Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed)

1:30 pm

Professor Barry O'Sullivan:

Yes but usually not enough to buy fancy shoes, a nice dress, nice trousers and so on. To get around the digital age of consent, if someone is under the age of 13 years, he or she can turn off data profiling. If the company does not gather their data and profile them, the children are in good shape.