WriteToLearn Privacy Policy

This website and its proprietary WriteToLearn, IEA™, Summary Street®, and KAT™ Engine software (collectively, this "Site") are made available by Pearson's Knowledge Technologies group and Pearson Education, Inc. (collectively "Pearson") to schools and school districts authorized to use WriteToLearn. WriteToLearn is a web-based product of Pearson Education, Inc.

At Pearson, we are serious about protecting privacy, and this Privacy Statement discloses how we collect, protect, use, and report the personal information gathered in connection with this Site.

Pearson will take appropriate, commercially standard steps to keep all personally identifiable information about students and teachers confidential. Pearson will not share any such personal information with any third party (other than the School) except in the following circumstances: (a) in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, to the extent permitted and as restricted by law; (b) when disclosure is required to maintain security and integrity of the Site, or to protect any Site user's security or the security of other persons, consistent with applicable laws;

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet is guaranteed completely secure. Given the inherent operation and structure of the Internet, all transmissions are done at your own risk.

The use of cookies is common in the Internet industry. Cookies are small text files that a website transfers to your computer's browser. Cookie technology tells the website non-personally identifiable information, but does identify your computer, browser and Internet specifications. This Site uses cookies to measure traffic patterns, personalize content and control security.

An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet service provider. This Site may collect IP addresses, the associated URLs, domain types, the browser type used to access the Site, the country, state and telephone area code where the users' Internet service provider's servers are located, the pages of this Site that users viewed during their visit and any search terms entered on the Site. Collection of IP addresses is generally for system administration purposes, to gather broad demographic information, to monitor the level of activity on the Site and for security reasons. Personally identifiable information may be linked to IP addresses to protect the security or integrity of the Site.

This Site may contain links to other websites on the Internet. The information practices of those websites are not covered by this Privacy Statement or any other policies or terms applicable to this Site. You should read the terms and policies of those other websites before supplying information to that site or otherwise using the site.

This Site allows users to contact Pearson directly via email through the use of the "Contact Us" link on the Site. If an individual emails Pearson directly through the use of this site, any personally-identifying information submitted by such individual (including an email address) will be used to respond to the inquiry.

This Site is owned and operated by Pearson Education, Inc. and the contents of this Site are protected by copyrights owned by Pearson Education, Inc., and/or their licensors.

If you have any concerns or questions about privacy on this Site, please contact info@WriteToLearn.net.

Pearson reserves the right to change the terms of this Privacy Statement from time to time. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this Site prior to implementation and will only be applicable to information collected after the change is posted.

Pearson Education, Inc. and Pearson's Knowledge Technologies group (August 2007)