Parental Consent vs Age Gating

Developers should learn about parental consent when building applications or services that may be used by minors, such as educational apps, social media platforms, or gaming sites, to avoid legal penalties and protect children's privacy meets developers should implement age gating when building applications that handle sensitive content (e. Here's our take.

Parental Consent

Nice Pick

Developers should learn about parental consent when building applications or services that may be used by minors, such as educational apps, social media platforms, or gaming sites, to avoid legal penalties and protect children's privacy

Pros

• It is crucial for compliance with data protection laws like COPPA, which mandates parental consent for collecting personal information from children under 13, and for ethical design practices that prioritize user safety
• Related to: data-privacy, compliance

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Age Gating

Developers should implement age gating when building applications that handle sensitive content (e

Pros

• g
• Related to: compliance-management, user-authentication

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Parental Consent if: You want it is crucial for compliance with data protection laws like coppa, which mandates parental consent for collecting personal information from children under 13, and for ethical design practices that prioritize user safety and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Age Gating if: You prioritize g over what Parental Consent offers.

The Bottom Line

Parental Consent wins

Developers should learn about parental consent when building applications or services that may be used by minors, such as educational apps, social media platforms, or gaming sites, to avoid legal penalties and protect children's privacy