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# Student & Educator Data Privacy

# Student & Educator Data Privacy

We take a **privacy-first approach** with strict data minimization practices.

## What we don’t collect
* Student names, emails, or IDs are **never required** to grade assignments.
* We don’t collect student login credentials or personal identifiers.

## How submissions are handled
* All student work (essays, assignments, rubrics) remains **fully owned by the school/teacher**.
* Submissions are encrypted **in transit** and **at rest**.
* Submissions are used **only** to generate grading feedback.
* Submissions are **never reused** to train AI models, resold, or shared with outside parties.

## Educator control
* Teachers and schools have **full control** over student submissions.
* Submissions can be deleted at any time by the educator.

## Compliance & security frameworks
* **FERPA** (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
* **COPPA** (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act)
* **SOC 2 Type I** certification
* Alignment with the **NIST cybersecurity framework**
* Industry-standard security protocols

|| For technical details, see: [How We Protect Your Data](/en/article/security-privacy/security-practices)