The ICO (UK data protection authority) has confirmed its Age Appropriate Design Code. A lot of potentially onerous requirements on online companies (including games) to protect children's interests online. Code expected to come into effect by autumn 2021.https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/key-data-protection-themes/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services/ …
This is part of wider trend in UK legislation to reduce what the Government perceives as "online harms" (e.g. the Online Harms White Paper, Online Harms Reduction Regulator (Report) Bill). The EU is also thinking about this area too: https://www.ft.com/content/e9aa1ed4-ad35-11e9-8030-530adfa879c2 ….
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Some of the more potentially onerous requirements of the AADC are: (1) putting children's data setting on 'high privacy' by default; (2) establish age of users with a level of certainty; and (3) provide prominent tools to help children understand their rights and how to report.
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The full 15 code standards are listed here:https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/key-data-protection-themes/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services/code-standards/ …
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