Plugged in: Nearly one-third of all internet users in India are aged under 19 - K MURALI KUMAR
Plugged in: Nearly one-third of all internet users in India are aged under 19 - K MURALI KUMAR×
India’s privacy law must balance the rights of children with online safety While the necessity to protect the interests of children online is a foregone conclusion, the challenge is to do so while respecting their autonomy Even the laws on child labour allow children under 14 to work autonomously in non-hazardous industries; however, according to the PDP Bill, the same children cannot sign up for online jobs without parental consent
December 18, 2020
Indian laws such as the Juvenile Justice Act, the Evidence Act, and child labour laws, recognise that children are at different levels of maturity in the 13-18 age group, so to have a blanket age of 18 is not something that is very good for Indian children, Aparajita Bharti, co-founder of Young Leaders for Active Citizenship, an organisation that works with young people across 10 Indian cities, said.
This came as a part of MediaNama’s discussion, hosted with the support of Facebook and Google, on how the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 deals with children’s privacy and data rights. The Bill proposes that any entity that collects or processes children’s data take consent from their parent or guardian before doing so.
December 8, 2020
We are happy to announce speakers for our online discussion on children and internet, being held tomorrow (Wed, Dec 9), with a focus on how the Personal Data Protection Bill deals with children’s data privacy. We have 150+ attendees confirmed, and registrations will close today.
We will be discussing issues around children’s use of online services (educational apps, games, or streaming video), including the role of guardian data fiduciaries, implications of restriction on profiling of children’s data, implications of restrictions on age of consent, etc.
Session Plan
02:15 PM – 03:30 PM: Session 1: Discussion on Children and Consent
Aparajita Bharti, Young Leaders for Active Citizenship