Child Protection Policy
A ‘Child’ or ‘Children’ is hereby defined as a person under the age of 18 years old.
OWN Education Limited (OWN Academy) will protect the rights of children, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; and/or national legislation in the country of operations, whichever standard is higher.
We commit to child safeguarding: to prevent, deter, detect and respond to potential harm (physical, psychological) in all OWN activities, including but not limited to OWN programs, events, social media engagement, and staff interactions with children.
OWN Academy will hold our contracting parties (e.g., implementing partners, service providers, third parties, volunteers) to the same standard.
Code of Conduct for Engaging Children
Industry professionals, contracting parties must:
- Complete and update their sexual conviction or criminal record check before any engagement with a child.
- Commit to create a culture of openness and mutual accountability. This culture will enable all child protection concerns to be raised and discussed and abusive behaviour can and must be challenged.
- Contribute to an environment where children are listened to and respected as individuals and that which is safe, positive and encouraging to them.
- For offline engagement,
- ensure that each room has at least 2 participants other than the instructor.
- ensure physical contact is at all times appropriate and not an invasion of the child’s privacy.
- For online engagement,
- ensure that each room has at least 2 participants other than the instructor.
- ensure that the session is recorded for OWN’s keepsake.
- Use positive, non-violent methods to manage children’s behaviour.
- Not take photos or videos of children without seeking prior written permission from OWN.
- Restrain from publishing photos or videos taken at OWN’s events without seeking prior written permission from OWN.
- Not give / collect personal information to / from the child.
Children’s Online Privacy Policy
OWN Academy offers to its users a range of online and offline programs primarily targeted at youth age 13 and above, while others are intended for users of all ages and their families. Such activities that may collect information from children.
Below we summarize potential instances of data collection and outline how and when we will provide parental notice and/or seek parental consent. The following will prevail those of page 2 – 5 of this agreement should there be any inconsistencies with regards to the collection and use of a child’s personal information, and that only applies to a person under the age of 18 years old.
Registration
During the registration process, we may ask the child to provide certain information for notification and security purposes, including a parent or guardian’s email address, the child’s first name and gender. We also may ask for the birth year from children to validate their ages.
About the collection of parent email addresses: in any instance where we ask for age and determine the user is age 12 and/or under, we will ask for a parent or guardian email address before we collect any personal information from the child. If you believe your child is participating in an activity that collects personal information and you or another parent/guardian have NOT received an email providing notice or seeking your consent, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
Pre / Post Program Surveys and Email Contact with a Child
In connection with OWN’s mission to create a shared community and journey to personal and professional growth, we may collect a child’s online contact information, such as but not limited to an email address, in order to communicate with the child more than once. In such instances we will retain the child’s online contact information to honor our mission. Whenever we collect a child’s online contact information for ongoing communications, we will simultaneously require a parent email address in order to notify the parent about the collection and use of the child’s information, as well as to provide the parent an opportunity to prevent further contact with the child. On some occasions a child may be engaged in more than one ongoing communication, and a parent may be required to “opt-out” of each communication individually. Please refer to the Letter to Parents for more information.
Parental Email Consent
In the event OWN wishes to collect personal information from a child, we first seek a parent or guardian’s consent by email or via his or her school. We will explain what information we are collecting, how we plan to use it, how the parent can provide consent, and how the parent can revoke consent. If we do not receive parental consent within a reasonable time, we will delete the parent contact information and any other information collected from the child in connection with that activity, after the activity has ended.
Content Generated by a Child
Certain activities allow children to create or repurpose content and save it with OWN. Some of these activities do not require children to provide any personal information and therefore may not result in notice to the parent or require parental consent.
If an activity potentially allows a child to insert personal information in their created content, we will either pre-screen the submission to delete any personal information, or we will seek verifiable parental consent by email for the collection.
If OWN plans to post the content publicly or share it with a third party for the third party’s own use, we will obtain a higher level of parental consent.
This Website (or this Application)
The property that enables the provision of the Service.
Agreement
Any legally binding or contractual relationship between the Owner and the User, governed by these Terms.
Business User
Any User that does not qualify as a Consumer.
Coupon
Any code or voucher, in print or electronic form, which allows the User to purchase the Product at a discounted price.
European (or Europe)
Applies where a User is physically present or has their registered offices within the EU, regardless of nationality.
Example withdrawal form
Addressed to:
OWN EDUCATION PTE LTD 1 North Bridge Road, #06-29 High Street Centre, Singapore 179094
[email protected]
I/We hereby give notice that I/we withdraw from my/our contract of sale of the following goods/for the provision of the following service:
_____________________________________________ (insert a description of the goods/services that are subject to the respective withdrawal)
- Ordered on: _____________________________________________ (insert the date)
- Received on: _____________________________________________ (insert the date)
- Name of consumer(s):_____________________________________________
- Address of consumer(s):_____________________________________________
- Date: _____________________________________________
(sign if this form is notified on paper)
Owner (or We)
Indicates the natural person(s) or legal entity that provides this Website and/or the Service to Users.
Product
A good or service available for purchase through this Website, such as e.g. physical goods, digital files, software, booking services etc.
The sale of Products may be part of the Service.
Service
The service provided by this Website as described in these Terms and on this Website.
Terms
All provisions applicable to the use of this Website and/or the Service as described in this document, including any other related documents or agreements, and as updated from time to time.
User (or You)
Indicates any natural person or legal entity using this Website.
Consumer
Any User qualifying as a natural person who accesses goods or services for personal use, or more generally, acts for purposes outside their trade, business, craft or profession.
Latest update: September 09, 2024
