Age Appropriate Design Code

On 12 April 2019, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published its draft ‘Age appropriate design: a code of practice for online services‘. The Code sets out 16 design standards that the Commissioner will expect providers of online ‘Information Society Services’ (ISS) to meet. The Code applies if your service processes personal data and if your service is likely to be accessed by children. For the purposes of the Code, a child is defined as a person under 18 years of age.

The scope of the Code includes apps, programs, websites, games or community environments, and connected toys or devices with or without a screen. The draft Code contains practical guidance on 16 standards of age-appropriate design.

For a summary of the Code, see: https://tiga.org/news/ico-age-appropriate-design-code-tigas-summary