Privacy Archives - Dialogues on European Digital Transition

Experts in childhood and digitalisation propose 107 measures: It is time to act to break the dominance algorithms have over parents and educators

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom December 4, 2024December 4, 2024Childhood, Data Protection, Privacy

The report by the expert working group on the protection of minors in the online environment has entered a new phase. On Tuesday, December 3rd, the report was submitted to Spain’s Council of Ministers, culminating almost nine months of work by the Committee of Experts. This group of fifty professionals was created by the Spanish Ministry of Youth and Children to propose the best measures to take in the face of a growing problem: the negative impacts of digitalisation on children and adolescents, with phenomena such as cyberbullying, the selling of their personal data, mental health problems due to exposure on social networks, or the impact on their emotional and sexual relationships as a result of exposure to pornographic content.

Why the Spanish Data Protection Agency does not like Google Workspace for Education

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom July 18, 2024July 18, 2024Childhood, Data Protection, Google, Privacy, Spanish Agency for Data Protection

The use of technological tools in education is already common in primary and secondary schools, but over the past few months it has also become part of the debate about the possible negative effects of the use of technology among minors. Digitalisation in education, as in so many other areas, creates many benefits and opportunities. But at the same time, unfortunately, it opens the door to possible abuses by the big Internet giants, who base their business on the use of data, in this case data from a vulnerable population, that is, minors.

Comments from the EADT regarding the draft law on minors in the digital environment: We need more effective protection

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom July 1, 2024July 1, 2024Childhood, Data Protection, Privacy

The complexity of the digital environment and the protection of minors within it is a multifaceted challenge. There is no single measure that can completely solve this problem.

In this sense, the preliminary draft of the Organic Law for the protection of minors in the digital environment, presented by the Spanish government, offers real progress. But it also creates significant concerns.

Spanish government law to protect minors online is on right track but needs ambition and consensus

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom June 6, 2024June 6, 2024Childhood, Privacy, State Pact Digital Minors

The European Association for Digital Transition (EADT) takes a positive view on the draft law to protect minors in the digital realm, presented on June 4, 2024 following the Council of Ministers meeting. But all these measures could end up being ineffective if they are not implemented ambitiously, demanding accountability from platforms and online services, and with political consensus above and beyond partisanship. “It is not about pressuring companies just because, but rather about protecting children and adolescents from specific phenomena that are very dangerous”, says Ana Caballero, vice president of the EADT and spokeswoman for the organisation on issues affecting minors.

Key points from the presentation in Congress of the State Pact to protect minors in the digital realm

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom February 26, 2024February 27, 2024Childhood, Data Protection, Privacy, State Pact Digital Minors

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The State Pact to protect minors in the digital realm – an initiative promoted by the European Association for Digital Transition (EADT) – continues to gain momentum. On February 13, 2024, the EADT organised a presentation of the proposal with a symposium in the Congress of Deputies, which was inaugurated by the president of the Chamber, Francina Armengol.

It was a full morning of work and reflection, structured around several roundtables and speeches. Below please find a summary and videos from the three roundtables, as well as the final speeches by the president of the EADT, Ricardo Rodríguez Contreras, and the minister of Youth and Children, Sira Rego.

Advocates for the State Pact to protect minors in the digital realm call for regulations and measures that go beyond pornography

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom February 13, 2024February 26, 2024Childhood, Data Protection, Privacy, State Pact Digital Minors

Advocates for the State Pact to protect minors in the digital realm – the European Association for Digital Transition, Dale una Vuelta, Fundación ANAR, iCMedia, Save The Children and UNICEF España – presented their initiative on Tuesday, February 13, in the Congress of Deputies with a symposium entitled “The protection of minors in the digital realm: a social and political challenge”. The event aimed to strengthen consensus and encourage the participation of civil society in the face of political and legislative initiatives expected over the coming months, following the announcement of a law to prevent minors from accessing pornography and the creation, from the Ministry of Youth and Children, of a working group of experts in which several of these organizations form part, among them the European Association for Digital Transition itself.

The Spanish government wants to prevent minors from accessing porn: they’re right, but we need to go much further

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom January 17, 2024January 17, 2024Childhood, Consumers, Data Protection, Privacy, State Pact Digital Minors

The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has announced that the government wants to approve a law to prevent minors from accessing pornographic content online. It is, to date, the most important step forward in a political debate that has been growing ever louder in recent months, and in which the European Association for Digital Transition has been involved from the start.

Vulnerable minors on the Internet: Foundations get activated and look to Congress

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom October 10, 2023November 22, 2023Childhood, Consumers, Data Protection, Privacy, State Pact Digital Minors

This past June, six civil society organisations – the European Association for Digital Transition, EADT, promoter of the initiative, plus UNICEF, Save the Children, Dale una vuelta, iCMedia and the Fundación Anar – presented, with institutional support from the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD), a proposal for a state pact to protect minors in the digital world.

We need children to have a healthier digital life: The role of Foundations

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom September 28, 2023November 22, 2023Childhood, Data Protection, Privacy, State Pact Digital Minors

Social awareness on the risks minors face in the digital world is growing stronger. After years of taking uncritical positions, public opinion is increasingly aware that access by children and adolescents to the Internet, especially with mobile phones, involves characteristics that must be taken into account.

The case of minors on the Internet and social networks: a presence in the July 23 electoral campaign

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom July 3, 2023November 22, 2023Childhood, Data Protection, Privacy, State Pact Digital Minors

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Spanish society is increasingly more aware that improper use of the Internet and social networks by minors is a growing problem that must be faced resolutely. This is why the issue has entered the electoral campaign debate for the upcoming elections on July 23rd.

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