WriteToLearn Privacy Policy

Ownership

This Site is owned and operated by Pearson Education, Inc. The contents of this Site are protected by copyrights owned by Pearson Education, Inc. and/or their licensors. The website and its proprietary WriteToLearn™, IEA™, Summary Street®, and KAT™ Engine software (collectively, this "Site") are made available by Pearson's Knowledge Technologies group and Pearson Education, Inc., (collectively "Pearson") to schools and school districts authorized to use WriteToLearn. At Pearson, we are serious about protecting privacy, and the WriteToLearn Privacy Policy discloses how we collect, protect, use, and report the personal information gathered in connection with this Site.

Information Collection, Use, and Disclosure

WriteToLearn is a web-based product of Pearson Education, Inc. Access to WriteToLearn and reports are password protected. Before the School can use WriteToLearn, the School's Administrator establishes logins and passwords for each participating teacher who in turn provides logins and passwords for students enrolled in participating classes. A school may also import into WriteToLearn a file containing student names and assigned passwords. Pearson will use this information to set up and provide user access, supply the WriteToLearn product to the School and for statistical research and analysis.

Student responses from WriteToLearn activities are collected and scored automatically. Through this Site, the School, through the student's teacher (as designated on the Student Enrollment file), may obtain and print reports about the results for that student and track such student's learning progress. All student data is stored on a secure server located in Denver, CO.

Data derived from student responses may be analyzed and aggregated by Pearson for research and statistical analysis purposes to assess the validity, usability and quality of the WriteToLearn product. Research and statistical analysis data will exclude the student's name and the teacher's name and email address, but may include responses and results, as well as demographic data supplied including (a) school and school district name and geographic location; (b) class name (as specified by the School); (c) grade; and (d) gender. Summary results of the research and statistical analysis may be shared by Pearson with third parties.

Pearson will take appropriate, commercially standard steps to keep all personally identifiable information about students and teachers confidential. Pearson will not share any such personal information with any third party (other than the School) except in the following circumstances: (a) in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, to the extent permitted and as restricted by law; (b) when disclosure is required to maintain security and integrity of the Site, or to protect any Site user's security or the security of other persons, consistent with applicable laws.

Security

Access to services on this Site is password protected. All passwords should be maintained as confidential. Users should remember to always log-off when exiting the Site and to NOT share or divulge passwords.

Please contact the School Administrator if you need a new password, if you no longer wish to use WriteToLearn, or if you become aware of any unauthorized use or access to this Site.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet is completely secure. Given the inherent operation and structure of the Internet, all transmissions are done at your own risk.

Cookies

The use of cookies is common in the Internet industry. Cookies are small text files that a website transfers to your computer's browser. Cookie technology tells the website non-personally identifiable information, but does identify your computer, browser and Internet specifications. This Site uses cookies to measure traffic patterns, personalize content and control security.

IP Addresses

An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet service provider. This Site may collect IP addresses, the associated URLs, domain types, the browser type used to access the Site, the country, state and telephone area code where the users' Internet service provider's servers are located, the pages of this Site that users viewed during their visit and any search terms entered on the Site. Collection of IP addresses is generally for system administration purposes to gather broad demographic information, monitor the level of activity on the Site and for security reasons. Personally identifiable information may be linked to IP addresses to protect the security or integrity of the Site.

Links to Other Sites

This Site may contain links to other websites on the Internet. The information practices of those websites are not covered by this Privacy Statement or any other policies or terms applicable to this Site. It is the responsibility of the user to read the terms and policies of those other websites before supplying personal information.

Additional Information about Privacy

If you have any concerns or questions about privacy on WriteToLearn, please contact Legal.Department@pearson.com. Our mailing address is NCS Pearson, Inc., Assessment for Learning group, ATTN: WriteToLearn Customer Support, 19500 Bulverde Road, San Antonio, Texas 78259.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

Pearson reserves the right to change the terms of this Privacy Statement from time to time. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this Site prior to implementation and will only be applicable to information collected after the change is posted.

Pearson Education, Inc. (March 2010).