Privacy - can I hide my contact details?

Yes. You can choose to share your phone number and/or address with your class(es) and/or year group(s), or you can hide them, or remove them completely. It is not possible to share these details with the whole school. You can also opt in to the map with gives an approximate location.

Only the ambassador and staff admin user(s) on your site will be able to see your email and address because they need it in order to approve your membership. If you become an admin user yourself, email and address details will be available to other admin users if you/they provide them.

The minimum information that must be shared is your name and your child's name & class this is so that other parents can tell who they are communicating with. You will still be contactable via Classlist and benefit from all the same features even if you hide your actual contact details from other parents. 

It is also possible to mute other parents if you don't want to hear from a specific person.

Phone Number Sharing

If a phone number is added, then by default this is shared with families in the same classes but this setting can be changed. The three options are 'no one', 'families in my classes' and 'families in my year groups'. There is no option to share phone numbers with the whole school.

Address Sharing

When creating a profile there is the option to fill in an address, this is not compulsory and can be left blank. If you do fill in an address then by default it will be shown on your profile to 'families in the same classes'.

You can also change who can see your address in the contact details section of your profile. You can either switch off 'share home address on my profile', or leave it switched on and choose to share it with 'no one', 'families in my classes' or 'families in my year groups'. There is no option to show an exact address to everyone in the school.

School Map

In addition, provided that you have filled in your address (even if you have not shared it) you can opt into the school map which shows approximate locations of parents to each other so they can co-ordinate lift shares.

Removing Contact Details

If you would like to remove any of your contact details completely from Classlist:

For your phone number or home address go to 'profile' then 'my account' then 'contact details' and delete the phone number and/or address and click 'save'. You can also change your email address in this section, to do this you must verify the new email address from the email that is sent out. 

Data Security

At Classlist your data security is our top priority. We want you to feel safe using a social media platform you can trust. Information on our security system can be found here, while some information on our policies for keeping you safe can be found here.

Important: although parents are approved to join each Classlist site by other parents or school staff who check they are a genuine parent at the school, Classlist does not vet parents and cannot vouch for them. Members should take the usual common sense precautions when meeting new people.