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GDPR-K Articles 13 & 14 - Information to be provided when collecting children's data

Provide children and their parents/guardians with all required information about data collection, processing purposes, legal basis, recipients, and rights in a child-appropriate format

HIGHDisclosure dutyTransparencyBinding regulationIn forceApplies from 25 May 2018

Where this comes from

Provision: Articles 13 & 14 - Information to be provided when collecting children's data

Instrument: General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679

Citation: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, Articles 13 and 14

Text version: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, consolidated

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Who it applies to

It applies when all of these are true:

  • Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18
  • Service requires/offers account registration
  • Data categories collected — any answer

What engineering work it implies

Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:

  • Disclosure is accessible within 2 clicks from main navigation
  • Content is written at appropriate reading level (8th grade for general, lower for kids)
  • Disclosure includes: what data is collected, why, how long kept, who it's shared with
  • Last updated date is visible on the disclosure
  • Disclosure is available in all languages the product supports

Questions people ask

Does GDPR-K Articles 13 & 14 - Information to be provided when collecting children… apply to my service?
It applies when Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18; Service requires/offers account registration; Data categories collected — any answer.
From when does this apply?
GDPR-K Articles 13 & 14 - Information to be provided when collecting children… applies from 25 May 2018. Its current status is: in force.

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