Policy engagement

Our research has made many contributions to government inquiries into children and the Internet.

Sep 2018 - KOALA responses to UK ICO'S call for evidence for Code of the Age Appropriate Design (link)

May 2019 - KOALA responses to UK ICO'S call for consultation to the draft Code for Age Appropriate Design(link)

Nov 2019 - KOALA's research cited by the Council of Europe's report on Children's data protection in education systems: challenges and possible remedies [link]

Dec 2020 - KOALA research cited by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) [link]

Nov 2021 - KOALA contributes to responses to UK government's consultation on Data: A New Direction (link;pdf)

Feb 2022 - KOALA contributes to responses to UK CMA's call for response to its market study on Mobile ecosystem (link)

Jun 2022 - KOALA responses to UK Parliament's call for evidence: Second Phase of Online Safety Bill (link)

Nov 2022 - KOALA research cited by FTC Petition for Rulemaking to prohibit the use on children of design features that maximize for engagement

We also contributed to many standard and policy discussions:

Jun 2019 - KOALA was cited by ICO's children online data privacy project (myprivacy.uk)

Jul 2021 - KOALA invited to be at the CDEI Online Initiative Expert Group

Apr 2021 - KOALA contributes to the ICO's Transparency champions open call

Nov 2021- KOALA contributes to the IEEE Standard for an Age Appropriate Digital Service Framework

Nov 2021 - KOALA contributes to the discussion about DCMS Trust and Safety Expert Roundtable (link)

Nov 2021- KOALA contributes to the DFC/5Rights roundtable discussion about Education Data (link)