Charanga Privacy Notice: Information for children and young people
Print this pageLast updated: 05/12/2024
Charanga Ltd operate and manage this site on behalf of Greater Manchester Music Hub.
This privacy information is written for children and young people whose teachers use Charanga and for children and young people who use Yumu, Charanga’s online learning space for students.
Children have the same privacy rights as adults. A Privacy Notice tells people how organisations use the information they hold about them.
If anything is unclear, ask your parent, guardian or teacher to help explain it and make sure you understand how we use your personal information.
Who we are
Charanga Ltd is a company based in the UK that provides an online platform for school music teaching and learning.
What is personal data, and what personal data do we collect about you?
‘Personal data’ is what we call any information that can identify you. For children and young people using Charanga, this includes your name, your school's name and address, and your class or group name. Teachers use lists of student names to help them organise lessons.
Some teachers might give students a Yumu account. Yumu is Charanga’s special online space for students. If you have a Yumu account, you use your own username and password to log in and save your work.
We don't collect personal data directly from children and young people under 18.
We don’t collect sensitive information about you, and we won’t ask for it.
How we keep your information safe
The law says that we must do all we can to keep your information private, safe and secure.
We use secure computer systems and we make sure that all personal data is kept safely. This includes taking great care with our system passwords, which we change regularly.
What we do with your information
We can only use your information if we have a good reason, and as long as it doesn’t affect your rights. This is called our 'legitimate interests'.
Our good reason for using your personal information is so that you and your teachers can access our website and the Charanga platform with Yumu to create, work on, and store files. We also use it to provide technical support to your teacher or school. You can ask your teacher for more details.
Who we share your information with
We share your personal information to help you and your teachers use our website and the Charanga platform with Yumu or if we have to by law.
If you want more details, you can check our Privacy Notice or ask your parents, guardian or teacher.
How long we keep your information for
We've carefully considered how long to keep personal data and believe it should only be for a time you would find reasonable or where we have to because of the law, and then we delete it. We have a list of how long we keep all our information and what we do with it when its time is up. We keep our systems very safe, just like you would expect us to.
Your rights
You have rights over your personal information, which is good to know.
In the UK children have the same rights as adults. There are 12 rights and you can see them on the Information Commissioner's Office website here.
More detailed information
If you want to learn more, ask your parents, guardian or teacher. You and adults and older people can find more information in the longer Charanga Privacy Notice.