UK lays out tough child data privacy rules

guest · Jan 22, 2020

UK lays out tough child data privacy rules
UK watchdog sets out “age appropriate” design code
January 22, 2020
https://apnews.com/fee4312e4fc2bc8b212012947bf6b9c8

Social media sites, games and other online services won’t be allowed to “nudge” British kids into revealing personal details or lowering their privacy settings, under tough new rules drawn up by the country’s privacy regulator.

The set of standards aimed at protecting children’s online privacy were released Wednesday by the Information Commissioner’s Office for Parliament’s approval.

“There are laws to protect children in the real world - film ratings, car seats, age restrictions on drinking and smoking. We need our laws to protect children in the digital world too,” Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham said.
Tech companies won’t be able to use “nudge techniques,” such as making one option appear easier than the alternative, to encourage kids to provide unnecessary personal data or weaken or turn off their privacy protections. They’ll also have to verify a user’s age or instead apply the code’s standards to all users.
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Sharing or broadcasting a child’s location should be off by default, so should profiling kids for so-called behavioral advertising, the new rules say. Other requirements include collecting and holding a “minimum amount” of personal data and making “high privacy” settings the default.

The “age appropriate design code” has 15 standards in all that must be met by apps, connected toys, social media platforms, online games, educational websites and streaming services. They apply to any online service likely to be used by a child and to any companies offering their services in the U.K.
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ICO: Age appropriate design: a code of practice for online services

trott3r · Jan 22, 2020

does that mean I should pretend to 15 to get the best privacy settings?

ronjor · Jan 22, 2020

BBC 22 Jan 2020

Social media sites, online games and streaming services used by children will have to abide by a new privacy code set by the UK's data watchdog.
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guest · Aug 18, 2020

Age Appropriate Design Code Set to Come into Force
August 17, 2020
https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/2020/08/17/age-appropriate-design-code-set-to-come-into-force/

The Age Appropriate Design Code (the “code”) created by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (the “ICO”) has completed the Parliamentary process and was issued by the ICO on August 12, 2020. It will come into force on September 2, 2020, with a 12-month transition period for online services to conform to the code.

The code sets out the standards that online services must meet in order to protect children’s privacy. It applies to providers of information services likely to be accessed by children in the UK, including applications, programs, websites, social media platforms, messaging services, games, community environments and connected toys and devices, where these offerings involve the processing of personal data.
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guest · Sep 3, 2020

UK enforces Children's Code to protect kids' privacy online, gives companies a year to comply
September 3, 2020
https://www.medianama.com/2020/09/223-uk-childrens-code-data-protection-privacy/

The United Kingdom’s Children’s Code — under its Data Protection Act 2018 — that outlines 15 standards of privacy and security that online services that cater to children must adhere to, came into force yesterday, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced.

This Code applies to social media platforms, streaming services, connected toys and all other services that process children’s data. Such organisations now have twelve months to get their services and products up to code or face audits, assessments, or fines up to 4% of global turnover or £17 million, whichever is higher.
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The ICO had published the Children’s Code, formally called the Age Appropriate Design Code, in January. The code covers all services that design, develop or provide online services that are likely to be accessed by children and which process their data. Children are defined as people up to the age of 18 years.
To adhere with the code, services will have to automatically, or by design, provide children with a “built-in baseline of data protection” as per 15 standards which include: [...]

What will happen in this transition period? During these twelve months, organisations can get in touch with the ICO to understand the code, and the office will develop a package to help them adapt their online products and services before September 2, 2021.
Will all online services be equally affected? No. Services such as apps, connected toys, social media platforms, online games, educational websites and streaming services that use, analyse and profile children’s data, are likely to have to do more to conform to the code.
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ICO: ICO’s Children’s Code will help protect children online

A statutory code requiring organisations to provide better online privacy protections for children comes into force today, triggering the start of a 12 month transition period.
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