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Privacy Policy

Updated: November 1, 2020

Respecting your privacy is critically important to achieving our mission of motivating every student. These are our guiding privacy principles:

  • We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it.
  • We don’t keep your personal information longer than is necessary to provide our services to you.
  • We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, provide our services, or protect our rights.
  • We don’t rent, sell or exchange your personal information.
  • We aim to make it as simple as possible for you to control what’s visible to the public, seen by search engines, kept private, and permanently deleted.

This Privacy Policy describes how Edutecion collects, uses, shares, stores, and protects your personally identifiable information. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.

We strive to support as many people as possible, including those with disabilities. If a screen reader makes this policy more accessible to you, we recommend the following browser and screen reader combinations: Chrome and ChromeVox, Safari and VoiceOver (for Mac users), and Firefox and NVDA (for Windows users).

Protecting students and their personal information

Edutecion believes the personally identifiable information of children and students deserves special protections and we comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). We also assist schools in meeting their obligations pursuant to the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (“FERPA”). Edutecion offers a limited feature set and web site experience for young users of Edutecion. We do not require students to submit their name or contact information, nor do we require them to create accounts. When a student indicates that they are under the age when they can grant consent on their own, Edutecion does not collect personal information as defined under COPPA and may take additional steps to safeguard student privacy as required by law. Except as described in this privacy policy, Edutecion does not accumulate personal information about any child for distribution, sharing, or selling.

Here are some examples of safety and privacy measures on Edutecion:

  • Behaviorally targeted advertising is not permitted on Edutecion.
  • Students can join games without creating an account.
  • Students who have not or cannot provide consent have a limited product experience.
  • The platform does not facilitate direct messaging between students.
  • Quizzes are subject to proactive content filters and reactive reporting tools.

Parental Rights

Edutecion empowers parents and legal guardians of children younger than the age of consent (in the U.S., this means under 13) who have registered accounts with Edutecion to exercise their legal rights pursuant to legislation such as COPPA. Parents/guardians can consent to the collection and use by Edutecion of a child’s personally identifiable information (PII) without consenting to the disclosure of information to third parties by Edutecion. Currently, the only personal information we collect from a child younger than 13 is their parent’s or guardian’s email address.

Parents/guardians may delete, modify, and review information their children shared with Edutecion by accessing their child’s account. They may also create a parent account to manage their child’s access to Edutecion. Parents may also request that Edutecion delete that information and refuse to allow Edutecion to collect further information from their children by contacting us at privacy@edutecion.com. Edutecion may ask additional questions or take other steps to verify the identity of parents/guardians before responding to a request to review or delete their child’s information, or a request to refuse further collection from children.

Edutecion will never require a child to share more information than is reasonably necessary for using Edutecion. While Edutecion will assign persistent identifiers to all Edutecion users to recognize repeat visitors and improve their Edutecion experience, Edutecion does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children younger than the age of consent without a parent or guardian’s consent. If we become aware, despite our intention not to gather this information, that we collected personally identifiable information from a child younger than the age of consent without permission then we will either delete this information or seek to obtain verifiable parental consent from the child’s parent or guardian to collect and use that data to provide the child with Edutecion services in the future.

How Edutecion Collects Personal Information

The information that Edutecion collects depends on the nature of the services you request. For example, fewer data are collected from a student joining a game without an account than from a teacher who creates an account in order to create quizzes and host games. All interactions with the Edutecion website or app produce metadata that may identify you or could be identifiable information when paired with other information about you. In every case, Edutecion strives to collect only the minimum necessary information from you as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Edutecion or that is required by law. Visitors to the Edutecion website or app may always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, however, doing so may prevent you from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Information you provide to Edutecion

Accounts are not a prerequisite to using Edutecion, but are required to access some features and to save progress over time. If you create an account, Edutecion saves the account information you provide. This information may include an email address, a parent or guardian email address, first name, last name, profile photo, or organization name.

