Essay Eye - Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 10/21/2024
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Table of Contents
SECTION 1. Introduction
- 1.1 A Note About Student Data
- 1.2 A Note About Personal Data
SECTION 2. Information We Collect
- 2.1 Personal Information
- 2.2 Non-Personal Information
- 2.3 Essay Data
- 2.4 Student Data
SECTION 3. How We Use Your Information
SECTION 4. Sharing Your Information
- 4.1 Personal Data
- 4.2 Marketing Data
- 4.3 Student Data
- 4.4 “De-Identified” Data
SECTION 5. Data Security
SECTION 6. Data Retention
SECTION 7. Your Data & Privacy Rights
SECTION 8. Children’s Privacy
SECTION 9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
SECTION 10. Contact Us
SECTION 1. Introduction
Welcome to Essay Eye LLC (“we,” “our,” “us”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you use our services, which include grading and evaluating student essays through our AI technology (the “Services”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring a safe online experience. This Privacy Policy applies to all products and services offered by Essay Eye LLC, including our websites, online platforms, and web browser extensions (collectively, our “Service”). Through our Service, we provide tools designed to enhance educational experiences, such as evaluating and grading essays, offering feedback, and supporting student growth.
1.1 A Note About Student Data
Essay Eye LLC’s services are intended for schools and school districts (collectively, “Schools”), as well as teachers, authorized school users, professors and instructors of higher education and technical institutions, and administrators (collectively, “Educators”). When our Service is incorporated into a School’s educational curriculum, any personal data associated with students (“Students”) that is (i) provided to Essay Eye LLC by a School, or (ii) collected by Essay Eye LLC during the provision of the Service to a School, or Educator, may from time to time contain information defined as “educational records” under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) or “covered information” under California’s Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (“SOPIPA”), as well as other information protected by similar student data privacy laws such as COPPA – The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act . This information is referred to as “Student Data.”
1.2 A Note About Personal Data
In brief, “personal data” refers to any data or information that can identify you or is related to you, or that fits the description provided below. When we mention “personal data” in this Privacy Policy, we are referring to any information or data that identifies, pertains to, describes, or could reasonably be associated with, or linked directly or indirectly to, an individual or household.
SECTION 2. Information We Collect
We collect several types of information to provide and improve our Services:
2.1 Personal Information
- Educators, Teachers/Professors, Schools: Name, email address, school affiliation, and other identifying details such as courses taught, grade levels taught, coursework and assignments.
- Account Information: Username, password, and profile information.
- Information Obtained During Use of Services: Including any videos, images, documents, files, or other information you choose to provide.
- Payment Information: Billing details, if applicable.
2.2 Non-Personal Information
- Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our Services, including IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and time spent on our platform.
- Technical Data: Data from cookies and similar technologies used to improve user experience. Essay Eye LLC (and third party providers) may automatically gather specific information about your interactions with our Service, including log files and analytics data. This may include information processed form third party providers from time to time in the use of certain Services.
2.3 Essay Data
- Content Submission: Essays and other written content submitted for evaluation and grading.
2.4 Student Data
- We collect study topics, assignments (e.g., homework), essays, and grades.
- We collect, use, maintain, and share Student Data solely for legitimate educational purposes.
- We do not use or disclose Student Data for any targeted advertising purposes.
- We do not create personal profiles of students unless it is necessary for educational purposes.
- Our comprehensive data security program is designed to safeguard the types of Student Data managed by the Service and to always be in compliance with “FERPA”, “SOPIPA”, and other regulatory commissions.
- We are committed to clearly and transparently communicating our data policies and practices to our users.
- We will never sell Student Data, except in the case of a corporate transaction such as a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other sale of assets. In such cases, the new owner will be required to continue honoring the terms provided in this Privacy Notice, or we will notify the School and offer an opportunity to opt out of the transfer of Student Data by deleting it before the transfer takes place.
SECTION 3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our Services.
- Evaluate and grade student essays.
- Communicate with users, including sending notifications and responding to inquiries.
- Improve and personalize our Services.
- Process transactions and manage subscriptions.
- Ensure compliance with legal obligations and policies.
- Analyze usage patterns and improve user experience.
- To market and advertise to educators and schools.
- Tailor and improve our Service to better meet the needs and preferences of our users and others with whom we interact.
- Test, optimize, update, and monitor our Service, as well as diagnose and resolve any technical issues.
- Safeguard the safety, security, and integrity of our Service, technological infrastructure, other assets, and our business.
- Enforce our contractual rights, resolve disputes, meet our obligations, protect our business interests, and defend the rights and interests of third parties.
- Prevent, investigate, or notify relevant parties of any fraudulent, illegal, or criminal activities.
- Comply with our legal and contractual responsibilities.
- Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide personal data.
- Pursue any other lawful objective or any purpose to which you consent.
SECTION 4. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We may share information in the following ways:
4.1 Personal Data
- Service Providers: We work with third-party vendors and service providers who perform various functions on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, fraud prevention, infrastructure provisioning, customer support, IT services, product fulfillment, web hosting, and marketing. This also includes providers who assist us in delivering AI-powered tools that are part of our Service. A current list of our service providers is available upon request.
- Educational Institutions: We may share your information with the schools and educators associated with you when necessary for educational purposes.
