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Age-Appropriate Design Code Act

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Baker McKenzie recently hosted a roundtable discussion focused on Online Safety and Privacy for Children and Teenagers, led by Elizabeth Denham CBE, former UK Information Commissioner and consultant to our Toronto and London offices, and our California privacy and consumer protection partners Lothar Determann and Jonathan Tam. The session covered online youth protection laws and the perceived issues they’re intended to address, including protecting kids’ and teens’ mental health; the appropriateness of online materials and…

California recently enacted the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“Act”) with the stated intention of requiring businesses to consider the best interests of minors under the age of 18 when designing, developing and providing online services. If your business currently offers online services that are likely to be accessed by minors in California, you should consider starting to prepare Data Protection Impact Assessments in accordance with the Act as soon as possible because the law…