Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 5
5
Accepted
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Commit to strengthening the Age-Appropriate Design Code and laying revised version promptly.
Recommendation
The Government should commit to ensuring that the Age-Appropriate Design Code is strengthened rather than undermined by data protection reform and to laying the revised code as soon as is practicable.
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the recommendation, committing to ensure that forthcoming data protection reforms will not undermine the Age-Appropriate Design Code. The ICO will update its guidance, including the code, as soon as practicable once the Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill receives Royal Assent.
Paragraph Reference:
52
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
We agree with this recommendation. The Government agrees that the Age Appropriate Design Code is a fundamental element of the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018, providing critical protections to protect children online and ensure their data rights are protected. We will ensure that forthcoming reforms to the UK’s data protection regime do not undermine any aspect of the Age-Appropriate Design Code. The ICO will be updating a range of guidance impacted by changes in the Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill. It will look to make any changes and updates as soon as practical to provide 6 Connected tech: smart or sinister?: Government and Information Commissioner’s Office Response regulatory certainty, including to the code, once the Bill receives Royal Assent.