Main inspection for the protection of the child at Tikkok, Reddit, Imgur

The British data protection guard has announced a “large examination” of the child protection measures of three popular apps: Tikkok, Reddit and Imgur.

The information commissioner's office (ICO) said that child protection was previously made to X, Sendit, bending, daily movement and Viber.

The ICO examines both age review processes and whether the apps break the law in the way they use the personal data of children.

Today we announce three investigations to examine the privacy of their children's users in Great Britain.

Our examination of TikTok is considering how the platform uses personal information from 13 to 17-year-olds in Great Britain to obtain recommendations for you and to provide proposed content for your feeds […]

Our studies on Imgur and Reddit consider how the platforms use the personal data of the British children and their use of old -age security measures. Age protection plays an important role in the maintenance of children and their personal information, surely online. There are tools or approaches with which the age of a child can be estimated or verified with which the services can be tailored to their needs or access to be restricted.

The organization stated that a number of other apps needed last year to improve the protection of users under the age of 18.

• X has stopped using advertising for users under the age of 18. The ability to separate under the age of 18 to separate for geolocalization; improved public transparency materials for under 18 years; And created a dedicated help center for child users and parents.
• Sendit has automatically stopped, including geolocalization information in children's profiles, while Beaeal has stopped publishing their exact location online. These changes can keep children in the physical world safer.
• Dailymotion has implemented new data protection and transparency measures in which children are encouraged not to share personal information.
• Viber has undertaken to switch off the personalized advertising for children and ensure that the standard acquisition experience of children is not based on their behavioral data or profiles.

In addition to a similar data protection protection for the EU, the British law also requires apps and online platforms to minimize the personal data collected by children and apply additional data protection measures when processing.

BBC News Has short statements from Tikkok and Reddit, while Imgur had not answered at the time of writing.

The BBC announced Tikok that its recommendation systems were carried out under “strict and comprehensive measures that protect the privacy and security of teenagers”. […]

The BBC announced that 95% of its users are adults, but they have plans to make changes this year to deal with the updates for British regulations in relation to old -age insurance. “

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