British children will get the right to know when their parents are spying on them online under a binding code for technology firms, a data watchdog announced on Wednesday.
Companies must tell children if their products include parental controls to limit access or watch over them and offer an "obvious sign" to show when they are being monitored under the new code from the Information Rights Commissioner (ICO).
Digital rights campaigners praised the step as progressive.
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