The Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (the Act) introduced a mandate for the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) to develop a Children’s Online Privacy Code (the Code)
As part of this process, the OAIC is inviting industry, civil society, academia and any other interested parties to respond to the Issues Paper, attached below. This paper seeks information and views to inform the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s (OAIC) development of the Code.
Questions are included throughout the paper to guide comments. You are invited to answer some or all questions, or to comment on issues more broadly.
Please submit responses via email copc@oaic.gov.au.
Please note, this consultation is not a statutory requirement of the OAIC, the OAIC has chosen to seek views to help inform the development of the draft Code by identifying key issues, perspectives or gaps but inclusion of specific feedback remains at the OAIC’s discretion.
The OAIC is required to conduct a public consultation on the draft Code, this will occur in 2026. This consultation will be open for a minimum of 60 days and the OAIC will give consideration to any submissions made within the consultation period.
Submissions close on 31 July 2025.
Visit this webpage here for more information on the Children’s Online Privacy Code.
For children, young people and parents:
The OAIC are also inviting children, young people and parents to share their views on children’s online privacy to ensure the Code reflects their voices and experiences, visit the OAIC’s consultation page to participate in this open consultation.
OAIC Children’s Online Privacy Code - Issues Paper
Last updated: 12 June 2025Submissions received to the public consultation
- Advocate for Children and Young People (PDF, 790 KB)
- Alannah & Madeline Foundation (PDF, 8404 KB)
- American Chamber of Commerce in Australia (PDF, 2481 KB)
- AQ’s Corner LLC (PDF, 226 KB)
- ARC Centre of Excellent for the Digital Child, Deakin University (PDF, 236 KB)
- Association for Data-driven Marketing and Advertising (PDF, 609 KB)
- Australia New Zealand Screen Association (PDF, 479 KB)
- Australian Child Rights Taskforce (PDF, 316 KB)
- Australian Data Insights Association (PDF, 633 KB)
- Australian Federal Police (PDF, 211 KB)
- Australian Human Rights Commission (PDF, 260 KB)
- Australian Publishers Association (PDF, 162 KB)
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child (PDF, 279 KB)
- Australian Telecommunications Alliance (PDF, 757 KB)
- Bravehearts (PDF, 149 KB)
- Business Council of Australia (PDF, 3453 KB)
- Business Software Alliance (PDF, 393 KB)
- Centre for Information Policy Leadership (PDF, 532 KB)
- Child Fund Australia (PDF, 3410 KB)
- Children and Media Australia (PDF, 261 KB)
- Consumer Policy Research Centre (PDF, 1357 KB)
- Curtin University (PDF, 4517 KB)
- Data Security Strategy Section within the Department of Home Affairs Technology Security Policy Branch (PDF, 212 KB)
- Digital Futures for Children centre and 5Rights Foundation (PDF, 290 KB)
- Digital Industry Group Inc (PDF, 195 KB)
- Digital Rights Watch (PDF, 472 KB)
- EduGrowth (PDF, 125 KB)
- Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc (PDF, 441 KB)
- elevenM (PDF, 299 KB)
- Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (PDF, 732 KB)
- Google (PDF, 442 KB)
- Independent Schools Australia (PDF, 729 KB)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (PDF, 217 KB)
- Insurance Council of Australia (PDF, 121 KB)
- Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (PDF, 1722 KB)
- International Panel on the Information Environment (PDF, 136 KB)
- Internet Association of Australia Ltd (PDF, 300 KB)
- ISC 2 Sydney Chapter (PDF, 752 KB)
- Law Council of Australia submission (PDF, 4985 KB)
- Meta (PDF, 413 KB)
- Microsoft (PDF, 156 KB)
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (PDF, 1231 KB)
- Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (PDF, 601 KB)
- Pixevety Pty Ltd (PDF, 357 KB)
- PRIVO (PDF, 790 KB)
- Queensland University of Technology (PDF, 233 KB)
- Reset.Tech Australia (PDF, 2065 KB)
- Snap Inc (PDF, 110 KB)
- Tech Council of Australia (PDF, 227 KB)
- The Department of Defence (PDF, 192 KB)
- The University of Queensland (Pro Bono Centre) (PDF, 4662 KB)
- UNICEF Australia (PDF, 946 KB)
- Uniting Church in Australia & U Ethical (PDF, 237 KB)
- Working with Women Alliance (PDF, 114 KB)
- Individual 1 (PDF, 93 KB)
- Individual 2 (PDF, 660 KB)
- Individual 3 (PDF, 93 KB)
- Individual 4 (PDF, 180 KB)
- Individual 5 (PDF, 40210 KB)