Engrade by McGraw-Hill Education is a learning management system (LMS) and assessment engine. Engrade empowers educators and unlocks student achievement. Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's policies are not transparent about whether users can interact with trusted or untrusted users. Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's terms state they will not sell users' PII to other organizations or use information from educational records for marketing purposes. In addition, the policies state that Engrade McGraw-Hill Education will establish and maintain reasonable procedures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of users' personally identifiable information. The terms of Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's policies state that they use user information to provide the digital learning solution on behalf of a school in order to meet its contractual obligations with the school or district.

Please Note: The terms state they do not apply to any data submitted to or collected by Engrade - McGraw-Hill Education in connection with the educational or instructional use of their products and services by customers, students, and/or educational institutions. If a user registers to use the services on behalf of an educational institution, they will be required to agree to additional terms and conditions in connection with the registration process that are not used in this evaluation process.

Engrade by McGraw-Hill Education can be accessed through its website. The Privacy Policy and Terms of Use used for this evaluation can be found on Engrade’s website. Additionally, other policies used for this evaluation include: Terms of Service. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.

Safety

Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's policies are not transparent about whether users can interact with trusted or untrusted users. In addition, the terms are unclear whether information may be shared or revealed by a user in order to participate in social interactions or that a user's personal information can be displayed publicly in any way. The terms also state Engrade McGraw-Hill Education reserves the right, but not the obligation to remove, to not transmit any user content that they deem to be in violation of their terms. However, Engrade McGraw-Hill Education does not and cannot review all user content or service uploads from users, and their policies state they are not responsible for such content. Engrade McGraw-Hill Education may report communications or materials provided by users to their educational institution if they believe the communications or content are in violation of their terms. Lastly, Engrade McGraw-Hill Education provides external links to resources to learn more about safety.

Privacy

Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's policies state they are a global organization and follow privacy laws and regulations that are applicable to their company and services in the areas where they do business. Their policies state Engrade McGraw-Hill Education is committed to protecting the privacy of users' personal information, and they regularly review and update their privacy practices as required. In addition, they have recently updated their Privacy Center and Terms of Use to be more transparent about how they collect and use user information, and to provide users with more control over that information.

The policies state Engrade McGraw-Hill Education collects Personally identifiable information, such as contact information and education details, in order to provide users with the product and/or service they requested. When a user registers, or is registered within one of the offered digital learning solutions, Engrade McGraw-Hill Education collects their name, school, instructor, class, and login information. However, the terms also specify Engrade McGraw-Hill Education does not collect, use, or disclose PII that is not reasonably related to a legitimate business purpose necessary to serve its users. When a user visits or make transactions on Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's web sites, they automatically collect certain information from users through the use of cookies, web beacons or other tracking mechanisms. This includes information about users' experience such as their IP address, operating systems, pages viewed, and time spent.

In addition, Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's terms state they purchase and rent marketing lists from various providers including event management companies and education non-profits. Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's policies state they may share user information with third parties to provide users with marketing information. However, McGraw-Hill Education's terms state they will not share users' PII with third parties for them to market to users on their own behalf. McGraw-Hill Education's terms also specify they will not market to students using the information from their educational records, which are records directly related to a student and maintained by an educational agency or institution, or by a party acting for the agency or institution.

Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's terms state they will not sell users' PII to other organizations or use information from educational records for marketing purposes. The terms of Engrade McGraw-Hill Education state they may use users' PII to provide them with materials that they believe are of interest to users. In addition, Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's policy states they may display advertisements to users in connection with user content, and may use user content to advertise and promote Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's products and services. This allows Engrade McGraw-Hill Education to collect information about customer usage and online behavior to tailor marketing to areas that they believe may be more appropriate for the user. Lastly, Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's terms state they allow third parties to collect information automatically from users across websites and over time through the use of their own cookies, web beacons, and tracking mechanisms.

Security

Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's policies state they may collect users' name, initials, and contact information when they create an account. In addition, the policies state Engrade McGraw-Hill Education will establish and maintain reasonable procedures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of users' Personally Identifiable Information. The terms specify Engrade McGraw-Hill Education owns, controls, and operates its services from their offices in the United States. However, the terms do not state whether personal information is encrypted while in transit or while in storage and there is no information provided about notification to users in the event of a data breach.

Compliance

The terms of Engrade McGraw-Hill Education state they use user information to provide the digital learning solution on behalf of a school in order to meet its contractual obligations with the school or district. In addition, users will also be subject to any additional terms of use, agreements, guidelines or rules provided by Engrade McGraw-Hill Education applicable to the services provided. Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's products are intended for use by parents, students, and teachers. The terms further specify if a user is an educator, parent, or student, Engrade McGraw-Hill Education is a service provider to their school or organization. The service providers parents, students, and teachers with the ability to access, modify, and delete personal information. In addition, the terms state Engrade McGraw-Hill Education will retain users' data for the minimum amount of time necessary to accomplish the purpose for which it was collected, and thereafter no longer than is permitted under McGraw-Hill Education's data retention policies.

Further, the terms specify that due to the increasing focus on the security and protection of personal and student information, Engrade McGraw-Hill Education's privacy practices comply with such federal regulations as COPPA and FERPA. Engrade McGraw-Hill Education acknowledges that it will be considered a "School Official" (as that term is used in FERPA) and agrees that it will comply with the requirements in FERPA concerning the confidentiality and release of Personally Identifiable Information.

Lastly, McGraw-Hill Education has taken a leadership role with Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) in setting the agenda for self-regulatory goals for student privacy in the industry. The terms further specify they have an internal Privacy Council comprised of senior leaders throughout our company that provides the tone at the top to perpetuate best practices across our business.

• Data are not sold or rented to third parties.
• Data are shared for third-party advertising and/or marketing.
• Behavioral or targeted advertising is displayed.
• Data are collected by third-party advertising or tracking services.
• Data are used to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
• Unclear whether this product creates and uses data profiles for data enhancement, and/or targeted advertisements.