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The Attorney General’s Office joins the State Pact proposal to protect children and adolescents in the digital realm

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom November 20, 2023November 22, 2023Attorney General’s Office, Childhood, Data Protection, Digital rights, Spanish Agency for Data Protection, State Pact Digital Minors

The proposal for a state pact to defend minors in the digital realm has new institutional support: the Juvenile Unit of the Attorney General’s Office (FGE in its Spanish abbreviation). The Juvenile Unit, led by chief prosecutor Eduardo Esteban, is joining this civil society initiative, the result of a consensus between six entities – the European Association for Digital Transition (EADT), promoter of the initiative, plus Save The Children, Fundación ANAR, iCMedia, Dale la Vuelta and UNICEF – and which already has support from the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD).

The EADT launches the campaign ‘A un clic de ayudarles’ (‘Just a click away from helping them’) to raise awareness about the risks children and adolescents face online

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom May 24, 2023May 24, 2023Childhood, Consumers, Data Protection, Privacy, Spanish Agency for Data Protection

Today the European Association for Digital Transition is launching the campaign ‘A un click de ayudarles‘ (‘Just a click away from helping them’) in collaboration with the Atresmedia Foundation, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) and the ANAR Foundation (helping children and teenagers at risk). The aim of this initiative is to encourage parents to take a more active role in the online activity of minors, alerting them to its risks – such as cyberbullying, isolation or self-esteem problems – and also to the characteristics of certain business models on the platforms and social networks, which are based on profiling the minor’s data for Its subsequent commercialisation via advertising.

What do children and adolescents need on the Internet? Tune into the conference ‘The survival of minors in a data-driven world’

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom November 7, 2022December 6, 2022Childhood, Data Protection, Privacy, Spanish Agency for Data Protection

Being a child or teenager in the digital age is a very different experience from what previous generations had. From a very early age, minors are exposed to the fact that, through the Internet and social networks, their personal data is commercialized, and this use of private information can have consequences for the future that we barely perceive. And, like adults, they also suffer from some of the most harmful effects of the Internet, such as false information or the creation of information bubbles. In this, the big tech companies do not discriminate: the algorithm knows virtually nothing about being of legal age.

“Europeans should feel proud we live on the continent that most respects privacy”

European Association for Digital Transition Rights and freedom February 28, 2022March 7, 2022Data Protection, Interviews, Privacy, Spanish Agency for Data Protection

It’s moving day at the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD in its Spanish abbreviation), as Mar España’s mandate as director, having been appointed in July 2015, is about to end. For this reason, Ana Caballero, Vice President of the European Association for Digital Transition, interviewed España, a top public official who has also worked in the Ombudsman’s Office and the Women’s Institute.