Kidron, gaining cross-party support, introduced an amendment to The Data Protection Act 2018 that gave effect to the requirement to offer children specific data protection. That amendment became section 123 of the Act and required the Information Commissioner to introduce a code of data protection standards that would protect children by making online services ‘age appropriate’. When a draft Age Appropriate Design Code was put forward by the Information Commissioner in January 2020, Baroness Kidron stated “Children and their parents have long been left with all of the responsibility but no control.
Kidron, gaining bipartisan backing, introduced an amendment to The Data Protection Act 2018 that implemented the need to provide children with specific data protection. This amendment became section 123 of the Act and required the Information Commissioner to introduce a code of data protection standards that would safeguard children by making online services 'suitable for their age'. When a draft Age Appropriate Design Code was presented by the Information Commissioner in January 2020, Baroness Kidron stated “Children and their parents have long been left with all the responsibility but no control.