Privacy Policy

We believe you should always know what data we collect from you, how we use it, and that you should have meaningful control over both. We want to empower users to make the best decisions about the information that they share with us. In fact, we made a short video for students that highlights the most important details in our Privacy Policy that they should know about. We offer a Student Data Privacy Addendum, an agreement we enter into with schools or districts that further describes our duties, responsibilities, and commitments with respect to Student Data that we collect or receive.

This Privacy Policy applies solely to the ClassDojo Services (defined below) and does not apply to the informational website located at https://www.classdojo.com (the “ClassDojo Website”). The ClassDojo Website Privacy Policy is located here.

You should read this policy in full, but here are a few key points:

Personal Information We Collect: For the complete rundown, please see this page where we detail the personal information we collect from each user type, including the sources from which the information was collected, the business purpose for which the information was collected, and the third parties with whom we share or disclose personal information for a business purpose.

We also have Online Tracking Technologies Policy. You can also find more details below.

How We Use the Information We Collect: We use the personal information we collect from students (or about students from teachers and parents) to provide and improve the Service, for educational purposes, security, and safety purposes, or as allowed by law. We will not require children to provide more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the Service. See here for more information on our use of information collected from students and children using the service not connected to a school or classroom (“Outside School Child User”), including for educational and other learning activities at home through certain premium features, “Premium Features”. For additional information regarding our use of information collected from teachers, parents, and school leaders, see here.

Data Retention: We will not retain student personal information for any longer than is necessary for educational purposes and legal obligations, or to provide the Service for which we receive or collect the student personal information.

We protect students with our industry-leading 2-Tier Student Data Protection Policy: we automatically delete their Feedback Points awarded in school after a year, and we delete Students’ Accounts if they’re inactive for more than twelve months.

Some content within a student account utilized in school or for educational purposes connected to a school or classroom (“Student Account”) will be kept after deletion of the account for school legal compliance reasons (e.g., maintenance of “education records” under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) or “Student Data” under state student privacy laws) and will not be deleted until we receive direction from the school. This can include content uploaded by a student, teacher, school leader, or parent.

We store non-student user personal information, including content uploaded by Outside School Child Users, for as long as it is necessary to provide products and Service to you and others. For non-student users (as well as Outside School Child Users), personal information associated with your account will be kept until your account is deleted or until we no longer need the data to provide the Service, whichever occurs first.

What Children’s Information is Shown Publicly? No Student’s Account, or Outside School Child User’s account (“Outside School Child Account”), profile, or portfolio is made available or visible to the general public through ClassDojo. For a list of what logged in student users and Outside School Child User’s information can be viewed by other logged-in ClassDojo users, please see our FAQ.

We Never Sell Personal Information: We will never sell or rent your personal information or non-personal information. We will only share or disclose personal information as set forth in the Privacy Policy, such as with a limited set of third-party service providers necessary to provide or develop our Services (such as database hosting) or as required by law, and we will be transparent about who these service providers are.

We will contractually require that these service providers process personal information in accordance with our instructions and consistent with this Privacy Policy. We ensure that these service providers employ reasonable and comprehensive data protection and security protocols. See here for more details.

We make clear commitments, consistent with our obligations under the Student Privacy Pledge, regarding how we handle student data in the event of a change to our organization (such as a merger) where personal information that we have collected from users would be one of the assets transferred or acquired. Consistent with the Student Privacy Pledge and applicable state and federal laws, in connection with such a change to our organization, this Privacy Policy will continue to apply to your information, and any acquirer would only be able to handle your personal information as per this Privacy Policy (unless you give consent to a new policy). Please see here for more details.

We never use student information for behaviorally targeted or third-party advertising: Information collected from students (including personal information and information collected automatically) is never used or disclosed for third-party advertising. We also do not place any third-party advertisements in student logged-in areas of the Service. Additionally, personal information collected from students is never used for behaviorally-targeted advertising to students by us or any third-party. We may present contextually relevant educational content (not using student personal information) for either our own products (e.g., Premium Features) or third-party products and services ourselves that we believe may be of interest to a student (e.g., our co-created content with Yale University on Mindfulness, and Heart of a Champion series) or Outside School Child User.

You own your data: We don’t own any content or information you provide or we receive - you (students, parents, and/or schools) will own your content and information.

Security and Privacy by Design and Default: We use security industry best practices to protect personal information, including using encryption and other security safeguards to protect personal information. We design products with security and privacy in mind from day one. See here for more information as well as our Security Whitepaper and Privacy Center.

Transparency and Choice: We will be transparent about our practices so that you can make meaningful choices about how your personal information is used. If we make a material change, we will provide prominent notice by posting a notice on our service or this website page and/or we will notify you by email (if you have provided an email address to us). See here for more information.

