The C.O.P.P.A. Law -- The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 -- requires that an applicant be 13 years or older, but for the purposes of The Rose Awards, I require that an applicant be 18 years or older ... To read the actual C.O.P.P.A. Law, please Click Here. .... It is my pledge to Net viewers that you will not find anything offensive or vulgar on this web site -- no content which a family could not view together -- and I take care to only award web sites which adhere to a family-safe policy as well.