Effective as of October 3, 2023
Asteria Learning, Inc. d.b.a. Vibrist Learning ("Vibrist", “we”, “us”, or “our”) provides content development, content alignment reviews, content digitization, content delivery and project management for large scale curriculum projects to help students achieve academic success and mastery of state standards. Our highly skilled employees and reviewer staff delivers high quality services and collaboration through our content management platform, including content development, rubric development and implementation support while maintaining affordable pricing.
This Privacy Policy describes our practices regarding information we collect through our websites, including vibristlearning.com, staarmaster.com, and any other interactive features or services owned or controlled by VIBRIST that post a link to this Privacy Policy (each, a "Service" and collectively, the "Services"), as well as any information we collect offline and combine in our databases. Certain features discussed in this Privacy Policy may not be offered on each Service at any particular time.
Note about Children: As required by applicable law and our Terms of Use, https://staarmaster.com/terms-of-use, children under the age of 13 in the U.S. (and a higher age if required by the applicable law in another jurisdiction) may only use our Services with the express prior consent of a parent or legal guardian. To the extent you are using our Services through our agreement with a school, VIBRIST is not obligated to obtain separate parental consent.
WE FULLY DESCRIBE OUR PRIVACY PRACTICES BELOW IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. THIS SUMMARY PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING OUR USE AND SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION. PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE PRIVACY POLICY VERY CAREFULLY. BY USING ANY SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY IN ITS ENTIRETY.
Information collection/How we use your information: Information that we collect is primarily used to communicate with you and to provide and maintain access to the VIBRIST Services.
For accounts created through schools and school districts, information from teacher and students accounts is shared with school or district administrators (and school administrator account information may be shared with district administrators). Please review the "What information does VIBRIST Collect?” and "How does VIBRIST use the information it collects?" sections of this Privacy Policy for a full description of the information we collect, including Personal Information (as defined below), and how we use that information.
Information Sharing: Remember that if you create a Profile (as defined below) or you choose to share your Personal Information with other users on the Services, your information may be visible to others. However, student data will only be visible to their teachers and appropriate school and district administrators, unless otherwise required by the school or district. Note that we do not share your and your children’s/students’ Personal Information with third parties for their own marketing purposes; however, we may share such Personal Information under certain limited circumstances. For more details, please review the section below entitled "Will VIBRIST share any of the information it collects?"
Third parties: We work with service providers, like Amazon Web Services, to provide us with information regarding traffic on the Services, including the frequency of use and the actions users take when visiting the Services and to provide us with information regarding the use of the Services. We may also work with learning management systems that provide us with a platform to host our application and service providers to deliver services to students and districts. If that is the case, then Personal Information may be stored on a learning management system’s server. We instruct our service providers to similarly protect the student data.
Information Shared with Us
The Services may collect "Personal Information" (which is information that can reasonably be used alone or in combination with other reasonably available information, to identify or contact a specific individual). Personal Information collected varies between the Services but can include information such as name, email address, and phone number. Any information combined with Personal Information will be treated as Personal Information. Personal Information will be collected only as set forth in this Privacy Policy or with your consent at the time of collection, including as required for delivery of the Services.
B. Your AccountYour Account Page: Note that different information is collected through each of the Services.
STAAR MASTER Interactive Products.
VIBRIST will share student data with third parties only for the purpose of providing the Services and as set forth in this Privacy Policy. VIBRIST will not share personally identifiable student data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
However, VIBRIST collects School District and/or Teacher information when an individual requests information from VIBRIST via a webform, lead scanners at trade shows, or from third party services.
C. Third Party Services and Information Third Parties Provide About You
The Services may permit interactions between the Services and a third-party feature or service. These third parties may provide us with information about you. Similarly, if you publicly post information on a third-party platform, such as a social media site, that references VIBRIST or one of the Services, your post may be published on our Services in accordance with that third party’s terms. These features may collect your IP address or other unique identifier, which page you are visiting on our website, and may set a cookie to enable the third-party feature to function properly. When you use a third-party feature through the Services, the third party may also have access to information about you and your use of our Services. Your interactions with third-party links and features are governed by the privacy policies of the third parties.
You may access some of our Services through a third-party platform that provides a school with access to our Services. If you access the Services through a third party, your data may be on their servers and is subject to their privacy policies.
The information we collect is subject to this Privacy Policy. The information collected and stored by the third party remains subject to the third party's privacy practices, including whether the third party continues to share information with us, the types of information shared, and your choices with regard to what is visible to others on that third party website and service. The third party may allow you to remove the application or feature, in which case we will no longer collect information about you through the application or feature, but we may retain the information previously collected in compliance with all applicable laws.
