Roundtable meets to discuss the GDPR

On Friday, 23 June 2017, legislators, Data Protection Authorities (DPAs), industry, education stakeholders and civil society representatives from across Europe met in Brussels, Belgium, to discuss the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with a particular focus on its implications for children's rights.

Date 2017-06-23 Author BIK Team
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From May 2018, the GDPR will take effect in the EU aiming to strengthen, simplify and harmonise data protection regimes across Europe, giving individuals control over how their data are processed. It also explicitly acknowledges that children merit specific protection. Yet, from a children's rights perspective, Article 8 – which contains requirements regarding parental consent for the processing of personal data of children under 16 (or 15, 14 or 13, if Member States so legislate) – has sparked a great deal of controversy and confusion. In addition, provisions regarding profiling and their application to children are the subject of diverging views.

Against this background, this Roundtable event, organised by European Schoolnet, Ghent University and KU Leuven, brought together a diverse group of stakeholders for a more in-depth discussion of implementation challenges, such as:

  • The history, rationale and future guidance as regards the GDPR.
  • Challenges for DPAs, industry, parents and children.
  • Article 8, parental consent and codes of conduct.
  • Profiling, behavioural marketing and data protection impact assessments.
  • Implications for data protection and privacy education.

Follow the discussions from the day on Twitter using the hashtags #GDPR and #childrights.

And keep checking the Better Internet for Kids (BIK) portal for outcomes from the day and further insights over the coming months as we head towards the implementation date of the GDPR or, for further information, contact gdpr-roundtable@eun.org.

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