If you believe that we may have unintentionally collected Personal Information from a child aged 12 or under, please contact us immediately at privacy@codemonkey.com.
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) requires that we obtain parental consent before knowingly collecting Personal Information (as defined under COPPA, “PI”) online from children who are aged 12 or under.
Kids Privacy Assured by PRIVO: COPPA Safe Harbor Certification
CodeMonkey Studios Inc. is a member of the PRIVO Kids Privacy Assured COPPA safe harbor certification Program (“the Program”). The Program certification applies to the digital properties listed on the certification page that is viewable by clicking on the PRIVO Seal. PRIVO is an independent, third-party organization committed to supporting online services to safeguard children’s personal information collected online. The PRIVO COPPA safe harbor certification Seal posted on this page indicates CodeMonkey Studios Inc. has established COPPA compliant privacy practices and has agreed to submit to PRIVO’s oversight and consumer dispute resolution process. If you have questions or concerns about our privacy practices, please contact us at (888) 299- 3294 or privacy@codemonkey.com. If you have further concerns after you have contacted us, you can contact PRIVO directly at privacy@privo.com.
A parent or guardian needs to create an account on behalf of their child and provide the necessary level of consent.
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A school must confirm that the registered teacher has the authority to consent on the parent’s behalf, and the teacher will then provide the child’s details or provide a classroom code to allow the student to join.
When a parent registers on behalf of a child, we collect:
– Child’s username
– Child’s display name
– Password
– Age (optional)
When a teacher creates an account on behalf of a student, or a student registers themselves with a classroom code, we collect:
– Username
– Password
If a student uses a Single Sign On to log in the the service (Google Classroom, Clever, ClassLink, Microsoft Education) then we collect:
– Student Email address
– Unique ID
Users 12 and under can create and save their own games and challenges. These could include the child’s personal information.
Games and challenges shared to the Discover page are pre-moderated to ensure that no personal information is shared publicly. Games and challenges are also moderated for inappropriate content.
In a classroom, students may be able to share games and challenges with others in their class. The teacher can view all games and challenges, can remove shared games or delete them altogether.
If a child contacts customer support for help we will collect their name, email address and message in order to help resolve their issue.
If a child uses our AI widget, images are turned into vectors and the images are not collected or stored.
A parent, guardian, school administrator, or teacher, as applicable, can view, edit or delete all information associated with a child’s account, through their dashboard, by clicking “my account” or by accessing the “classroom”
We do not require children aged 12 or under to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in our Services, and we do not retain PI from children under 13 years of age longer than is reasonably necessary in order to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected.
As a parent of a child under the age of 13, you have parental access rights outlined in section 4 of this Privacy Policy.
You are not required to provide us with any information about children aged 12 or under, although we may be unable to provide the Services without that information.
We collect the following non-personal information from children:
The data we collect about children’s activity on our site is linked back to their parents’ account for tracking purposes, so parents can see their children’s progress in the different courses. Parents can see the percentage of each course completion, how many courses were started, the total number of solutions submitted by the child, the projects created, amount of time spent on site daily, and the level of proficiency reached in each coding concept.
Information We Collect Automatically. We automatically collect the following information from children visiting the codemonkey.com homepage and app.codemonkey.com: IP address, page views, page load time and network location. We automatically collect the following information from children who use our other Services through cookies, web beacons, and other technologies: IP address, web pages that they visit, referring, website, types of browsers, operating systems, and/or devices they are using, settings, internet service provider, other data normally stored in website logs, site usage. Please see the section “Cookies and Other Technologies” below for more information.
We use and share the information we collect from children for the following purposes:
Transactional Purposes. We use and share your information to provide the Services, to audit and improve our Services, and in accordance with the uses set forth in our Terms of Service.
Service Providers. We may use and share information with our service providers, including those that help us operate our Websites, Apps and Services (e.g., cloud services providers, and other similar service providers). When we use such service providers, we restrict them from using or disclosing children’s information, except as required to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements. Personal Information of our users will not be shared with third parties for marketing purposes.
We use the following service providers on our codemonkey.com homepage and app.codemonkey.com
We use New Relic and Google Analytics to better understand your use of these Websites. These services collect an IP address to determine network location but are restricted from sharing this information or using it for any other purposes.
We use YouTube to display videos on our website. Our YouTube videos for children, such as student webinars, have been designated as Made for Kids on YouTube. This limits data collection for these videos and prevents personalized adverts being shown.
We also use Loom to display videos on our website. Loom collects and uses an IP address to enable you to watch our videos. This information is not shared with any other third-parties or used for any other purposes.
If a user, parent or teacher has any questions about our use of service providers or how they collect and process personal information, please contact us at privacy@codemonkey.com .
Legal and Compliance Purposes. We may share information with third parties when complying with legal process, to protect our intellectual property and other legal rights, to prevent fraud or imminent harm, and secure of our Services. We reserve the right to disclose information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a law enforcement order, such as a search warrant, judicial proceeding, or court order. We may also retain and use information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our Terms of Service.
Aggregated or Anonymous Data. We may use and disclose anonymous or aggregated information about our users to our parent company, current and potential business partners/affiliates, investors, or the public, or use it for research or analytics purposes.
Business Transactions. In the event that CodeMonkey goes through a business transaction, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, bankruptcy, or other corporate change, including, without limitation, during the course of any due diligence process, a user’s information, including Personal Information, will likely be among the assets shared and transferred. Users will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on the Services of any completed change in ownership or uses of their Personal Information, as well as any choices they may have regarding their Personal Information. This Privacy Policy will become binding upon the new owner of the information until amended.