What is FERPA?
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. It gives parents certain rights with respect to their children's education records when they are under 18, and transfers these rights to the student when they reach 18 or attend a postsecondary institution.
Our FERPA compliance
«Time.Graphics» is committed to protecting student privacy in accordance with FERPA:
- When used by a K-12 school under a School Account or DPA, TimeGraphics acts as a school official with a legitimate educational interest under 34 CFR §99.31(a)(1)(i)(B)
- Student-created timelines and associated data within School Accounts may constitute education records; TimeGraphics treats them as such and applies FERPA-level protections
- TimeGraphics is under the direct control of the School with respect to the use and maintenance of education records
- We use student data solely for the educational purpose authorized by the School
- We do not re-disclose education records except to subprocessors bound by equivalent obligations (see Subprocessors)
- We collect only the minimum data necessary: email (or school-assigned identifier) and display name
- Google Analytics and non-essential cookies are disabled for School Account sessions
Rights of schools and parents
- Schools:
- May inspect and review all student data within their School Account at any time
- May request correction or amendment of student data
- May request bulk data export (JSON format)
- May request deletion of all student data (fulfilled within 30 days with written confirmation)
- Are notified of security incidents within 72 hours (see Security & Incident Response)
- Parents:
- May exercise FERPA rights (inspect, review, request amendment) by contacting the School, which may direct TimeGraphics accordingly
- May also contact TimeGraphics directly at privacy@time.graphics
DPA / NDPA
TimeGraphics is prepared to sign Data Processing Agreements and supports the SDPC National DPA (NDPA). See DPA & NDPA Readiness for details.
Non-school use
When individuals use TimeGraphics outside of a School Account (personal use), their data is governed by our general Privacy Policy and is not treated as education records under FERPA.