EDPB launches “Privacy for Kids,” a portal with resources to protect children’s data at home and at school

The European Data Protection Board brings together educational materials from national authorities, ranging from tutorials for social media accounts to games and classroom activities. The catalog listed 69 resources as of November 5 and allows searches by age, subject, format, and language. Some materials help children protect their data, while others encourage adults to think before publishing photos or information about them.

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) launched “Privacy for Kids” on November 4, a portal giving parents, teachers, and educators access to materials about protecting children’s data in the digital environment. The catalog listed 69 resources as of November 5, ranging from videos and brochures to apps, games, and classroom activities. The materials explain both what young people can do to protect their accounts and respond to online harassment, and the risks of information that adults publish about children.

In brief

On November 4, the EDPB launched an educational portal bringing together resources from European data protection authorities. The 69 materials listed as of November 5 can be searched by age, subject, format, and language; they are not all new EDPB products.

FantomApp, the free app from France’s CNIL authority, provides tutorials on account settings and guidance in cases of a compromised account, harassment, or identity misuse. The author primarily recommends it for ages 10–15.

The Leonora tools from Luxembourg’s CNPD authority combine videos, comics, quiz modules, and games. The project targets ages 12–16, a more precise range than the general groups in the catalog.

The Irish “Pause Before You Post” campaign, produced together with CNIL, warns adults about the risks of publishing information and photos of children. These posts can create a digital footprint without the minor’s knowledge or consent.

The filters use the groups ages 3–10, ages 11–15, and 16 or older. The recommended age and the languages actually available must be checked in each material’s record and on the author’s website before use at home or in the classroom.

The platform’s novelty is bringing together in one place resources published by data protection authorities on their own websites. The materials were not all produced by the EDPB, nor were they created at the time the portal was launched. The catalog allows searches by keywords and combines age filters with topics such as online rights, cookies, smartphones, apps, smart toys, and privacy at school or home. For a teacher, these filters provide a way to identify an activity on a specific topic; for a parent, they can guide a search toward a problem involving account use or information sharing. The stated purpose is educational, and the launch does not represent a new legal obligation for families or platforms.

FantomApp demonstrates the practical side of the selection. CNIL describes the app, intended mainly for children ages 10–15, as a tool offering advice, tutorials, and contacts for support organizations. Situations covered include a compromised account, cyberbullying, identity misuse, and requests to remove online content. The tutorials explain where to find settings for disabling geolocation, limiting who can contact the user, or enabling two-factor authentication. Other features described by CNIL concern checking password strength and blurring the profile photo. The app is free and also has a browser-accessible version; its inclusion in the catalog provides access to guidance without meaning that the EDPB portal directly intervenes in children’s accounts.

For broader educational activities, the Leonora project, launched by Luxembourg’s CNPD authority in June, combines resources in several formats for activities with young people. The official presentation lists two short videos, four digital comics, a learning platform with modules and quizzes, a collaborative digital game, and a card game. The comics address addiction to social networks and online games, cyberbullying, and the sharing of sensitive content involving minors. CNPD states that the project targets young people ages 12–16 and that the comics are available in French, Luxembourgish, English, and German.

For younger children, the portal includes a campaign by Malta’s data protection authority, IDPC, with a video and a brochure for ages 7–10. The material is placed in the general 3–10 age category and marked as being in English. The catalog also offers other presentation formats, including the French-language manga series “L’Agence Privacy,” listed for ages 11–15 and built around risks such as deepfakes and online scams. The choice therefore does not depend solely on the subject covered: the same data protection topic can be addressed through a brochure, a story, or an interactive activity, depending on each material’s description and audience.

Some resources address adult behavior. The “Pause Before You Post” campaign by Ireland’s data protection authority, produced together with CNIL and launched in November 2025, concerns “sharenting,” meaning parents’ publication of information, photos, and videos about their own children. The authority warns that, taken together, details such as a name, age, places visited, and activity schedules can reveal far more than the author of a post intended. It also highlights the loss of control over shared images and the fact that a digital footprint can be created without the child’s knowledge or consent. The example expands the discussion of online safety beyond what a minor does on their own phone to the data that others publish about them.

For an activity in the classroom or at home, the choice depends on the specific audience and the resource’s language. The catalog, for example, places the Maltese campaign in the general 3–10 age group, but describes it as intended for children ages 7–10 and marks it as being in English. Leonora appears in the broader categories for teenagers, while CNPD specifies the age range 12–16. The portal interface does not automatically translate the materials to which it links; the record and the original version provide the information needed to choose them.

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