Data Protection: Age-appropriate Design Code

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted Excerpts

Monday 18th May 2020 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (LD)]

The guidance from the Information Commissioner says that for a service to be considered likely to be accessed by a child, the possibility of that happening needs to be more probable than not. Does that mean the probability of one or a few children accessing a site or that 50% of children might do so? Does the Minister agree that a 50% or one in two interpretation is not tight enough?

[Baroness Barran]

The noble Baroness has raised a good point. I will go back and review the guidance and perhaps I may then write to her with a response.