Extract from oral answer (Lords) on UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - Nov 16

Tuesday, 17 November 2020 07:57

Baroness Kidron (CB) [V]: My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the 5Rights Foundation. During the passage of the Data Protection Act 2018 this House introduced an amendment to create a data protection regime for children which specifically bound the legislation to the UNCRC. This provided an impenetrable barrier from what was to become a co-ordinated attack of global tech companies trying to water down the protections. It was impenetrable because government regulators and officials...Request free trial