What information is included in private information of children in Vietnam? What are the measures to protect private information for children in the Internet environment in Vietnam?
- What information is included in private information of children in Vietnam?
- What are the measures to protect private information for children in the Internet environment in Vietnam?
- What should be done to ensure safety for children in the exchange and provision of information in the Internet environment in Vietnam?
- How to carry out communication and education to raise capacity to protect children in the Internet environment in Vietnam?
What information is included in private information of children in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 33 of Decree No. 56/2017/ND-CP stipulating private information of children, including:
- Name, age;
- Characteristics for personal identification;
- Information on health status and privacy written in health records;
- Personal images;
- Information on family members and caregiver of the child;
- Personal property;
- Telephone number and mail address;
- Address of and information on residence place and native place;
- Address of and information on school, class, learning result and friends of the child;
- Information on services provided for the child.
What information is included in private information of children in Vietnam? What are the measures to protect private information for children in the Internet environment in Vietnam?
What are the measures to protect private information for children in the Internet environment in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 36 of Decree No. 56/2017/ND-CP stipulating measures to protect private information for children in the Internet environment as follows:
- When publishing private information of a child on a network, a provider of services in the Internet environment or a person shall obtain the consent of the child’s parent(s) or caregiver and the child himself/herself if he/she is full 7 years or older; and shall ensure information safety for the child.
- Providers of services in the Internet environment shall employ measures and tools to ensure safety for private information of children and deliver warning messages when children provide or change their private information.
- Parents, caregivers and children aged full 7 years or older, and agencies, organizations and persons with child protection responsibility as prescribed by law have the right to request providers of services and persons operating in the Internet environment to remove private information of children to ensure safety and best interests of children.
What should be done to ensure safety for children in the exchange and provision of information in the Internet environment in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 35 of Decree No. 56/2017/ND-CP stipulating assurance of safety for children in the exchange and provision of information in the Internet environment as follows:
- Agencies, organizations and individuals operating in the Internet environment shall coordinate with competent state agencies and other organizations and individuals in ensuring information security for children in the Internet environment; and prevent information that is harmful to children in accordance with the law on cyberinformation security.
- Enterprises providing services in the Internet environment shall adopt measures to protect child users.
- Enterprises providing services in the Internet environment shall give warnings or remove information and services that are harmful to children, and fake information and services that infringe upon the lawful rights and interests of children.
- Providers of video games in the Internet environment must have tools for controlling playing time and for protecting children from being abused or addicted to video games.
- Organizations, enterprises and individuals operating or providing services in the Internet environment shall develop or use and widely disseminate software and tools for protecting children in the Internet environment.
How to carry out communication and education to raise capacity to protect children in the Internet environment in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 34 of Decree No. 56/2017/ND-CP stipulating communication and education to raise capacity to protect children in the Internet environment as follows:
- State management agencies in charge of information and communications; education and training; vocational education; and children; organizations operating for the benefits of children; and organizations operating in the Internet environment shall disseminate public information for raising public awareness, building capacity, and improving skills of parents and caregivers of children, teachers, children and related agencies and organizations with regard to:
+ The benefits and negative impacts of the Internet environment on children;
+ Prevention and stoppage of acts of child abuse in the Internet environment in accordance with the laws on information technology and information security and other relevant fields.
- Parents, teachers and caregivers of children shall provide safety knowledge and skills for children when participating in the Internet environment; children have the duty to learn knowledge and skills to protect themselves when participating in the Internet environment.
- Providers of services in the Internet environment shall provide instructions on the use of services and information technology devices and on access to information in order to protect children in the Internet environment.
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