Other Passport Services

Throughout this chapter, the three .NET Passport services have been mentioned but the concentration has been on .NET Passport SSI. In the following sections, the other two services will be examined.

.NET Passport for Kids

.NET Passport for Kids is an extension of the .NET Passport SSI service, and it complies with COPPA standards and requirements for protecting children. It requires participating sites to obtain parental permission prior to collecting, using, disclosing, or displaying a child's information. This service protects children under the age of 13 from Web sites' typical routine personal information retrieval.

Parents can also control consent levels for .NET Passportparticipating sites using the .NET Passport for Kids service. Table 14.1 describes the levels of consent available to parents.

Table 14.1. .NET Passport for Kids Consent Levels

Consent Level	Consent Description
Deny	The site or service cannot collect personally identifiable information from the child. The trade-off for setting this option is that some sites may not allow children to use the site if this option is chosen.
Limited	The site or service can collect, store, and use the information it collects from the child. However, this information cannot be disclosed.
Full	The site or service can collect, store, and use the information it collects from the child, and it can also disclose the information to a third party (individual or company).

.NET Passport for Kids checks the profile (date of birth and country fields) to determine whether the child is protected by COPPA. If so, .NET Passport for Kids then checks the profile to determine the level of consent granted. Based on this information, the child is either allowed to use a participating site, or a notification is displayed informing the child that consent is required.