Duty LXD-6241
Serves under-18s, in the United Kingdom
Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 46, remedy for damage that digital content causes to a consumer's device or other digital contentsince 3 lines
Consumer Rights Act 2015, c. 15, s. 46 · Read the law's page
- This binds a trader that supplies digital content to a consumer under a contract; a trader acts for purposes relating to its trade, business, craft or profession, and a consumer is an individual acting wholly or mainly outside them (sections 2(2), 2(3) and 46(1)).
- If your digital content damages the consumer's device or other digital content, and the damage would not have occurred had you exercised reasonable care and skill, repair the damage within a reasonable time and without significant inconvenience to the consumer, bearing the necessary costs, or compensate the consumer with an appropriate payment (section 46(1) to (3)).
- Pay any compensation without undue delay and within 14 days of agreeing that the consumer is entitled to it, and charge the consumer no fee for the payment (section 46(5) and (6)).
Age Appropriate Design Code (Children's Code)since 3 lines
Data Protection Act 2018, ss. 123-125; Age Appropriate Design Code of Practice, Information Commissioner's Office · Read the law's page
- Applies to providers of information society services (apps, websites, connected toys and devices, and online games) likely to be accessed by children in the UK.
- Apply the 15 standards of age appropriate design in the Information Commissioner's statutory code, such as privacy by default and data minimisation.
- Do not use nudge techniques that weaken children's privacy protections.