You may choose not to provide specific information or to delete or modify it at any time. These actions may prevent you from engaging with specific services or features that require this information. Additional information may be provided to Edutecion if you communicate with our support team, participate in user research, marketing campaigns or sweepstakes, or otherwise use the services.

If you engage in a financial transaction with Edutecion, you may be asked to provide additional information such as a credit card number, billing address, or full name.

As you use the service, you may also create academic content including quizzes and certain forms of responses. This information is not typically personally identifying, but it may be deleted at any time either by the relevant account holder or by reaching out to our team at support@edutecion.com.

Information collected automatically

We receive and store some types of information automatically as you use the service. These may include device information such as device model, operating system, and device identifiers such as IDFA and UDID.

Edutecion also collects log information as you use the service. These data may include information regarding how and when you use the service as well as your browser type, preferred language, time zone, referring site, and internet protocol (IP) address.

We may use your IP address to generate a general approximation of your location to provide the service. Examples include providing the right version of Edutecion based on your state or country and helping teachers select their school when they sign up. Edutecion does not collect fine location data such as GPS or Bluetooth beacons.

Information from other sources

Depending on how you use the service, Edutecion may collect information from partners and integrated technologies. For example, if you choose to use Google Login or join using the Google Classroom integration, we may receive information including your name and email address from Google. Edutecion does not have access to the passwords used to log into your Google accounts.

We may also receive your personal information from another user. For example, a teacher might input your email in order to share a quiz or parent report. If a teacher chooses to enter student information directly into Edutecion or requires students to sign up via the Google Classroom Integration, Classes on Edutecion, or similar rostering functionality, we require that teachers or schools get parental consent before using Edutecion with children who are under the age when they can grant consent on their own.

Content on Edutecion may contain links to other websites not affiliated with the service. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites and users need to be aware of the data privacy practices of such sites should they choose to use these links.

Sensitive Information

As described above, we limit data collection to what we need to provide the requested services. Edutecion does not knowingly collect data considered sensitive by GDPR such as those related to race or ethnicity, health and biometric information, or political affiliation. In addition to these categories, we do not collect free or reduced lunch eligibility.

Cookies and Web Beacons

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. We use cookies to test new features and to help Edutecion identify and track visitors, their usage of the Edutecion website, and their website access preferences. Edutecion visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies, but some of the Edutecion website’s features may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

How does Edutecion use this information?

Edutecion limits its disclosure of both information that could on its own or in combination with other information be used to identify you. We only disclose personally-identifying information to Edutecion employees, contractors, and subcontractors that: (i) must access that information in order to process it on Edutecion’s behalf or to provide services available at Edutecion’s website and mobile applications; and, (ii) agree not to disclose that information to others.

Edutecion does not rent, sell, or exchange potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to any third party without your consent. Other than to Edutecion’s employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, Edutecion discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law such as to comply with a court order, or when Edutecion believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property, or legal rights or safety of Edutecion, third parties or the public at large.

The information we collect helps us to provide the service, maintain a consistent experience, and improve it or develop new services. Examples of how this information is used include:

  • Providing access to your account and saving progress over time.
  • Personalizing your experience based on factors such as general location, preferred language, and areas of study.
  • Helping teachers identify and support individual students.
  • Analyzing engagement with specific features over time.

We also use personal information to enforce our policies, comply with the law, and promote safety on the platform. These efforts protect the property, or legal rights or safety of Edutecion, third parties, or the public at large. Examples of these efforts include:

  • Preventing security breaches and fraud.
  • Protecting users from inappropriate content.
  • Verifying the identity of a user
  • Complying with privacy legislation.

Communicating with you

If you are a registered Edutecion user, Edutecion may occasionally send you communications via email (if provided) or push notification (for mobile app users) to tell you about new features, get your feedback, and to keep you up to date with what’s going on with Edutecion and our products. By registering to use our service you consent to the receipt of these communications, including text communications. You may choose to participate in sweepstakes and promotions which may have additional information regarding the use of Personal Information. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. We engage in these activities where we have a legitimate interest or with your consent. You may choose to stop receiving such communications by unsubscribing from emails and by disabling push notifications.

