Children’s Privacy Notice

1. Adult-controlled access

Children under 13 must not independently create an account, submit public website forms, or provide personal information to WeSpeak2. A parent or legal guardian—or an authorized school acting within applicable law—must establish or approve access.

2. COPPA and parental consent

The U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) applies to certain online services directed to children under 13 and requires specific protections. Before knowingly collecting personal information online from a child under 13, WeSpeak2 will provide the required notice and obtain verifiable parental consent unless a legal exception applies.

Parents and guardians will be able to review their child’s personal information, request corrections or deletion, withdraw consent, and refuse further collection. If consent is withdrawn, the associated child experience may no longer function.

3. Information a child learning service may need

Depending on the feature selected by an adult, information may include a child profile name or nickname, age range, assigned learning activities, practice results, goals, support-team connections, and voice or speech recordings when a microphone feature is deliberately enabled.

We will collect only information reasonably necessary for the selected learning purpose. The final application notice and consent flow will identify the exact categories, purposes, retention periods, and service providers before collection begins.

4. Voice and speech information

Voice features require special care. Microphone access must be clear and purposeful. WeSpeak2 will not use a child’s voice for advertising. The production service will disclose whether recordings are processed temporarily or stored, why they are needed, who processes them, and how an authorized adult can delete them.

5. Schools, FERPA, and education records

When a school provides WeSpeak2, the school or district determines authorized educational use and remains responsible for its obligations under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), applicable state student-privacy laws, and contractual requirements. WeSpeak2 will process student information only for authorized educational purposes and will not use education records for targeted advertising.

Parents and eligible students should direct education-record access or correction requests to their school when the school controls those records. WeSpeak2 will support schools in responding as required by applicable agreements and law.

6. No advertising, selling, or sponsor access

7. Safety, sharing, and retention

Child information will be shared only with authorized parents, guardians, educators, SLPs, school personnel, service providers needed to operate the service, or others when required by law or necessary to protect safety. Access will be role-based.

We will retain child information only for the educational purpose, authorized account relationship, safety need, or legal requirement described in the final service notice, then delete or de-identify it according to established schedules.

8. Parent or guardian requests

To ask a child-privacy question or request review, correction, deletion, or withdrawal of consent, email wewillspeak2@gmail.com. Do not send sensitive child details in the first email; we will provide a safer verification process when needed.

9. Important launch notice

This notice states WeSpeak2’s child-privacy commitments. It is not a substitute for the direct notice, verified consent process, school agreement, data inventory, vendor review, retention schedule, and security controls required before collecting child data in production.