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Age appropriate design: a code of practice for online services
- Executive summary
- Code standards
- About this code
- Services covered by this code
- Transitional arrangements
- Standards of age appropriate design
- 1. Best interests of the child
- 2. Data protection impact assessments
- 3. Age appropriate application
- 4. Transparency
- 5. Detrimental use of data
- 6. Policies and community standards
- 7. Default settings
- 8. Data minimisation
- 9. Data sharing
- 10. Geolocation
- 11. Parental controls
- 12. Profiling
- 13. Nudge techniques
- 14. Connected toys and devices
- 15. Online tools
- Governance and accountability
- Enforcement of this code
- Glossary
- Annex A: Services covered by the code flowchart
- Annex B: Age and developmental stages
- Annex C: Lawful basis for processing
- Annex D: DPIA template
- Additional resources

Age appropriate design code

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