Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)

11:00 am

Ms Rachel Madden:

Absolutely. That is a very important issue and something we think about a lot internally. We want to strike the right balance whereby we can confirm someone's age but without asking him or her for additional information, such as a copy of his or her passport or Government identification. If a person aged under 16 tries to set up a Google account, we will ask him or her to get his or her parent to use Family Link.