Question: Federal Law for Private Information on the web?

[<papuffer -at- psquareddoc -dot- com>]

I know that there is someone in this group that can tell me something about this question I have. 

I was doing some research on patient support web sites and came across this statement:

"Please select the month and year of your birth. Federal law requires that Web sites ask for your date of birth before collecting any personal information." 

Now this is the first time I have heard of this law... anyone here know anything about it? Please forward the responses to ppuffer -at- pcosupport -dot- org, I'm having problems with Outlook and its giving me fits.

Thanks 

Paula 




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