Policies

GUIDELINES

Children’s privacy is of primary concern to us. No exchange requests will be accepted unless submitted by a parent/teacher or guardian 21 years of age or older, and said parent/teacher/guardian is required to monitor the exchange as part of their agreement with Know My World.

WE DO NOT:

  • Collect online contact information without parental notification, which will include an opportunity for the parent to suspend participation in the activity. Without prior parental notification, online information will only be used to respond directly to the child’s request and will not be used for other purposes. For this reason, we encourage teachers to adhere to their institutions specific policies and release forms.
  • Collect personally identifiable offline contact information from children.
  • Distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information from children.
  • Give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent.
  • Require a child to provide us with more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in an activity as a condition of participation.

PUBLIC FORUMS

This site may have chat rooms, forums, and/or message boards available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

SECURITY

Know My World makes every effort to ensure the security of your personal information, which will never be shared with a third party aside from your approved match.

The privacy policy described here applies only to knowmyworld.org, and not to other companies’ or organizations’ web sites to which we link, or which link to us. Also, while we hope to provide a safe and secure online experience, be very careful about sharing your personal information with other people you might meet as a result of your participation with knowmyworld.org.

COPYRIGHT

Content and projects developed by Know My World on this site and others are licensed and protected by the Creative Commons Attribute 3.o.   Commercial use of Know My World content is prohibited unless otherwise stated and agreed upon by Know My World.
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Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://knowmyworld.org/about/policies/.