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Spain: Children & Vulnerable Groups

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Consent-age and parental-consent framework is clear and GDPR-aligned; minor-specific profiling bans and dependent-adult protections beyond general GDPR safeguards were not evidenced in this pass.

Primary frameworkGDPR Art 8 + LOPDGDD Art 7 + LOPDGDD Art 34
Traffic-light rationale — AmberConsent-age and parental-consent framework is clear and GDPR-aligned; minor-specific profiling bans and dependent-adult protections beyond general GDPR safeguards were not evidenced in this pass.

Sub-modules (5)

Age VerificationAmber

AEPD's technical note on 'safe internet by default' for children stresses that age verification alone is insufficient and must be designed to meet all GDPR principles while avoiding new risks (e.g. enabling minors to be located).

Claims (1):

  • AEPD's technical note on a safe internet by default states that age verification, per se, is not sufficient and must be designed and implemented consistently with all GDPR principles while avoiding new risks such as enabling minors' location to be tracked.

Minor Profiling BansAmber

No explicit Spain-specific ban on profiling of minors beyond GDPR's general recitals/Art 22 objection right was identified in this research pass.

Absence provenance: unavailable. Searched: AEPD prohibicion perfilado menores.

Education SettingsGreen

Schools must designate a DPD when GDPR Art 37 criteria apply and, in all cases, when offering teaching at any level under regulating legislation; online classes/exams in regulated education are legitimised without requiring separate consent.

Claims (1):

  • Educational institutions are obliged to designate a DPD in the cases covered by GDPR Art 37 and, in all cases, when they offer teaching at any level established under regulating legislation; online classes/exams delivered as part of regulated education do not require separate student/parental consent.

Dependent AdultsAmber

No ES-specific dependent-adult (elderly/mentally incapacitated) data-protection instrument beyond general GDPR safeguards was identified in this research pass.

Absence provenance: unavailable. Searched: AEPD proteccion datos personas dependientes mayores.

Category narrative50 words

LOPDGDD sets the digital age of consent at fourteen, among the lowest permitted under GDPR Art 8's 13-16 range. AEPD publishes extensive guidance on age verification/age-appropriate design ('tudecideseninternet.es'), mandatory DPO designation for schools and youth-data-processing sports federations, and lawful processing of minors' data in regulated education without requiring separate consent.

Sources and claims (2)
  1. ProbableAgencia Española de Protección de Datos — AEPD's technical note on a safe internet by default states that age verification, per se, is not sufficient and must be designed and implemented consistently with all GDPR principles while avoiding new risks such as enabling minors' location to be tracked.observed
  2. ConfirmedAgencia Española de Protección de Datos — LOPDGDD Art 7 provides that processing of a minor's data may be based on the minor's own consent from age fourteen; below that age, parental or guardian consent is required, and consent must in all cases be express.observed