{"id":12993,"date":"2018-05-02T13:10:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T20:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-lumarketing.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=12993"},"modified":"2023-08-01T08:21:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T15:21:19","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/policies\/privacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1 data-fontsize=\"58\" data-lineheight=\"63.8px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 58; line-height: 1.1;\"><strong>Privacy Policy<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">last updated 08\/01\/2023<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re thrilled that you\u2019re interested in Lumen. Our mission is to enable unprecedented learning for all students. We use information, including information about you, to deliver on our mission and continually improve our services. We know you care about how we use information about you, and we care too. We value the trust you place in us when you use our services, and we\u2019re committed to transparent, responsible, and ethical practices. Please <\/span><a href=\"mailto:support@lumenlearning.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">let us know<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if you have any questions or concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This policy clarifies what we do and don\u2019t do with your data.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 data-fontsize=\"58\" data-lineheight=\"63.8px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 58; line-height: 1.1;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Information we collect<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"46\" data-lineheight=\"51.98px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 46; line-height: 1.13;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Information you provide<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you create an account to use one of our services or fill out a form on our website, you voluntarily provide information that we store. This often includes things like your name, email address, phone number, and the institution you attend or teach for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may also use our platform to post educational content that includes tests, images, videos, interactive activities, and other media. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"46\" data-lineheight=\"51.98px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 46; line-height: 1.13;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Information generated by our services<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you visit the Lumen website or our other services, certain information is generated and stored automatically. A few examples:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"36px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 30; line-height: 1.2;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Cookies<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of our services use \u201ccookies\u201d which are stored on your computer. Cookies are text files sent by your device each time you visit our website or one of the Lumen Platform services. Some cookies are erased when you close your browser, and other cookies remain until you or your browser clears them. The information stored in cookies varies and may include certain preferences you have set, so you don\u2019t have to set them again each time you visit. Cookie information may also be tied to accounts you have set up with us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ookies are used to collect information about how you interact with our website and allow us to remember you. We use this information in order to improve and customize your browsing experience and for analytics and metrics about our visitors both on this website and in other media. The information we collect helps us recognize repeat visitors and their preferences, analyze website traffic, and measure the effectiveness of our content and campaigns. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When visitors come to lumenlearning.com, Hubspot may place cookies in your browser to help us improve your experience using our website. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legal.hubspot.com\/cookie-policy?__hstc=120963479.4726c7fded8aeb9a5e9472e0c032137d.1690900804658.1690900804658.1690903145000.2&amp;__hssc=120963479.1.1690903145000&amp;__hsfp=1804641370\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See this page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more information about Hubspot\u2019s use of cookies.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"36px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 30; line-height: 1.2;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Activity data<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We store information about your activity when you use our services, so we can learn from how users are engaging with our services and make them better. We also use this information to troubleshoot issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you post or update content, leave feedback, or reuse, remix, or revise your content or the content of others, we store information about that activity like the date, time, changes made, and other related data. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The information generated automatically by our services is often stored in log files and databases. These might also include things like your IP address, the address of the Lumen web pages you visited, the browser and operating system you were using, and other similar information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below are a few examples of the types of information our courseware generates automatically:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Content views<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice question use: date taken, individual question answers and results<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graded assignment and assessment use: date taken, individual question answers and grades<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Time spent on each question<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enabling of automated messages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number of automated messages sent by the system<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number of help messages sent by faculty to struggling students via the messaging tools <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"46\" data-lineheight=\"51.98px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 46; line-height: 1.13;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Information from connected services<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lumen courseware such as our Online Homework Manager (OHM), Waymaker, and Candela are often used embedded in an institution\u2019s learning management system (LMS). This makes the experience more convenient since you don\u2019t have to remember a separate username and password or a different web address. In this circumstance our software and the learning management system have a secure connection to share information. The LMS shares information with our services, and our services share information with the LMS.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"36px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 30; line-height: 1.2;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Information we receive from an LMS<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We securely receive information, including the following from our connection to an LMS when our services are embedded:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Name<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email address<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The course you are teaching or enrolled in<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) System Identifier<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-fontsize=\"30\" data-lineheight=\"36px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 30; line-height: 1.2;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Information we share with an LMS<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We securely send information, including the following through our connection to an LMS when our services are embedded:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assessment and assignment grades<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"46\" data-lineheight=\"51.98px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 46; line-height: 1.13;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Personally identifiable information (PII)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We collect information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate Lumen users (faculty or students). Depending on the service or transaction, this \u201cPersonally Identifiable Information\u201d (PII) Lumen collects may contain the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First name, last name, and\/or initials<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Institution email address and\/or personal email address (where provided as preferred contact address)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Education details, such as institution and course enrollment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Messages sent between faculty and students via the Lumen platform or LMS embedded (via LTI) Lumen tools.