Right to Access, Correction, and Deletion of Data: We support access to, correction, and deletion of student personal information by the student or their parent or legal guardian, either by 1) assisting the school in meeting its requirements for access, correction, and deletion or by responding to requests we receive from schools, or 2) directly responding to requests from parents when the information is collected directly from a child, and ClassDojo obtains the parent’s consent (not the school’s) - such as when they are using our Premium Features or Outside School Child Account. Teachers, parents, school leaders, and other users can contact us at privacy@classdojo.com from the email used to create your account or here once you are signed in to your account to access, correct, or update their personal information, or they can use the features in their account settings to do so. See here for more information on all user’s rights, including about your additional rights of data portability and right to object or withdraw consent.

ClassDojo’s mission is to give teachers, school leaders, parents, and students the power to create incredible classrooms. We’re humbled that millions of people like you trust ClassDojo to do that every day. Keeping this trust through your privacy and safety is incredibly important to us.

This Privacy Policy explains:

• What information ClassDojo collects from you (and why we collect it),
• How we use and share that information,
• The choices and rights you have, including how to access, update, delete your information, and take your information out of ClassDojo.

This policy applies to all products and services offered by ClassDojo, Inc. (“ClassDojo,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and our subsidiaries or affiliates). This Privacy Policy applies solely to the ClassDojo Services (defined below) and does not apply to the informational website located at https://www.classdojo.com (the “ClassDojo Website”). The ClassDojo Website Privacy Policy is located here. ClassDojo may be acting as both a Controller and a Processor as those terms are defined under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, including as implemented or adopted under the laws of the United Kingdom (“GDPR”). For more information, please see below.

Our Privacy Policy is designed to provide transparency into our privacy practices and principles. We’ve done our best to write this policy in simple, clear terms, but if you’re not familiar with terms like personal information, cookies, IP address, pixel tags, and browsers, read about these key terms.

For students, we have a short video that highlights the most important details in our Privacy Policy that they should know about. We’ve also added summaries below each section that provide short explanations of the legal language in plain English (it starts with ‘Basically...’) to aid in understanding, but it isn’t legally binding.

• Overview
• ClassDojo’s Privacy Certifications
• What is ClassDojo?
• How Does Classdojo Protect Children’s Personal Information?
• What Information Does ClassDojo Collect?
• How Does Classdojo Use The Information It Collects?
• Will Classdojo Share Any Information It Collects?
• How Does Classdojo Protect And Secure My Information?
• Classdojo’s Commitments To Providing Transparency And Your Rights
  • Access Or Correct Your Personal Information
  • How Can I Delete My Account?
  • Object, Restrict, or Withdraw Consent
  • Additional Information or Assistance and Article 27 GDPR Local Representative
• How Long Does Classdojo Keep Information About Me?
• What Communications Will I Receive From Classdojo?
• Third-party Authentication Services
• Third-Party Services
• How Will Classdojo Notify Me Of Changes To This Policy?
• Is ClassDojo a Controller?
• What if I’m not in the U.S.?
• California Privacy Disclosures
• How Can I Contact Classdojo With Questions?
• Further Privacy and Security Resources

We will only collect, use, and share your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This policy applies whether you login to use ClassDojo through https://www.classdojo.com (the “ClassDojo Platform”), our mobile applications (the “ClassDojo Apps”), or any of our other products or services that link to this Privacy Policy that ClassDojo may provide now or in the future (collectively, the “Service(s)”). This Privacy Policy applies solely to the ClassDojo Services and does not apply to the informational website located at https://www.classdojo.com (the “ClassDojo Website”). The ClassDojo Website Privacy Policy is located here.

This Privacy Policy also covers ClassDojo's treatment of any personal information about our users that our partners or other services share with us, for example, responses to a teacher survey collected through SurveyMonkey.

This policy does not apply to websites or services or practices of companies that ClassDojo doesn’t own or control, such as third-party services you might access through links or other features (e.g., social media buttons, email campaigns, push or in-app notifications, or YouTube videos) on the Service. These other services have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them before providing them with personal information.

We hope you find this clear and friendly. If you have any questions, we’re here to help. You can visit the ClassDojo Privacy Center to learn more about how we protect your privacy, or send us an email at privacy@classdojo.com.

By using the Service, you acknowledge that you accept and agree to this Privacy Policy.

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Protecting your privacy is incredibly important to us. This Privacy Policy is here to help you understand how we treat any personal information that you share with us when you use the ClassDojo Services. This policy applies to every ClassDojo product - other companies that ClassDojo doesn’t own or control will have their own privacy policies, and you should read them, too! This Privacy Policy applies solely to the ClassDojo Services and does not apply to the informational ClassDojo Website - you can find the ClassDojo Website Privacy Policy here.

ClassDojo participates in the iKeepSafe Safe Harbor program. iKeepSafe has granted ClassDojo the COPPA Safe Harbor seal signifying its Website, Platform, and Apps have been reviewed and approved for having policies and practices surrounding the collection, use, maintenance and disclosure of personal information from children are consistent with the iKeepSafe COPPA Safe Harbor program guidelines.

