Privacy Policy
Lavi Institute operates the https://videoassessmenttools.com/ website, which provides the SERVICE.
This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service, the Video Assessment Tools website.
If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information that we collect are used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
Information, Collection and Use
For a better experience while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, phone number, and postal address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you.
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or another direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order.
Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.
Your Access to and Control Over Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:
- See what data we have about you, if any.
- Change/correct any data we have about you.
- Have us delete any data we have about you.
- Express any concern you have about our use of your data.
Log Data
We want to inform you that whenever you visit our Service, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser version, pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
Service Providers
We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:
- To facilitate our Service;
- To provide the Service on our behalf;
- To perform Service-related services; or
- To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
We want to inform our Service users that these third parties DO NOT have access to your Personal Information.
SECURITY
We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it.
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Wherever we collect sensitive information, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the Web page.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
Video Assessment Tools Service was created using the best practices for complying with the laws and regulations listed below. Video Assessment Tools complies with all standards involving student data such as the:
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA)
- Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA)
- NIST 800-53
- American recovery and reinvestment act (ARRA), Public Law 111-5
- 42 US Code, section 17932 for notification in case of breach
- ISO 27002
- Pupil records: privacy: 3rd-party contracts: digital storage services and digital educational software (AB 1584)
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that affords parents the right to have access to their children’s education records, the right to seek to have the records amended, and the right to have some control over the disclosure of personally identifiable information from the education records. When a student turns 18 years old, or enters a postsecondary institution at any age, the rights under FERPA transfer from the parents to the student.
Video Assessment Tools is a FERPA complaint vendor and adheres to the following requirements under this act:
- Does not use any data to advertise or market to students or use data for any purpose other than the specific purpose(s) outlined in the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
- Does not change methods on how data is collected, used, or shared under the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy in any way without advance notice to, and consent from customers
- Only collects data necessary to fulfill requirements necessary to utilize our services
- Only uses data for the purpose of fulfilling its duties and providing and improving services
- Does not share data without prior written consent of the user except as required by law
- Will delete or de-identify personal information when it is no longer needed, upon expiration or at termination of our agreement with an educational institution
- The educational institution retains full ownership rights to the personal information and education records it provides to Video Assessment Tools
- Will share and make available upon request any student data stored from the educational institution
- WPS stores and process data in accordance with industry best practices by utilizing the following, but not limited to:
- Conducts periodic risk assessments
- Remediates any identified security vulnerabilities in a timely manner
- Has formal incident response plan that includes prompt notification in the event of a security or privacy incident
- Has strict access control using Least Privilege Principle
- Performs ongoing security education and awareness training for Video Assessment Tools staff
Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA)
The Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA), which came into effect in 2015, is a California state law which prevents online companies from compiling K-12 student data for marketing or advertising purposes.
Video Assessment Tools is a SOPIPA complaint vendor and adheres to the following requirements under this act:
- Does not use any data collected via our services to target ads to students
- Does not create advertising profiles on students
- Does not sell student information
- Does not disclose information, unless required by law or as part of the maintenance and development of your service
- Uses sound information-security practices, which often include encrypting data and other security industry best practices
- Will delete data that we have collected from students in a school when the school or district requests it
- Shares information only with educational researchers or with educational agencies performing a function for the school
- Innovates safely without compromising student privacy by only using de-identified and aggregated data as we develop and improve our service.
Data Encryption
Student data is not made available via the user’s platform. The Website secures and keeps student data private by using encryption when stored, and while in transit. Data is protected with 128-bit AES encryption at rest. Data is protected in transit using industry standard SHA-256 SSL certificates with RSA Encryption. User passwords are hashed and are never stored in plain text.
Usage Data
Usage Data may be collected automatically when using the Website or subscribing for more information.
Usage Data may include information such as your device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You use the website or subscribe for more information by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website or when you access the website by or through a mobile device.
How We Use Your Information
The Company may use personal data for the following purposes:
To contact You
To provide you with news, special offers and general information about Our Services.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage your requests to Us.
For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve Our Website and Services
Automatic Logoff
The Website does not require a user to log off and login at any specific period of time. If a user chooses to remain logged in indefinitely, they may do so. Although student data is not available at the user’s platform, it is strongly recommended to log off after accessing the website from a public or shared computer to prevent other users from accessing user’s data when not authorized.
Firewall
The Website databases and application services are hosted using high-performance cloud servers. Firewalls are in place to route network traffic securely, shield servers from attack, and prevent the loss of data. These firewalls block certain types of traffic that may be used to otherwise compromise a system and gain access.
Password Management
The Site enforces the use of strong passwords. They must be at least 8 characters in length, consist of at least one letter and at least one number, and not be a stand-alone dictionary word.
Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.