- Legal Compliance and Protection: We may disclose personal data to third parties, such as legal advisors and law enforcement, to comply with legal obligations, respond to lawful requests, protect our rights and property, enforce our agreements and policies, detect and prevent fraud, reduce credit risk, collect debts, and safeguard the health and safety of our users and others. This may include sharing information as required by law.
- Business Transactions: In the event of a corporate transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, joint venture, financing, or sale of assets, personal data may be disclosed to third parties involved in the transaction. Additionally, in cases of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, personal data may be considered an asset and transferred accordingly.
- Interaction with Your School: If you access our Service through your school, we may share your information with the school as needed for educational purposes.
- Community Participation: If you engage in any of our online communities, we may share your public profile information and any other details you choose to make public with other community members.
- Customer Communication: We may share personal data with third-party providers who assist us in customer service and communication tasks, such as handling inquiries and facilitating communications.
- With Your Consent: We may share your personal data with third parties whenever you provide consent or request such sharing.
4.2 Marketing Data
- We collaborate with our marketing partners to share non-Student Data for the purpose of informing individuals about the services we offer.
4.3 Student Data
Please refer to the above “note on student data” for privacy information
- We collect, store, use, and share Student Data solely for educational purposes.
- Student Data is never used or disclosed for targeted advertising. We do not create personal profiles of Students except when it serves an educational purpose.
- To protect the Student Data managed by our Service, we have implemented a comprehensive data security program. More details on our security practices can be found in the Security section below.
- We are committed to transparency in our data policies and practices, ensuring they are clearly communicated to our users.
- We will never sell Student Data unless it is part of a corporate transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or sale of assets. In such cases, we will ensure that the new owner continues to adhere to the terms outlined in this Privacy Notice or, alternatively, we will notify the School and provide an opportunity to opt-out of the transfer by deleting the Student Data before the transaction is finalized.
- We will not make significant changes to our Privacy Notice or contractual agreements related to the collection or use of Student Data without first notifying the School and offering a choice before using the Student Data in any manner substantially different from what was originally disclosed.
- We share Student Data only when necessary to deliver our Service.
- We also share Student Data with trusted service providers who require access to perform services on our behalf, ensuring they adhere to appropriate contractual protections. A current list of these service providers is available upon request.
- Additionally, we may disclose Student Data in connection with business transactions or to uphold our legal rights and obligations, as further detailed in the “Our Disclosure of Personal Data” section of this Privacy Notice.
- We will not knowingly retain Student Data beyond a reasonable time period to support educational purposes.
4.4 “De-Identified” Data
- We may create, use, and share de-identified information for purposes such as adaptive learning, personalized student learning, content recommendations related to educational or employment objectives, and to enhance and develop our Service. Additionally, this de-identified information may be utilized to improve other educational platforms, services, applications, or technologies, as allowed by law. “De-identified information” refers to data from which all personal identifiers have been removed, ensuring it cannot reasonably be used to identify an individual.
SECTION 5. Data Security
We implement robust security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no online service can be completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We implement both technical and organizational measures to safeguard personal data, as detailed below.
Essay Eye LLC employs a comprehensive, multi-layered strategy to protect personal data, which includes a variety of technical and organizational defenses. Our strong security program consists of policies and controls designed to protect personal data from both known and potential threats. Our security measures encompass encryption, firewalls, role-based access controls, and other protective technologies. Access to personal data is strictly limited to individuals with a legitimate need to know, and we enforce a disciplinary process for any breaches of our security policies.
For Schools that designate a specific point of contact for security incidents, Essay Eye LLC has established a protocol for responding to breaches involving Student Data. Should there be any unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure of Student Data, we will promptly notify the designated contact at the School via email or other direct communication methods as outlined in our breach response protocol.
SECTION 6. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. This includes essay data (and related assignment materials) for educational purposes, and to enhance the Services Essay Eye LLC provides its educators, schools, administrators, and other educational personnel and institutions.
SECTION 7. Your Data & Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Object to or restrict the processing of your information.
- Withdraw Consent: If we process your information based on your consent, you have the right to withhold or withdraw that consent at any time.
- File a Complaint: You have the right to file a complaint with a data protection authority if you have concerns about how your data is being handled.
- Account Settings and Data Sharing: You can update your account details and adjust your account controls or data-sharing settings by visiting your “Account” page, uninstalling our browser extension through your web browser’s “settings” or “tools” menu, or contacting us at essayeye.com.
- Cookie Preferences: For more information about the cookies we use on our websites and to manage your cookie preferences, please contact us at essayeye.com.
- Communication Preferences: To stop receiving promotional emails from us, click the “unsubscribe” link in any of those emails. We make every effort to process your unsubscribe requests promptly. However, please note that service-related communications (e.g., account verification, transactional updates, feature changes, technical and security notices) may not have the option to be restricted .
- Modifying or Deleting Information: If you have questions about updating your information or wish to remove your name or comments from our Service or public content, you can reach out to us at essayeye.com. Please note that we may not be able to modify or delete your information in every case.
SECTION 8. Children’s Policy
Our Services are intended for use by students under the supervision of educators and parents. We comply with applicable laws regarding the collection of information from children under the age of 13. Please see attached example of competitors’ privacy use for children???
SECTION 9: Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our website. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
SECTION 10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Essay Eye LLC
9732 Myron St., Pico Rivera, CA. 90660
Essayeye.com