ClassDojo holds the iKeepSafe FERPA Certification. Our Website, Platform, and Apps have been reviewed and approved for having policies and practices that are compliant with the federal mandates for FERPA.

ClassDojo is also a signatory to the Student Privacy Pledge. We agree to a set of principles intended to safeguard student privacy, including responsible stewardship, protection, and transparent handling of student personal information. Read more about the Student Privacy Pledge here.

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ClassDojo is certified COPPA-compliant, has a certification stating that its policies and practices help schools meet their FERPA obligations, and has also signed the Student Privacy Pledge.

ClassDojo is a communication platform that helps teachers encourage students in class and engage parents and other teachers. Teachers use ClassDojo to give students encouragement (or “Feedback Points”) for showing critical skills or strengths - ones like persistence, critical thinking, teamwork, and leadership. Teachers can also post assignments using the Activities feature for students to complete on ClassDojo (“Activities”). They can use the ClassDojo Apps or the ClassDojo Platform - if multiple devices are used, they will all sync with each other. Teachers can instantly message parents with text-based messages, pictures, videos, and stickers, post assignments and Activities , and privately message parents or send group messages. Teachers can also add posts to Class Story, School Story and individual Student Portfolios.

Parents get to be a part of their child’s classroom experiences and may also set up their child’s account on ClassDojo for use in school and at home. Parents may optionally purchase Premium Features to help encourage their children at home. Parents can also comment on Class Stories and School Stories. Parents can only view their own children’s Feedback Points (if elected to be shown by their child’s teacher) and Portfolios, not those of any other students. Parents can also message with other parents.

Students can have their own Student Account to view feedback given by teachers and parents, and perform additional tasks, such as posting to their portfolio, responding to assigned Activities (“Student Activity Responses”), commenting on Class Story or Portfolio posts (teacher and student comments collectively “Portfolio Comments”), and customizing their ClassDojo avatar. Children may also use ClassDojo in the non-school context with their Outside School Child Account - for use with the parents and other parent-approved uses, including with certain Premium Features.

In order to have a Student Account or Outside School Child Account created, children will need to either (1) have the Student Account created at school by their teacher (only after the teacher represents to ClassDojo that they have obtained any necessary parental consent which allows them to then log in or (2) create their own account, such as with a username and password (which will require parental consent); or (3) have their parents create their Student Account or Outside School Child Account at home after we have obtained parental consent. Any at-home points (“Home Points”) and content uploaded through use in an Outside School Child Account are not viewable by the child’s teacher or other students, but the customization of the monster through Premium Features may show up in the child’s Student Account and viewable in school (e.g., by teachers, school leaders, and other students).

School Leaders also play a meaningful role on ClassDojo. They can share notes, events, photos, and videos on School Story; only teachers, parents, and students connected to classes in the school can see these posts. School leaders can also create classes and events, share classes with teachers to give feedback to students, post to Class Story and Portfolios, add Portfolio Comments, message with parents, and see Highlights of their school.

More information on how the Service operates is located here, and your participation and use of the Service is governed by our Terms of Service (“Terms”).

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ClassDojo is a platform that brings teachers, students, and parents together. Learn more here.

Please see our Children’s Privacy Policy here

We collect two types of information about you: (1) information that you voluntarily provide us by using the Service (described below under “Information you provide to us”) and (2) information collected automatically as result of your use of the Service (described below under “Information collected automatically”). We may also receive information about you from third-party sources (as described below under “Information Received from Third-Party Sources”). The types and amounts of information collected will vary depending on whether the user is a teacher, school leader, parent, student or Outside School Child User and how they use ClassDojo (e.g., if teachers join their school, we may need to collect school address information). We have also created this chart with the detailed categories of personal information we collect from each user type, including the sources from which the information was collected, the business purpose for which the information was collected, and the third parties with whom we share or disclose personal information for a business purpose.

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ClassDojo asks for some information directly from teachers, school leaders, parents, Outside School Child Users and students (such as account information), and also collects some information automatically (such as crash reports when errors occur) in order to provide you with the best possible ClassDojo experience. Please see this chart for the detailed categories of personal information we collect from each user type, including the sources from which the information was collected, the business purpose for which the information was collected, and the third parties with whom we share or disclose personal information for a business purpose.

ClassDojo does not sell or rent your (or your child’s) personal information to any third-party for any purpose - including for advertising or marketing purposes. Third-party advertising is not permitted on areas where users are required to log in to ClassDojo and personal information collected from students is never used for behaviorally-targeted advertising to students (by us or third-parties). Furthermore, we do not share personal information with any third-parties except in the limited circumstances described in this Privacy Policy and as set forth below:

Other Users You Share and Communicate with on ClassDojo: No teacher, school leader, parent, or student profiles are made available to the general public through our Service. Furthermore, students cannot share their account information or portfolio with anyone on ClassDojo, outside of their parents, teachers (including those at other schools), or school leaders. If you are a teacher, school leader, or a parent, you may choose to share information or content through the Service with other ClassDojo teachers, school leaders, students, or parents - for example, things like your account information, Feedback Points awarded to students you teach (if you are a teacher or school leader) or to your children (if you are a parent) or other information you share with teachers, school leaders, or parents you are communicating with through ClassDojo Messaging, Class Story, School Story, Portfolios, or our other collaboration features. Students can also comment on Class Stories which are shared with other logged-in users who have access to that particular Class Story.

