MySpace was wrong, particularly if it happened subsequent to the publication of all the horror stories. If so, it means they knew of the type of situation and were in a position to prevent it from happening again.
The way you stop someone is by acting prudently. Philip Morris has an affinity program for smokers. In order to join, you must provide a copy of some photo ID showing you are of legal age to smoke. They also require periodic affirmations of the dispositive information. Can they be lied to? Sure. But they have gone out of their way to do something extraordinary to prevent juveniles from getting access to their restricted goodies. A smart attorney will paint MySpace as money-grubbing expedients who only pay lip service to maintaining security and safety for their members. As for someone being concerned with the safety of personal information, that is a personal decision and recent events with the loss of a VA computer database and today's Equifax database loss will change the specific meaning of RPPSSC with regard to supplying such information. HALinNY -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 17:05 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [NF] Is MySpace at fault? > 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? [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
