Research On The Protection Of Minors’ Personal Information In The Context Of The Internet

At present,China has entered the Internet era.And the life and study of minors are closely related to the Internet.While the widespread use of the Internet facilitates the lives and studies of minors,it also further increases the risk of minors’ personal information being illegally collected and used.The Civil Code,the Personal Information Protection Law,and others provide basic norms for the protection of minors’ personal information,but these norms are relatively general and cannot be accurately and uniformly operated in accordance with the requirements of the Internet age.Therefore,it is necessary to make more detailed provisions on the protection of minors’ personal information.As far as the current protection of minors’ personal information in China is concerned,there are mainly problems such as imperfect guardian consent systems,defects in the hierarchical protection mechanism for minors of different ages,user portraits of minors,relatively low compensation standards in judicial practice,and long storage of minors’ personal information on the Network.China should learn from the EU General Data Protection Regulation,the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act,etc.and the useful experience of other countries.Minors are divided into three age groups: under 14 years old,14-16 years old,and 16-18 years old.Different protection methods are adopted for minors of different ages.Legislation should improve the method of obtaining guardian consent,and adopt different methods to obtain guardian consent according to the risks faced by minors’ personal information.At the same time,a negative list of guardian consent content is set up,and the privacy policy is improved to provide it to facilitate the guardian’s consent.Set obligations for network operators to prohibit user profiling of minor users.Refine the deletion system,allowing minors and their guardians to delete personal information that is not related to minors,obsolete,or unfavorable without affecting the societal public interest.In order to specifically protect the lawful rights and interests of minors,punitive damages are applicable to acts that seriously infringe upon minors’ personal information rights and interests.