Grokkoli Privacy Policy

We (Grokkoli PBC, a.k.a "we" or "us") respect the privacy of our users (“you”) and have developed this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our commitment to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect, how that information may be used, with whom it may be shared, and your choices about such uses and disclosures. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully when using our application or services or transacting business with us. By using our website or application (our “Service”), you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Information we collect about you

We collect information from various sources within the Service through different methods.

Information you provide us:

• Parent and Child Information: When a parent or guardian ("Parent") registers for an account on our Service or communicates with us, we may collect personal information such as their name, email address, payment information, username, and password. Additionally, we may gather information about the child(ren) authorized by the Parent to use the Service through the Parent's account. This may include a profile name for the child user and their grade-level upon joining the Service. It is important to note that each child user profile must be associated with a Parent account, and children cannot access the Service without the Parent first signing in to the Parent account using their own credentials.

• Learning and Activity Information: As part of providing the Service, we collect information about your usage of the Service, including any content or messages you submit through it. This may include answers to questions, submitted content, or messages posted or shared within the Service. Additionally, we may request personal information from you on other occasions, such as when you contact our technical support team, send us an email, complete a user survey, or engage in other forms of communication with us.

Information we receive automatically from your use of our Service: Like most websites and online services, we collect information such as your IP address, as well as non-personal information such as the operating system and ID of the device you use to access the Service. We may collect this information through a mobile application or website. Additionally, we may utilize this data to infer your state or province, enhancing our ability to align the curriculum provided by the Service with the educational standards in your local schools. By using the Service, you are authorizing us to gather, parse and retain data related to the provision of the Service.

Use of cookies

We, and third parties with whom we partner, may use cookies, web beacons, tags, scripts, advertising identifiers, and similar technology (“Cookies”) in connection with your use of the Service, third party websites, and mobile applications. Cookies may contain unique identifiers, and reside, among other places, on your computer or mobile device, in emails we send to you, and on our web pages. Cookies may transmit information about you and your use of the Service, such as your browser type, IP address, data relating to advertisements that have been displayed to you or that you have interacted with, and the date and time of your use. Cookies may be persistent or stored only during an individual session.

The purposes for which we use Cookies in the Service include:

Purpose	Explanation
Authentication, Security, and Compliance	Intended to prevent fraud, protect your data from unauthorized parties, and comply with legal requirements. For example, we use Cookies to determine if you are logged in.
Product Features	Intended to make the Service work in the way you expect. For example, we use a Cookie that tells us which learner is current answering math questions.

You can set some Cookie preferences through your device or browser settings, but doing so may affect the functionality of the Service. The method for disabling Cookies may vary by device and browser, but can usually be found in your device or browser preferences or security settings.

Concerning minors

We do not sell the Service to children. Only adults who have the capacity to make purchases using a credit card or other approved payment methods may create an account may do so. If you are under the age of eighteen (18), you are permitted to use the Service only with the involvement and consent of a parent, legal guardian, or as directed by your School.

How we use the information we collect

We may use the information that we collect about you to:

• manage our business, and deliver and improve our products and services;

• perform research and analysis about your use of the Service, including through mobile application or website analytics;

• conduct surveys to improve our services

• advise you of changes to our services that we may implement;

• provide you with customer support and manage your account;

• detect and protect against fraud and error;

• enforce or exercise any rights in our Terms of Use; and

• perform functions or services as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.

We may perform these functions directly or use a third party vendor to perform these functions on our behalf who will be obligated to use your personal information only to perform services for us. Also, if you access our Service from a third party social platform, we may share non-personal information with that platform to the extent permitted by your agreement with it and its privacy settings.

How we may share your information

We do not sell or license your personal information to any other party. However, in the normal course of business we may share some of your personal information with our affiliates and with third parties acting on our behalf or as permitted or required by Applicable Privacy Laws.

Parent information: We may share personal information of account-holders (adults) with third parties that perform certain services on our behalf. These services may include fulfilling orders, providing customer service assistance, performing business and sales analysis, user screenings, user surveys, and supporting features offered through our Service. These service providers are not permitted to share or use such information for any other purpose than performing their functions.

In the event that we are engaged in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, change of control, or any other type of asset sale, your personal information may be transferred or disclosed as part of the business transaction. Should such a circumstance arise, we will take steps to notify you prior to the transfer of personal information and its subsequent application under a different privacy policy.

We reserve the right to disclose personal information when there is a genuine belief, based on reasonable grounds, that accessing, using, preserving, or revealing such information is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with relevant laws, regulations, legal proceedings, or enforceable government requests; (b) enforce the applicable Terms of Service, including the investigation of potential violations; (c) identify, prevent, or address instances of fraud, security concerns, or technical issues; (d) safeguard the rights, property, or personal well-being of Grokkoli PBC, its users, or the general public; or (e) as mandated or allowed by law.

Aggregated or de-identified information: We may disclose information in a form that is aggregated and/or anonymous that cannot reasonably be used to identify an individual. For instance, we might share aggregated user statistics (such as the average learning rate for a specific grade-level) to provide parents or large school districts with an understanding of the effectiveness of our system. We may also, for instance, share de-identified data (stripped of all personally identifying information) with reputable researchers and organizations actively involved in the study of pedagogy, to contribute to valuable research advancing our understanding of child-learning.

Retention

we retain personal information, as necessary, for the duration of your use of the grokkoli service. We may also retain personal information for longer if we need to retain it to protect ourselves against legal claims, use it for analysis or historical record-keeping, or comply with our information management policies and schedules.

How you can access your information

If you have a grokkoli account, you have the ability to review and update your personal information within the Service by logging in, and visiting the "Switch Learner", "Learning Objectives", "Learning Progress", "Account Settings", and "Subscription" pages.

Deleting your personal information

You may close your account at any time by visiting the "Account Settings" screen. If you close your account, we will retain certain information associated with your account for analytical purposes and recordkeeping integrity, as well as to prevent fraud, enforce our Terms of Service, take actions we deem necessary to protect the integrity of our Service or of our users, or take other actions otherwise permitted by law. All other information will be deleted, thereby ending our ability to provide our service to you. In addition, if certain information has already been provided to third parties as described in this Privacy Policy, retention of that information will be subject to those third parties' policies.

How we protect your personal information

We take security measures to help safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access and disclosure. However, no system can be completely secure. Therefore, although we take steps to secure your information, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information, messages, or other communications will always remain secure. You should also take care with how you handle and disclose your personal information and should avoid sending personal information through insecure email. Please refer to the Federal Trade Commission's website at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menus/consumer/data.shtm for information about how to protect yourself against identity theft.

Visiting our Service from outside the United States

With the exception of schools in countries that have local data-protection laws requiring all student data be stored locally, if you are visiting our Service from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. By using our services, you understand and agree that your information may be transferred to our facilities and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this privacy policy.

For schools in countries that have local data-protection laws requiring all student data be stored locally, please contact us so that we can explain our process for keeping your students' data within your borders.

Complaints and challenges

Please direct all privacy-related complaints and challenges our contact us form and we will respond as soon as possible to remediate any of your concerns and prove our ongoing commitment to privacy.

Links to other websites

At various times, the Grokkoli website may include links to other websites whose privacy practices may be different than our own. If you submit personal information to any of those websites, your information is governed by their privacy statements. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any and all websites you visit.

No rights of third parties

This Privacy Policy does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require disclosure of any personal information relating to users of the Service.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When we post changes to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you check our Service from time to time to inform yourself of any changes in this Privacy Policy or any of our other policies.

Responsible party

Grokkoli PBC's CEO