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Pear Deck Learning’s commitment to privacy
As recognized leaders in student data privacy, Pear Deck Learning is a proud signatory of the 2020 Student Privacy Pledge. Our dedicated Privacy Team works across all divisions of the company to implement proactive privacy protections.
We envision a future where all learners are ready and inspired to solve the world’s greatest challenges, and that vision helps drive our decisions — from product design to our thoughtful approach to student privacy and data protection.
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How does Pear Deck Learning protect student data?
We take a proactive approach to protect student information.
- Pear Deck Learning does not sell, trade, or rent student personal information.
- We are FERPA compliant, meaning that schools always maintain certain rights over their student data.
- We're a proud signatory of the 2020 Student Privacy Pledge, a public and legally-enforceable commitment regarding the collection, maintenance, and use of student personal information.
We ensure schools maintain control over their data.
- Schools and districts that partner with Pear Deck Learning own and control their Personal Student Information, and can request deletion of Personal Student Information at any time.
- Pear Deck Learning does not use Personal Student Information beyond the purposes explicitly outlined in agreements.
We follow industry-leading best practices to safeguard data.
- We apply a combination of technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect student and school data.
- We use military-grade TLS encryption across our products and websites to protect personal information in transit.
- We restrict access to Personal Student Information on a "need-to-know" basis.
We continuously test and assess to improve privacy practices.
- We constantly monitor state and federal laws to ensure our policies meet — and often exceed — legal requirements.
- We have a dedicated Privacy Team that works across all divisions of the company to implement proactive privacy protections.
- We work with experts and advocates to help us thoroughly examine industry-leading privacy topics.
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Certifications & Partnerships
As recognized leaders in student data privacy, Pear Deck Learning is a proud signatory of the 2020 Student Privacy Pledge. Our dedicated Privacy Team works across all divisions of the company to implement proactive privacy protections.
We envision a future where all learners are ready and inspired to solve the world’s greatest challenges, and that vision helps drive our decisions — from product design to our thoughtful approach to student privacy and data protection.
More about our approach to student privacy
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Have any additional privacy questions?
Learn about the impact the entire Pear Deck Learning suite of products can have on your students.
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