Children’s rights under the Data Protection Act
All children have the right to their privacy, both in their home and outside it. This right is guaranteed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the constitution and the Data Protection Act.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child states, among other things, that:
children have the right to express their opinion on everything related to them. Children's opinions should be weighted
children should be protected from unlawful interference in their honour and reputation
The parents are the main responsibility for the child's care and development and they should do what is best for the child.
This means that children should be taken seriously and that parents and others should listen to their opinions.
Personal data of children are particularly protected because children are less aware of their rights, risks and consequences associated with the processing of such data.
Parents, guardians and other caregivers responsible for their children should be aware of their rights to personal protection and respect their privacy.
Controllers must always have the authority for the processing of personal data and they must consider the principles of the data protection legislation in all their processing.
Educational duty
Parents and children, as appropriate, have the right to receive information about the processing of personal data of children.
Right to defamation
The right to delete is very rich in relation to children and they may have a richer right than adults to delete information about them, for example from the internet.