Please keep in mind that information (including personal Information or children's personal information) or content that you voluntarily disclose to others - including to other ClassDojo users you interact with through the Service (such as messages you might send other users or other teachers and school leaders you collaborate with) - can be viewed, copied, stored, and used by the people you share it with. We cannot control the actions of people with whom you choose to share information and we are not responsible for the collection, use, or disclosure of such information or content by others.

Third-Party Integrations on our Service: When, as a teacher, school leader, student, or parent, you use third-party apps, websites, or other services that use, or are integrated with, our Service, they may receive information about what you post or share. For example, when you share a Big Ideas activity on Twitter or Facebook, these services receive the information that you share through this functionality and information that you are sharing from ClassDojo. Please see here for more information on third-party services. Please see here for a list of third-party app integrations on our Service and the ClassDojo Website.

Service Providers: We do work with vendors, service providers, and other partners to help us provide the Service by performing tasks on our behalf. These service providers may be located inside or outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”). We may need to share or provide information (including personal information) to them to help them perform these business functions, for example sending emails on our behalf, database management services, database hosting, providing customer support software, and security. We may also authorize these third-party companies to collect information on our behalf. These providers have limited access to your personal information to perform these tasks on our behalf and are contractually bound to protect and use it only for the purpose for which it was disclosed. Additionally, these partners and service providers must adhere to confidentiality and security obligations in a way that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. Please see here for a list of the third-parties we work with to provide the Service and the ClassDojo Website.

Social Media Platforms: Where permissible according to applicable law, we may share certain limited personal information with social media platforms (such as Google or Facebook) and other websites, applications or partners, to generate leads, drive traffic to our websites or otherwise market and advertise our products or services on those websites or applications (this will never include personal information of students). These processing activities are based on our legitimate interest in undertaking marketing activities to offer you products and services that may be of your interest. These social media platforms with which we may share your personal information are not controlled or supervised by ClassDojo. Therefore, any questions regarding how your social media platform processes your personal information should be directed to such provider.

Analytics Services: We use analytics services, including mobile analytics software, to help us understand and improve how the Service is being used. These services may collect, store and use information in order to help us understand things like how often you use the Service, the events that occur within the application, usage, performance data, and from where the application was downloaded. A current list of analytics providers that we use is located here.

Aggregated Information and Non-Identifying Information: We may share aggregated information (information about our users that we combine together so that it no longer identifies or references an individual user) and other de-identified or non-personally identifiable information (such as statistics about visitors, traffic and usage patterns), including with users, partners or the press in order to, for example, demonstrate how ClassDojo is used, spot industry trends, or to provide marketing materials for ClassDojo. Any aggregated information and non-personalized information shared this way will not contain any personal information.

Legal Requirements: We may disclose information, including personal information, if we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to comply with the law, such as complying with a subpoena or other legal process. We may need to disclose personal information where, in good faith, we think it is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of ClassDojo, our employees, our community, or others, or to prevent violations of our Terms of Service or other agreements. This includes, without limitation, responding to law enforcement and government requests. Where appropriate, we may notify users about the legal requests, unless (i) providing notice is prohibited by the legal process itself, by court order we receive, or by applicable law; (ii) we believe that providing notice would be futile, ineffective, create a risk of injury or bodily harm to an individual or group, or create or increase a risk of fraud upon ClassDojo, or its users. In instances where we comply with legal requests without notice for these reasons, we will attempt to notify that user about the request after the fact where appropriate and where we determine in good faith that we are no longer prevented from doing so.

Fraud and Security Protection: We may share information to assist with security operations for scheduled penetration testing, auditing, and continuous improvement of our security practices, including without limitation, exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection. Authorized parties of the information would comply with our current privacy and security policies.

Sharing with ClassDojo Companies: Over time, ClassDojo may grow and reorganize. We may share your personal information with affiliates such as a parent company, subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us, in which case we will require those companies to agree to use your personal information in a way that is consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Change of control: The Student Privacy Pledge requires us (and all pledgers) to commit to how we handle data in the event of a change to our organizations such that all or a portion of ClassDojo or its assets are acquired by or merged with a third-party, or in any other situation where personal information that we have collected from users would be one of the assets transferred to or acquired by that third-party. Consistent with the Student Privacy Pledge and applicable state and federal laws, in connection with such a change to our organization, if any, this Privacy Policy will continue to apply to your information, and any acquirer would only be able to handle your personal information as per this policy (unless you give consent to a new policy). We will provide you with notice of an acquisition within thirty (30) days following the completion of such a transaction, by posting on our homepage, or by email to your email address that you provided to us. If you do not consent to the use of your personal information by such a successor company, subject to applicable law, you may request its deletion from the company. We may also make information, including personal information, available to a potential investor or purchaser (or their advisors) in advance of any such transaction completion.

