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5569Composrcore_cnspublic2025-03-16 16:34
ReporterChris Graham Assigned ToPDStig  
PrioritynormalSeverityfeature 
Status assignedResolutionopen 
Summary5569: Compliance for new regulatory laws (holder issue)
DescriptionUtah has an interesting law. It only affects sites with 5mil+ users, so is not something we need to jump at implementing.

https://socialmedia.utah.gov/

We would need to:
 - Verify the age of users
 - Implement forced timezone input for "COPPA" users
 - Possibly implement a "jurisdiction" input (e.g. Utah in this case)
 - Feed through timezone and jurisdiction in any communication/auditing for account approval
 - Have an implicit usergroup for "COPPA" users, possibly further broken down by jurisdiction
 - Be able to lock down the timezone field for users, defaulting to do so for ones in the "COPPA" group
 - Have a configurable feature to block access to a group's users outside certain hours in a user's timezone, defaulting for ones in the "COPPA" group
 - Link an account to a guardian account, and allow cross-access (i.e. SU, but only to a specific user(s) from a specific user)
 - Exclude "COPPA" users from search results (just member search, or maybe all search results - I'd have to check)
 - By default turn off ads for users in the "COPPA" group

Some of this could be worth chipping away at regardless of Utah.
TagsRoadmap: Over the horizon, Roadmap: v11 partial implementation, Type: Legal compliance / Privacy
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PDStig

2024-01-21 00:21

administrator   ~8219

Last edited: 2024-01-21 00:21

This is starting to get quite complex. I also suggest we pull COPPA and legal-related configuration options out of their respective categories and create a new "Legal Compliance" category, or perhaps a Legal Compliance group under Privacy Options.

Chris Graham

2024-01-31 14:51

administrator   ~8282

Some similar things being considered in this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_Online_Safety_Act

PDStig

2025-02-28 02:56

administrator   ~9828

I am taking the XML approach to this.

What I am doing is stripping out the current COPPA functionality from v11. And I am building a new XML framework for parental controls (which the former COPPA / parental consent will be one of the possible controls).

This will allow vast configurability with minimal UI necessity. For example, webmasters could define multiple tiers of age and have things done depending on where a member falls. Additionally, certain controls can be filtered by region.

Additional controls can be implemented over time. For now, I plan to just stick with the parental consent one, and maybe a couple other basic ones.

Chris Graham

2025-03-15 22:18

administrator   ~9884

There is also now the UK Online Safety Act.

PDStig

2025-03-16 00:04

administrator   ~9885

Thank you, I'll check it out. I have some defaults set up for the most well-known like COPPA and GDPR.

The framework was implemented in 11 beta7 and has both parental consent and lockout controls (lockout being simply a member cannot log in until they are of age).

These controls also tie in to the automatic Privacy Policy, so the PP will auto-populate according to the XML configuration.

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Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2024-01-20 22:00 Chris Graham New Issue
2024-01-20 22:00 Chris Graham Tag Attached: Type: Legal compliance / Privacy
2024-01-21 00:21 PDStig Note Added: 0008219
2024-01-21 00:21 PDStig Note Edited: 0008219
2024-01-21 00:22 PDStig Tag Attached: Roadmap: v11 partial implementation
2024-01-21 00:22 PDStig Tag Attached: Roadmap: v12
2024-01-31 14:51 Chris Graham Note Added: 0008282
2024-03-26 00:58 PDStig Tag Renamed Roadmap: v12 => Roadmap: Over the horizon
2024-07-30 23:00 Chris Graham Summary Compliance for Utah's "Social Media Regulation Act" (holder issue) => Compliance for new regulatory laws (holder issue)
2024-07-31 00:44 Guest Note Added: 0009010
2024-07-31 00:44 Guest Issue cloned: 5821
2025-02-28 02:56 PDStig Assigned To => user4172
2025-02-28 02:56 PDStig Status Not Assigned => Assigned
2025-02-28 02:56 PDStig Note Added: 0009828
2025-03-15 22:18 Chris Graham Note Added: 0009884
2025-03-16 00:04 PDStig Note Added: 0009885
2025-03-16 16:34 PDStig Relationship added related to 6176