Children's websites and moderators.
 

Could this affect RYL?

http://www.openrightsgroup.org/newsb...-says-new-law/

Tbh, it wouldn't be a bad thing if all mods had a crb check. know it's a mission to sort out etc, and costs money, but yeah.

I have one ^_^

I'm not a mod but I've had like 3 crb checks?

I had to google that. Considering how international RYL is, I imagine that'd be hard to put into effect!

Though from the wording in that quote... I should hope RYL is NOT a site "used mainly by children". Depends on the definition. What about teens? :P

Really?!How wierd,Ive done one and Ive got a copy of it so I can take it to job interviews etc.

one was done at my request by a mental health professional to see if my detained times came up.

& then a company did one & i had a copy & lost it, so when i went to a new job they had to do it all over again.

From what I was reading on Google, it also applies to websites working with "vulnerable groups" ie the mentally ill. It might very well apply to RYL then, but it looks like it's one of those fluffy laws that have absolutely no enforcibility. For example, the organizations must decide if the law applies to them since there is really no active "watchdog" for it, and law enforcement will only get involved if a complaint is made by a user stating that there is good reason to worry that there is someone who shouldn't be working with children/vulnerable groups moderating.

Our site owner and mods all seem rather competent, and I don't think any of us has reason to suspect they shouldn't be on here. =)

ive had about 3 too u have to get a new one each time u go for a new job

Do you have to apply for a new one with each job or does your work place do it?

Some work places pay for it.

But I worked in the same company but had different jobs and different contracts and each time I needed a new CRB check!

Are RYL moderators counted as 'employed'?

well we dont get paid etc,so no?

I wouldn't say I was employed

I guess I would say that technically I was a volunteer

So then...you wouldn't need to get the checks and stuff?
Because you're volunteers?
*thinking face*

^Sounds right to me.

I volentier as a coach, so i scare...i mean work with, kiddies a lot :)

It would make no difference whether a person was a paid employee or volunteer, a CRB check would still need to be done.

In the UK it would mean anyone under the age of 18

yeah,i volunteer and i still needed one!