1. Commitment
BPYC is committed to an environment in which children, young people, volunteers, guardians, and leaders are treated with dignity and protected from abuse, exploitation, harassment, neglect, discrimination, and avoidable harm. The website supports safeguarding administration but does not replace parish safeguarding procedures, responsible adult supervision, or emergency services.
2. Consent and participation
An event or activity may require recorded guardian consent, member consent, approval, or specific supervision. A website registration, QR check-in, volunteer signup, or uploaded form is not a waiver of safeguarding requirements. Authorized leaders may refuse or limit participation when required consent, capacity, conduct, health-and-safety information, or appropriate supervision is missing.
Consent records may identify the member, guardian, event, type and status of consent, dates of grant or withdrawal, and necessary administrative notes. Consent may be withdrawn, but withdrawal does not invalidate actions already lawfully taken and may affect participation or future publication.
3. Images, stories, and online visibility
Photos, videos, names, profiles, and stories involving a young person must be handled carefully. Before publication, authorized users should confirm the intended audience, the young person's dignity and safety, and any applicable member or guardian authority. Avoid captions or images that reveal sensitive routines, home locations, private contact information, or details that create a foreseeable risk.
Public gallery visibility means material can be copied or shared by visitors. BPYC may remove or restrict media after a valid concern or consent change, while recognizing that copies already made by others may be outside BPYC's control.
4. Safe conduct
Users and volunteers must maintain appropriate boundaries and use authorized communication and reporting channels. Prohibited conduct includes grooming, sexual or romantic exploitation, threats, bullying, hazing, coercion, retaliation, discriminatory abuse, secret requests for personal material, misuse of private records, or instructing a child to conceal concerning behavior from a guardian or responsible leader.
Administrative access to youth and guardian information must be used only for assigned duties. Sensitive exports, donation proofs, consent notes, addresses, contact details, and attendance records must not be downloaded, copied, or shared without a legitimate authorized purpose.
5. Reporting concerns
If someone is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services and responsible parish leadership immediately. Do not wait for a website response.
Non-emergency concerns, suspected abuse, boundary violations, unsafe media, privacy incidents, or retaliation should be reported promptly through the parish or BPYC contact details shown on this website. Include enough factual information to allow a responsible person to act, but avoid unnecessary public disclosure or confrontation.
BPYC may preserve relevant records, restrict accounts or content, contact a parent or guardian when appropriate, escalate to parish safeguarding leadership, and cooperate with competent authorities. Confidentiality will be respected as far as possible, but absolute secrecy cannot be promised when disclosure is needed to protect a person or comply with law.
6. Review and accountability
Safeguarding decisions should prioritize the welfare and rights of the child or vulnerable person, follow applicable Philippine law and parish policy, and be documented by authorized personnel. Concerns about how personal information was handled may also be raised under the Privacy Policy.