205 UDC 342.738-053.6(4-672EU) ; 341.231.14-053.6(4-672EU) CERIF: S112, S123 Đorđe Krivokapić, PhD * Jelena Adamović ** IMPACT OF GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT Raising the age of consent to data processing to 16 and allowing member states to set it at a lower age, was one of the major points of argument in the wake of passing the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), otherwise hailed for intro- ducing the Article 8 that recognizes children as a vulnerable group. This paper ana- lyzes legal grounds for concerns raised over the provisions related to personal data protection of minors, possible ramifications and remedies within the given framework. It also highlights innovations and positive solutions set in the GDPR, with respect to privacy risks and opportunities for children in the information society. Key words: Data protection. - Privacy. - Children rights. - Information tech- nology law. - EU law. 1. INTRODUCTION One of the most important novelties of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), 1 which will as of 2018 replace the 1995 Directi- * Associate Lecturer at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Bel- grade, krivokapic@fon.rs. ** Legal Researcher at Share Foundation, jelenaa@sharedefense.org. 1 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing directive 95/46/ec (General Data Protection regulation), OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1–88, http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data- protection/reform/files/regulation_oj_en.pdf, 21 June 2016.