Notice to Children Under 13

Thank you for visiting WE!

WE is the home of WE Charity, WE Day, and ME to WE. We are so happy you checked out the site, and we can’t wait to join you in changing the world. But, before we can get you started, if you are under 13 years old and live in the UK, European Union or United States, we need to take care of a few things.

1. Your personal information

Privacy laws control what information we can collect about people like you—amazing world changers under 13 years old. These privacy laws require that, because you are under 13, we must receive your parent’s consent before you give us this kind of information:

Your first name;
Your last name;
Your online contact information;
Your email address;
Your age and/or date of birth;
Your gender;
Your username and password;
Your competition answers;
Your scholarship application;
Your preferences;
Information you give us in person or share with us through social media, phone, or post;
Information about your computer, table, or smartphone you use to visit our site;
Information about your location;
Pictures of you;
Videos of you; and
Any other information that allows people to contact you.

2. Getting help

Before you can get fully involved at WE, we need the help of your parent or legal guardian. Specifically, we need them to read the letter below and submit a form to us:

Dear: Parent/Legal Guardian of a World Changer:

Your amazing child has visited WE, the home of WE Charity, WE Day, and ME to WE. Because of privacy laws that apply in the UK, the U.S. and EU, we require your consent before your incredible child can provide us with personal information. Subject to your consent, and depending on how your child wants to get involved with us, we may collect the following information about your child to help them participate in our campaigns, events and initiatives:

Your first name;
Your last name;
Your online contact information;
Your email address;
Your age and/or date of birth;
Your gender;
Your username and password;
Your competition answers;
Your scholarship application;
Your preferences;
Information you give us in person or share with us through social media, phone, or post;
Information about your computer, table, or smartphone you use to visit our site;
Information about your location;
Pictures of you;
Videos of you; and
Any other information that allows people to contact you.

Your child’s information would only be used for our internal purposes and as described in more detail in our privacy policies (please see links below). Collecting such information helps us understand their needs and aid them in changing the world. This includes using information to:

deliver quality services and features that your child can use on our websites;
allow your child to register for and attend our events and activities;
allow your child to apply for a scholarship;
allow your child to interact with us via social media, getting in touch through the post, or in person;
allow your child to participate in our competitions
with your consent, to send marketing communications to your child about WE Charity content, products, events and promotions that your child might be interested in;
keep our services secure and safe;
protect ME to WE’s, WE Charity’s, WE Day’s or others’ rights or property;
conduct internal operations (data analysis, troubleshooting, testing and service improvements);
measure or understand the effectiveness of programming and content delivery;
offer opportunities of interest to your child, like causes to support, events to attend, and special offers;
offer opportunities that we think will be of interest to your child, like causes to support, events to attend, and opportunities and products of our sponsors;
facilitate and process purchases or donations;
make suggestions for your child and other users of the Sites; and
comply with any legal obligations.

You can learn more about our privacy policy here (U.S.) and here (UK).

To approve your child’s wishes to provide us with personal information, please submit our parental consent form by email to ukyouth@WE.org.

You can revoke consent at any time by submitting a request to ukyouth@WE.org. You can also delete the personal information that we have collected from your child by submitting a request to ukyouth@WE.org.

If you have any questions or concerns about data collection at WE, please send us an email at legal@WE.org, or call +1-416-925-8242.

3. Get started!

Once your parent has submitted the form to us, you can get fully involved with WE Charity, WE Day, or ME to WE.

Until the form is submitted, please do not provide us with any of your personal information, and you may want to disable cookies in your browser and use the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on to disable tracking by Google Analytics.

Thanks so much for visiting WE, and remember—together WE change the world.