How does Classroom Hero use information it collects from Children?

First and foremost, you should know that Classroom Hero does not sell or rent any of your child's personal information to any third party for any purpose – including for advertising or marketing purposes. 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 also 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 and may further limit our uses of Student Data from the uses set forth in the Children's Privacy Policy.

Classroom Hero commits that its collection, use, retention, and sharing of personal information shall be reasonably necessary and proportionate to achieve the purposes for which the personal information was collected or processed and for the purposes disclosed in this Children's Privacy Policy and that the personal information will not be further processed in a manner incompatible with these purposes.

Our uses of your child's personal information are set forth below:

We use the information we collect from students (or about students from teachers and School Leaders):

To provide and improve the Service for the child, including:

Managing student accounts and classroom access through teacher-provided codes

Tracking and displaying student points earned through teacher-defined Actions

Enabling student purchases from teacher-created virtual marketplaces

Providing avatar customization features and Power Token management

Operating the optional Mysteria open-world game for treasure hunting activities

Delivering AI-generated quizzes and educational content created by teachers

Maintaining classroom leaderboards and progress tracking

Sending in-app notifications to your child (e.g., notify of sold items, actions completed)

For educational purposes, including:

Supporting teacher-defined reward systems and classroom management

Enabling gamification features that encourage student engagement

Providing progress tracking for educational activities and achievements

Supporting Class Goals and collaborative classroom objectives

For internal analytics on product usage:

Understanding how students interact with the platform to improve functionality

Analyzing feature usage to enhance the educational experience

Measuring platform performance and user engagement

Anonymized data analysis to improve our services (sent to Google Analytics)

To identify, fix, and troubleshoot bugs and Service errors:

Debugging technical issues students may experience

Improving platform stability and performance

Ensuring smooth operation across different devices and browsers

For security and safety purposes, including:

Enforcing our Terms of Service

Protecting student accounts from unauthorized access

Monitoring for inappropriate content or behavior in the Mysteria game

Maintaining secure login sessions through temporary JWT tokens

Preventing abuse of the avatar and marketplace systems

To comply with legal process or other laws

As allowed by law

Teacher-Generated AI Content

Students interact with AI-generated content in a limited, controlled manner through teacher-created quizzes and educational activities. Students do not directly input information into AI systems – they only respond to AI-generated content that teachers have created specifically for their classroom.

Student Interaction with AI-Generated Content:

Students can complete AI-generated quizzes created by their teachers

Student responses and completion data are collected to track educational progress

Students earn classroom currency and Power Tokens for completing these educational activities

Quiz performance data is shared with teachers for educational assessment purposes

Teacher AI Tools (Impact on Students): Teachers use AI Classroom Tools to generate educational content including quizzes, assignments, and other learning materials. When teachers create this content:

AI-generated quizzes and assignments are delivered to students through the platform

Student completion data and responses are collected and provided to teachers

This information helps teachers assess student understanding and progress

Data obtained from student interactions with AI-generated content may be used by Classroom Hero to improve and maintain the Service and perform internal analysis

For AI tools used by teachers, we currently use OpenAI and Anthropic as our LLM service providers ("LLM Service Providers"). Any student information that may be included in teacher-generated AI content is handled with "zero data retention" by these providers beyond transient processing to provide the Service. This means that any student information in prompts, inputs, and outputs (1) will not be logged for human review by the LLM Service Providers and (2) will not be retained by the LLM Service Provider.

Important AI Limitations for Students:

Students do not directly interact with AI tools or provide inputs to AI systems

Students cannot generate their own AI content

All AI-generated content students see has been created and approved by their teachers

Student personal information is not used to train any AI models

Classroom Hero does not use any children's personal information to train any of Classroom Hero's artificial intelligence models, but does reserve the right to use de-identified information. Additionally, Classroom Hero does not allow OpenAI, Anthropic, or any other LLM or AI third-party service provider it may utilize to use any children's information (personal information or de-identified) to train, improve or develop their artificial intelligence models.

Teacher Control: All student data usage is controlled by teachers and school administrators. Teachers can delete student records, classes, or entire accounts at any time.

Educational Purpose: All data usage is focused on supporting educational activities and classroom management within the teacher's defined learning environment.

Minimal Collection: We collect only the minimum information necessary to provide our gamification and classroom management services.

No Commercial Use: Student data is never used for commercial purposes, marketing, or advertising.

Anonymization: When possible, we use anonymized identifiers and aggregate data rather than personally identifiable information.

Information collected from students is never used or disclosed for third-party advertising or any kind of behaviorally-targeted advertising, and it is never sold or rented to anyone, including marketers or advertisers. Student data is used exclusively to provide our educational gamification platform, with strong teacher control and oversight.

Classroom Hero provides AI-generated educational content through teacher-created quizzes and assignments. Students interact with this AI-generated content in a controlled, supervised manner, but do not directly provide inputs to AI systems. All AI-generated content is created by teachers for educational purposes within their classrooms.