Smart move, me

[hbdragon88]

I registered my first Yahoo mail account on 5/31/01, three months before my thirteenth birthday. Because of the dammed COPPA, Yahoo refused to let me register, citing that I had to be thirteen. I thought screw that and typed in a fake b-day that let me register. So I registered and now I'm happy with 6MB of space.

Now the daring act I did two years ago is having hitback effects. If I ever lost my password I couldn't it back because I don't remember the b-day that I put it and Yahoo won't let me change my b-day.

I'm wondering, is there any way around this? Do I ask Yahoo to reset my birthday?

 

[Hawkster]

You could create a new account - transfer everything to it and forget the old one...otherwise make a note of your password and keep it very very safe.

Resetting your birthday could be problematic - I'm not sure if yahoo would accept that.

 

[Knight-Dragon]

There's an age limit to registering for an email?

Better write down your password somewhere then.

 

[hbdragon88]

COPPA my friend.

Children Online Privacy Protection Act

You cannot collect any kind of info - even an email address - from anyone under thirteen. So everyone restricted it to thirteen and over. The day I registered, I was still twelve - four months before thirteen.

 

[bobgote]

Originally posted by hbdragon88
COPPA my friend.

Children Online Privacy Protection Act

You cannot collect any kind of info - even an email address - from anyone under thirteen. So everyone restricted it to thirteen and over. The day I registered, I was still twelve - four months before thirteen.

wow, that sucks.
anyway i don't think there's anything you can do to fix this, just get a new address. remember in the future to keep the same day and just change the year

you didn't just do that did you? or put it forward 3 months (same day)? worth a try if you haven't already.

 

[Goonie]

Originally posted by XIII
There's an age limit to registering for an email?

Better write down your password somewhere then.

Crazy American laws that they try to apply to the whole World over the internet.