Privacy and the online world in 2016
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Predictions for the hot talking points for 2016 regarding families and the internet.
By Geraldine Bedell, Parent Zone editorial director
Just before Christmas, the EU passed new regulations concerning online privacy. The text still has to be approved and won’t become official for another couple of years – but the regulations mean, for example, that companies won’t be able to pass on information they’ve collected about users to a third party without the user’s permission. (If, like me, you’re a cynic, expect your T&Cs to become even more opaque.)
Tucked in among the new regs was one saying that social media sites must increase the age at which young people can access their services without their parents’ permission, from 13 to 16. Cue an outcry from tech companies, alarmed by the costs of policing this (you won’t find them saying so, but they can’t keep under-13s off as it is) and from child protection bodies, worried that young people will be barred from accessing helpful informatio...
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