[Wikia-l] Why is DOB required for registration?

[Jesús Martínez]

The Wikia Terms of Use doesn't mention DOB: "The only information that
you need give is a username and password. (...) Therefore, any
personal information you choose to give is not compulsory."

In addition, There's no privacy policy talking about collection of
information by google-analytics, quantserve and the advertising
(mostly from cookies) There's no legal rules for that?

2008/9/24 Victor <dawormie at gmail.com>:
> Additionally, there is this from Wikia.
>
> http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Terms_of_use#Collection_of_personal_information
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Victor <dawormie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Google probably get around that with this little clause...
>>
>> "2.3 You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if (a) you
>> are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Google, or (b) you are
>> a person barred from receiving the Services under the laws of the United
>> States or other countries including the country in which you are resident or
>> from which you use the Services."
>>
>> Refer Gil's first response about the non-profit 501c3...
>> "Wikipedia(R) is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a
>> U.S. registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity."
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't know if wikia can do the same thing like google with a clause like
>> that, but if they don't have that clause then perhaps this is wikia's way of
>> having that clause.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:17 AM, John Beckett <johnb.beckett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Jamie Hari wrote:
>>> > Let's call a spade, a spade here.
>>> > Wikia is doing the right thing; legally and morally.
>>>
>>> In that case it should be easy to insert a link to a page that briefly
>>> explains your
>>> assertion.
>>>
>>> >From Gil's comment, it sounds likely that the explanation won't be
>>> digestible to
>>> non-lawyers. That's no problem. Just state the facts: Regulation
>>> such-and-such in
>>> jurisdiction whatever, requires DOB for circumstances xxx.
>>>
>>> > I know this from years upon years of experience in many
>>> > widely-varied online communities.
>>>
>>> There are probably lots of other-kinds of people like me who are not in
>>> the habit of
>>> registering at lots of communities and who are amazed to be asked DOB.
>>>
>>> I just clicked "create account" at Wikipedia and there is no requirement
>>> for DOB,
>>> yet they still have a privacy statement! I don't recall being asked DOB
>>> for my
>>> Google account (gmail and Google Groups). I'm not saying that Wikia is
>>> wrong; I'm
>>> pointing out that I have registered with several other organisations with
>>> no DOB
>>> requirement, so some explanation should be provided on Wikia.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Victor ('Daworm')
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