Questions answered

How long does an entry stay in the database?

Each entry in the database has a "valid until" date. This is set at 1 year after the review although exceptions may be made for government and similar institutional sites.

Why does ICRA charge for this?

ICRA offers its labelling system freely as part of its core mission. However, managing the volunteer network and maintaining the quality of infrastructure necessary to support the database places a high financial burden on the organization.

Does ICRA charge for using the database?

No. The data is available for free. However, there are restrictions on its use.

Individuals may use the ICRA website to make calls on the database to check the status of particular labels. The number of calls made is, however, limited to 10 per day from a single user (as identified by IP address).

Unlimited real time queries for data on a particular label and the full database are made available free of charge to recognized partners, including for-profit companies. ICRA will seek, however, to share the revenue that partners may generate from the data.

Why is the full database not made available to everyone anonymously?

There are two reasons for this:

1. To prevent icra.org being a place from which children can easily obtain data on sites their parents are likely to see as unsuitable.

2. To ensure that ICRA, a non-profit organization, can benefit from revenue generated from its data.

Next steps

• Register your site
• Test your entry in the ICRAchecked database
• Reviewer Guidelines