ComplianceĮdmodo's terms are very clear that teachers, schools, and/or districts are fully responsible for obtaining parental consent for the collection of personal information from a child under 13 years of age (updated to 16 when necessary for EU users) and providing all required notifications to parents under COPPA. The terms do not contain details about any breach notification process, or the time frame in which users will be notified of a data breach.
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The terms explain that they also use coding practices that take steps to prevent attacks on their services from web browsers and malicious scripts, by processing all actions through several permission verification checks. Also, when a user enters sensitive information (such as a credit card number) in the credit purchasing process, they state that they encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). SecurityĮdmodo's terms state that personal information is protected by a password. The policy notes that referrals to and from the service may result in Edmodo transmitting personal information. In addition, the terms say that Edmodo's partners, affiliates, and service providers, including advertising partners, may also transmit cookies to a user's browser or device when, for example, the user clicks on an advertisement that appears on the services for tracking purposes.
The terms do say that Edmodo will not share the personal information of users under 13 years with advertising partners to promote Edmodo or other products. However, the terms do say Edmodo may display advertisements for their own products and services, but do not say whether advertisements may be personalized or targeted using personal information. The terms say Edmodo does not sell users' personal information to third parties and Edmodo does not share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. The policy explains that certain usage-related information may be viewable in the user profile that may be displayed to other users, depending on the User Category for example, a “badge” may displayed in the profile indicating that a user has added content to the user “library,” or that a user has logged into the Services more than a certain number of times. Edmodo's terms specify that parent accounts may see the interactions of their linked child accounts. The terms of Edmodo state that student interactions may occur within classroom spaces via limited access codes, where teachers, parents, and/or school administrators can see interactions that occur between students, messages between student’s and their teachers, and grades students receive on assignments. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service. The Privacy Policy and Terms of Use accessed for this evaluation can be found on Edmodo’s website.
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Edmodo for Parents is available for download at the iOS App Store, and the Google Play Store. Edmodo: Your Online Classroom is available for download at the iOS App Store, and the Google Play Store. Edmodo's terms further state that teachers, schools, and/or districts are fully responsible for obtaining parental consent for the collection of personal information from a child under 13 years of age and providing all required notifications to parents under COPPA.Įdmodo can be accessed through its website. The terms state that interactions may occur within classroom spaces, where teachers, parents, and/or school administrators can see interactions that occur between students, messages between students and their teachers, and grades that they receive on assignments. Edmodo provides multiple ways for students to interact with one another. Edmodo provides a learning network for students, teachers, parents, schools, and districts.