Due to an incident in a daycare center, the VDE Institute has decided that the use of the VDE certification mark for a socket outlet with a shutter in connection with terms such as "childproof", "child protection" or similar is to be classified as misleading. Therefore, such descriptions may no longer be advertised in connection with the VDE certificate in the future.
Terms such as "child protection", "child safety" or "child-proof" in connection with shutter sockets have become established in social usage, but we as manufacturers will take this incident as an opportunity to remove these terms from socket products and instead advertise them with "increased contact protection".