The children’s privacy and online safety regulatory landscape is evolving quickly. To keep up, companies subject to U.K. law should understand their users, enhance safety features and conduct risk assessments, all while...more
Online service providers with platforms accessible to UK children must implement more robust age-verification measures and reformulate algorithms away from "toxic" content under new draft Codes of Practice issued on 8 May...more
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator, has published an opinion on age assurance for internet society services (ISS). The opinion aims to explain how a company can use technology in...more
Following the introduction of the Age-Appropriate Design Code (the Code) on 2 September 2021, companies have questioned whether the Code applies to their online service. A recent consultation by the ICO seeks to clarify when...more
The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded a point to rebel Conservative MPs who were backing an amendment to the Online Safety Bill (the “OSB”) this week, which may result in executives at technology companies facing...more