Member

Earlier this year, Steve Wood, previously deputy commissioner at the ICO, wrote a report on the impact of regulation on children’s digital lives. He was looking at the AADC, the OSA and the DSA, among others and, as he commenced his work, he wrote to 50 companies that make the products most popular with children. Only eight responded and not one answered his questions comprehensively. Ultimately, the greatest source of information was the written notices, which he and others trawled through to establish changes in terms across different products and features in multiple jurisdictions. Doing away with information notices makes it easier for online services to hide poor practice and harder for those of us working for safer digital products and services for children to scrutinise them. I ask the Minister: how will the information currently provided in such notices be made available if the Government choose to ignore the noble Lord’s amendments?