Dear K-12 School,
As part of Seesaw Learning, Inc.’s (“Seesaw”) compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), we are required to provide this notice to each K-12 school (“School”) that uses Seesaw’s products or services (“Services”) about how Seesaw collects, uses, and discloses personal information from your students who are under the age of 13 (“Child” or “Children”). Your School’s consent, on behalf of the Children’s parents and/or guardians, is required for Seesaw’s collection, use, and disclosure of this personal information, and Seesaw will not collect, use, or disclose any personal information from Children without your School’s consent. We provide this notice, as required by law, in order to help ensure that the consent provided by the School is done with an understanding of what personal information we intend to use from Children under age 13 and how we intend to use it.
By agreeing to our Terms of Service and using Seesaw Services, the School provides consent, on behalf of its Child students’ parents or guardians, to Seesaw’s collection, use, and disclosure of personal information from and about Children through Services.
A summary of the information we collect from and about Children, and how that information is
disclosed, is below. Your School will provide personal information about its students to Services
and decide how that personal information will be used by implementing different Services features. The information we collect from Children and the School is used for educational purposes, namely, to provide services to students and the School through Services.
For a complete explanation of our information practices related to Children’s personal information, please see our online Children’s Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect About Children.
Information We Collect Directly. We collect a Child’s name and other personal information
when a School provides it to us. If a School chooses to register a Child for an account, Services will generate a sign in mechanism such as a QR or Text Code and provide them directly to the School which may then share them with the Child. Alternatively, if the School provides the Service with a student’s email address, the School will designate a password for the child to use on the Services. The School can also choose to have students sign in with Google SSO, Clever, or ClassLink. Once an account is created, we collect information about Children’s performance and activities in the Services.
Information We Collect Automatically. We may automatically collect information about a Child’s use of Services through our servers and in log files, such as the following: domain name; browser type and operating system; activities viewed; links clicked; the length of time spent on Services; the length of time Services is used; device name and model; operating system type, name, and version; and activities within Services.
We may also collect IP address, mobile device identifier, or a similar unique identifier from Child
users of Services; we use such identifiers solely to support the internal operations of our Services, including to maintain or analyze their functioning; perform network communications; authenticate users or personalize content; and protect the security or integrity of users and Services.
How We Share Information.
We disclose the personal information we collect about Children in the following ways:
- Parents, Teachers and Classmates. We will disclose Children’s personal information: (1) to each Child’s individual teacher(s) and parent(s); and (2) as directed by the Child’s School. Children may disclose personal information to their teachers through the Services.
- Third-Party Service Providers (Subprocessors). We disclose a Child’s personal information to third-party service providers who perform functions on our behalf and/or on behalf of a School in order to provide Services.
- Business Transfers. If we are acquired by or merged with another company, if all or a portion of our assets are transferred to another company, or as part of a bankruptcy proceeding, we may transfer the personal information we have collected about Children to the other company.
- In Response to Legal Process. We may disclose personal information that we have collected from Children in order to comply with applicable law, a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process.
- To Protect Us and Others. We may disclose personal information that we have collected from Children where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Service or our policies, or as evidence in litigation in which Seesaw is involved.
More About Consent.
Seesaw does not collect any personal information from or about Children until the School provides its consent by agreeing to the Terms of Service with Seesaw. After Services implementation, Parents can direct Seesaw to stop collecting personal information from their Children; however, in such cases the Children will not be able to use Services. If
Seesaw receives direction from a parent or guardian to stop collecting and using their Child’s personal information, we will notify the School of the request and follow the directions of the School regarding disabling the Child’s access to Services.
You reach out to Seesaw or your Customer Success Manager if you have any questions about Seesaw’s COPPA practices.
Sincerely,
Seesaw Learning, Inc.