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Thread: Updated terms of use, privacy statement and communications guidelines |
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SekeRob
Master Cruncher Joined: Jan 7, 2013 Post Count: 2741 Status: Offline |
this is the only BOINC project that doesn't allow special characters like $ and @ in the account password Discussed ad nauseam, e.g. what exactly is there to steel to warrant special character enabling like were it a bank-account? If a registration/password would be breached, the original account mail address owner gets an email of activity and if it was yours, even if the ligit owner changes key items of the registration, a mail is issued. |
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KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Perhaps you don't quite understand the difference between banning minors (an unconditional rejection) and asking them if they have parent or guardian consent, but I can assure you that pretty much everyone under 18 sees a yuuuge difference & thinks that a) the former is total bullshit and b) the latter is OK. as stated before, I'm not a lawyer...nor do I know international law that much, to correct that statements & agreements... but I'm sure everything said here, goes on some meeting & is suggested to IBM's lawyers!  |
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Papa3
Senior Cruncher Joined: Apr 23, 2006 Post Count: 360 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Just noticed that Microsoft get away with this wording (from an email "Updates to our terms of use and privacy statement" regarding Skype). This bears repeating. All WCG has to do is adopt this Microsoft verbiage. There is no legal need to ban minors, period.If you are a parent or guardian, you are responsible for your child’s or teenager’s use of Microsoft products and services, including purchases. and a detailed paragraph startingBy signing up, you represent that you have either reached the age of "majority" where you live or have valid parent or legal guardian consent to be bound by these Terms. Can WCG do the same?I'm sure everything said here, goes on some meeting & is suggested to IBM's lawyers! Microsoft also does business worldwide, same as WCG, and Microsoft's lawyers came up with a much better approach for its users who happen to be minors! Microsoft's lawyers are apparently waaaay smarter than IBM/WCG's...  |
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KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Somebody's pushing WCG to the corner here...
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Papa3
Senior Cruncher Joined: Apr 23, 2006 Post Count: 360 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Pushing WCG to the corner and making WCG wear the dunce cap
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vepaul
Senior Cruncher Belgium Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Post Count: 261 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I don't know if you have noticed: my second PC had recently a new hard disk, an order of magnitude bigger than before.
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RaymondFO
Veteran Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 30, 2004 Post Count: 561 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Just noticed that Microsoft get away with this wording (from an email "Updates to our terms of use and privacy statement" regarding Skype). This bears repeating. All WCG has to do is adopt this Microsoft verbiage. There is no legal need to ban minors, period.If you are a parent or guardian, you are responsible for your child’s or teenager’s use of Microsoft products and services, including purchases. and a detailed paragraph startingBy signing up, you represent that you have either reached the age of "majority" where you live or have valid parent or legal guardian consent to be bound by these Terms. Can WCG do the same?I'm sure everything said here, goes on some meeting & is suggested to IBM's lawyers! Microsoft also does business worldwide, same as WCG, and Microsoft's lawyers came up with a much better approach for its users who happen to be minors! Microsoft's lawyers are apparently waaaay smarter than IBM/WCG's... The law is the law - A minor child cannot enter into an legally binding contract. It would appear MSFT, and other corporations are taking a measured "business risk" whereas IBM/WCG has no such appetite especially when you consider this is not an operation that creates direct revenue for IBM/WCG. |
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enels
Senior Cruncher Joined: Apr 25, 2008 Post Count: 286 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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It is not too onerous to ask a parent or guardian to set up and monitor a account for minors. Most parents would be thrilled to see their children helping here.
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Former Member
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I read everything My 11 year old posts online, we come to this site and several others together to interact in the communities but It is done through my account and with me present
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Former Member
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"Rise from your grave and contribute to the grid..."
*cough* or... something like that. I just had two thoughts on this. First, the danger of accounts being purged unnecessarily seems minimal given that I just started turning in results for the first time in about five years. Second, it occurs to me that Kerstaad's approach is a very good way to address the age concerns. |
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