In the study Methods for Obtaining Parental Consent and Maintaining Children Rights we have mapped existing methods for age verification and obtaining parental (or guardian) consent for the purposes of processing personal data of children in various apps and games that are used by children. Moreover, we have assessed how the age verification and parental consent methods in these digital services that we have identified can be assessed based on the data protection and children’s
rights framework.
The purpose of this study was not to do a full compliance check on what methods are used and how they have been implemented but to determine how they comply with the directly relevant provisions in the GDPR, including Article 8 GDPR on parental consent. Furthermore, we did examine how the methods relate to the principles of data minimisation and privacy by design, given that these are particularly relevant to the protection of children.