The subject of the British Commissioner’s Office for Information (ICO) will be the way in which Thicketowned Chinese company Bytedanceuses personal data of users aged 13 to 17 – will take Euronews.
The British control body will also check how American platformsImgur and Reddit They assess the age of their juvenile users in Great Britain.
Euronews reports that in a survey published on Monday by ICO, About 42 percent of British parents have declared that they have a small or any control over information collected on internet platforms about their children.
Children under special protection
“Welcome to technology and innovations that companies such as social media bring to Great Britain and want them to develop in our economy. But it can’t take place at the expense of children’s privacy” – Euronews quotes the statement of John Edwards, British Commissioner for Information.
“Responsibility for ensuring the safety of children on the Internet lies with companies offering these servicesand my office invariably undertakes to pull them to be responsible, “added Edwards, emphasizing the duty of platforms to comply with the data protection law.
Euronews reminds that, according to English law, most online services must be in line with the general Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which also applies in the European Union countries and with the Code of the Child. Therefore, users under 18 are “special protection”.
Gigantic penalties
In April 2023, the British ICO imposed on a thymus fine of 12.7 million pounds (EUR 14.5 million). Five months later, In September 2023, the Irish Data Protection Commission imposed a penalty on a thicket of EUR 345 million For violations of the GDPR in the scope of processing children’s data – reminds EURONEWS.
Source: Euronews
