Right to erasure policy and procedure

How does the right to erasure apply to data collected from children?

There is an emphasis on the right to have personal data erased if the request relates to data collected from children. This reflects the enhanced protection of children’s information, especially in online environments, under the UK-GDPR.

Therefore, if we have processed data collected from children, we should give particular weight to any request for erasure if the processing of the data is based upon consent given by a child - especially any processing of their personal data on the internet. This is still the case when the data subject is no longer a child, because a child may not have been fully aware of the risks involved in the processing at the time of consent.