Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-45571174-20200917215136/@comment-9605025-20200919174707

reply to #27 COPPA specifically is US so only the US would bring charges under COPPA. However, GDPR is the EEA's "equivalent" and Fandom could similarly be penalized for violating GDPR. Also, the purpose is to protect children but not from online trolls. It is to prevent companies from collecting information on children for monetary gain. The most common example is child-targeted marketing. As mentioned earlier in this thread, YouTube recently got into huge trouble over this. - To clarify, COPPA and GDPR apply when either the company, the user, or both reside within the corresponding legal jurisdiction. In other words, the only case in which COPPA does not apply is when both the company and the user do not reside in the US. Similarly, the only case in which GDPR does not apply is when both the company and the user do not reside in the EEA.