Children's Privacy | Classroom Games

Last updated: October 17, 2026

Welcome to Children’s Privacy at Classroom Games.

For parents, caregivers and teachers

Classroom Games provides educational activities that may be used by children, including students younger than 13. This page explains the types of information a child might encounter or enter, and how parents and schools can raise privacy questions. Our general Privacy Policy applies alongside this notice.

Children should use the activities with appropriate adult guidance. Teachers should check their own school or district rules before introducing new sites, and should not paste class rosters, private student records, or sensitive identifying information into online tools when that is unnecessary.

No required student accounts

Our current browser-based classroom games do not require students to register or create public profiles. We do not offer student messaging, chat rooms, personal feeds, or social posting through those games. Most activities use locally entered answers, words, and labels directly in the browser.

Teachers can choose nonidentifying names, initials, colors, or team codes for tools such as the Name Picker and Team Generator. Avoid entering information that would be inappropriate to display on a classroom projector.

The Name Picker offers an optional Save list on this device action. If someone uses it, the entered list is stored in that browser’s local storage, not in a student account. Saving is off by default. Use Delete saved list to remove a locally saved list or clear the browser’s site data. Teachers should not save identifiable student rosters on shared or public devices.

Information that may still be processed

Even without a login form, browsers make network requests to deliver pages, scripts, and images. Hosting or security infrastructure may process IP addresses, timestamps, browser identifiers, and basic usage diagnostics. Some identifiers may count as personal information about a child under applicable law.

The current games are designed to use typed game inputs within the local page rather than transmitting them to a game account. However, the broader website environment, server logs, caching, security functions, or any future third-party advertising and analytics services must be considered separately. See our Cookie Policy for the related explanation.

COPPA and child-directed services

The United States Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and FTC regulations can apply to websites or online services directed to children under 13 when they collect personal information, and to certain general-audience services with actual knowledge of collection from a child. Whether a website is child-directed depends on its content, design, audience, and other factors. A teacher-focused description alone does not settle that question.

Under the amended COPPA Rule, covered operators can have duties involving notices, parental consent, data minimization, security, retention, and third-party disclosure, including advertising-related processing. This page does not claim that a privacy statement on its own establishes full COPPA compliance. Parents and educators can consult the FTC’s COPPA guidance for the applicable requirements.

Advertising and other companies

Our existing games are not designed to use a child’s submitted answer or roster entry for targeted advertising. If advertising or third-party analytics is introduced, the relevant scripts, identifiers, default settings, parental consent duties, and child-directed flags must be assessed first.

Where Google advertising is used on a child-directed site or section, Google’s publisher rules require child-directed treatment and restrict interest-based advertising. Similar safeguards may be required for other partners. Adults should contact us if they notice advertising or tracking behavior that seems inappropriate for children.

What parents may ask us to do

Where applicable law provides the right, parents can ask whether we hold a child’s personal information, request access, seek deletion, or refuse further collection or use. The scope of these rights depends on what was actually collected, who controls it, and what the law requires.

Send a clear request to contact@classroomgames.org with the page involved and your relationship to the child. Please do not email the child’s full legal name, date of birth, school records, or identification documents unless we specifically explain why information is legally necessary and how it should be provided safely.

Safe classroom use

Use first names only when necessary, and prefer team labels, initials, or pseudonyms on projected displays.
Avoid entering student email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses, grades, medical details, or other sensitive records into game fields.
Review links and optional features before asking children to use them.
Offer non-digital or seated participation methods when a child cannot use a particular activity.
Report privacy concerns to contact@classroomgames.org and review the Contact page.

Updates and questions

Our products and technical systems may change as we publish new classroom activities. We will revise this notice when material changes to children’s data practices are identified, and we will take any additional notice and consent steps required by applicable law.

To learn more about the site and its educational approach, visit About Us or Teacher Resources. For a specific children’s privacy question, email contact@classroomgames.org.