Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:50:18 06/30/00
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On June 30, 2000 at 12:11:49, Pete R. wrote: >On June 30, 2000 at 07:57:09, robert michelena wrote: > >>This nonsense about posting real names made me wonder if this august body >>realizes that by posting the real names of individuals, they may be violating >>federal law. >> >>For instance, are they certain the individuals are truly adults?? There is a >>federal act that makes it illegal to post information concerning minors. >> >>Secondly, apparantly there is a possibility that those of us who signed on where >>not informed properly that our real names were going to be posted online. I >>don't necessarily have a problem with that, but I do know that I did not notice >>this fact when signing on. >> >>If I were the CCC I would seriously look into this issue of privacy. There are >>many instances of people going to court for violation of their privacy. > >I don' think the moderators would be liable in any case, this depends on ICD. I >don't recall if ICD has a box where you say you are an adult when you sign up, >but it may be a good idea. Beyond that I think all they need is to post a >privacy policy, i.e. if I give my real name to the moderators in good faith, >will ICD safeguard that? Etc. Actually I suppose you should give your real name >to ICD, not the moderators, since they change all the time. The whole idea that anyone is breaking the law by allowing someone to post under their own name is ridiculous. It's like saying that a newspaper should be held liable because it publishes a letter to the editor by a minor. bruce
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