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Keep up to date with the latest development on data protection, children’s rights in the digital environment and more with our news articles and press releases.
New UK data law: what does it mean for children’s privacy?
The new UK data law introduces significant changes in children’s data protection, including new codes of practice for EdTech, AI and automated decision-making, following years of advocacy by 5Rights.
Apple and Google expose children to data privacy breaches through misleading app age ratings
Hundreds of the most popular apps are being advertised with misleading age-ratings in Apple and Google’s app stores, leaving children in “the firing line” of targeted ads and unlawful data processing.
Canada’s regulator announces new children’s privacy code, now lawmakers must follow
Following years of engagement with 5Rights, Canada’s Privacy Commissioner just announced a children’s privacy code. Now, the newly elected Government must make the protection of children’s rights and privacy online a national priority.
TikTok, Reddit and Imgur investigated for UK Age Appropriate Design Code breach
The UK’s data regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office, has launched investigations under the Age Appropriate Design Code– marking a positive step forward for children’s data protection, but more is needed.
5Rights awarded inaugural Privacy and Human Rights Award
Today at RightsCon in Taipei, 5Rights has been recognised for its remarkable leadership on the intersection of privacy, data protection and children’s rights.
UK bolsters legal basis of Age Appropriate Design Code
In a major win for 5Rights, the UK Government has introduced a legal requirement for online services to consider children’s rights and needs when processing their data, by design and default. This move emboldens the Age Appropriate Design Code, strengthening protections to children’s data.
ICO research illustrates risk to children’s data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published new research detailing the misuse of children’s data and announced notices to three companies suspected to have failed to comply with the Age Appropriate Design Code.
UK Government must uphold children’s privacy in new data law
5Rights welcomes the draft proposals of the UK Data Bill that strengthen the accountability of tech firms on children’s safety but warns that many of the most problematic aspects to water down data protection remain.
5Rights calls for robust enforcement to protect children’s data
Three years into the Age Appropriate Design Code’s enforcement, the Information Commissioner’s Office has failed to meet the Code’s foundational aims. At 5Rights, we’ve raised what must change to stop the continual misuse of children’s data.
New UK Bill to strengthen regulations protecting children online
Member of Parliament to introduce new legislation that could strengthen children’s rights online. The ‘Digital Safety and Data Protection Bill’ will have implications for the Online Safety Act, children’s data protection, and phones in schools.
Four “immensely influential women” challenge Surveillance Capitalism
Leading voices spoke at the Harvard Kennedy School on the need to reform for-profit information collection and exploitation, affirming that it isn’t too late, but is urgent.
Celebrating 3 years of the Age Appropriate Design Code
Today marks the third anniversary of the UK’s Age Appropriate Design Code. During this time, the Code’s influence has spread globally and proven that services can be redesigned to protect children.