Kidlink is non-profit and owned by its users. Our services costs nothing. Since we started in 1990, our goal has been to help kids and youth find friends in other countries. To do this

• We collect and spread such personal data that our users has decided that young users need to make friends, and Kidlink needs to identify persons for moderating our areas and activities.
• We collect credit card data and banking information when someone pays our optional membership dues (this is not a requirement for participation). Such information is never sold to, traded, or shared with third parties, and we will only use it for that purpose.
• We attempt to protect our young participants from any covert collection of personal information by outsiders.
• Our Listserv mailing list software distributes messages to members based on lists of participants' email addresses.
• These lists are only available for our administrators who use it to correct problems and complaints. They are never shared with users, or outside organizations.
• Any user can signoff from our mailing lists any time. As soon as they have signed off, their email address will dissappear from our mailing list system.

Please remember that any information that is disclosed on our mailing lists becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. We do not collect home addresses, telephone numbers, race data, family income, social security numbers, as such information is not needed to realize our goal.
There are no advertisements on Kidlink's web site, and we never look at the specific usage of our website by identifiable individuals.
We do not employ technical surveyance tools like "cookies" or passive tracking software on our web site. There may come a time when this technology will have a place on our site to better service our users at large, but at present it does not. We will make every effort to make parents and other users aware of the presence of and reason for any future implementation of passive tracking features.
Generally, Kidlink does not link to external web sites, except when such will enrich our educational programs and activities. We do link to sponsors and organizations who have presented us awards. We cannot be held responsible for the content of these linked sites, though we be vigilant in monitoring them to ensure that their material is not explicitly harmful or illegal. Some of our projects are sponsored by commercial companies, and these are always clearly identified on our web site as such. We do not provide information on individuals to these companies for any purpose.
We would welcome any input or suggestions regarding these issues. Please feel free to e-mail us.

What we tell teachers about "Keep parents informed"
Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNICEF)
The Rights of the Child in Kidlink's Who-Am-I?

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