In the unlikely event that ClassDojo goes out of business, or files for bankruptcy, we will protect your personal information, and will not sell it to any third-party. For more information on our practices regarding your data if we go out of business, please see our FAQ.

With your consent: Other than the cases above, we won’t disclose your personal information for any purpose unless you consent to it.

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ClassDojo doesn’t sell or rent your personal information to any third-parties. We believe your information is yours, and you should own it - we think that’s the right way to operate. We share some information with service providers who help us provide you with the Service – like companies that help us send emails, for example, or if we have to to comply with the law. Additionally, you may choose to share information with other users of the Service or to third-parties that are integrated on our Service.

And, if ClassDojo is ever acquired or goes out of business, our commitments don’t change: we still won’t sell or rent your personal information to anyone. Your personal information will continue to be protected by this policy, and any company that acquires ClassDojo will have to abide by this policy unless you give consent to a new policy.

Your ClassDojo account is protected by a password or a QR code. You can help us protect against unauthorized access to your account by keeping your password or QR code secret at all times. The security of your personal information is important to us. We work hard to protect our community, and we maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect against unauthorized use, disclosure of, or access to personal information. In particular:

• Our engineering team is dedicated to keeping your personal information secure

• We perform application security testing; penetration testing; conduct risk assessments; and monitor compliance with security policies

• We periodically review our information collection, storage, and processing practices, including physical security measures, to guard against unauthorized access to systems

• Whenever we develop new features, we do in a manner to keep your personal information safe

• When you enter any information anywhere on the Service, we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL/TLS) by default

• ClassDojo’s databases where we store your personal information is encrypted at rest, which converts all personal information stored in the database to an unintelligible form.

• We ensure passwords are stored and transferred securely using encryption and salted hashing

• The Service is hosted on servers at a third-party facility, with whom we have a contract providing for enhanced security measures. For example, personal information is stored on a server equipped with industry-standard firewalls. In addition, the hosting facility provides a 24x7 security system, video surveillance, intrusion detection systems, and locked cage areas.

• We automatically delete inactive student accounts after a specific period of time, as per our retention policy, described in the “How Long Does ClassDojo Keep Children’s Information?” section.

• We also operate a ‘bug bounty’ security program to encourage an active community of third-party security researchers to report any security bugs to us. More information on this is available by contacting us at privacy@classdojo.com

• We restrict access to personal information to authorized ClassDojo employees, agents or independent contractors who need to know that information in order to process it for us, and who are subject to strict confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations

For additional information on our security practices, please see our Security Whitepaper and our Privacy Center. Although we make concerted good faith efforts to maintain the security of personal information, and we work hard to ensure the integrity and security of our systems, no practices are 100% immune, and we can’t guarantee the security of information. Outages, attacks, human error, system failure, unauthorized use, or other factors may compromise the security of user information at any time. If we learn of a security breach, we will attempt to notify you electronically (subject to any applicable laws and school reporting requirements) so that you can take appropriate protective steps; for example, we may post a notice on our homepage (www.classdojo.com) or elsewhere on the Service, and may send email to you at the email address you have provided to us. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.

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The security of your information is important to us, and we take it very seriously. We’re always adding safeguards to ensure the safety and security of ClassDojo and our community of teachers, school leaders, parents, and students. You can help us out by keeping your password and QR code secret! When you enter information anywhere on the Service or the ClassDojo Website, we encrypt the transmission of that information using SSL by default. Please see our Security Whitepaper for more details.

We try to be transparent about what information we collect so that you can make meaningful choices about how it is used. You control the personal information you share with us. You can access or rectify this information at any time. You can also delete your account. We also provide you tools to object, restrict, or withdraw consent where applicable for the use of personal information you have provided to ClassDojo. We also make the personal information you share through our Service portable and provide easy ways for you to contact us.

You may exercise any of these rights described in this section by sending an email to privacy@classdojo.com from the same email used to create your ClassDojo account or making a request here once you are signed in to your ClassDojo account. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before taking further action on your request, for example by requiring you to provide acceptable forms of personal identification as set forth here.

• Access or correct your personal information

• Control who you share information with

• Delete your account from ClassDojo;

• Object, restrict, or withdraw consent;

• Take information out of ClassDojo

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At ClassDojo, we believe that more transparency is better. We try to give you control, with easy settings and options, so that you can make good choices when it comes to your information and how it is used. We also set forth the ways in which you can exercise your rights to access, correct, and delete your personal information as well as your right to take information out of ClassDojo and object or withdraw consent.

Access or correct your personal information

How can I delete my account?

