Privacy notice
Plain language, no legalese. Effective June 17, 2026 · version 2026-06-17.
Teacher Swap is an independent, volunteer project. It is not a DepEd system and is not endorsed by DepEd. It only helps teachers find each other for a possible swap — it never files, approves, or processes a transfer. You always arrange the real transfer with your own SDO.
What we collect
- Your email and password (the password is stored only as a secure hash).
- Your display name, and — if you choose — your real name.
- Your current school, division, specialization, position, and optional years in station.
- Your transfer targets (the schools, districts, municipalities, divisions, or regions you'd accept).
- Contact channels you add (email, mobile, Messenger) and whether you chose to share each one.
Why we collect it
Only to find compatible swaps and, when everyone in a match agrees, to introduce you. We keep data to the minimum needed for that — nothing more.
Who can see what
- Before a match is mutual, other teachers never see your exact school or contact details. If you are anonymous, they see only a nickname and your municipality.
- Your exact school is never shown as "yours" to other users at any point.
- Only when every member of a match is interested do your chosen contact channels (and real name, if you added one) unlock — and only to that match's members. We log when this happens.
- There is no in-app messaging; you coordinate off-platform once introduced.
Your choices and your rights
- You choose your visibility (public or anonymous) and exactly which contact channels to share.
- You can edit your profile, requests, and contacts at any time.
- You can delete your account and all your data yourself, anytime, from Account settings. Deletion is permanent and also tears down any pending matches you were part of.
- We follow the data-minimization intent of the Data Privacy Act: nothing is kept that we don't need, and deletion means deletion.
A note on small schools
Even a municipality-level view can sometimes hint at who you are in a small area. Keep that in mind when writing a request note while anonymous.