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Information Commissioner's Office opened investigation into children's online privacy in ten popular mobile games

On 1 December 2025, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) opened an investigation into children’s online privacy in ten popular mobile games, announcing a monitoring programme that will assess each game’s compliance with default privacy settin…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: app stores, software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2025-12-01
under deliberation

On 1 December 2025, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) opened an investigation into childr…