The California Age-Appropriate Design Code would launch a huge online privacy experiment. And it won’t just affect children.
The ADCA does include a carve-out, stipulating that if a site or app affords a high level of data protections , it doesn’t need an age-estimation mechanism at all.
That is, if it can be enforced. Others worry that the bill’s ambiguities, including the age estimation clause, are too vague to be implemented at all. “My guess is it will probably just be ignored by tech companies,” says Justin Brookman, the director of technology policy at nonprofit Consumer Reports. “It feels like sloppy policymaking.”
The ADCA is not without precedent—the bill is modeled after similar UK legislation that went into effect in 2021. It’s unclear whether the UK Design Code has had much impact. It has yet to be enforced, despite being enforceable for a year. The country’s information commissioner, John Edwards, toldthat his office is “looking into how over 50 different online services are complying with the code.”
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