@sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social
Post #661801
2026-03-11 19:16 UTC
Fun conversations attempting to game out the question "to what extent is [an OS mandating data collection] / [mandating OS data collection] related to age legal in Canada?"
- Big difference between the acceptability of applying collection at the point of service of a restricted activity v.s. mandating general collection, even if it stays on device.
- Charter FoE rights likely come into play when it comes to mandating the existence of parental controls, optional or otherwise.
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@sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social 2026-03-11 19:20
- some draft legislation floating around is fairly conservative in application (e.g. requiring explicit collection opt-outs) likely because of the above consideration - consent of collection/use/distribution also kind of interesting, much of the guidance around data consent explicitly treats persons older than 13 differently when it comes to consent to collect/use/process information i.e. parental/guardian consent may not be sufficient for many applications (including computing access)