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What is Parental Guidance Lock?
We've developed the Parental Guidance Lock as a safeguard to help you control
which BBC programmes you can play on your computer. If you've enabled Parental Guidance Lock, your computer won't be able to play Guidance-labelled programmes unless you first type in a password.
To turn on Parental Guidance Lock, click the ‘Parental Guidance' link that appears at the bottom of any BBC page that offers you a programme and you will then be asked for a password and email address. We ask for your email address so that we can send you your password in case it is forgotten.
The BBC does not hold a copy of your email address, it's encrypted and stored on your computer in a BBC cookie. Visit the Privacy and Cookies Policy page for more information on the BBC's privacy policy.
Once the Parental Guidance Lock is turned on, anyone using your computer will always be prompted for the password if they wish to view any Guidance-labelled content.
Please note that Parental Guidance Lock doesn't work in Macintosh OSX 10.4 with Safari 1.3.2.
which BBC programmes you can play on your computer. If you've enabled Parental Guidance Lock, your computer won't be able to play Guidance-labelled programmes unless you first type in a password.
To turn on Parental Guidance Lock, click the ‘Parental Guidance' link that appears at the bottom of any BBC page that offers you a programme and you will then be asked for a password and email address. We ask for your email address so that we can send you your password in case it is forgotten.
The BBC does not hold a copy of your email address, it's encrypted and stored on your computer in a BBC cookie. Visit the Privacy and Cookies Policy page for more information on the BBC's privacy policy.
Once the Parental Guidance Lock is turned on, anyone using your computer will always be prompted for the password if they wish to view any Guidance-labelled content.
Please note that Parental Guidance Lock doesn't work in Macintosh OSX 10.4 with Safari 1.3.2.
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