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Public Policy Updates

• February 2008
• June 2007
• January 2007

February 2008

• 1. New ICC/ESOMAR International Code
• 2. The European Commission’s Data Privacy Working Party
• 3. The EU Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices
• 4. The EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive
• 5. European Commission White Paper on Obesity
• 6. EU developing policy on RFID and e-privacy
• 7. EU developing policy on children’s privacy issues
• 8. Ensuring ISO 20252 compliance from subcontractors
• 9. Huge fines for silent calls in the UK
• 10. US House approves Do-Not-Call improvement legislation
• 11. US push for registry of drug makers’ gifts to doctors
• 12. Victory for issue polling in Florida
• 13. Global data storage and retention
• 14. Political robocalls, ADAD and IVR

Further information

For more information please contact Anna Alù:

a.alu@esomar.org

Public Policy Update - February 2008

 

7. Children’s privacy issues

The European Commission public consultation on safer internet for children last year focused on illegal and harmful content, user-generated and on-line communications. It highlighted the useful role of internet in education, information and entertainment and the difficulty of completely protecting children and young people from harmful, illegal or sexually undesirable content. Meanwhile a Eurobarometer survey on children’s usage of online technologies published in August 2007 showed that children are generally aware of the potential online risks and the necessary precautions.

Next steps: The Commission wants to harmonise legislation to prevent on-line children abuse. It will continue promoting awareness and educational campaigns and push this up the political agenda. It will also refine how the EU's Safer Internet programme can best contribute to internet and mobile phone child safety. Researchers should take extra care when surveying children online.

More information

• ESOMAR guideline on interviewing children and young people :
  http://www.esomar.org/uploads/pdf/ESOMAR_Codes&Guidelines_
  InterviewingChildren.pdf

• Eurobarometer survey:
  http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/sip/eurobarometer
  /index_en.htm
  http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/sip/public_consultation
  /index_en.htm

   

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