UK children’s digital privacy code comes into effect

Age Appropriate Design Code mandates apps to take best interests' of child users into account

A sweeping set of regulations governing how online services should treat children's data have been welcomed by campaigners as they come into effect.

The Age Appropriate Design Code - which was written into law as part of the 2018 Data Protection Act, which also implemented GDPR in the UK - mandates websites and apps from Thursday to take the best interests" of their child users into account, or face fines of up to 4% of annual global turnover.