Like other websites and online services, we and our analytics providers, vendors and other third-party service providers may automatically collect certain "Usage Information" whenever you access and use the Services. For example, we may collect information regarding how often a user accesses certain features and data regarding test scores and similar statistics.
Usage Information may include the browser and operating system you are using, the URL that referred you to our Services (if applicable), the search terms you entered into a search engine that lead you to our Services (if applicable), all of the areas within our Services that you visit, and the time of day you used the Services, among other information. We may use Usage Information for a variety of purposes, including to select appropriate content to display to you and to enhance or otherwise improve the Services and our products.
In addition, we automatically collect your IP address or other unique identifiers ("Device Identifiers") for any computer, mobile phone or other device (any, a "Device") you may use to access the Services. A Device Identifier is a number that is automatically assigned to your Device used to access a Service, and our servers identify your Device by its Device Identifier. Some mobile service providers may also provide us or our third-party service providers with information regarding the physical location of the Device used to access a Service, internet service provider (ISP), date and time of your visit, browser language, browser type, referring and exit pages and URLs, amount of time spent on particular pages, which parts of our Services you use, which links you click, search terms, operating system, traffic and related statistics, keywords, and/or other general browsing or usage data. Usage Information is generally non- identifying, but if we associate it with you as a specific and identifiable person, we will treat it as Personal Information.
Cookies
Like many other websites and apps, we use “cookies” (a small file sent to your Device by a website or device to allow the website or app to store information which uniquely identifies you) or other similar software to collect data in order to assist our users and provide them with a more personal experience visits when using our Services. For example, cookies help our systems recognize you if you return to our Services shortly after exiting them. You can always disable cookies at your browser or Device’s settings, but please note that if you do so, some (or all) of the features and functionality of our Services may not be available to you.
We may use information about you, including Personal Information, the information you provide in your Profile and Usage Information for the following purposes:
To provide the Services. We use your Personal Information to verify your registration, allow you to participate in features we offer, contact you regarding thePlease note that information submitted on the Services via a "Contact Us" or other similar function may not receive a response. We will not use the information provided via these functions to contact you for marketing purposes unrelated to your request unless you agree otherwise.
VIBRIST does not share your Personal Information with third parties for their own marketing purposes. VIBRIST may share non-Personal Information, such as aggregate or de-identified user statistics, demographic information and Usage Information with third parties.
We also may share your Personal Information with third parties with your consent (if permissible under applicable law), as disclosed at the time you provide us with information, and as described below or otherwise in this Privacy Policy:
a. Service ProvidersWe will share your Personal Information with third parties to provide services to us or you in connection with the Services, but subject to confidentiality obligations, which limit their use and disclosure of such information. For example, we may provide your Personal Information to companies that provide services to help us with our business activities, sending our emails, or offering customer service. For the Services, consumer payments and payments by schools who choose to use a credit card are processed through a third party payment processor, such as Paypal. VIBRIST only receives your full credit card information in limited situations for certain transactions, but that information is not permanently retained by us.
b. Administrative, Legal Reasons & Academic Integrity InvestigationsWe may also disclose your information, including Personal Information, in response to a subpoena, court order, or when otherwise required by law; in response to bankruptcy proceedings; to defend our rights; in response to a request from law enforcement; to provide information to a claimed owner of intellectual property who claims that content you have provided to us infringes on their rights; upon request of or as otherwise authorized by an academic institution connected to an investigation into academic integrity; to protect and/or defend any applicable Terms of Service or other policies applicable to the Services; or to protect the personal safety, rights, property or security of any organization or individual.
We may also use Device Identifiers, including IP addresses, to identify users, and may do so in cooperation with copyright owners, Internet service providers, wireless service providers or law enforcement agencies in our discretion. These disclosures may be carried out without your consent or without notice to you.
C. Business TransitionsVIBRIST may share Personal Information with its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, and investors primarily for business and operational purposes so long as any recipient agrees to comply with this Privacy Policy and applicable law with regard to such Personal Information. In the event that VIBRIST goes through a business transition, 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, your information, including Personal Information, will likely be among the assets transferred.
This Privacy Policy will become binding upon the new owner of the information until amended.
d. TestimonialsWe may display personal testimonials of satisfied adult users on our Services in addition to other endorsements. With your consent, we may post your testimonial along with your name. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us.
