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Privacy Policy
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The Scratch Privacy Policy was last updated: October 5, 2020
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10 | The Scratch Foundation (“Scratch”, “we” or “us”) understands how
11 | important privacy is to our community. We wrote this Privacy Policy to explain what Personal Information
12 | (“Information”) we collect through our offline editor (the “Scratch App”), how we use, process, and share it, and what we're doing to keep it safe. It
17 | also tells you about your rights and choices with respect to your Personal Information, and how you can contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
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What Information Does Scratch Collect About Me?
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25 | For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, “Information” means any information relating to an
26 | identified or identifiable individual. The Scratch App automatically collects and stores locally the
27 | following Information through its telemetry system: the title of your project in text form, language
28 | setting, time zone and events related to your use of the Scratch App (namely when the Scratch App was
29 | opened and closed, if a project file has been loaded or saved, or if a new project is created). If you
30 | choose to turn on the telemetry sharing feature, the Scratch App will transmit this information to Scratch.
31 | Projects created in the Scratch App are not transmitted to or accessible by Scratch.
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How Does Scratch Use My Information?
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We use this Information for the following purposes:
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37 | Analytics and Improving the Scratch App - We use the Information to analyze use of the Scratch
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41 | Academic and Scientific Research - We de-identify and aggregate Information for statistical
42 | analysis in the context of scientific and academic research. For example, to help us understand how
43 | people learn through the Scratch App and how we can enhance learning tools for young people. The
44 | results of such research are shared with educators and researchers through conferences, journals, and
45 | other academic or scientific publications. You can find out more on our Research page.
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52 | Legal - We may use your Information to enforce our Terms of Use, to defend our legal rights, and to comply with our legal obligations and internal
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What Are The Legal Grounds For Processing Your Information?
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62 | If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we only process your
63 | Information based on a valid legal ground. A “legal ground” is a reason that justifies our use
64 | of your Information. In this case, we or a third party have a legitimate interest in using your Information
65 | (if you choose to allow the Scratch App to send the Scratch team your Information) to create, analyze and
66 | share your aggregated or de-identified Information for research purposes, to analyze and enhance your
67 | learning experience on the Scratch App and otherwise ensure and improve the safety, security, and
68 | performance of the Scratch App. We only rely on our or a third party’s legitimate interests to process your
69 | Information when these interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.
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How Does Scratch Share My Information?
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73 | We disclose information that we collect through the Scratch App to third parties in the following
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78 | Service Providers - To third parties who provide services such as website hosting, data
79 | analysis, Information technology and related infrastructure provisions, customer service, email
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83 | Academic and Scientific Research - To research institutions, such as the Massachusetts Institute
84 | of Technology (MIT), to learn about how our users learn through the Scratch App and develop new
85 | learning tools. The results of this research or the statistical analysis may be shared through
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89 | Merger - To a potential or actual acquirer, successor, or assignee as part of any
90 | reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any
91 | portion of our organization or assets. You will have the opportunity to opt out of any such transfer if
92 | the new entity's planned processing of your Information differs materially from that set forth in
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96 | Legal - If required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is appropriate:
97 | (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal
98 | process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities, such as school, school
99 | districts, and law enforcement, including public and government authorities outside your country of
100 | residence; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; (e) to protect our operations or those of any of
101 | our affiliates; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of our affiliates,
102 | you, or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may
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Children and Student Privacy
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108 | The Scratch Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. As such, the Children's Online Privacy
109 | Protection Act (COPPA) does not apply to Scratch. Nevertheless, Scratch takes children's privacy
110 | seriously. Scratch collects only minimal information from its users, and only uses and discloses
111 | information to provide the services and for limited other purposes, such as research, as described in this
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115 | Scratch does not collect information from a student's education record, as defined by the Family
116 | Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Scratch does not disclose information of students to any third
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Your Data Protection Rights (EEA)
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121 | If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, you have certain
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126 | Access, Correction and Data Portability - You may ask for an overview of the Information we
127 | process about you and to receive a copy of your Information. You also have the right to request to
128 | correct incomplete, inaccurate or outdated Information. To the extent required by applicable law, you
129 | may request us to provide your Information to another company.
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132 | Objection – You may object to (this means “ask us to stop”) any use of your
133 | Information that is not (i) processed to comply with a legal obligation, (ii) necessary to do what is
134 | provided in a contract between Scratch and you, or (iii) if we have a compelling reason to do so (such
135 | as, to ensure safety and security in our online community). If you do object, we will work with you to
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139 | Deletion - You may also request the deletion of your Information, as permitted under applicable
140 | law. This applies, for instance, where your Information is outdated or the processing is not necessary
141 | or is unlawful; where you withdraw your consent to our processing based on such consent; or where you
142 | have objected to our processing. In some situations, we may need to retain your Information due to
143 | legal obligations or for litigation purposes. If you want to have all of your Information removed from
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151 | Restriction Of Processing - You may request that we restrict processing of your Information
152 | while we are processing a request relating to (i) the accuracy of your Information, (ii) the lawfulness
153 | of the processing of your Information, or (iii) our legitimate interests to process this Information.
154 | You may also request that we restrict processing of your Information if you wish to use the Information
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158 | Withdrawal Of Consent – Where we rely on consent for the processing of your Information, you
159 | have the right to withdraw it at any time and free of charge. When you do so, this will not affect the
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164 | In addition to the above-mentioned rights, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent
165 | supervisory authority subject to applicable law. However, there are exceptions and limitations to each of
166 | these rights. We may, for example, refuse to act on a request if the request is manifestly unfounded or
167 | excessive, or if the request is likely to adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others, prejudice the
168 | execution or enforcement of the law, interfere with pending or future litigation, or infringe applicable
169 | law. To submit a request to exercise your rights, please contact help@scratch.mit.edu for assistance.
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Data Retention
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177 | We take measures to delete your Information or keep it in a form that does not allow you to be identified
178 | when this Information is no longer necessary for the purposes for which we process it, unless we are
179 | required by law to keep this Information for a longer period. When determining the retention period, we
180 | take into account various criteria, such as the type of services requested by or provided to you, the
181 | nature and length of our relationship with you, possible re-enrollment with our services, the impact on the
182 | services we provide to you if we delete some Information from or about you, mandatory retention periods
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How Does Scratch Protect My Information?
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187 | Scratch has in place administrative, physical, and technical procedures that are intended to protect the
188 | Information we collect on the Scratch App against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss,
189 | unauthorized alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, misuse, and any other unlawful form of
190 | processing of the Information. However, as effective as these measures are, no security system is
191 | impenetrable. We cannot completely guarantee the security of our databases, nor can we guarantee that the
192 | Information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet.
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International Data Transfer
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196 | We may transfer your Information to countries other than the country where you are located, including to
197 | the U.S. (where our Scratch servers are located) or any other country in which we or our service providers
198 | maintain facilities. If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland,
199 | or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note
200 | that we may transfer your Information to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data
201 | protection laws as your jurisdiction. We apply appropriate safeguards to the Information processed and
202 | transferred on our behalf. Please contact us for more information on the safeguards used.
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Notifications Of Changes To The Privacy Policy
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206 | We review our Privacy Policy on a periodic basis, and we may modify our policies as appropriate. We will
207 | notify you of any material changes. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy on a regular basis. The
208 | “Last Updated” date at the top of this page indicates when this Privacy Policy was last
209 | revised. Your continued use of the Scratch App following these changes means that you accept the revised
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Contact Us
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214 | The Scratch Foundation is the entity responsible for the processing of your Information. If you have any
215 | questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise your rights to your Information, you
216 | may contact us at help@scratch.mit.edu or via mail at:
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