Object, Restrict, or Withdraw Consent

Additional Information Or Assistance And Article 27 GDPR Local Representative

Non-Student Users:

We store your personal information for as long as it is necessary to provide the Service to you and others, including those described above. We determine the appropriate retention period for personal information on the basis of the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal information being processed, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of the personal information, whether we can achieve the purposes of the processing through other means, and on the basis of applicable legal requirements (such as applicable statutes of limitations).

Personal information associated with your account will be kept until your account is deleted, unless we no longer need the data to provide products and services, in which case we will delete prior to you deleting your account. Please note that we may have to retain some information after your account is closed, to comply with legal obligations, to protect the safety and security of our community or our Service, or to prevent abuse of our Terms. You can, of course, delete your account at any time. Additionally, please note that even if your account is deleted, messages sent between teachers and parents are retained to assist schools with various recordkeeping or compliance obligations. Additionally, some content uploaded by a teacher, school leader, or parent, including photos, videos, and Portfolio Comments on Messaging, Portfolios, Class Story, or School Story, are retained at the direction of the school (e.g., for legal compliance reasons such as maintenance of “education records” under FERPA or “Student Data” under various state student privacy laws) and will not be deleted until we receive direction from the school. For more details, please read “What happens when I delete my account?” in our FAQs.

Student Users and Outside School Child Users:

Please see the “How Long Does ClassDojo Keep Children’s Information?” for details on how long we retain data for student users.

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We keep teacher, school leader, and parent personal information until your account is deleted, or until we no longer need it to provide you with the Service. We only keep student personal information for as long as the student’s account is active, unless we are required by law or the student’s school to retain it, or need it to protect the safety of our users. Additionally, for students, we have our 2-Tier Student Data Protection Policy that states how we delete students’ information after some time. Note that some content may be kept after an account (student, parent, or teacher) is deleted for school legal compliance reasons (e.g., maintenance of “education records” under FERPA).

If you registered on ClassDojo, provided an email or phone number to us, or otherwise opted-in to receive communications from us, we may send you messages and updates regarding your account, including privacy and security notices, updates regarding the Service, and information regarding products, features or services from ClassDojo (or third-parties we believe you may be interested in). These communications may include, but are not limited to, social media updates, SMS/MMS messages, push and in-app notifications, email, and postal mail. If you have an account with us, we’ll also use your email address to contact you for customer service purposes, or for any legal matters that arise in the course of business. We may receive a confirmation when you open an email from us if your device supports it. We use this confirmation to help us understand which emails are most interesting and helpful.

If you invite another person to join you on ClassDojo by providing their email address or phone number, we may contact them regarding the Service using the appropriate form of communication. If they would prefer not to receive our communications, they may opt-out using the “Unsubscribe” or “STOP” instructions contained in those communications. If, as a parent/legal guardian of a student, you provided an email address or phone number to your child’s school, ClassDojo, at the direction of the school, may send an invitation to join ClassDojo via the email or phone number your student’s teacher provided ClassDojo. The invitation may be sent via email or SMS/MMS text message. If, as a parent/legal guardian, you provide your telephone number to your child’s school, you are consenting to ClassDojo (on behalf of and at the direction of your child’s school) sending informational text messages closely related to the school’s mission.

You can always unsubscribe from receiving any of our 1) marketing emails or other marketing communications whenever you’d like by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the email; 2) marketing SMS texts by replying or texting ‘STOP’ ; or 3) marketing push notifications by turning off push notifications on your device.

You can further indicate your preferences by contacting us using the information in the “How can I contact ClassDojo with questions?” section below. Please note that opting out of marketing communications does not opt you out of receiving important business communications related to your current relationship with us, such as communications about your subscriptions or event registrations, service announcements or security information.

Please note that if you reside in Canada and you do not want to receive legal notices from us, such as this Privacy Policy, those legal notices will still govern your use of the Website, and you are responsible for reviewing those legal notices for changes.

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From time to time, we may send you useful messages about updates or new features. You can always opt-out of these messages if you’d rather we didn’t contact you.

If you decide to register for a ClassDojo account through an authentication service, such as Google Login (“Authentication Service”), ClassDojo may collect personal information that is already associated with your account connected to the Authentication Service. If you choose to provide such information during registration, you are giving ClassDojo the permission to store and use such information already associated with your Authentication Service in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy. The current list of Authentication Services that we use is listed here. Please note, that when using an Authentication Service for registering a student (or if a student is directly using their own Authentication Service), ClassDojo will not request more information from the Authentication Service than name and email address unless specifically requested or chosen to be passed by the teacher or school to ClassDojo. We will only use the email collected from student users for the purposes of login and account management. The Authentication Service may collect certain other information from you in your use of that particular service (such as G-Suite for Education). You may revoke ClassDojo’s access to your account on any Authentication Service at any time by updating the appropriate settings in the account preferences of the respective Authentication Service. You should check your privacy settings on each Authentication Service to understand and change the information sent to us through each Authentication Service. Please review each Authentication Service’s terms of use and privacy policies carefully before using their services and connecting to our Service. Your use of Authentication Service is subject to the applicable third-party terms and privacy policies. Please see here for more information on what we collect through the use of Authentication Services and how we use that information.

