The U.S. Law Library of Congress published a report exploring children's data protection standards in 10 European Union jurisdictions, including the EU's own overarching regulations and policies. The other nine countries analyzed were France, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and the non-EU member U.K. The report dives into current landscape for children's data protection in each case study before analyzing the protection of children in regards to targeted advertising.
Children’s Online Privacy and Data Protection in Selected European Countries

CDPO, CDPO/BR, CDPO/FR, CIPM, CIPP/A, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CIPT, LGPD
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