The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
has issued further guidance as to what it shall consider an online
service "likely to be accessed by children" for
the purposes of the Age Appropriate Design Code (the
Children's Code).
Our Commercial and Technology teams explore the Children's
Code and the updated ICO guidance.
What is the Children's Code?
The Children's Code came into force on September 2020 and is
a statutory code of practice (designed and developed by the ICO)
which applies to all organisations providing online services
likely to be accessed by children under the age of 18.
The Children's Code, therefore, applies to providers of
Apps, online games, websites and social media sites.
