Privacy Policy

At CyberKiddies Canada, we spend every day teaching children and youth how to protect themselves online. We believe that privacy, trust, and digital responsibility should begin with us.

Whether you're a parent, educator, student, community partner, or simply visiting our website, we want you to understand how we collect, use, and protect your information.

We are committed to being transparent, respectful, and responsible in everything we do.

CyberKiddies Canada is a Canadian educational organization dedicated to helping children and youth become safe, confident, and responsible digital citizens.

We partner with schools, libraries, community organizations, municipalities, and families to deliver engaging cybersecurity education, digital literacy, online safety, and technology awareness programs for students from Kindergarten through Grade 12.

As part of this work, we occasionally collect information to help us respond to inquiries, coordinate educational programs, and improve the services we provide.

CyberKiddies Canada is proudly operated by Navatek, a Canadian technology company committed to innovation, education, and community impact.

Protecting personal information is important to us because it's one of the same lessons we teach in every classroom.

When you interact with CyberKiddies, you can expect that we will:

• Collect only the information we need.
• Be transparent about why we collect it.
• Never sell your personal information.
• Take reasonable steps to keep your information secure.
• Respect your privacy and your choices.
• Continuously improve our privacy practices.

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect personal information such as:

We use personal information to:

• Respond to inquiries.
• Schedule workshops and educational programs.
• Communicate with schools, educators, parents, and community organizations.
• Process employment applications.
• Improve our educational programs and resources.
• Enhance our website and visitor experience.
• Share requested information.
• Maintain website security.
• Meet legal and regulatory obligations where required.

We collect only the information necessary to provide our services and fulfill these purposes.

A large part of our work takes place in schools and educational settings.

When delivering programs, CyberKiddies works closely with schools, school boards, libraries, and community organizations to ensure personal information is handled appropriately and in accordance with applicable privacy requirements.

Whenever possible, we encourage schools to provide only the information necessary to coordinate educational programming.

Children deserve safe online experiences.

That's why protecting student privacy is one of our core values.

CyberKiddies does not knowingly collect unnecessary personal information from children through our website.

When permission is required for photographs, videos, or participation in activities, we work with schools and families to ensure appropriate consent has been obtained.

Occasionally, photographs or videos may be taken during CyberKiddies workshops or community events to celebrate learning and share our programs.

Where required, permission will be obtained before identifiable images are used in promotional or educational materials.

If a participant, parent, or guardian requests that an image not be used, we will respect that request whenever reasonably possible.

Like many websites, CyberKiddies uses cookies and analytics tools to understand how visitors use our website.

These tools help us improve website performance, identify technical issues, and enhance the overall visitor experience.

The information collected through cookies and analytics is generally aggregated and is not intended to identify individual visitors.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that doing so may affect certain website features.

CyberKiddies may use trusted third-party service providers to support services such as:

• Website hosting
• Cloud infrastructure
• Email communications
• Online forms
• Website analytics
• Event registration

These providers are expected to protect information appropriately and only use it to provide the services requested.

Our website may also contain links to external websites. CyberKiddies is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites, and we encourage visitors to review their privacy policies.

CyberKiddies Canada does not sell, rent, or trade personal information.

We may share personal information only when necessary to:

• Deliver requested services.
• Work with trusted service providers supporting our operations.
• Comply with legal obligations.
• Protect the safety, rights, or security of individuals or CyberKiddies Canada.

At CyberKiddies, protecting information is part of what we teach every day. We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to safeguard the personal information you share with us and regularly review our practices to help maintain its security and confidentiality.

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to:

• Deliver requested services.
• Meet legal or regulatory obligations.
• Resolve disputes.
• Maintain appropriate organizational records.

When information is no longer required, it is securely deleted or destroyed in accordance with our retention practices.

Subject to applicable Canadian privacy legislation, you may request to:

• Access your personal information.
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Update your contact information.
• Withdraw consent where appropriate.
• Ask questions about our privacy practices.

We encourage you to contact us if you have any questions or concerns regarding your personal information.

As CyberKiddies continues to grow, this Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in our services, technology, or legal requirements.

The most current version will always be available on our website with the updated effective date.