This Student Privacy Explainer (“Explainer”) provides families, educators, and school administrators with a clear overview of how Shiminly Inc. (“Shiminly,” “we,” “our”) collects, uses, and safeguards student data on our self paced life skills learning platform.
Why this page? Parents and schools deserve a simple, jargon free summary of our privacy practices beyond the legal language in our full Privacy Policy
- What Is “Student Data”?
- Laws & Standards We Follow
- How We Use Student Data
- Who Can See Student Data?
- Parental & School Controls
- Data Security Highlights
- AI Transparency
- Questions & Contact
“Student Data” means information that is directly related to a learner who is under 18 years old and is created or provided via the Shiminly platform. Typical examples include:
| Category |
Examples |
| Enrollment data |
First name, age group, parent email, school name |
| Learning records |
Check in reflections, quiz scores, certificates |
| Engagement metrics |
Lesson completion status, time on task, badges earned |
| Parental feedback |
Optional survey responses, support messages |
We do not knowingly collect: social security numbers, passport details, precise GPS data, or biometric identifiers.
| Region |
Key Law / Framework |
How Shiminly Complies |
| USA |
COPPA – Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act |
|
| FERPA – Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act |
Verifiable parent consent for under 13 accounts; school officials can access student records; no behavioural ads to minors. |
|
| India |
DPDPA 2023 – Digital Personal Data Protection Act |
Parental consent (or school contract) for minors < 18; local grievance officer; data localisation not required but cloud hosted in EU for added safety. |
| UAE |
PDPL 2021 – Federal Data Protection Law |
Consent or contract basis; appointed UAE privacy contact; cross border SCCs for EU hosting. |
| Global |
OECD AI Principles & UNICEF AI for Children |
Transparent AI usage; no profiling or automated high stakes decisions. |
| Purpose |
Examples |
| Learning experience |
Personalise lesson sequence; show progress dashboards |
| Assessment & feedback |
Auto grade quizzes; generate certificates and reports |
| Support & safety |
Detect cheating patterns; review flagged content |
| Research (aggregated, de identified) |
Analyse which lessons improve motivation across age groups |
We do not sell Student Data or use it to target ads.
- Student & parent/guardian (via account dashboard)
- Teachers & school admins (if the account is school managed)
- Authorised Shiminly staff (on a need to know basis)
- Trusted service providers under data processing agreements (e.g., cloud hosting, payment gateway)
No other third parties receive identifiable Student Data without consent, unless legally required (e.g., court order).
| Action |
How to Do It |
| Review data |
Log
in and download progress reports or email privacy@shiminly.com
|
| Correct data |
Use the profile editor or contact support |
| Delete account |
Parent, guardian, or school admin can request permanent deletion via dashboard → Delete Account or email privacy@shiminly.com |
| Opt out of research |
Toggle “Data for research” in Account Settings (default = off) |
Deletion requests are honoured within 30 days, except where we must retain records for legal or auditing reasons (e.g., payment invoices).
- EU based LearnWorlds hosting with ISO 27001 certified data centres.
- TLS 1.2+ encryption in transit, AES 256 at rest.
- Role based access controls and quarterly penetration tests.
- 72 hour breach notification commitment to schools and parents.
Some lessons include AI driven reflective prompts to personalise feedback. Our models:
- Work on anonymised text snippets.
- Do not grade students automatically or determine pass/fail.
- Are monitored for bias; any flagged output is reviewed by human educators.
- General privacy: privacy@shiminly.com
- USA (FERPA/COPPA): support@shiminly.com
- India (DPDPA): DPDPA@shiminly.com
- UAE (PDPL): PDPL@shiminly.com
We respond within 2 business days.
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