> From: "Hal Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I am not an attorney but I live with one. Here is some free legal > advice. Bear in mind that free legal advice is worth exactly what you > paid for it.
Thanks ;-> > So the answer is that you should make every reasonable effort to verify > the age of your customer if that has any bearing on the transaction you > are consumating, as well as any other precautions and disclosures that > would be appropriate. > > My guess is that if the kid "stole" the parents' personal info in order > to appear being of legal age, there is mitigation, but not absolution. > The linked story does not have enough detail to warrant further analysis > particularly since it is purely conjecture and (s)peculation. To me it comes across that the parents of the victim, or an attorney acting as their friend, is convinced that MySpace was wrong to allow an underage girl act foolish on the Internet and participate in unsafe on line friendships. I can't for the life of me see how it was up to myspace to police their membership. I am the exception for my workplace in that I don't have a MySpace account. I know that i hate it when I have to submit to newer rules from M$ on "how we are going to do things today." Secondly, do I trust MySpace in not getting hacked into? So how do you identify a minor "on line" instead of a allowing a kid with a fake ID? _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
