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CIPL Publishes Key Takeaways from Age Assurance and Age Verification Tools Roundtable

Hunton Privacy

Representatives from CIPL member companies, data protection authorities, civil society and experts exchanged views on the effectiveness of different methodologies and emerging best practices to shield minors from harmful or inappropriate content. Children may falsify their age in order to access online services.

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World Youth Skills Day 2023: Engaging Youth with Cybersecurity

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It highlights the essential role of teachers, trainers, and other educators in providing skills for youth to transition to the labor market and actively engage in their communities and societies. This is when children start participating in cyber and digital activities and develop disciplinary preferences and career aspirations.

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UK ICO Publishes Updated Opinion on Age Assurance

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On January 18, 2024, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published an updated Opinion on age assurance for the Children’s Code (the “Opinion”). The Children’s Code is a statutory code of practice setting out how information society services likely to be accessed by children should protect children’s information rights online.

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The UK Data Protection Regulator Fines TikTok £12.7 Million

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They did not do enough to check who was using their platform or take sufficient action to remove the underage children that were using their platform.” In summary, the ICO found that TikTok breached the UK GDPR between May 2018 and July 2020 by: providing its services (i.e., fine reflects the serious impact their failures may have had.

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The growing need for digital forensic investigators

OpenText Information Management

Perhaps more disturbing is the cybercrimes committed against the most vulnerable in society – our children. According to the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center saw a record 847,376 complaints in 2021, representing a 7% increase from the prior year.

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UK: ICO rules regarding the online privacy of children enter into force

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Code seeks to regulate the provision of online services to children, providing influential guidance to businesses regarding how to build such services in a way that complies with UK data protection law. In this context, the importance of setting clear guardrails for businesses who interact with children online has become apparent.

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CIPL Submits Comments on Irish DPC’s Guidance on Safeguarding Personal Data of Children

Hunton Privacy

However, there are also some fundamental differences between them, including an outright prohibition on the profiling of children in the Draft Guidance. Provide that the obligation not to “downgrade” services should only apply to services intended for children.