Privacy Evaluations

Help protect student data. Use our privacy evaluations before choosing edtech tools for your school.
As part of the Common Sense Privacy Evaluation Initiative, privacy evaluations break down complex privacy policies and help you make informed choices to protect student information online. Our privacy team goes beyond the requirements of COPPA, FERPA, PPRA, and other federal and state privacy regulations. We consider a broad range of legal requirements and industry best practices to pinpoint what you need to know about company policies on safety, privacy, security, and compliance.
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24 Game – Math Card Puzzle
Use with Caution
  • Privacy policies do not indicate a version or effective date.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not personal information is sold or rented to third parties.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not data are shared for advertising and/or marketing.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service displays behavioral or contextual advertising.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service allows data collection by third-party advertising or tracking services.
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ABCMouse.com
Use with Caution
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not personal information is sold or rented to third parties.
  • Data are shared for advertising or marketing.
  • Data are collected by advertising or tracking services.
  • Data are used to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
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Accelify
Not Recommended
  • Privacy policies are not available.
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Achieve3000 Literacy Solutions
Use with Caution
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not data are shared for advertising and/or marketing.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service displays behavioral or contextual advertising.
  • Data are collected by advertising or tracking services.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service uses data to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service allows third parties to use data to create ad profiles, data enhancement, and/or targeted advertisements.
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Actively Learn
Use with Caution
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service allows data collection by third-party advertising or tracking services.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service uses data to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service allows third parties to use data to create ad profiles, data enhancement, and/or targeted advertisements.
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Akindi
Use with Caution
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not personal information is sold or rented to third parties.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not data are shared for advertising and/or marketing.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service displays behavioral or contextual advertising.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service allows data collection by third-party advertising or tracking services.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service uses data to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
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Angry Birds
Use with Caution
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not personal information is sold or rented to third parties.
  • Data are shared for advertising or marketing.
  • Behavioral or contextual advertising is displayed.
  • Data are collected by advertising or tracking services.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service allows third parties to use data to create ad profiles, data enhancement, and/or targeted advertisements.
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Animoto
Use with Caution
  • Data are shared for advertising or marketing.
  • Behavioral or contextual advertising is displayed.
  • Data are collected by advertising or tracking services.
  • Data are used to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
  • Third parties can use data to create ad profiles, data enhancement, and/or targeted advertisements.
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Bloomz
Use with Caution
  • Data are shared for advertising or marketing.
  • Data are collected by advertising or tracking services.
  • Data are used to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service allows third parties to use data to create ad profiles, data enhancement, and/or targeted advertisements.
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BrainPOP
Use Responsibly
  • Intended for children under 13.
  • The terms are unclear about whether or not this service is intended for teens.
  • Not intended for adults over 18.
  • Intended for parents or guardians.
  • Intended for students.
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Want to know more about teaching with tech? Browse Common Sense edtech tool reviews to find the right tools for your classroom. These reviews focus on the learning potential of digital tools and are separate from privacy evaluations.
About Privacy Evaluations

The privacy evaluations have been designed with the help and support of a consortium of schools and districts across the United States. These evaluations are designed to streamline making an informed decision about the potential privacy implications of educational technology used to support teaching and learning.

Our core evaluation criteria are freely available and will remain freely available. People are encouraged to read the questions we use and the information security primer we released. Vendors are encouraged to use our questions and the information security primer to self-evaluate. You can also learn more about our evaluation process.

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