Advertising, Analytics, and Marketing

In order to provide the service, we work with analytics providers to understand how Edutecion is being used and advertising networks to display contextual advertisements.

Advertising partners are not permitted to engage in behavioral targeting nor are they permitted to share or sell personal data. Edutecion does not share data for third-party advertising nor do we use data to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services. Data profiles are not used to serve advertisements. All advertising partners must comply with COPPA, GDPR, and privacy commitments made by Edutecion. Account information such as name and email address are not shared with these partners nor do they have access to your Edutecion account credentials.

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how users engage with the service. Google Analytics uses cookies to compile reports that demonstrate how Edutecion is being used without identifying individual visitors. You can opt-out of Google Analytics at any time and continue to use Edutecion.

Aggregated demographic and activity data may be used for research purposes.

How is my information shared?

As described in this policy, Edutecion only shares your personal information when it is necessary to offer the service, comply with the law, or with your permission.

  • In order to provide and improve Edutecion, a limited number of third-party services require access to your personal information. For example, your account data are saved in a data center so that you can log in from any device. Third-party services are contractually prohibited from using your information except to provide the service.
  • Third-party services that transfer the personal information of EU residents are contractually bound to comply with GDPR.
  • Edutecion may need to disclose your information to a third party to comply with the law or a valid legal request. In such cases, we will let you know in advance unless we are legally prohibited from doing so.
  • If Edutecion (or substantially all of its assets) are acquired by another company, personal information will be transferred to a new owner. In such a transfer, you will be notified and the new owner may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
  • Edutecion may aggregate statistics about the behavior of visitors to our website and app to improve our services. For instance, Edutecion may monitor the most popular quizzes on the Edutecion site. Edutecion may display this information publicly or provide it to others.

Managing your personal information

Data Subject Rights

You have the right to delete, access, update, correct errors in, and export for transfer any of your personal information. Edutecion makes these data subject rights available to you regardless of which country or US state you reside in.

Managing the subsequent use and disclosure of your personal information.

As explained throughout this Privacy Policy, you have the ability to control the use of your personal information by Edutecion. Should you wish to prevent Edutecion from using your information, you should delete your account. With the exceptions explained below for information you shared with other Edutecion users, this allows you to eliminate any subsequent use and disclosure of your personal information.

If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer want to use Edutecion, you may review, edit, or delete it by contacting us at support@edutecion.com. Parents may remove, delete or update an account or any information concerning their child that is posted on Edutecion by visiting their child’s settings page, working with their child’s teacher or by contacting us at support@edutecion.com

Certain activity on Edutecion may be displayed to other users, such as commentary on quiz content, blog posts, support articles, feedback forums or our blog, or the information on your Edutecion Profile and quizzes that you have made public. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. You may delete this information or change sharing settings directly. If you are unable to do this or need help, please contact our team at support@edutecion.com

Data Retention

We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. In most cases, we delete user accounts if they have been inactive for more than twelve months. We may retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

You may delete your account or update your information at any time by contacting us at support@edutecion.com

Data Security

Edutecion follows generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. Our security measures include the use of access-controlled data centers, encryption of all data in transit, and the encryption of user password data both in transit and at rest. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, however, is 100% secure.

In the event of a security breach, we will notify affected account holders within the amount of time required by law so that you can take steps to keep your data safe.

If you have any questions about Edutecion security practices, you can contact us at privacy@edutecion.com. Edutecion reserves the right not to disclose our policies, procedures and the technologies and methods we employ to advance the security of your data so as to safeguard our practices.

Contact Us

If you have questions or wish to send us comments about this Privacy Policy, please send an email to privacy@edutecion.com

Privacy Policy Changes

Edutecion reserves the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make a material change to our practices regarding your personally identifiable information, we will notify, by email, and/ or by means of a notice on our Web site prior to the change becoming effective and seek your consent for those new practices.