Child Safety / Governance

Children Protection Policy Development.

Create a standalone policy or an integrated governance module connected to privacy, information security and system-development policies.

Business context

What this capability solves

Governance policy for organizations operating child-accessible or child-focused digital products.

EBP Integra delivery principle

Advice, controls, technology, governance, evidence and operating procedures are designed together so the capability can be sustained after implementation.

Deep-dive capabilities

Capability model

The service can be scoped as a focused engagement or combined into a broader enterprise programme.

Policy Architecture

Determine standalone versus integrated policy structure and scope.

Principles & Commitments

Define child safety, privacy, best-interest, proportionality and protective-default principles.

Roles & Governance

Assign product, privacy, security, legal, content and business responsibilities.

Lifecycle Requirements

Set requirements for design, launch, monitoring, changes and incidents.

Control Requirements

Define age, consent, parental control, data, content and escalation expectations.

Review & Maintenance

Set policy ownership, exception and periodic review mechanisms.

Reference operating model

How the capability fits together

Final scope, control ownership and delivery model are confirmed during discovery.

Governance & Scope

Objectives, applicability, decision rights, owners, policies, risk appetite and acceptance criteria.

Assessment & Design

Evidence collection, gap/risk analysis, target controls, architecture, procedures and prioritized roadmap.

Implementation

Controls, documentation, workflows, integrations, configuration, training and remediation.

Assurance & Operations

Testing, evidence, management reporting, escalation, review cadence and continuous improvement.

Controls & governance

Child-first risk and best-interest lens
Data minimization and privacy-protective defaults
Age/parental/guardianship governance
Dark-pattern and excessive-engagement review
Documented escalation for high-risk findings
Evidence suitable for regulator and management review

Priority use cases

New child-protection programme
Product governance uplift
Policy consolidation
Regulatory remediation
Enterprise trust framework
Audit readiness

Key deliverables

Policy scope
Children Protection Policy
Roles/RACI
Control requirements
Exception process
Review schedule

Integration considerations

Product/SDLC governance
Privacy/PDP programme
Identity/age assurance
Consent/preferences
Trust & safety operations
Incident/complaint management

Implementation

Phased delivery

Each phase produces decision-ready evidence and clear ownership for the next stage.

1. DiscoverConfirm scope, stakeholders, obligations, evidence, dependencies and risk drivers.

2. Assess & DesignAnalyze current state, define target controls and agree the implementation roadmap.

3. ImplementDeploy controls, documents, workflows, training and required technology/integration.

4. Assure & OperateValidate effectiveness, close residual gaps, hand over and establish recurring governance.

Outcome and KPI framework

Policy approvalOwner assignmentControl mappingException trendReview timeliness