Are Children Using The Internet Or Is It Using Them? - The ICO's Age Appropriate Design Code

UK data privacy regulator, the ICO, has published the final version of its age appropriate design code (the Children's code). This will already be familiar to those providing content intended for children, with refinement of the drafting following consultation with industry and users in 2019. But it reaches further than you might imagine, and it will be important for many organisations to assess and implement compliance in the 12 month transition period allowed for compliance.

What's in and what's out?

The Children's code applies to information society services likely to be accessed by children (under 18s). Recognising the increasing role of the digital world in young people's lives, it puts their protection first. It was developed under the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018 for the development of a series of Codes of Practice to help organisations to apply privacy law in specific situations.