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Children in information security are minors who use digital devices and online services, often lacking the experience to identify risks like scams, inappropriate content, or privacy threats. Their interactions with apps, games, and social media create specific vulnerabilities, such as exposure to online grooming, cyberbullying, and unauthorized data collection. Protecting children requires understanding these unique digital behaviors and the ways attackers exploit them.
Security efforts focus on implementing age-appropriate privacy settings, secure authentication methods, and content controls that limit harmful exposure. Compliance with laws regulating data collection from minors is essential to prevent unauthorized use of their personal information. Effective protection combines technical safeguards with education to help children recognize risks and develop safe online habits. Monitoring for threats targeting children also involves analyzing patterns specific to their digital environments.
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The UK’s ICO has fined Reddit over £14m for failing to use children’s personal information lawfully
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has launched an investigation into the mobile gaming sector
ICO warned that growing hacks by children into school computer systems is setting them up for “a life of cybercrime”
Ofcom’s Protection of Children Codes and Guidance lists 40 new child safety measures for tech firms
The UK’s information commissioner has warned that all digital firms using children’s data must follow the GDPR
The Information Commissioner’s Office is now investigating how TikTok uses 13–17-year-olds’ personal information
Ukrainian officials say Russian intelligence is using video games to trick children into helping the enemy
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust said a single attack compromised the systems of three NHS entities
The NHS Trust is investigating the incident with the help of the National Crime Agency
TikTok has committed to permanently withdraw the Lite Rewards program from the EU, after legal proceedings were launched relating to its risks to users, particularly children
The US government is taking TikTok to court for alleged violations of the COPPA regulation
The UK’s ICO has identified children’s privacy concerns in 11 social media and video sharing platforms, warning of regulatory action if these issues are not addressed
Every Child Online, a UK charity, tackles the digital divide and potential cybersecurity skills gap by offering free refurbished IT equipment to underprivileged children
UK privacy regulator, the ICO, urges social media and video sharing firms to do more to protect children’s data
Kaspersky also noted smart home device popularity and malicious apps as threats to children in 2024
Regulator alleged Microsoft knowingly collected personal information from children
Replika accused of posing risk to children
The ongoing incident has impacted clinical and corporate systems, as well as some hospital phone lines and webpages
DfE oversight leads to misuse of data on 28 million children
The new legislation will implement some of the strictest privacy requirements in the US