PART 3Providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services: duties of care
CHAPTER 3Providers of search services: duties of care
Search services: which duties apply, and scope of duties
I2I324Providers of search services: duties of care
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All providers of regulated search services must comply with the following duties in relation to each such service which they provide—
a
the duties about illegal content risk assessments set out in section 26,
c
the duty about content reporting set out in section 31,
d
the duties about complaints procedures set out in section 32,
e
the duties about freedom of expression and privacy set out in section 33, and
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Additional duties must be complied with by providers of particular kinds of regulated search services, as follows.
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All providers of regulated search services that are likely to be accessed by children must comply with the following duties in relation to each such service which they provide—
a
the duties about children’s risk assessments set out in section 28, and
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All providers of regulated search services that are Category 2A services must comply with the following duties in relation to each such service which they provide—
a
the duty about illegal content risk assessments set out in section 27(9),
b
the duty about children’s risk assessments set out in section 29(9), and
c
the duty about record-keeping set out in section 34(9).
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For the meaning of “likely to be accessed by children”, see section 37.
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For the meaning of “Category 2A service”, see section 95 (register of categories of services).
I1I425Scope of duties of care
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A duty set out in this Chapter which must be complied with in relation to a search service extends only to—
a
the search content of the service,
b
the design, operation and use of the search engine in the United Kingdom, and
c
in the case of a duty that is expressed to apply in relation to users of a service, the design, operation and use of the search engine as it affects United Kingdom users of the service.
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For the purposes of the application of this Chapter in relation to the search engine of a combined service (see section 7(6))—
a
a duty set out in this Chapter which requires a matter to be included in a publicly available statement may be satisfied by including the matter in the terms of service;
b
references in this Chapter (except in section 24) to a search service are to be read as references to the search engine;
c
references in this Chapter (except in section 24) to the provider of a search service are to be read as references to the provider of the combined service.