Comments on: Why do beer websites make you enter your date of birth?

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:54:58 +0000

It is all CYA. Now you can say to the gov’t – those kids had to affirmatively lie to us before they could gain access to our site. Besides going to their homes and unplugging their computers what else can we do???

They are trying to avoid the kind of advertising oversight that the cigarette manufacturers are subject to. No more Winston Cup, No more Joe Camel, because the gov’t decided this was part of a plan to attract new underage smokers. Alcohol wants to avoid that and these date deals are part of that effort.

By: bucky

bucky — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:34:41 +0000

It’s called, in my business, CYA. At least they can say they are trying to keep out those who are underaged.

Although when you think about it, while it may be illegal to drink alcohol when your under 21, it’s not illegal to read about alcohol at any age.

By: Dave in Tucson

Dave in Tucson — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:27:36 +0000

You know, if you put on your tinfoil hat, it blocks the orbiting mind-control lasers.

Then you can actually put in something other than your actual birth date. Just sayin’

D∈T

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:37:53 +0000

So they can demonstrate to the gov’t that they are not marketing their product to minors.