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Until recently, the draft European data protection bill, which is four years in the making, set the digital age of consent at 13, mirroring Coppa.
The government is facing two difficult votes, and potential defeats, over amendments to the data protection bill that are due to be debated in the Commons on Wednesday.
The data protection bill is in "ping-pong" stage, which means the Lords and Commons send amendments back and forth between the two parliamentary chambers until they agree.
The amendment to the data protection bill, laid down by Lady Kidron, calls for technology companies to be subject to "minimum standards of age-appropriate design".
Margot James, a minister in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, announced the rethink during a parliamentary debate on the data protection bill.
The regulation will shortly be part of UK law, thanks to the data protection bill that has been working its way through parliament since September 2017, and the government has committed to maintaining it following Brexit.
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The draft communications data bill creates a significant burden for CSPs, who will be required to invest significantly in managing the balancing act between the bill and conflicting data protection and privacy law.
BERLIN — As the European Parliament prepares to overhaul the Continent's data protection laws, one legislator introduced a bill Wednesday that would create a new agency to enforce a series of measures giving Internet users greater control of their online information.
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