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Sexual Extortion and Nonconsensual Pornography
Carrying on a tradition of high quality and original research the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children has just released a report containing a chilling set of insights into the horrors that can overtake children and young people who … Continue reading →
Posted in Child abuse images, Consent, Internet governance, Regulation, Self-regulation
Final version of the letter to the NTIA
The UK children’s charities sent this in to the NTIA on 17th July, 2018. Dear NTIA, Thank you for this opportunity to submit comments on the future of the US Government’s international internet policy priorities. One in three human internet users is … Continue reading →
Problems with consent
Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote a wonderful sonnet which opens with this famous line “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways” She then lists eight or nine. Here is the Oxford English Dictionary definition of “consent” Permission for … Continue reading →
France goes for 15 as the Article 8 age – a hodgepodge cometh
The GDPR comes into full force in just over two months. One of the small number of derogations the GDPR allows is for a Member State to choose a minimum age of consent for the purposes of processing data online. … Continue reading →
The UK’s draft guidance on children and the GDPR
The British data protection authority (DPA) – the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – kept its promise and released a guidance note on children and the GDPR before the end of the year. In fact, it came out on 21st December. People can … Continue reading →
Radical stuff
At the end of November the Article 29 Working Party published its proposed guidelines on consent. It has invited comments. The closing date is 23rd January, 2018. A preliminary point: Article 6 of the GDPR sets out six different bases on … Continue reading →
Posted in Age verification, Consent, Default settings, E-commerce, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
Questions about the GDPR
Thanks to a series of guidance notes that have been issued by the Article 29 Working Party we now know a lot more about the way several parts of the GDPR are likely to work when they come into force … Continue reading →
Posted in Consent, Default settings, E-commerce, Facebook, Google, Internet governance, Privacy, Regulation, Self-regulation
GDPR – Chapter 724
The UK’s children’s organizations have submitted a detailed note to our data protection authority – the Office of the Information Commissioner. I won’t try to summarise it here. You can download it from the CHIS website. If you have any … Continue reading →
Posted in Age verification, Consent, Regulation, Self-regulation
Election 2017 – a Digital Manifesto
Age verification for pornography sites was a key measure advocated in the Digital Manifesto published by the UK children’s charities ahead of the 2015 General Election. Earlier this week that proposal was adopted in the Digital Economy Act, 2017. This shows … Continue reading →
Brussels Bulletin – report back on GDPR matters
Earlier this week in Brussels the Article 29 Working Party and the Commission independently organized two separate sets of meetings on the GDPR. They were arranged sequentially. This meant I was able to go to both. Article 29 came first. … Continue reading →
Posted in Age verification, Consent, Default settings, E-commerce, Regulation, Self-regulation
