Privacy Policy

What sites are covered by this statement?

The Internet-based products available at www.larsonmath.com

What personal information is collected?

• The first and last name of the user
• In some cases, an optional nickname and the school with which the user is associated
• The email address of the user
• If the user is paying by credit card, the cardholder's full name, address, credit card number, and credit card expiration date
• Student progress through the assigned modules

Who is collecting this information?

Larson Learning, Inc.

How is this information used?

A username and password are generated from the first and last name of the user. They are the means by which users access subscriptions. For school-purchased subscriptions, the school administrator enters the students' names.

The email address:

• is used to send the purchaser his or her username and password when his or her account is created, and to send an expiration notice when a subscription to a site is about to expire. The email address is also used to initiate and respond to technical support incidents. We reply via email or phone, in accordance with the user's wishes.
• may be used to send out a service-related announcement such as "Our servers will be down for maintenance." These communications are not promotional in nature.
• of the school's administrator is the only one required for school-purchased subscriptions. The school administrator can enter any email address for student accounts he or she creates (a valid email address, a fake email address, or the administrator's email address).

The nickname, if entered, is used to personalize the user's access to our sites.

If the user's account is provided by his or her school, the school name will be used to associate the user to his or her school account.

The credit card information, if collected, is used to process a single, nonrecurring payment.

Student progress is available to the student, parent, and teacher through the program and the CMS (Classroom Management System).

With whom will this information be shared?

This information is accessible to our employees only for administration and technical support purposes.

The credit card holder information, if collected, is shared only with VeriSign for the purpose of executing a single payment transaction. VeriSign does not retain, share, store, or use this information for any secondary purposes.

Personal information may be disclosed when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order, or a legal process.

What choices are available to users regarding the collection of this information?

The user may choose to provide an arbitrary (fake) first and last name, except in the credit card information. The user must provide a valid email address to receive his or her username and password.

For school-purchased subscriptions, only the administrator's email address is required. School administrators may enter any name and email address for a student account they create (i.e. enter the student's real name, a fake name, or any other designator).

What security procedures are used to protect this information from alteration, loss, or misuse?

Our systems use Secure Sockets Layer to protect sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, over the Internet. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a security protocol that provides communications privacy over the Internet. The protocol allows client/server applications to communicate in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, or message forgery.

The registration, subscription, and account maintenance processes are encrypted by a 128-bit SSL certificate issued by Thawte.

The credit card number, if collected, is not stored after it is sent to VeriSign for processing.

Physical security includes locked access to the server rooms which are located within the secured facilities used to host our sites.

How can users correct inaccuracies in this information?

Users can contact us using the contact information posted on our website.

Cookies

Cookies are files on your computer that a web server uses to both store and retrieve information on a web client. Our sites use cookies to remember user logon information. Some of our sites use cookies to collect data to track user progress.

Our cookies will be deleted when the user closes the web browser.

Third Party Advertising

No third-party advertising appears on our sites.

Business Transitions

In the event this organization goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users' personal information may be part of the assets transferred.

Notification of Changes

If our privacy policy changes, we will post those changes to this privacy statement on our website so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

For questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, contact us.

Compliance with Government Standards

Products from Larson Learning, comply with:

• Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
• Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

COPPA prohibits the disclosure of personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. COPPA also prohibits the collection of personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent.

Larson Learning does not disclose any collected information to any outside party except credit card information, which is used only for the credit card transaction.

For individuals purchasing subscriptions to Larson Learning websites, a credit card is required for payment. Use of a parent's credit card provides parental consent to collect student information.

COPPA also allows teachers to act in the parent's place in granting consent for information collection. In the case of a school purchase, the only information collected about the child is the name the teacher puts on the account and an optional email address. Therefore, the teacher is providing the consent by entering the information.

If the parent or teacher does not want personally identifiable information to be used in the program, they can enter any other designation, such as a fake name, so that only they can identify a specific student.

Larson Learning has no means of knowing if any of the student names entered in any of its products are actual student names. Therefore, Larson Learning collects no personally identifiable information.

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

FERPA outlines requirements for the protection of the privacy of parents and students. How the requirements are enforced is determined by the individual educational agency or institution. FERPA allows the educational institution to define how records may be disclosed and to whom they may be disclosed. FERPA specifies that an institution, in its annual notification to parents and students, defines the criteria for determining who constitutes a school official, and what constitutes a legitimate educational interest.

Because of the variety of federal, state, and local laws, software vendors, including Larson Learning, develop tools that allow the enforcement of the laws and policies to be determined by the individual user. For example, Larson Learning's software is designed to secure student records against access by anyone except those granted specific permission by the program administrator. The system is designed to allow access by other teachers because it may be necessary for teachers to share their student records with other teachers (teaching aids, substitutes, etc.). Teachers with a legitimate educational interest are therefore able to access the records they need.

The CMS (Classroom Management System) of Larson Learning's software series is similar to a multi-drawer filing cabinet. Each teacher may have a drawer in the filing cabinet for his or her student records, but all teachers have the key to the filing cabinet. This provides security for the student records from anyone but teachers with access to the filing cabinet. Similarly, in the CMS, each teacher can access records of their classes and students, but all teachers have the password to the CMS. This provides security for the student records from anyone but teachers having access to the CMS.

Within Larson Learning's Internet-based products, the school administrator can limit instructor access to only the instructor's own students.

Children's Internet Protection Act

CIPA requirements deal with schools and libraries providing Internet access. These requirements include:

1. measures to block or filter pictures that
   1. are obscene
   2. contain child pornography
   3. when computers with Internet access are used by minors, are harmful to minors
2. adopting a policy to monitor online activities of minors
3. adopting a policy addressing
   1. access by minors to inappropriate matter on the Internet and World Wide Web
   2. the safety and security of minors when using electronic mail, chat rooms, and other forms of direct electronic communications
   3. unauthorized access, including so-called "hacking," and other unlawful activities by minors while online
   4. unauthorized disclosure, use, and dissemination of personal information regarding minors
   5. the restriction of minors' access to materials harmful to them

Larson Learning products do not provide "electronic mail, chat rooms, and other forms of direct electronic communications" to any point outside the product. The communication mechanisms in Larson Learning products provide communications only from students to their teacher and can only be seen by the teacher when logged onto the product's Classroom Management System.