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1 data-fontsize=\"58\" data-lineheight=\"63.8px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 58; line-height: 1.1;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">How we use and share the information we collect<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We limit the use, collection, and disclosure of information including PII to that information needed to deliver the service. We do not collect, use, or disclose PII that is not reasonably related to providing Lumen services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information we collect falls into four broad categories of access:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lumen user community<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selective consent<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Private<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"46\" data-lineheight=\"51.98px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 46; line-height: 1.13;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Public information<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the most part, the educational content (text, images, video, interactive activities, etc.) uploaded into our services is openly licensed accessible by anyone. There are some exceptions. For example, we are selective about sharing summative assessment content to protect the academic integrity of the assessments (\u201cProtected Educational Content\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some feedback and comments, and profile information may also be displayed on publicly accessible pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"46\" data-lineheight=\"51.98px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 46; line-height: 1.13;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Lumen user community information<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lumen user community is made up of educators and students who have accounts in our services (\u201cUser Community\u201d). Some feedback, comments, profile information, and Protected Educational Content are shared with other users in the User Community.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"46\" data-lineheight=\"51.98px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 46; line-height: 1.13;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Selective consent information<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From time to time Lumen conducts research studies which require consent from users. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">Read about our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/policies\/research-and-data-practices\/\" style=\"font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">research &amp; data practices<\/a><span style=\"font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\"> to learn more.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"46\" data-lineheight=\"51.98px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 46; line-height: 1.13;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Private information<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information generated by our services such as the information in cookies, activity data, and data we obtain from connected services is kept private. Our team uses this information to improve the service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We may also share aggregated, non identifying product usage information with your institution, or other partners in order to communicate the effectiveness, usage and improvement potential of our courseware.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 data-fontsize=\"58\" data-lineheight=\"63.8px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 58; line-height: 1.1;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because our work is primarily with institutions of higher education, we pay special attention to information from education records that are subject to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/policy\/gen\/guid\/fpco\/ferpa\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (\u201cFERPA Records\u201d). To the extent that information we collect includes FERPA Records, we are considered a \u201cSchool Official\u201d (as that term is used in FERPA) with a \u201clegitimate educational interest\u201d in FERPA Records, and we comply with all obligations that FERPA imposes on a School Official.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 data-fontsize=\"58\" data-lineheight=\"63.8px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 58; line-height: 1.1;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">How we secure the information<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We care about the security of the information we collect, and we maintain appropriate procedural, physical, and technical safeguards to keep it secure. Despite our best efforts, we cannot guarantee that our methods will be effective in all circumstances. Please help us by keeping your user account and password secure. Please notify us right away of any unauthorized use of your account or information.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 data-fontsize=\"58\" data-lineheight=\"63.8px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 58; line-height: 1.1;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Choices you make about your information<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our goal is to use your information responsibly and transparently so that you can make well informed choices about the information you share with us. What you share is up to you. For example, you can:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Update the information in your profile<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose what educational content to access or upload using our services<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose whether to participate in our research programs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Close your accounts with us (we\u2019d be sad to see you go)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use instructions provided above to alter your preferences or opt out of the use of cookies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alter email preferences about types of messages you want to receive from Lumen by clicking on the \u201cemail preferences\u201d link in the email footer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to these examples, you may have other choices through your device or browser. To learn more about these, see documentation from the provider.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 data-fontsize=\"58\" data-lineheight=\"63.8px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 58; line-height: 1.1;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Information about minors<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our services are not intended for use by minors under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian of a minor and learn they have provided us with personal information without your consent, please let us know.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 data-fontsize=\"58\" data-lineheight=\"63.8px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontSize: 58; line-height: 1.1;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Changes<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will revise this policy periodically. The current version will always be posted on our website. If we decide a revision is material, we will notify users and may post a prominent notice on our website. 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