Information Commissioner's Office Publishes Blog Piece On Three Elements Of The Children's Code Standards

The blog post focuses on the following three standards:

• best interests of the child;
• detrimental use of children's data; and
• data minimisation.

The ICO explains that the concept of the best interests of the child comes from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Put simply, the best interests of the child are whatever is best for any individual child using your service.

Organisations should consider how their use of children's data impacts on the range of rights children hold under the UNCRC. Four general parts of the UNCRC that organisations should be addressing are:

1. children have the right to be safe from commercial exploitation (UNCRC Article 32): internet society services should avoid default personalised targeting of service features that generate revenue; organisations should think about how they can provide transparent information around how children's data may be monetised; personalised advertising should not