Originally Posted by bandboy

I am not from US, so obviously little ignorant about rules and laws here.

I have a tricky situation and need assistance.

One of my site offers free services but considering the nature of service and potential of abuse, we do not let children less than 13yrs use the service. I understand it is COPPA in US which needs to be implemented.

Now, recently some kid enrolled into site claiming himself to be 14 and later he confesses in some forum thread that he is 12. What do i do here?

1) Do i terminate his account because he claims in forum thread that he is 12?
2) Do i let him continue because he agreed to TOS and also confirmed while signing up that he is older and also informatino provided is true?


3) If i terminate his acc., do i ask him to get acc. created through his parents?
4) If acc. is created through his parents, will they be responsible for anything he does on site or through site? I mean if he involves in any illegal activity, who holds responsibility? As a provider it may not be possible to monitor each activity, but if a notice is sent to us, whom do we fix responsibility on?
5) How to deal with such situations?

Thanks