Many readers may be reading this blog when a notification from
their fitness tracker pops up instructing them to stand up.
Children are now beginning to wear trackable devices too. These
devices are connected to the internet and may process a child's
personal data. Many children have and use social media accounts and
there is the additional digitisation of health and school records,
which increases the online data trail of a child.
The collection of children's personal data is an area of
concern for both the Children's Commissioner and the ICO. The
GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act 2018 therefore require extra
measures to be taken when children's data is collected. In the
UK, a child must be at least 13 years old in order to consent to
the processing of their personal data. If the personal data of a
child (below 13) is collected, a parent or guardian must provide
consent or authorise the processing of such data. Additionally,
organisations are to make "reasonable
