Ms Grainia Long:

The general data protection regulation GDPR, has been passed by the European Commission. During the latter stages of its passage, a change was made to enable all EU member states to set age barriers at their discretion. Some states wanted the minimum age set at 13 whereas others wanted it at 14, 15 or 16. We have found it difficult to answer at what age a barrier should be created. The ISPCC throughout its history has shied away from setting age barriers because one 13 year old is very different from another 13 year old or from a 16 year old. We need to be less focused in this regard on arbitrary age barriers and more focused on giving the ODSC the ability and power to set guidelines.

The answer to this will be how the app developer operates and markets to the target audience, rather than making a decision that the app is appropriate for those aged 13 years and upwards because the latter would be difficult to enforce.