Privacy Policies
This Privacy Policy applies to any user or visitor of ClassMEE, Inc.’s (“we,” “us” or “our”) website at classmee.com (the “Site”). We take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies and practices regarding the collection and use of your personal information, and it sets forth your privacy rights.
PLEASE READ THIS POLICY carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with the provisions of this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Site. By accessing or using this Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy applies to all visitors and users (“you,” “customer”, “school” or “user”) of our Site.
If you are a parent or student (“you”, “parent”, “student” or “user”), please visit our ClassMEE website to read more about your privacy rights.
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, the school determines what information we collect through the ClassMEE products and services and how such information is used, and we process the student and parent information according to the school’s instructions and the terms of our contract with your school. The school enters into an agreement with ClassMEE to provide products and services to the school. The school acknowledges and agrees that ClassMEE is a data processor with respect to personal information received from that school, student or parent in connection with ClassMEE’ products and services.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU (SCHOOLS, VISITORS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS)
Personal Information. We collect personal information from you that, directly or indirectly, identifies you such as your name, title, employer, address, telephone number, and email address (“personal information”). We collect such personal information when you (i.e., school administrator) establish a user account on our Site.
Account Information. The account information we collect from you will depend on the product and services you choose. Such might include pupil records of students and parents of students enrolled in your school, such as directory information, email addresses, student IDs, account credentials, courses students are enrolled in, health information kept in student records.
Employee Information. We also collect employee account information including usernames, email addresses and titles to initially set up products and services for you.
Financial Information. Depending on your needs as a customer, we may also collect financial information of students and parents of students as you make available to us in order to provide services.
Automated Information. As is true of most other websites and mobile applications, the ClassMEE Site collects certain information automatically and stores it in log files. The information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, the region or general location where your computer or device is accessing the internet, browser type, operating system and other usage information about the use of our Site, including a history of the pages you view.
Through Cookies and Other Similar Technologies. “Cookies” include commonly used pieces of information in the form of small files that are placed on an individual’s device to enable the individual to more easily communicate and interact with the Sites. When you visit our Site, we may send one or more cookies to your device. They enable us to store information about your device which helps us, amongst other things, to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Site and enhance the level of services and functions provided. We also use third parties to serve advertisements on other websites that may be of interest to you, based on information collected about your use of our Site and other websites. To do so, these companies may place or recognize a unique cookie or similar on your browser. Please review our Cookie Policy for more information.
Student and Parent Personal Information Our Customer Collects. Student and parent information relating to this Privacy Policy is provided for informational purposes and describes how parent and student personal information is used when ClassMEE products and services are provided through our customer. ClassMEE products and services integrate with our customer’s systems. The specific information that is collected from the school depends upon the ClassMEE product or service, but in general, this information includes but is not limited to student and parent personal information such as: name, age, email address, student ID, account credentials, academic and student records, certain health information kept in student records, courses a student is enrolled in when we initially set up the products, and additional records as requested by the school. Depending on the school’s request, we may also collect financial information of students and parents of students as is made available to us in order to provide services. ClassMEE will receive regular updated information to keep account information accurate and up to date. Please carefully review your agreement with your school regarding your personal information.
All student and parent personal data remains the property of and is solely owned, and thereby controlled, by the school. You grant ClassMEE a non-exclusive, royalty free license, to use equipment, software, your data or other material of yours solely for the purpose of providing, maintaining, and supporting you and other licensees with ClassMEE products and services. ClassMEE will only use student or parent personal data for the purposes of providing the products and services that our customers have contracted with us to provide and we will process student personal information according to instructions and the terms of our contract with our customers. Student personal information will not be used for targeted advertising by ClassMEE.
HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
In General, How We Use Personal Information. ClassMEE will not use your personal information for any purpose other than the purpose for which it was originally obtained without your prior consent. We use your personal information to communicate with you, to provide support regarding our products and services. We may use your personal information and data to:
• Contact you via e-mail or by telephone regarding your order, your account status, your inquiries, and information about our products and services
• Resolve service disputes; troubleshoot problems
• Respond to your requests and inquiries about our product and services
• Send you marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you
• Personalize your experience on the Sites by presenting products and offers tailored to you
• Provide you with system or administrative messages
How We Use Parents and Student Information. How we use parent and student information is used depends on the school’s instructions to us. To learn more about how we use your information, please consult with your school. As a data processor, ClassMEE provides learning and registration products and services on behalf of the school. The school is responsible of what is collected from the student or parent. As your school’s data processor, we use your information on behalf of and under the instruction of your child’s school. We use your information in accordance with our agreement with your child’s school to operate, maintain, and provide the features and functionality of the ClassMEE products and services. Your child’s school determines how the personal information is used.
Law Enforcement and Internal Operations. Personal information may be provided where we are required to do so by law, or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary (i) to respond to claims asserted against ClassMEE or to comply with the legal process (for example, discovery requests, subpoenas or warrants); (ii) to enforce or administer our policies and agreements with users; (iii) for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation, customer support, product development and de- bugging purposes; or (iv) to protect the rights, property or safety of ClassMEE, its users or members of the general public. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify users about law enforcement or court ordered requests for data unless otherwise prohibited by law. However, nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal defenses or objections that you may have to any third-party request to compel disclosure of your information.
DATA STORAGE AND RETENTION
Your personal information is stored by ClassMEE on its servers, and on the servers of the cloud-based database management services ClassMEE engages, located in the India. We will retain and use your personal information for as long as your account is active, as needed to provide you services, or as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
For more information on where and how long your personal information is stored, and for more information on your rights of erasure and portability, please contact ClassMEE data protection officer at support@ classmee.com.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
This Site contains links to websites of other organizations. Unless otherwise specified, linkage to these other websites does not imply any relationship, sponsorship, or affiliation between ClassMEE and these linked websites, nor does it imply any adoption or approval of the content of such websites. ClassMEE does not have control over the policies or practices of these websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices or their content. We encourage you to review the privacy statements of any such other websites to understand their information practices.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 unless that student’s school and/or teacher has agreed to obtain parental consent for that child to use the Site and disclose personal information to us, in connection with the student’s learning environment.