Public Consultation on Guidance Relating to the Processing of Children’s Personal Data

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) is running a public consultation on its draft guidance entitled “Children Front and Centre: Fundamentals for a Child-Oriented Approach to Data Processing” (the “Fundamentals”). The Fundamentals introduce child-specific data protection interpretative principles and recommended measures that will enhance the level of protection afforded to children against the data processing risks posed to them by their use of/ access to services in both an online and offline world.

A copy of the Fundamentals can be downloaded from the DPC’s website www.dataprotection.ie. The DPC intends to publish on its website the content of all submissions received in response to this consultation document and the identity of the party making the submission (unless that party is an individual and has expressly requested not to be so identified). All interested parties are invited to respond to this document by making submissions/ providing their observations and comments on this document to the DPC by 31 March 2021.

Any responses should be emailed to childrensconsultation@dataprotection.ie. Alternatively, responses can be sent by post to the following address: Data Protection Commission, Children’s Policy Unit, 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, D02 RD28, Ireland.

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