Third-Party Advertising
VIBRIST will never use any student, teacher, school administrator, or parent data provided to register for any of the Services to market on behalf of third parties. We will not mine student data for any purposes other than those agreed to by the parties, although VIBRIST may use aggregated student data to improve our products as permitted by law. Data mining or scanning of user content for the purpose of advertising or marketing to students or their parents is prohibited.
Interest-based Advertising
We may ourselves, or with third-party vendors, use your information to deliver targeted advertising to you when you visit our Services. Cookies, pixels, and other similar technologies may be used in this process. For example, if you are searching for information on a particular product, we or our vendor may cause an advertisement to appear on other websites you view with information on that product. This form of advertising, sometimes called “targeted advertising,” “behavioral advertising,” or “cross-context behavioral advertising,” enables us and our vendors to know about your interests in connection with the delivery of a specific ad. You may opt out of receiving targeted ads from certain data and advertising partners that participate in certain industry self- regulatory programs. The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) provides a website at www.aboutads.info/consumers with information about how to opt out of targeted advertising from some or all of the DAA’s participating companies. Additionally, the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) offers a website at http://optout.networkadvertising.org/ where you can opt out of interest-based advertising from some or all of the NAI’s members. Please note that by opting out, you will continue to see generic advertising that is not tailored to your specific interests and activities.
Information provided when an adult user signs up for marketing will be used by third parties to provide those services such as for VIBRIST’s analytics and VIBRIST’s advertising services.
Third-Party Sign-In
For certain Services, you may choose to connect the Services to your email account or other third-party services, such as learning management services. We do not control these third parties’ use of your Personal Information. The information collected and stored by the third party remains subject to the third party's privacy practices, including whether the third party continues to share information with us, the types of information shared, and your choices with regard to what is visible to others on that third party website and service.
Third-Party Providers
We work with service providers to provide us with services such as user support, email, and marketing, and to provide us with web analytics and information regarding traffic on the
Services, including the features used when visiting the Services and to provide us with information regarding the use of the Services. One such provider is Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help analyze how users use the Services. The information generated by these cookies about your use (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Services, compiling reports on activity for its staff, and providing other services relating to web page activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. By using the Services and accepting cookies, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. Please refer to the currently available opt-outs for Google Analytics by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
Third-Party Content, Links to Other Sites, and VIBRIST Content Found Outside of the Services
Certain content provided through the Services may be hosted and served by third parties. In addition, the Services may link to third party websites or content over which VIBRIST has no control and which are governed by the privacy policies and business practices of those third parties.
Please also note that VIBRIST content may be included on web pages and websites that are not associated with us and over which we have no control. These third parties may independently collect data. VIBRIST is not responsible or liable for the privacy practices or business practices of any third party.
If you use the Services through a mobile device, you agree that VIBRIST may store and information about the type of mobile device you are using for analytical and security purposes (for example, for user verification or authentication).
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important to VIBRIST. For that reason, we created certain features designed to help protect Personal Information relating to children who are less than 13 years of age or older if required by applicable law (“Child Users”).
VIBRIST does not knowingly permit Child Users to use our Services without prior, express consent from a parent or legal guardian, except through agreements with schools or districts or as otherwise permitted under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). If we learn that Personal Information of a Child User has been collected on our Services outside of School and District management and without prior parental consent, then we will take appropriate steps to delete this information. If you are a parent or guardian (“Parent”) and discover that your child under the age of 13 (or a higher age if required by applicable law) has a registered account with our Services without your consent, please contact CustomerCare@Vibristlearning.com to request that we delete that child’s Personal Information from our systems.
How does a child use the Services?
Child Users can access our Services through an account requested by their parent or their school. For accounts accessed through agreements with schools, VIBRIST relies on schools and teachers (or other authorized individuals) to first obtain any necessary parental consents before permitting children to access or use the Services. VIBRIST does not provide services directly to students or parents except as agreed by the student’s school or district.
What children’s information is visible to others?
No child’s profile is made available or visible to the public through VIBRIST. In school accounts, teachers and school and district administrators may view information of their students, and parents may access their student’s information if the student gives them access to the account. If, in a school account, a teacher utilizes certain features on a device in the classroom, other students may be able to view information that is displayed by the teacher in the classroom, but students cannot view each other’s individual student profiles except as permitted when students, schools, districts or parents choose to share sign on information with others on their own.
A Note about FERPA:
Certain records collected or maintained by VIBRIST may be subject to FERPA. FERPA provides parents (or students if over the age of 18) with certain rights with regard to those records. VIBRIST will assist its school and district customers, as requested, in connection with their FERPA compliance.
