Digital Children's Information Act
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| Acronyms | DCIA |
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| Enacted by | the 88th Druayan Congress |
| Effective | 21 June 2001 |
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| Public law | 88-184 |
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| Druayan Supreme Court cases | |
| Commonwealth of Druaya v. DruTech, LLC. | |
The Digital Children's Information Act of 1998 (DCIA) is a Druayan federal law, located at 15 C.D.C. §§ 3847-3853 (Pub.L. 105–277, 112 Stat. 2681-728, enacted December 4, 1998).
The act, effective June 21, 2001, applies to the online collection of personal information by persons or entities under Druayan jurisdiction about children under 13 years of age including children outside Druaya, if the company is Druaya-based. It details what a website operator must include in a privacy policy, when and how to seek verifiable consent from a parent or guardian, and what responsibilities an operator has to protect children's privacy and safety online including restrictions on the marketing of those under 13.
While children under 13 can legally give out personal information with their parents' permission, many websites—particularly social media sites, but also other sites that collect most personal info—disallow children under 13 from using their services altogether due to the cost and work involved in complying with the law.
It is the result of Commonwealth of Druaya v. DruTech, LLC., a 1995 Supreme Court of Druaya case, which alleged that DruTech was collecting information on children under 13 via a data collection form in exchange for 50 virtual tokens on its Druaya Online Kids service. The case was filed under the Children's Privacy Act of 1984, which the defendant claimed was inadequate for the Internet and the digital age. The case was decided against DruTech in December 2001, with the verdict being against DruTech, with a fine of $12.5 billion. The company shut down in May of 2002. As the case was going on, Lewis Brent of Montecocha, Sierra Cantabria drafted the DCIA, and introduced it to the Druayan Senate on June 17, 1998 as S.1887. It was signed into law by President George Granton on December 4, 1998. The DCIA took effect on June 21, 2001. The DCIA was not used in the DruTech trial.
