Last Updated: February 2026
(1) Who We Are
We are the Stop Safeguarding Now Coalition (SSNC)—facilitated by a decentralized group of people who have personally been negatively affected by Social Services, the Courts, and the wider State, where our Article 8 ECHR right to private and family life has been breached without good reason. We believe this abuse must end immediately through a coalition of like-minded grassroots organizations and individuals.
Our policy is built on the principle that the state already has too much of your data. Our privacy mission is focused on data minimization and counter-surveillance.
(2) Data Collected From the Public
(2.1) We monitor IP addresses and general anonymized statistics (such as browser type and pages visited). This is used solely to optimize website performance and security.
(3) Data Collected From Registered Members
(3.1) To access the exclusive member pages of our Membership Hub, the following is required:
(3.1.1) Unique Username: We need a username from you to facilitate secure access. Please ensure this is unique to this site to avoid being traced across the internet via “username matching.”
(3.1.2) Name/Pseudonym: We technically require a first and last name for our systems. We strongly encourage you to use a pseudonym. Please choose a name you are happy for us to use when communicating with you.
(3.1.3) Contact Details: To allow us to communicate in line with your expressed wishes.
(3.1.4) Communication Preferences: Details on how, when, and in what circumstances you wish to be contacted.
(3.1.5) Local Authority Intelligence: The name of the Local Authority you have experienced harassment from. This is pooled to build collective intelligence for the benefit of our Members.
(3.1.6) Demographic Data: Details of whether the affected family member(s) were Under 18, 18–64, or 65+. This allows us to track trends in state overreach across different age groups.
(4) Data Collected From Volunteers
(4.1) All information contained within Section 3.
(4.2) Logged IP Access: Your IP address is logged for the purposes of maintaining secure access to our internal communication and membership systems.
(5) Use of Cookies
(5.1) We use cookies to facilitate Membership Hub logins and website functionality (like contact forms). We use the Rankmath SEO tool to collect anonymous usage statistics.
(5.2) Our volunteer IT systems may require additional functional cookies to maintain secure sessions.
(6) Data Processing and Storage
(6.1) All data is stored within the European Economic Area (EEA), providing you with the protections afforded by UK/EU data laws.
(6.2) Under UK GDPR, you have the right to have inaccurate data corrected and the “Right to be Forgotten” (Erasure). If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact us via our web link. Note: Deleting certain data may result in the termination of your Membership or Volunteer status if the data is technically essential to those roles.
(7) How We Protect Your Data
(7.1) We do not operate like a traditional “Big Tech” organization.
(7.1.1) Pseudonyms: To protect yourself, we actively encourage the use of fake names.
(7.1.2) The Risk of Real Names: If you choose to use your real identity, we will handle it with the utmost care, but we cannot guarantee your privacy beyond our best efforts. Real identities carry inherent risks of state retaliation.
Legal Warning: Please be extremely careful regarding the wording of “Gagging Orders” (often described by the state as “Transparency Orders”). Do not breach these orders, as the consequences are incredibly harsh.
(7.1.3) Legal Protection: By using pseudonyms, you ensure that if the SSNC were ever served with a disclosure order, we would only be able to provide non-identifiable, anonymous data that is useless to the state.
(7.2) Secure Communication Protocol
(7.2.1) Encrypted Email: We encourage the use of Proton Mail, Riseup, or Tuta, the use of secure passwords (including mixes of capital letters, numbers and symbols) that you regularly change, avoid writing down and avoid saving in insecure format.
(7.2.2) PGP Encryption: We offer PGP-encrypted email. Using a tool like the free program Mozilla Thunderbird which makes it easy to create and manage a PGP key. This ensures your messages are scrambled and unreadable by server-level snooping.
(7.2.3) We Encourage the Use of Anonymous Handles: Avoid using real names or initials in your email address or using an Email address that you use to communicate with the SSNC for other purposes.
(7.2.4) VPN & OS: We encourage the use of a VPN to mask your IP and using a Linux Operating System for superior security – protected by a complex password that you regularly change. We also recommend encrypted free apps like Signal or Telegram (available from the Apple and Google Play stores) and to regularly clear stored data and media.
(7.2.5) Antivirus: We encourage you to use at a least a free antivirus on your smartphone, your tablet and on your computer/laptop and to ensure that its virus definitions are regularly updated and to avoid opening attachments from people you do not recognise.
(8) Protecting Your Family’s Identity
(8.1) In addition to protected your own identity, please use pseudonyms for all family members, even those not directly affected by Social Services to avoid indirect identification of your own family.
(8.2) Please generalize all identifying markers. Replace specific social worker names, house numbers, or unique medical references with general descriptions.
(9) Communicating With Other Members and Volunteers
(9.1) When communicating with other Members, we recommend that you use a pseudonym – this includes at events and protests. This can be the same pseudonym that you use when managing your membership and volunteering details. This protects you in the unlikely event of SSNC becoming infiltrated.
(9.2) SSNC Volunteers, in managing your membership or Volunteering arrangements, will never ask for identifying details beyond the details documented within this privacy policy. Where you have chosen to use a Pseudonym and your name is requested, please use that pseudonym.
(10) Why We Operate This Way
We believe “Safeguarding” has become a pretext for institutional control. By refusing to act as a “data honey-pot,” we protect our movement from being dismantled by court-ordered disclosures. We don’t need to know who you are; we want to know what you’ve experienced, how we can support you, and how we can pool resources to legally bring those who have breached our rights to justice.