1.   Fejn ikun japplika l-punt (a) tal-Artikolu 6(1), fir-rigward tal-offerta ta' servizzi tas-soċjetà tal-informazzjoni direttament lil minorenni, l-ipproċessar tad-data personali ta' minorenni jkun skont il-liġi fejn il-minorenni jkollu mill-inqas l-età ta' 16-il sena. Fejn il-minorenni jkollu anqas minn 16-il sena, tali pproċessar ikun legali biss jekk, u sal-punt li, il-kunsens jingħata jew jiġi awtorizzat mid-detentur tar-responsabbiltà ta' ġenitur fuq il-minorenni.

L-Istati Membri jistgħu jipprovdu għal età inqas għal dawk il-finijiet sakemm tali età inqas ma tkunx inqas minn 13-il sena.

2.   Il-kontrollur għandu jagħmel sforzi raġonevoli biex jivverifika f'tali każijiet li l-kunsens jingħata jew jiġi awtorizzat mid-detentur tar-responsabbiltà ta' ġenitur fuq il-minorenni, b'kont meħud tat-teknoloġija disponibbli.

3.   Il-paragrafu 1 ma għandux jaffettwa d-dritt ġenerali tal-Istati Membri dwar il-kuntratti bħar-regoli dwar il-validità, it-tiswir jew l-effett ta' kuntratt fir-rigward ta' minorenni.

1.   Where point (a) of Article 6(1) applies, in relation to the offer of information society services directly to a child, the processing of the personal data of a child shall be lawful where the child is at least 16 years old. Where the child is below the age of 16 years, such processing shall be lawful only if and to the extent that consent is given or authorised by the holder of parental responsibility over the child.

Member States may provide by law for a lower age for those purposes provided that such lower age is not below 13 years.

2.   The controller shall make reasonable efforts to verify in such cases that consent is given or authorised by the holder of parental responsibility over the child, taking into consideration available technology.

3.   Paragraph 1 shall not affect the general contract law of Member States such as the rules on the validity, formation or effect of a contract in relation to a child.