# We protect the privacy and safety of every student

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Last updated: 2025-06-04T15:36:37.293Z

[**Genially**](https://genial.ly/) is the tool more and more schools are using to teach and energize their classes with interactive, gamified content. In just a few clicks—and in the fastest, easiest way—it allows you to create and personalize educational materials like infographics, dynamic presentations, games, and educational escape rooms... along with a wide variety of interactive resources that make learning more visual, engaging, and memorable across all subjects and educational levels.

Since Genially is used in educational settings and by minors, it’s also our priority to offer a safe environment that protects student data privacy. That’s why minors can only access an educational workspace if a teacher grants them access—ensuring compliance with **FERPA** and **COPPA** regulations.

  

## What are the FERPA and COPPA laws?

FERPA stands for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. This law protects the privacy of student information and applies to public K-12 schools in the U.S. and most postsecondary institutions. It ensures that families and guardians have the right to access, correct, and control the sharing of this data. In short, it prevents student information from being disclosed to third parties without authorization.

COPPA refers to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Like FERPA, it’s a federal law in the U.S. COPPA protects the privacy of children under the age of 13 and applies to websites. Under this law, parental or guardian consent is required before collecting personal information from children under 13.

  

## How do minors sign up to Genially in order to guarantee their safety?

In the case of children under 13 in the United States, they can only access Genially using an access code provided by a teacher. The teacher is responsible for distributing this code through the channel they prefer, allowing students to join the platform.

Our goal is to make Genially a 100% safe space, especially for minors—from the moment they sign up to every time they use Genially to view or create their own content.

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## So, how do minors work with Genially?

Minors can express all their creativity and ideas with Genially in an environment specially designed for learners under the age of 13.

Just as their personal information is protected and never used for advertising purposes, certain Genially features are tailored to preserve the privacy of all content they create.

This means all their creations are only accessible within Genially’s secure environment. They can’t be published on third-party sites like social media or indexed by search engines like Google. Additionally, features such as embedding external content or viewing social profiles are disabled to ensure the digital wellbeing of users under 13.

And of course, families and guardians can contact Genially [**using this form**](https://geniallyiscool.typeform.com/to/ZVGZj4Sg) to access, update, or delete their child’s information at any time.