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We may allow for users to register on our Service through an authentication service (e.g. with Google Login). If you choose to do so, we may collect personal information that is already associated with your connected authentication service and you give us permission to use and store this information consistent with this Privacy Policy. You can revoke our access to your account on this authentication service at any time by updating the appropriate settings in the account settings of the authentication service.

Please note, that when using an authentication service for registering a student (or if a student is directly using their own authentication service), ClassDojo will not request more information from the authentication service than name and email address unless specifically requested or chosen to be passed by the teacher or school to ClassDojo.

The Service may contain links to websites, applications, services, or other content provided by third-parties (e.g., video players). Your use of these features may result in the collection, processing and sharing of information about you, depending on the features. Any information, including personal information, you choose to provide or that is collected by these third-parties is subject to that third-party’s policies governing privacy and security and is not covered by our Privacy Policy.

These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you, including if you view a video through an embedded video player which is played off our Service, but may appear to still be playing on our Service. The fact that we link to a website or other third-party content is not an endorsement, authorization or representation that we are affiliated with that third-party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or practices. We are not responsible for the content, features, privacy and security practices and policies of any third-parties. We encourage you to learn about third-parties’ privacy and security policies before providing them with personal information.

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Links to other websites and services as well as embedded video players may be found within the Service — this Privacy Policy does not apply to those.

We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy as our business practices and legal requirements evolve or to further protect our users. You can see when the last update was by looking at the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. We won’t reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. If we make any significant changes, we’ll provide prominent notice by posting a notice on the Service and/or notifying you by email (using the email address you provided), so you can review and make sure you know about them.

In addition, if we ever make material changes to the types of personal information we collect from children, or how we use it, we will notify parents in order to obtain parental consent or notice for those new practices and provide schools with the necessary information about these changes where they have obtained parental consent (or acted as the agent of the parent and provided consent on their behalf).

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy from time to time, to stay informed about our collection, use, and disclosure of personal information through the Service. If you don’t agree with any changes to the Privacy Policy, you may terminate your account (although we’ll be sad to see you go!). By continuing to use the Service after the revised Privacy Policy has become effective, you acknowledge that you accept and agree to the current version of the Privacy Policy.

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We will let you know by email and/or on our website when we make significant changes to our Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to the types of personal information we collect from children, or how we use it, we will notify parents, or ask for their consent and provide schools with the necessary information about these changes where they have obtained parental consent (or acted as the agent of the parent and consent on their behalf).

ClassDojo processes personal information both as a Processor and as a Controller, as defined in the GDPR and/or used under the CCPA:

When teachers, school leaders, and parents enter information directly into our Service (such as registering for an account), or when parents or students use our Premium Features outside of the school context, ClassDojo will generally be the Controller for the user data, as outlined above in “What information does ClassDojo collect?” section. However, in certain circumstances, where requested by the student’s school, ClassDojo will be the Processor (or service provider as defined under CCPA), including of Student Data, and will process such data only at the direction and control of the school. Additionally, ClassDojo will only delete records per the school’s specific instructions and will request that you make any requests for access, correction or deletion of personal information through the school. ClassDojo will respond to such requests when received from the school’s policy on data retention and deletion.

ClassDojo is hosted and operated in the United States. If you use the Service from the European Union or the United Kingdom, or any other region with laws governing data collection, protection and use that may differ from United States law, please note that you may be transferring your personal information outside of those jurisdictions to the United States. Where we transfer, store and process your personal information outside of the United Kingdom, European Union, or EEA, we have ensured that appropriate safeguards are in place to ensure an adequate level of protection for the rights of data subjects based on the adequacy of the receiving country’s data protection laws, for instance by entering into standard contractual clauses (where we process data as a Processor for schools) or an alternative mechanism for the transfer of data as approved by the European Commission (Art. 46 GDPR) or other applicable regulator. For more information on these safeguards, please see our FAQ.

By using the Service, you consent to the transfer of your personal information outside your home jurisdiction, including to the United States, and to the storage of your personal information in the United States, for the purpose of hosting, using and processing the personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You further acknowledge that these countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country from which you provided your personal information, and that ClassDojo may be compelled to disclose your personal information to U.S. authorities. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us as described in the “Contacting ClassDojo” section below.

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Our servers are located in the U.S., so if you are using the Service from any other country, your data might be transferred to the U.S.

EU – U.S. PRIVACY SHIELD AND SWISS – U.S. PRIVACY SHIELD

CANADA

Your Rights and Choices:

If you are a California resident you have the right to request that ClassDojo disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past twelve (12) months. Please see this chart for the detailed categories of personal information we collect from each user type, including the sources from which the information was collected, the business purpose for which the information was collected and the third parties with whom we share or disclose personal information for a business purpose.

