A Study Of The Law On The Protection Of Children’s Personal Information In The UK And Its Implications For China

This paper focuses on the General Data Protection Regulation,the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Age Appropriate Design Code,with a research focus on the regime for the protection of children’s personal information in the aforementioned laws and rules.In addition to the introduction and conclusion,the body of this paper is divided into four chapters.The introduction describes the formulation of the problem,the current status of domestic and international research and literature review,the value and significance of the research,and the structure of the paper,respectively.The first chapter introduces the differences between personal information protection and children’s personal information protection.It first clarifies the concept and characteristics of personal information from the personal information of natural persons,and argues the necessity of personal information protection.Then the special characteristics of personal information protection of children are explained,and the necessity of special protection of personal information of children is argued.The second chapter focuses on the legislative background of the UK’s personal information protection regime for children.The first section focuses on the historical evolution of the UK children’s personal information protection regime,describing how the UK children’s personal information protection has undergone changes and developments during the period of the former General Data Protection Regulation,the period of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018,and the period of the Age Appropriate Design Code,respectively.The second section elaborates on the specific regime for the protection of children’s personal information rights,including the guiding philosophy of legislation,specific regime contents,and monitoring measures and accountability mechanisms.The third chapter analyzes the age-appropriate design principle in the UK regime for the protection of children’s personal information.The first section introduces the premise of the application of the age-appropriate design principle: user age assessment,the technical dilemmas it may face,the conflict of legal values,and the solutions to these dilemmas and conflicts.The second section introduces the core elements of the age-appropriate design principle,including how the principle should be implemented and how it should be integrated with other systems for the protection of children’s personal information.The fourth chapter retrieves the legal protection of children’s personal information in China and analyzes the shortcomings,and finally makes some suggestions for the protection of minors’ personal information in China,drawing on the General Data Protection Regulation,the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Age Appropriate Design Code.These include developing an age-ability stage classification system for the psychological and physical characteristics of children of different ages,as well as relying on this system to enrich the details of specific systems such as the guardian’s consent system and the child’s right to know,so as to put this system into practice,etc,in order to better protect the personal information rights of children in China.