GDPR-K Article 17(1) / Recital 65 - Right to erasure of childhood data
Facilitate the right to erasure of childhood data, especially when consent was given as a child and the data subject later wishes to remove it upon reaching adulthood
Where this comes from
Provision: Article 17(1) / Recital 65 - Right to erasure of childhood 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, Article 17(1)(f) and Recital 65
Text version: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, consolidated
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 retention period — any answer
- Service allows user-generated content
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- A user/guardian can request access, deletion, and export from the account UI
- Deletion removes or irreversibly anonymizes the data across primary stores and backups within the required window
- Export is provided in a structured, machine-readable format
- Requests, identity checks, and fulfillment are logged with timestamps
- A request that fails identity verification is refused safely (no data disclosed) and the user can retry
Questions people ask
- Does GDPR-K Article 17(1) / Recital 65 - Right to erasure of childhood data apply to my service?
- It applies when Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18; Service requires/offers account registration; Data retention period — any answer; Service allows user-generated content.
- From when does this apply?
- GDPR-K Article 17(1) / Recital 65 - Right to erasure of childhood data applies from 25 May 2018. Its current status is: in force.
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