Online child protection
We aim to ensure that children and young people taking advantage of our changing technologies understand the possible risks they face and how to minimise them. The online protection of children is a shared responsibility between the BBC, parent/guardian and the child.
Private online space where strangers can routinely meet and exchange personal information is not suitable for children until a reliable method of digital identification is available. This is because it cannot be monitored to safeguard child users.
Any proposal to the contrary must be referred to Director, New Media and Technology.
We should be careful about how much personal information we collect, reveal and retain about children anywhere on the BBC website. Publication of too much information may put a child at risk.