Current data protection safeguards for children need improving, writes Emily Carter in this week’s NLJ, which is why it’s important to continue with the Online Safety Bill despite inherent challenges.
Carter, a public law partner at Kingsley Napley, outlines existing protections including the Children’s Code, which was introduced by the Information Commissioner’s Office a year ago. She looks at what’s covered in the Bill and how it will be implemented.
Carter emphasises the need to push ahead with the Bill. She writes: ‘The organisations instrumental to the success of the legislation need certainty sooner rather than later in order to plan ahead. They will need to develop their internal systems and processes in line with the anticipated legislative obligations, especially the bigger social media platforms with existing self-regulation schemes.’
