In recent news, the ICO will be launching a protection code for children to have online in order to protect them in Fall of 2021. This code has fifteen measures that it has in order for the completion of the code. These fifteen measures include; best interests of the child, data protection impact assessments, age-appropriate applications, transparency, detrimental use of data, policy and community standards, default settings, data minimisation, data sharing, geolocation, parental controls, profiling, nudge techniques, connected toys and devices, and online tools.
According to Elizabeth Denham, an information commissioner, told sources that she believes the implementation of this code will be transformative. I agree as well with this statements, when reading this article it discussed many beneficial resources this code will contain not only for a child but for their parents as well. This code will protect children and will relieve stress for a parent in worrying if their child is being safe on the internet or not. One of the fifteen measures I found most beneficial was data sharing, this measure will protect children from sharing their personal information. Children are very vulnerable when it comes to sharing their own information because they do not know any better. With this code it will help protect children from various dangers of the internet world.
To read more on this topic, click the following link. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/online-safety-children-ico-social-media-age-appropriate-kids-a9296261.html
LIS 4022 Spring 2020 