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Privacy Policy

This explains how www.childhoodpoverty.org uses any information you give to us via our website, and the ways in which we protect your privacy.

What information do we collect via the website?

We collect two main types of information from visitors to www.childhoodpoverty.org:

  • feedback
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Feedback, questions and comments

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Site usage information

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Photo: Dario Mitidieri/Save the Children UK
Photo: Dario Mitidieri/Save the Children UK