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On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:10:49 +0100 Eion MacDonald <eionmac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 14/09/2014 17:47, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > Where is the website concerned based? > >> If they are within the EU (plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) > >> then The ICO may be able to do something. > > However, EU requires proof of age for some web browsing. > Government pages re age related tax concessions (Bus passes, council > tax), ID, Age restricted web pages - like addiction treatment, > erotica etc. So EU enforces correct age registration in some cases > Yes, I understand that. However just setting up an email account is not age restricted, is it? I can see sometimes that it is a valid question, but many times there is simply no need of it. And anyway, you can put in any sensible date of birth, true or false. How can anyone tell? Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq