Short guide to the Children’s Online Privacy Code

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is the Australian Government’s privacy regulator, and our goal is to protect the privacy of Australians.

We are responsible for writing the Children’s Online Privacy Code (the Code).

This new Code will help protect children's online privacy by telling many online services, like apps, games, and websites, how they need to follow special privacy rules when taking care of children's personal information online.

Personal information is things like your name, address, email, phone number, school, date of birth, photos or videos of you, location, and online activity.

The official draft Code is a long document filled with lots of words that relate to the law.

That is why we have worked with a group of young people to help make child-friendly guides that explain the draft Code.

We have made this short guide with primary school aged children in mind.

But everyone is welcome to read it!

This guide will support meaningful engagement with the consultation from children and young people, as well as their parents and carers.

For children, young people and parents/carers learn how to participate in the consultation by heading to Children’s Online Privacy Code (consultation for children and parents).

Learn more about the Code at the Privacy for Kids – Children’s Online Privacy Code page.