The Information Commissioner’s new Age Appropriate Design Code has statutory status under the Data Protection Act, and is, therefore, an important piece of guidance. Any business providing online services aimed at, or accessed by, children will need to have regard to it (at least once it has been approved by Parliament). But the big question is whether the ICO has the will, and the resources, to take on some of the huge technology companies providing such online services, if they should breach the terms of the Code, and the underlying law.
See the full code here