Privacy Policy

The Railroad Commission (RRC) has established this privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering
and dissemination practices for Kids World Site.

We use your Internet Protocol (IP) address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. IP addresses are logged to give us an idea of which parts of our site users are visiting. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that a user's session can be tracked, but the user will be anonymous.

Children's Guidelines

1. We do NOT collect online contact information without prior parental consent or parental notification, which will include an opportunity for the parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the activity. Without prior parental consent, online information will only be used to respond directly to the child's request and will not under any circumstance be used for other purposes.

2. We do NOT collect personally identifiable offline contact information under any circumstance without prior parental consent

3. We do NOT distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information under any circumstance without prior parental consent. We will not market the information under any circumstances.

4. We do NOT give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information under any circumstance without prior parental consent

5. We do NOT entice by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the activity

6. The information that we collect will be retained and maintained as required by Texas records retention laws (Government Code Section 441.180 et seq) and rules. Different types of information are required to be kept for different periods of time.

7. Please be aware that all information accessible to a state agency is presumed to be public, subject to specific exceptions in the Public Information Act (Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code). Further, we comply with Senate Bill 694 and House Bill 2589 of the Seventy-seventh Legislature, which requires that an e-mail address of a member of the public that is provided for the purpose of communicating electronically with a governmental body, such as the RRC, be kept CONFIDENTIAL unless the member of the public (which includes parents or legal guardians of minors) consents to its release. Information submitted to the agency may be revealed pursuant to a request made under that Act. Information that could identify an individual student is protected from public disclosure by the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. 1232g. The agency will not release information that would identify an individual student except in conformance with that Act.

Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this server are strictly prohibited. Unauthorized use, tampering with or modification of this system - including supporting hardware or software - may subject the violator to criminal and civil penalties. In the event of unauthorized intrusion, all relevant information regarding possible violations of law may be provided to law enforcement officials.

This site contains links to other sites. The Railroad Commission is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact

Dee Wright
Railroad Commission of Texas
P.O. Box 12967
Austin, Texas 78711

kidsworld@rrc.state.tx.us