UK’s data regulator yet to enforce single child protection case

The UK policy, which applies to children under 18-years-old, was supposed to force tech firms to build in protections by default, and explain privacy settings in a way a child would understand. — dpa

The UK’s data protection watchdog is yet to take action against any company for breaching rules designed to protect children from predatory data harvesting practices, two years after they were introduced.

The failure to make an example of companies violating the rules is indicative of the regulator’s shift to be more business friendly at a cost of upholding children’s privacy rights, say digital rights groups.