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Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Information

COPPA (Child Online Privacy Protection Act) requires developers of web-based tools and applications to obtain verifiable parental consent so that children under the age of 13 can use those products. You must provide consent so that your child can access these online educational services.

This year, Lower Merion School District will be using DocuSign to obtain the needed consent. Using DocuSign instead of paper consent forms will speed up the process and allow students access to resources like Dreambox, Seesaw and Newsela earlier in the school year.

On September 3, 2019, (the first day of school), you will receive an email from DocuSign on behalf of Lower Merion School District. This email will contain the COPPA consent form that has been sent home in paper form in years past. Please follow the instructions in the email to provide consent for your child to use the online resources.

More information about COPPA can be found at https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0031-protecting-your-childs-privacy-online.

If you have any questions about the District’s efforts to ensure the privacy of student data or the use of DocuSign to obtain parental consent, please contact George Frazier at isdept@lmsd.org or 610-645-1925.

Below, please find a list of online educational service providers.

COPPA Letters

Online Educational Service Providers

Middle School

Vendor Product Age of Students Using Product Contact Information Student Data Required Privacy Policy
Blackboard Inc. Blackboard 5 to 18 1111 19th Street, NW, 9th Floor  Washington, DC  20036
Telephone: 800-424-9299
Email: privacy@blackboard.com		 First Name
Last Name
Student ID
District Email Address		 Blackboard Privacy Policy
BrainPOP My BrainPOP 5 to 14 71 W 23rd St., 17th Floor
New York, New York 10010
Telephone: 866-542-7246
Email: Privacy@brainpop.com		 First Name
Last Name
Student ID
Graduation Year		 BrainPOP Privacy Policy
Google G-Suite 8 to 18 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043
Telephone: 877-355-5787
Email: Web form available at vendor website		 First Name
Last Name
Student ID		 Google Privacy Policy
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collections 11 to 13 9400 Southpark Center Loop,
Orlando, FL 32819
Telephone: 800-225-5425
Email: privacy@hmhco.com		 First Name
Last Name
Grade Level		 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Privacy Policy
IXL Learning Quia Web 12 to 18 777 Mariners Island Blvd., Suite 600
San Mateo, CA 94404
Telephone: 650-372-4040 
Email: info@quia.com  		 First Name
Last Name		 IXL Learning Privacy Policy
McGraw Hill iScience 12 to 14 McGraw-Hill Education
2 Penn Plaza, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10121
Telephone: 800-338-3987
Email: privacy@mheducation.com		 First Name
Last Name
Gender
Grade Level		 McGraw Hill Privacy Policy
Naviance Naviance eDocs
AchieveWorks
Career Key		 12 to 18 3033 Wilson Blvd.,  Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22201
Telephone: 866-337-0080
Email: Web form available at vendor website		 The initial account setup requires the student to provide an email address and password Naviance Privacy Policy
Newsela Newsela 11 to 14 475 10th Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Email: privacy@newsela.com		 First Name
Last Name
District Email Address		 Newsela Privacy Policy
Pearson Education enVision 2.0
Autentico Spanish		 5 to 18 Telephone: 800-234-5832
Email: Web form available at vendor website		 First Name
Last Name		 Pearson Education Privacy Policy
Questar DRP (Degrees of Reading Power) 12 to 15 5550 Upper 147th Street West
Minneapolis, MN 55124
Telephone: 877-997-0422
Email: Web form available at vendor website		 First Name
Last Name
Student ID
Grade Level
Date of Birth		 Questar Privacy Policy
TCI Teacher's Curriculum Institute, LLC HA! Ancient World 11 to 14 P.O. Box 1327, Rancho Cordova, CA 95741
Telephone: 800-497-6138
Email: Web form available at vendor website		 First initial
Last Name		 TCI Privacy Policy
Tynker Tynker 12-14 4410 El Camino Real, Suite 104
Los Altos, CA 94022
Email: privacy@tynker.com		 First Name
Last Name
District Email Address		 Tynker Privacy Policy

Elementary School

Vendor Product Age of Students Using Product Contact Student Data Required Privacy Policy
Blackboard Inc. Blackboard 5 to 18 1111 19th Street, NW, 9th Floor Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 800-424-9299
Email: privacy@blackboard.com		 First Name
Last Name
Student ID		 Blackboard Privacy Policy
BrainPOP My BrainPOP
BrainPOP
BrainPOP Jr.
BrainPOP Espanol
BrainPOP Francais		 5 to 14 71 W 23rd St., 17th Fl
New York, New York 10010
Telephone: 866-542-7246
Email: Privacy@brainpop.com		 First Name
Last Name		 BrainPOP Privacy Policy
DreamBox DreamBox Online 5 to 10 600 108th Ave NE, Suite 805,
Bellevue, WA98004
Telephone: 877-451-7845
Email: info@DreamBox.com		 First Name
Last Name
Student ID
Grade Level
Curricular Level 		Dreambox Privacy Policy
Edmentum Study Island 7 to 11 5600 West 83rd Street
Suite 300, 8200 Tower
Bloomington, MN 55437
Telephone: 800-447-5286
Email: info@edmentum.com		 First Name
Last Name
Grade Level		 Edmentum Privacy Policy
Google G-Suite 8 to 18 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043
Telephone: 877-355-5787
Email: Web form available at vendor website		 First Name
Last Name
Student ID		 Google Privacy Policy
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Think Central 5 to 10 9400 Southpark Center Loop,
Orlando, FL 32819
Telephone: 800-225-5425
Email: privacy@hmhco.com		 First Name
Last Name
Grade Level		 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Privacy Policy
Learning A-Z Raz Kids 5 to 10 1840 East River Rd, #320 Tucson AZ 85718
Telephone: 866-889-3729
Email: support@learninga-z.com		 First Name
Last Name
Student ID
Grade Level
Curricular Level		 Learning A-Z Privacy Policy
Learning Without Tears Keyboarding Without Tears 5 to 11 806 W. Diamond Avenue
Suite 230
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Telephone: 888-983-8409
Email: privacy@lwtears.com		 First Name
Last Name
Grade Level		 Learning Without Tears Privacy Policy
Pearson Education Investigations 5 to 18 Telephone: 800-234-5832
Email: Web form available at vendor website		 First Name
Last Name
Grade Level 		Pearson Education Privacy Policy