COPPA Compliance

Edusfere's Position Under COPPA

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) restricts how online services collect personal information from children under 13. It applies to operators whose services are directed at children, or who have actual knowledge they are collecting personal information from children under 13.

Edusfere is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Our platform is designed exclusively for educators, curriculum leads, school administrators, and content providers. Students do not have accounts on Edusfere, do not log in, and do not interact with the platform in any capacity. We do not collect, store, or process personal information about individual students. Teachers may describe a class in general terms (such as class size) to help them plan.

What Data We Collect and From Whom

Edusfere collects information only from registered adult users: teachers, administrators, and content providers, in the course of providing our platform. This includes account details (name, email, institutional affiliation) and content created within the platform (curriculum maps, lesson plans, standards alignments).

We do not request, accept, or process personal information from or about students. If a user inadvertently includes identifying information about a student within a free-text field (such as a lesson plan note), that input is not used for any secondary purpose, not shared with third parties, and not used to train AI models.

We encourage educators to avoid entering student-identifying information into any Edusfere field, as this falls outside the intended use of the platform.

Schools, Parental Consent, and COPPA

Because Edusfere is a tool for educators rather than students, the platform does not trigger the parental consent requirements that COPPA places on operators of child-directed services. Schools using Edusfere to plan and align curriculum are not directing student data to us; they are using a professional tool for internal instructional work.

If your district has a policy requiring COPPA compliance documentation for all edtech vendors, we are happy to provide written documentation of our data practices and discuss any additional assurances your procurement process requires.

Contact

For compliance inquiries or vendor review documentation, contact us at hello@edusfere.com.

For authoritative guidance on COPPA, visit the FTC's COPPA resource page.