IEEE 2089 Principle 8 - Protection from Economic Exploitation
Protect children from economic exploitation including manipulative monetization, misleading advertising, and pressure-selling with parental gatekeeping for purchases
Where this comes from
Provision: Principle 8 - Protection from Economic Exploitation
Instrument: IEEE 2089-2021
Citation: IEEE 2089-2021, Standard for an Age Appropriate Digital Services Framework, Principle 8: Protection from Economic Exploitation
Text version: IEEE 2089-2021
Who it applies to
It applies when all of these are true:
- Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18
- Service uses content personalization
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Prohibited action is technically blocked
- Users cannot bypass the restriction
- Clear messaging explains why action is blocked
- Attempts are logged for compliance monitoring
- Test that prohibited action fails gracefully
Questions people ask
- Does IEEE 2089 Principle 8 - Protection from Economic Exploitation apply to my service?
- It applies when Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18; Service uses content personalization.
- From when does this apply?
- IEEE 2089 Principle 8 - Protection from Economic Exploitation applies from 10 November 2021. Its current status is: in force.
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