Child-friendly privacy notice - Raspberry Pi Foundation

Who we are

We are the Raspberry Pi Foundation. We help people all over the world learn about computers and how to make things with them.

What is this page for?

This page explains how we look after your information when you use our websites, join our clubs (like Code Club or CoderDojo), participate in our competitions, attend our events (like Coolest Projects), or use our learning programs (like Astro Pi or Experience CS).

It’s important to us that you understand this, so we’ve made it simple!

What Information Do We Collect?

When you use our stuff, we might collect some information about you. But don’t worry, we only collect what we need to help you learn and have fun!

Here’s what we might collect:

Your Name and Contact Info: Like your first name, last initial, or an ID your teacher gives us. This helps us know who you are in our programs.
How You’re Doing: We might look at your progress in our learning programs, like what activities you’ve finished or how well you did on a quiz. This helps us make our programs better for everyone.
Your Creations: If you make cool projects or write code using our tools, we might store that so you can share it or keep working on it.
Grown-Up Stuff: If a grown-up signs up for something, we might collect their name, email, and payment info (but we don’t keep their full payment card details).
Computer Info: We might collect technical details about the computer or tablet you’re using, like its IP address or what kind of browser you have. This helps our websites work properly.

We promise to only collect information that helps us teach you and make our programs awesome!

How Do We Collect Your Information?

Most of the time, you give us your information directly when you:

Make an online project account
Enter our competitions
Enter your Astro Pi project
Sign up to our events
Sign up to Code Club events managed by our volunteers
When you use our website we collect general, anonymous information about how you use our website
Save projects in the Code Editor
Access projects created by teachers at your school (if your school has added an account for you in Code Editor for Education)

If you are under 13, you will need to ask for your parent or guardian’s permission to create an online project account. Remember, if your school uses Code Editor for Education and made an account for you, your school looks after that information

How Do We Use Your Information?

We use your information to:

Help You Learn: Our main goal is to teach you about computers! So we use your info to run our websites and learning programs.
Manage Your Account: If you have an account, we use your info to keep it working.
Talk to You: We might send you emails about important updates or if you ask us a question.
Make Things Better: We look at how people use our programs to make them even more fun and helpful for everyone.
Tell Grown-Ups About Our Work: If a grown-up signs up for our newsletter, we might send them information about new programs or events.
Follow the Rules: We use your information to make sure we follow the law and keep our systems safe.

Important for Kids and Schools:

We only collect what’s needed: We don’t ask for more information than you need to give to join our programs.
Learning is the goal: We only use your information to help you learn and improve our programs. We don’t use it to show you ads or try to sell you things.
No Direct Marketing to You: We won’t send you marketing emails directly if you’re a student in our programs.

If you use Experience CS through your school, your school usually decides what information is shared with us. We work closely with them to keep your data safe.

Who Do We Share Your Information With?

We keep your information safe and only share it when we really need to, and with people we trust.

We might share your information with:

Companies that help us: Like companies that help us run our websites, send emails, or process payments. They promise to keep your data safe and only use it for us.
Your School/Teachers: For programs like Experience CS, we might share general information about how the program is doing with your school or district. We only share your personal information if your school or parent/guardian says it’s okay, or if the law says we have to.
Researchers: Sometimes, we work with researchers to study how well our programs work. When we do this, we make sure your information is anonymous (so no one can tell it’s you).
The Law: If the law says we have to, or if we need to protect ourselves or others, we might share information with police or other official groups.

How Do We Keep Your Information Safe and For How Long?

We take great care to protect your information! We use secure computers, special codes (encryption), and other safety measures to keep your data from being seen or used by people who shouldn’t.

We only keep your information for as long as we need it. When we don’t need it anymore, we delete it safely. For example:

If you have an account, we keep your info while your account is active.
For learning programs, we keep your info as long as your school needs us to, and then we make it anonymous or delete it.

Grown-Up Marketing

If a grown-up signs up for our newsletter, we might send them emails about our new programs, events, or cool things we’re doing.

Grown-ups can always tell us to stop sending them these emails by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email or by emailing us at dataprotection@raspberrypi.org.

Your Rights (For Grown-Ups and Older Students)

You (or your parents or carer) have rights about your information! You can ask us to:

See your information: Ask for a copy of the information we have about you.
Fix your information: Ask us to correct anything that’s wrong or missing.
Delete your information: Ask us to delete your information in some cases.
Stop using your information: Ask us to stop using your information in some cases.
Move your information: Ask us to send your information to another organisation or to you directly, in some cases.

If you want to do any of these things, please ask your parents or a carer to email us at dataprotection@raspberrypi.org. We will try to get back to you within one month.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are tiny text files that websites put on your computer or phone. They help websites remember things about you, like if you’re logged in, or how you use the website.

How Do We Use Cookies?

We use cookies to:

Keep you logged in to your account.
Understand how people use our websites so we can make them better.
Remember your settings and preferences.
Make sure our websites are safe.

What Kinds of Cookies Do We Use?

Necessary Cookies: These are super important for our websites to work. Without them, you might not be able to log in or use all the features.
Performance Cookies: These help us count how many people visit our websites and see which pages are popular. This helps us improve our websites.
Functionality Cookies: These remember you when you come back to our website, so we can make it feel more personal for you.
Advertising Cookies: These help us show you (or your grown-up) ads that might be interesting to you. You can choose if you want these cookies or not.

How to Manage Cookies

You can tell your web browser (like Chrome or Firefox) to not accept cookies. You can also delete cookies from your browser. Ask a grown-up to help you with this if you want to! But remember, if you turn off some cookies, parts of our website might not work as well.

Other Websites’ Privacy Policies

Our privacy promise is only for our websites. If you click on a link that takes you to another website, you should read their privacy promise too, because it might be different.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy promise, or if you want to ask about your information, please ask a grown-up to email us at: dataprotection@raspberrypi.org.

You can also write to us at: The Raspberry Pi Foundation 37 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1NT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

How to Contact the Grown-Up Authority

If you (or your grown-up) are worried about how we’re handling your information and you don’t think we’ve helped enough, you can talk to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). They are the grown-up authority that helps make sure companies follow privacy rules.

You can find them by clicking here or call them at +44 303 123 1113.

Policy reviewed: August 2025