VIBRIST takes data security very seriously. VIBRIST takes commercially reasonable technical, physical, and administrative security measures designed to protect the Personal Information submitted to us, both during transmission and upon receipt, and at rest. Such measures vary depending on the sensitivity of the information at issue.
Please note that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is completely secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially reasonable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
How will VIBRIST handle a data breach or security incident?
In the event that VIBRIST becomes aware of a data breach impacting your Personal Information, we will provide notification in compliance with all applicable laws. For example, we may post a notice on our homepage or elsewhere on the Service, and may email you at the email address you have provided to us. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.
VIBRIST has procedures in place that are designed to stop threats that may expose personally identifiable information, restore Services to full functionality, and document and take proactive steps to ensure the incident cannot be repeated. VIBRIST will also preserve necessary evidence for investigation by security professionals and law enforcement as appropriate. In the unlikely event of an unauthorized disclosure of records, VIBRIST will follow its internal procedures, which articulates how to report the problem to internal and external stakeholders. The notification process includes any information that can identify which customers may have been impacted, the data that may have been accessed, VIBRIST’s process to inform affected customers, and steps to prevent the incident from happening again as appropriate.
In the unlikely event of an unauthorized disclosure of Data, VIBRIST has implemented a process for responding to incidents and notifying affected individuals and, if applicable, law enforcement personnel.
If you have any questions about security on our Services, you can contact us at CustomerCare@Vibristlearning.com.
Providing Personal Information: You can always decline to share Personal Information with us, or even block all cookies when visiting our websites. However, it is important to remember that many of VIBRIST’s features may not be accessible, or may not function properly - for example, we may not be able to remember your language preferences for you.
Email Communication: You can opt-out of receiving further communications by clicking the unsubscribe button at the bottom of an email. VIBRIST may continue to send you Service- related emails, as we believe necessary to provide the Services. VIBRIST will never email students, except as required by the service. For example, VIBRIST and/or our Services may email students in response to their request to change their password.
You may be able to review the information you provided to us on a Service and make any desired changes to the information, or to the settings for your account on that Service, by logging in to your account for that Service and editing or deleting the information. Note that certain accounts may have limitations regarding the ability to delete information. Even after information is deleted, we may maintain it in backup or archive form unless you request permanent deletion or the account is terminated.
VIBRIST may post notices on the homepage on any of the Services.
VIBRIST may send adult users’ information by email. You may choose to stop receiving certain emails from VIBRIST by using the unsubscribe button at the bottom of the VIBRIST email.
However, we reserve the right to send you information on our behalf and on behalf of third parties in connection with providing the Services. If you no longer want to receive information from us, you will need to close your account for that Service.
If you have an account through a school, the school can request that the information be deleted. If a student is no longer enrolled in the school or class using the Services, a parent may request deletion. For students who are currently enrolled, the request must come from the school to ensure that graded material is not deleted.
We will only retain your Personal Information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including to continue providing the Services to active users you sent information to and for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your Personal Information, the purposes for which we process your Personal Information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
Upon termination of your Account, VIBRIST will take commercially reasonable steps to delete any Personal Information, excluding information relating to messages you sent to active users, from our live databases in a reasonable amount of time. You understand and agree that VIBRIST may continue to have Personal Information in archive files or similar databases. You
further agree that VIBRIST has no obligation to delete aggregated or de-identified information. VIBRIST may retain and use aggregated and de-identified information for any purpose consistent with laws and regulations. For our STAAR MASTER Services, hard copies of invoices are stored for 7 years, then they are recycled. Any credit card information which we possess is deleted once payment has been processed and applied to the customer’s transaction.
Even if your account is closed, information may remain in backup or archive records and we may retain certain data relevant to preventing fraud or future abuse or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally identifiable or de-identified data, account recovery or if required by law. All retained data will continue to be subject to the applicable privacy policy for the Service.
We will notify you of material changes to the Privacy Policy on our Website and/or by email, and may make additional efforts to notify customers of material changes that impact the treatment of data collected through our Services.
VIBRIST may update this Privacy Policy at any time and any changes will be effective upon posting. Upon any update, the date at the top of this policy will be updated. In the event that there are material changes to the way we treat your Personal Information, you are responsible for regularly reviewing this Privacy Policy and your VIBRIST account for notice of such modifications. Your continued use of the Services following an update to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
Our Service is maintained in the United States of America. By submitting your Personal Information to us, you agree to the transfer, storage, and processing of such information in the United States. Please note that Personal Information transferred to the United States is subject to access by law enforcement.
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via email at CustomerCare@Vibristlearning.com, by phone at 1-877-688-3224, or by mail at:
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