GDPR Update - Children & Online Consent

Introduction

The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) on 25 May 2018 caused near panic in some areas of business which rely on the internet for marketing and for the provision of services to their customers or users.

Now implementation of GDPR and ‘Brexit’ are behind us, it is time to determine whether and to what extent the GDPR will actually impact upon business.

This webinar considers the question of obtaining consent from minors in the context of businesses and has been designed to highlight to practitioners the issues raised by the GDPR limitations on child consent and the risks raised following Brexit by the potential for divergence between UK law and that of the EU.

In particular the webinar will consider the business risks for any data controller dealing with the personal data of minors where those minors may be in the EU/EEA or in the UK or another third country.

Risks considered include those which may arise but which have not yet resulted in action by regulators or by affected parties.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

Data Protection & Minors

• The basics of data protection law as applied to minors
• Comparison with e.g. contract law and medical practice as applied to children
• The GDPR as it relates to minors
• The Member State derogations as they relate to minors in different Member States
• The UK position under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the so-called ‘UK GDPR’
• The complexities and risks introduced by 'Brexit'
• Considerations regarding data transfer internationally post - ‘Brexit’
• Some post-implementation decisions of regulators which inform reading of the law

Recent Decisions of Interest

• The Skellefteå school surveillance case (Sweden)
• The Italian supervisory authority’s concern regarding TikTok (Italy)
• A case in the English Courts regarding child consent and TikTok (England)
• The BEUC complaint against TikTok (EU-wide)

This webinar was recorded on 7th June 2021