Anyone any idea on this....

flangypants · Jul 25, 2014

So my 14 year old son went with his mates to town and went into a gaming store, he bought an item and was told he should have an account at which point the sales person took address and date of birth information. My question is, how legal is this..?? Surely without a parents consent they should not be requesting this kind of information should they..??

Thanks in advance.

MH · Jul 25, 2014

What was said item? We need some clues

nara · Jul 25, 2014

Was the "item" an 18 rated game? More information required.

wiz569 · Jul 25, 2014

Would be common enough practice to ask for those details when opening an account in gaming store, helps them to make sure they don't sell an age inappropriate game to them

little_pob · Jul 25, 2014

flangypants said:
So my 14 year old son went with his mates to town and went into a gaming store, he bought an item and was told he should have an account at which point the sales person took address and date of birth information. My question is, how legal is this..?? Surely without a parents consent they should not be requesting this kind of information should they..??

Thanks in advance.

The Data Protection Act does not specify any "age of consent", merely that the person is competent to be able to consent.

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flangypants · Jul 29, 2014

Sorry for the late reply, was an age appropriate game, but my issue was taking so much data from a minor. and was told that the sale would not go through without this "account" being made.

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