Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4839682-20130629180055

'''As you (should) already know, the US COPPA laws have been updated. The Children's Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) prevents websites, like Wikia, from collecting personal information from children under 13 unless they have parental consent. This is why you must be 13 or older to have an account on Wikia. Now included in "personal information" is a user's IP address. (As you know, users who are not logged in are tracked by their IPs) What Wikia has decided to do to comply with this is to turn off IP contributing on wikis that may attract children. This includes the Once Upon a Time Wiki. '''

 This change will take effect on Monday, July 1st, 2013 

'''If you are an IP editor, please sign up for an account! Starting on the 1st, you will no longer be able to edit here unless you are logged into an account. If you try to contribute and are not logged in, you will be prompted to log in or sign up.'''

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!  