| Age requirement for gmail account | silver.fire252 | 8/30/11 4:58 PM | I got this error message because I entered the date of birth of this account is the year of 2008. This is our student organization's email address and I thought I could just put the date of establishment of the club. How can I resolve this issue? Ple |
| Re: Age requirement for gmail account | gummih | 8/30/11 5:30 PM | I would also like to know the answer to this |
| Re: Age requirement for gmail account | bkc56 | 8/30/11 9:15 PM | A business or organization can't "own" and use an e-mail account (no figures with which to type an e-mail). It has to be used by a real live person. That person can submit the proof that they are old enough to use the account. Google account recov |
| Re: Age requirement for gmail account | silver.fire252 | 8/30/11 11:50 PM | We just a small student club that wanted to have our own email account to contact people. Is there any other way to recover the account because we have a lot of contacts in that account? |
| Re: Age requirement for gmail account | bkc56 | 8/31/11 12:09 AM | Read the post above yours. |
| Re: Age requirement for gmail account | gummih | 8/31/11 2:35 AM | @bkc56 On that unhelpful "help" page you cite I see this: "If you are under 18, your parent or guardian will have to supply the confirmation on your behalf." How do I go about doing this? (Me being the parent in question) |
| Re: Age requirement for gmail account | bkc56 | 8/31/11 1:38 PM | I would assume by following the instruction given on that "unhelpful" page for confirming an account. They provide two methods. |
| Re: Age requirement for gmail account | gummih | 8/31/11 3:04 PM | No, they do not provide that information. They provide two methods in the section named "What can I do to re-enable my Google Account?" both methods require me to provide MY birth date. I want to know how a parent can vouch for their kid's account, |
| Re: Age requirement for gmail account | bkc56 | 8/31/11 3:36 PM | I'm sorry, I don't have any answer beyond what COPPA says and Google supports. It's your choice how strict/loose you wish to interpret that. |
| Re: Age requirement for gmail account | gummih | 8/31/11 4:58 PM | What Coppa says has nothing to do with this. Coppa says: "When operators want to disclose a child's personal information to third parties or make it publicly available (for example, through a chat room or message board), the sliding scale requires t |