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Chroma · 01-05-2008, 14:34

with my strong feelings about my children being profiled and being unable to provide any legal consent to have this done being put to one side, i have another interesting avenue to explore.

I have a cousin whos mentily handicaped (is this the correct PC term nowadays?) he goes online a lot to browse different flash based sites because he likes the cartoons and video clips on them.
He uses the internet frequently and although hes 19 he has the equivilent mental capacity of a nine year old at best. his litterary and numaracy skills are severely lacking.

Where does he stand is the informed consent debate? i mean i figure for informed consent you would need to fully understand the way in which a contract would impact on your life, without wanting to sound eletist or put the guy down in any way im fairly certain that thats beyond the level of his comprehension.

Even if i was presented a complete document detailing exactly what i was signing up to and indeed gave my full informed consent to be a battery hen where does that leave my cousin and others in the same situation, not to mention my children?

01-05-2008, 14:34	#5223
Chroma Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 30	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] with my strong feelings about my children being profiled and being unable to provide any legal consent to have this done being put to one side, i have another interesting avenue to explore. I have a cousin whos mentily handicaped (is this the correct PC term nowadays?) he goes online a lot to browse different flash based sites because he likes the cartoons and video clips on them. He uses the internet frequently and although hes 19 he has the equivilent mental capacity of a nine year old at best. his litterary and numaracy skills are severely lacking. Where does he stand is the informed consent debate? i mean i figure for informed consent you would need to fully understand the way in which a contract would impact on your life, without wanting to sound eletist or put the guy down in any way im fairly certain that thats beyond the level of his comprehension. Even if i was presented a complete document detailing exactly what i was signing up to and indeed gave my full informed consent to be a battery hen where does that leave my cousin and others in the same situation, not to mention my children?