Last updated: [DD Month 2026] · Version 1.0
Children’s Privacy Notice
This page is in two parts. The first part is written for children in plain words. The second part is for parents and guardians and explains how we follow the law that protects children online. For the full detail, please also read our Privacy Policy.
Contents
1. For children: looking after your information
Hello! This part is for you. We want you to understand what we know about you and why. Here it is in simple words.
We keep your name or a nickname, your year at school, and your answers and scores when you practise. That’s it.
We use it to make your learning just right for you — not too easy and not too hard. It helps us pick good questions for you.
We will never sell your information to anyone. We will never show you adverts. We will never share it to be nosy.
A parent or guardian looks after your account. They set it up and they help keep you safe.
If you want to see what we keep, or you want it deleted, just ask a grown-up. They can ask us and we will help.
2. For parents and guardians
Cour.pro UK is an adaptive 11+ and GCSE learning platform designed to be used by children. Because our users are children, we design the Service in line with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Age Appropriate Design Code — usually called the Children’s Code — made under the Data Protection Act 2018. We also comply with the UK GDPR and, for users in the EU, the EU GDPR.
The data we hold about a child is deliberately minimal: a first name or a display name chosen by you, a year group or age range, and learning activity (answers, scores, time spent, topics practised and progress). We do not collect a child’s precise location, photographs, contact details, or special category data.
3. The Children’s Code and the 15 standards
The Children’s Code sets out 15 standards that online services likely to be accessed by children must meet. Below is a summary of each standard and how Cour.pro UK aligns with it.
| Standard | How we align |
|---|---|
| 1. Best interests of the child | The child’s best interests are our primary consideration in how we design and run the Service. |
| 2. Data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) | We carry out and keep under review a DPIA that assesses and mitigates risks to children. |
| 3. Age-appropriate application | We apply protections appropriate to the age of our users, taking a precautionary, high-protection approach. |
| 4. Transparency | We explain our data use in clear, child-friendly language (the “For children” section above) as well as full detail for parents. |
| 5. Detrimental use of data | We do not use children’s data in ways that are detrimental to their wellbeing or contrary to industry codes or guidance. |
| 6. Policies & community standards | We uphold our own published terms, policies and standards (see our Terms and Acceptable Use Policy). |
| 7. Default settings | Settings are “high privacy” by default; a child does not have to do anything to be protected. |
| 8. Data minimisation | We collect only the minimum personal data needed to deliver each child’s learning. |
| 9. Data sharing | We do not disclose children’s data unless there is a compelling reason in their best interests; we never sell it. |
| 10. Geolocation | Geolocation is switched off by default and we do not track a child’s location. |
| 11. Parental controls | Parents control the account; where any monitoring exists it is age-appropriate and made clear to the child. |
| 12. Profiling | Profiling is off by default. We do not profile children for marketing. Learning adapts difficulty only to support education. |
| 13. Nudge techniques | We do not use nudge techniques to lead children to weaken their privacy or share more data. |
| 14. Connected toys & devices | The Service does not rely on connected toys or devices; if that ever changes we will apply these standards to them. |
| 15. Online tools | We provide clear, accessible tools for children and parents to exercise their data protection rights. |
4. Age of consent and parental consent
In the UK, the age at which a child can themselves consent to an “information society service” is 13. Because Cour.pro UK is designed for and used by children under 13, we require verifiable consent from a person with parental responsibility before a child uses the Service. A parent or guardian sets up the account — children do not register themselves.
For users in the European Economic Area, the digital age of consent varies by country between 13 and 16. Where you are in the EU, we apply your country’s age threshold and seek parental consent where the child is below it.
“Verifiable parental consent” means we take reasonable steps, proportionate to the risk, to confirm that the person giving consent holds parental responsibility — for example through the account set-up and verification process, and confirmation at the point payment details are provided.
5. High-privacy defaults & no profiling
- Children’s settings are set to the most protective option by default.
- Geolocation is off and profiles are not public.
- We do not serve advertising to children and do not build marketing profiles of them.
- Our adaptive learning engine adjusts question difficulty solely to support learning; it does not make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects, and it is not used for marketing.
- We do not use design patterns or “nudges” that encourage children to give up their privacy.
6. How parents exercise rights
As the holder of parental responsibility, you can exercise the child’s data protection rights on their behalf: the right to be informed, to access, to rectification, to erasure, to restrict processing, to data portability, and to object. Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
You can review, export, correct or delete your child’s data from within the account, or by contacting our Data Protection Officer at [DPO EMAIL]. We respond within one month and may need to verify your identity and your parental responsibility before acting, in order to protect the child’s data. Full detail is in our Privacy Policy.
7. Contact us
For any question about your child’s privacy, contact our Data Protection Officer at [DPO EMAIL] or write to [REGISTERED ADDRESS]. If you are unhappy with our response, you can complain to the ICO at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or call 0303 123 1113.