User blog:A.r.s.h.©/personal questions and under age users

In recent months I have noticed on chat users ask and give a lot of personal info and under aged users on chat. do not ask and/or give personal info such as the following

Examples
The following data, often used for the express purpose of distinguishing individual identity, clearly class as PII under the definition used by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget(described in detail below):[1]

The following are less often used to distinguish individual identity, because they are traits shared by many people. However, they are potentially PII, because they may be combined with other personal information to identify an individual.
 * Full name (if not common)
 * National identification number
 * IP address (in some cases)
 * Vehicle registration plate number
 * Driver's license number
 * Face, fingerprints, or handwriting
 * Credit card numbers
 * Digital identity
 * Date of birth
 * Birthplace
 * Genetic information


 * First or last name, if common
 * Country, state, or city of residence
 * Age, especially if non-specific
 * Gender or race
 * Name of the school they attend or workplace
 * Grades, salary, or job position
 * Criminal record

Sharing Your Information
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 * With our subsidiaries and affiliated companies, contractors, and vendors. We require these parties to process your information in compliance with this policy.
 * As required by law enforcement agencies
 * As we, in our sole judgment, deem necessary to investigate a breach of security
 * We may also share with third parties aggregated, non-personal information, such as the number of new user registrations over a specific time period or the number of users who edited a particular wiki.

Membership
In order to use certain portions of this Service, you will need to first register for membership in the Service. You are prohibited from registering for membership in the Service where prohibited by law. In addition, the Service is intended solely for users who are thirteen (13) years of age or older. Any registration by anyone under 13 is unauthorized, unlicensed and in violation of this Agreement. By registering for the Service Site, you represent and warrant that you are 13 or older and that you agree to and to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

If you choose to register for membership, in consideration of your use of the Site, you agree to maintain the security of your password and identification and to be fully responsible for all use of your account and for any actions that take place using your account.

The Company may terminate your account, delete your profile and any content or information that you have posted on the Service and/or prohibit you from using or accessing the Service for any reason, or no reason, at any time in its sole discretion, with or without notice.

from http://www.wikia.com/Terms_of_Use

The COPPA
What is the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule?

Congress enacted the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501-6508, in 1998. COPPA contains a requirement that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) issue and enforce a rule concerning children’s online privacy, which the Commission did in 1999. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part 312, became effective on April 21, 2000.

The primary goal of COPPA and the Rule is to place parents in control over what information is collected from their young children online. The Rule was designed to protect children under age 13 while accounting for the dynamic nature of the Internet. The Rule applies to operators of commercial websites and online services directed to children under 13 that collect, use, or disclose personal information from children, and operators of general audience websites or online services with actual knowledge that they are collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under 13. Operators covered by the Rule must:

In addition, the Rule prohibits operators from conditioning a child’s participation in an online activity on the child’s providing more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in that activity.
 * 1) Post a clear and comprehensive privacy policy on their website describing their information practices for children’s personal information;
 * 2) Provide direct notice to parents and obtain verifiable parental consent, with limited exceptions, before collecting personal information from children;
 * 3) Give parents the choice of consenting to the operator’s collection and internal use of a child’s information, but prohibiting the operator from disclosing that information to third parties;
 * 4) Provide parents access to their child’s personal information to review and/or have the information deleted;
 * 5) Give parents the opportunity to prevent further use or online collection of a child’s personal information;
 * 6) Maintain the confidentiality, security, and integrity of information they collect from children.

from http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/coppafaqs.shtm

what should you do
if asked a personal question do not answer, if you found an under age member ignore them do not listen report the user to wikia staff. it is not to Punish them but to keep them safe