are the HHS requirements for any study done with children in the United States. Other countries probably have similar laws.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/guidance/special-protections-for-children/index.html#">http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/guidance/special-protections-for-children/index.html#</a></div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>Caryl<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: dave@lab6.com<br>Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 22:09:06 -0400<br>To: samuel@greenfeld.org<br>CC: laura@somosazucar.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; sugar-sur@lists.sugarlabs.org<br>Subject: Re: [IAEP] Sugar network / School Network<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="ecxgmail_extra">Hi!</div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On 16 May 2016 at 19:40, Samuel Greenfeld <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:samuel@greenfeld.org" target="_blank">samuel@greenfeld.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div><div>In general, getting information about children using a product targeted at them is a bit of a legal minefield.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Fortunately I'm not interested in information about children :)</div><div> </div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;"><div><div></div>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.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Which countries? :)<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;">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.</blockquote></div><br>Which lawyers? :)<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="ecxgmail_signature">Cheers<br>Dave</div> </div></div> <br>_______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</div></div> </div></body> </html>