Brilliant - COPPA Direct Notice to Educators & Parents.docx

Last updated: November 12, 2024

As part of our compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), Brilliant Worldwide, Inc. (“Brilliant”) provides this Direct Notice to Educators. It is a best practice for you to share this Direct Notice with each parent/guardian whose children use the Brilliant for Educators Program and services (the “Services”). This Direct Notice explains how we collect, use, and disclose personal information from users who are under the age of 13 (“child” or “children”). Brilliant relies on consent obtained from the Educator, acting as an agent of the parent or legal guardian of the Educator’s students, for providing the Services to students under 13 years of age. By registering for an account, agreeing to the Terms of Service and other binding agreements, the Educator represented and warranted that they have obtained all consents required under applicable law.  For a complete explanation of our privacy practices, please view the Brilliant for Educators Program Privacy Statement.

Information We Collect

Brilliant collects personal information from children only to the extent reasonably necessary to enable them to use the Services.

Information that children provide may include:

• Contact and account information, such as first and last name, email address, password, date of birth, grade level, and teacher name.
• Any content submitted through the Services (e.g., assignments, assessments).
• Usage information, such as information about how children use the Services and interact with us and other users, as well as their performance on our programs.

Brilliant and our service providers may also log information automatically about children that use the Services. Such information may include device data and online activity data.

We do not use personal information relating to students younger than 16 for any marketing or commercial purposes.

How We Use Information

We use children’s information to operate the Services, which may include providing, analyzing, personalizing, maintaining, improving and securing the Services. We may also use children’s personal information to provide customer support or otherwise communicate with children about their requests, questions, or feedback.

We may use children’s information for legal compliance and protection, including to comply with applicable law, protect our or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property, audit our internal processes, enforce our terms and conditions, and protect against fraudulent or illegal conduct.

We may create aggregated, de-identified, or other anonymous data from children’s personal information. We may use and share such anonymous data for our legitimate business interests, including to analyze and improve the Services.

How We Share Information