Complying with COPPA is not trivial. You have to have a clean site, gathering no information whatsoever, to be safe. Peter Rowe
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[Zeeks.com had to redesign its membership system and re-enroll all its members age 12 and younger. The site had to prevent these users from participating in the e-mail, chat or prize sections until parental permission was received. It had to set up a system for receiving parental permission via phone, fax or postal mail, as well as a database to store permission information. Maintenance systems were changed to purge e-mail and log files on a more frequent basis. The e-commerce section was disabled.] The kids are not happy about all these changes, ... They're giving us a terrible time. - Peter Rowe Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBQZXRlciBSb3dlICAgIA==&num=6 "[Zeeks.com had to redesign its membership system and re-enroll all its members age 12 and younger. The site had to prevent these users from participating in the e-mail, chat or prize sections until parental permission was received. It had to set up a system for receiving parental permission via phone, fax or postal mail, as well as a database to store permission information. Maintenance systems were changed to purge e-mail and log files on a more frequent basis. The e-commerce section was disabled.] The kids are not happy about all these changes, ... They're giving us a terrible time. - Peter Rowe Quotes")