stop requesting user date of birth for business accounts
You do not need to collect individual user dates of birth for business accounts. (Not enterprise) the admin for the business can confirm that the users are of a certain age.
Keith Laudenberger
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Craig Cockburn commented
The Third Principle of the Data Protection Act is applicable in the UK.
The third principle requires that the personal data you are processing is adequate, relevant and not excessive. This means the data must be limited to what is necessary for the purpose(s) you are processing it.
Date of birth is more than you need. A tick box for "over 18" is sufficient if there is age related content. Works for Amazon.
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Digital Frog commented
This is ridiculous. All you're going to get is people lying about it anyway, that's what I do when a company with NO LEGAL REASON FOR ASKING FOR PII does things like this. You could replace it with a simple check box like most rational companies use of "I confirm that I am of 18 years of age or older".
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Ashley Brown
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Absolutely agree! Stop designing enterprise-level applications for home users! Is there no one considering the fact that IT departments are managing these applications for our users? This is not a personal account. Learn the difference.
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Richard Pe
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The requirement to enter the date of birth is a breach of confidentiality. So we are going to enter anything.
Ridiculous