California consumers also have specific rights of access, deletion and data portability regarding their personal information under the CCPA. If you are a California resident you have the right to request that ClassDojo provide the specific pieces of information that we have collected about you. You also have the right to request deletion of your personal information collected or maintained by ClassDojo. We provide these same rights to all users. Please see the ClassDojo’s commitments to providing Transparency and Your Rights Section for more detail on how to exercise these rights, including how we will verify requests. If you are a California resident, you may also designate a natural person or business entity registered with the California Secretary of State to act on your behalf to exercise these rights.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights under CCPA. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not: Deny you goods or services. Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

However, we may offer you certain financial incentives permitted by the CCPA that can result in different prices, rates, or quality levels. Any CCPA-permitted financial incentive we offer will be reasonably related to your personal information’s value and contain written terms that describe the program’s material aspects. Participation in a financial incentive program requires your prior opt-in consent, which you may revoke at any time.

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If you are a California resident, the CCPA affords you certain rights of access, deletion and data portability - which we also extend to all users. Please see the ClassDojo’s commitments to providing Transparency and Your Rights Section for more detail on how to exercise these rights, including how we will verify requests. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights under the CCPA. Additionally, if you are a California resident you are entitled to certain disclosures regarding our collection and use of your personal information over the past twelve (12) months - Please see this chart for the detailed categories of personal information we collect from each user type, including the sources from which the information was collected, the business purpose for which the information was collected and the third parties with whom we share or disclose personal information for a business purpose.

Do Not Sell: As stated throughout this Privacy Policy, ClassDojo does not sell personal information of any ClassDojo Services user to any third-party for any purpose - including for advertising or marketing purposes. Furthermore, we do not share or disclose personal information with any third-parties except in the limited circumstances described in this Privacy Policy and as set forth here.

Do Not Track: Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers to inform websites and services that they do not want certain information about their webpage visits collected over time and across websites or online services. However, we do not recognize or respond to browser-initiated DNT signals, as the Internet industry is still working to determine what DNT means, how to comply with DNT, and how to create a common approach to responding to DNT. For more information on “do not track,” please visit www.allaboutdnt.org.

Third-parties that have content embedded on the Service, such as a social feature, or an embedded video player, may set cookies on a user’s browser and/or obtain information about the fact that a web browser visited the Service from a certain IP address. Third-parties cannot collect any other personally identifiable information from the Service unless you provide it to them directly.

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The ClassDojo Service does not track our users over time across third-party websites to provide behaviorally-targeted advertising and thus does not respond to Do Not Track signals.

Notice for Minors (Users under 18)

If you are under the age of 18, or the parent of a child using ClassDojo under the age of 18 residing in California, you are entitled to request removal of content or information you (the minor) have publicly posted on our Service. Currently, we do not allow minors to post content to share publicly. Minors can share content or comment on Class Stories which can only be seen by users with access to that particular class - such as other students, parents, and teachers. Additionally, ClassDojo offers various interactive features where minors can interact directly with each other. Minors (or the minor’s parents if under 13) have the option to delete personal information associated with their user accounts or content that they upload through their student account on their portfolio on Class Stories or content they may share with other children. If you are a minor, or the parent of a minor under 13, and would like to delete personal information associated with your account or content you uploaded through your account, please follow the directions set forth in the “ClassDojo’s commitments to providing Transparency and Your Rights” section, which may include the need to contact your school first. Although we offer deletion capabilities on our Service, you should be aware that the removal of content may not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of that content or information posted through the Service, as there may be de-identified or recoverable elements of your content or information on our servers in some form. Additionally, we will not remove content or information that we may be required to retain at the direction of the school or under applicable laws.

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If you are a minor or parent of a minor, you may delete information per the "How can I delete my account?" section.

”Shine the Light” Law

Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83(c)(2), ClassDojo does not share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes unless you affirmatively agree to such disclosure. California customers can receive more information about our compliance with this law or to make a request under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 by sending us an email at privacy@classdojo.com or by writing to us as set forth in “How Can I Contact ClassDojo with Questions” section below:

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we protect our community, please contact us at privacy@classdojo.com - we'd love to help. If you’d like, you may also write to us at:

ClassDojo, Inc. 735 Tehama Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Attention: Chief Privacy Officer

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Questions? We're here to help! Email us any time at privacy@classdojo.com.

For teachers, school leaders, parents, students, or administrators seeking more information on how we provide safety on ClassDojo, we provide privacy and security related materials on our Privacy Center as well as on our Security Whitepaper.

For Key Terms that are used in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service, please visit this Key Terms FAQ.

For our Online Tracking Technologies Policy, please see here.

For our short video for students that highlights the most important details in our Privacy Policy that they should know about, please see here.

For our chart that details the personal information we collect, how we use it, and where it is stored, please see here.

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If you’d like some more safety and privacy resources for your school, please visit our Privacy Center or our Security Whitepaper. For definitions of Key Terms used in this policy and our Terms of Service, visit here.