Australia to enforce a "ratings system" on web, track users (was Re: [LINK] Has anyone seen this...)
Irene Graham
rene.lk at libertus.net
Fri Dec 28 13:33:48 AEDT 2007
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:50:56 +1100, Scott Howard wrote:
> On 12/28/07, Daniel Rose <drose at nla.gov.au> wrote:
>
>>> Mum has probably made Little Johnny a Secondary Card Holder anyway -
>>> and Secondary card holders (which are as plentiful in Aus as kids
>>> with mobile phones) can be as young as 16.
>>>
>>
>> Can you back your claim with numbers? I've never met or heard of a
>> child who's a secondary card holder.
>
>
> What about services like BOPO (http://bopo.com.au) and the other
> various pre-paid credit cards? Can a merchant differentiate between
> one of those and a "real" credit card?
I doubt it other than possibly by the first 4 digits of the card number
which AFAIK identifies the card issuer (e.g. bank), but in the case of
BOPO, the card issuer is Cuscal (according to the FAQ), which also issues
cards for numerous other card providers (which may not issue to persons
under 18).
http://bopo.com.au/faq.aspx
The new ACMA rules (unlike the old ones) require that the access control
system "must include a risk analysis". This requires the content
host/service provider to identify and assess the risk that evidence
provided to verify the applicant's age could be held or used by either: a
person other than the person it purports to identify; or
a person younger than the age of the person identified in the evidence.
The risk analysis must also provide a method for taking into account the
kind of evidence of age provided by the applicant and the manner in which
the evidence of the applicants age is received by the restricted access
system.
Readers can no doubt conclude for themselves how that could affect various
types of service providers' willingness to accept a CC as "evidence" and
whether or not there are any other "evidence" options that could enable
them to provide a restricted access service.
Irene
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