Type of Request
Fast Track Change (small, low-risk improvements)
Feature Description
Add an optional, configurable capability that allows Open edX operators to prevent users who do not meet an operator-defined minimum age from creating an account. We do not actually have a technical approach as yet.
Note: This feature did previously exist in openedx-platform and was changed at some point in the past, so this may be considered as not a product proposal but instead adding back a feature that was unintentionally deprecated. See this DEPR ticket and this old, unused code path.
When enabled, the feature would use the existing year-of-birth registration field to determine whether a prospective user can be established to meet the configured minimum age. Users who do not meet that threshold would be prevented from completing registration and shown an operator-customizable message explaining that they are not eligible to register.
The feature would intentionally use year of birth rather than requiring collection of a full date of birth. Because year alone cannot establish whether a user has already had their birthday during the current year, the calculation would be conservative: a user whose birth year does not establish that they have reached the configured minimum age would not be permitted to register.
This proposal is not intended to make Open edX compliant with any specific data privacy, child protection, consumer protection, or other regulatory framework. Instead, it provides configurable tooling that operators may choose to enable as part of their own registration policies and compliance programs.
Link to Product Proposal
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PLlakU64hzNUlR5YqiOxd0Ayhb7EkQArbVmwcDEu_uM/edit?usp=sharing
Status
New
Proposed By
Arizona State University
Type of Request
Fast Track Change (small, low-risk improvements)
Feature Description
Add an optional, configurable capability that allows Open edX operators to prevent users who do not meet an operator-defined minimum age from creating an account. We do not actually have a technical approach as yet.
Note: This feature did previously exist in openedx-platform and was changed at some point in the past, so this may be considered as not a product proposal but instead adding back a feature that was unintentionally deprecated. See this DEPR ticket and this old, unused code path.
When enabled, the feature would use the existing year-of-birth registration field to determine whether a prospective user can be established to meet the configured minimum age. Users who do not meet that threshold would be prevented from completing registration and shown an operator-customizable message explaining that they are not eligible to register.
The feature would intentionally use year of birth rather than requiring collection of a full date of birth. Because year alone cannot establish whether a user has already had their birthday during the current year, the calculation would be conservative: a user whose birth year does not establish that they have reached the configured minimum age would not be permitted to register.
This proposal is not intended to make Open edX compliant with any specific data privacy, child protection, consumer protection, or other regulatory framework. Instead, it provides configurable tooling that operators may choose to enable as part of their own registration policies and compliance programs.
Link to Product Proposal
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PLlakU64hzNUlR5YqiOxd0Ayhb7EkQArbVmwcDEu_uM/edit?usp=sharing
Status
New
Proposed By
Arizona State University