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312.7 — No conditioning participation on excess data

medium data-minimisationchildren

Requirement

An operator may not condition a child's participation in a game, prize offer or other activity on the child disclosing more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate.

What the engine looks for

Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.

Required element 1 — any one of
reasonably necessaryonly the information neededonly necessaryminimumminimi…not required to provideoptional
Required element 2 — any one of
childrenchildkidsunder 13under the age of 13under-13minorsparticipat…gamegamescontestprize
Supporting terms — specificity signals
312.7condition
Contradiction markers

Finding any of these outranks coverage — a policy that admits the gap is worse than silence.

must provide required to share

Equivalent controls elsewhere

Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.

FrameworkControlTitleShared topics
GDPR Art.5(1)(b) Purpose limitation data-minimisation
GDPR Art.5(1)(c) Data minimisation data-minimisation
GDPR Art.25 Data protection by design and by default data-minimisation
CCPA/CPRA 1798.100(c) Purpose limitation and data minimisation data-minimisation
CCPA/CPRA 1798.120(c)-(d) Opt-in consent to sell or share minors' information children
PCI DSS 4.0.1 3.3 Sensitive authentication data is not stored after authorisation data-minimisation
NDPA 2023 s.24(2)-(3) Technical and organisational measures, accountability and privacy by design data-minimisation
GDPR Art.8 Conditions for a child's consent to online services children