Children's Online Privcy Protection Act.

I found a major flaw.  Yes you have the statement below but anyone 13 yrs old or younger can register.

Is there away to make the brth date required field where it would send anyone that is 13yrs or younger to a page that reads we are sorry be we can not let you join our forum.

I know they can lie about there age and still get in but this would be more of a CYA addon.  I feel that that we can't just say no one under the age of 13 and they register without being stopped.

Another idea is to flag there account and have the admin or mods deal with it.  I feel some kind of protection system needs be in place.  Words are good but there isn't any true system in place to protect them.

he Federal Trade Commission's Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) requires that Web Sites are to obtain parental consent before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under 13. If you are below 13 then you can NOT use this forum. Do NOT register if you are below the age of 13.

FYI, that law in the US was over turned years ago.

Ya that is the True problem with all of this.. no one can for sure know what the Age an Individual is unless you either know them personally.. or like you said WebCity they identify themselves through Credit Card or some other fashion... People that are underage can through in a different DOB and there is no way to verify.. it should be the Administrators concern on who applies for their forums... The Key thing that I have found is if you do not want underage people to view some of your forums is to make them password protected