Dear Parent/Guardian/Independent Student,
Every year, at the beginning of the year, we notify you of the online applications we use as a division. In addition, this year, your child's teacher or school wants to use Freckle.
Freckle is an online educational program focused on personalized practice in Math and English Language Arts (ELA). Its primary benefit is that it is adaptive: it constantly adjusts the difficulty of the practice questions to match your child's exact skill level, ensuring they are always challenged appropriately and effectively closing learning gaps. To keep students engaged, Freckle uses gamification, allowing children to earn virtual coins for correct answers that they can use to customize a digital avatar. This makes independent practice sessions, whether assigned by the teacher or done for fun, more enjoyable and highly motivating, acting as a supportive, self-paced homework and skill-building tool.
Why you are receiving this notice:
As a public organization we need to notify you when we intend to collect
personal information. In addition, we need to inform you what allows us to collect this information. For
Freckle, we are collecting personal information under the Alberta Protection of Privacy Act, SA 2024, c P-28.5, s 4(c)
and the Alberta Education Act, SA 2012, c E-0.3, s 33(1).
What Personal Information Does Freckle Collect?
Based on the information we have, Freckle may collect the following personal information about your child:
Sensitive Personal Information
- Precise Geolocation Gps
Low Sensitivity Personal Information
- Device Identifiers (e.g., MAC address)
- Library Resource Usage
General Profile Personal Information
- Platform Usage Analytics
How is the personal information used?
Grasslands Public Schools Uses of Collected Personal Information
- To track your child's learning progress and report on achievement (Education Act, Sec. 33(1)(b))
- To provide this app as a core learning tool for your child (Education Act, Sec. 33(1)(a))
- To communicate with parents, students, and staff (Education Act, Sec. 33(1)(c))
- To provide appropriate supports and services for your child (Education Act, Sec. 33(1)(e))
Freckle Uses of Collected Personal Information
- ⚠️To use AI to automatically make decisions or create content for the student
- ⚠️To detect and prevent fraud or unauthorized access
- To provide the basic features of the app and make it work
- To help police, fire, or medical services in an emergency
- To share data with outside companies to analyze how the app is used
- To manage accounts, billing, and send important service messages
- To comply with a court order or subpoena
- To monitor the system for security threats and hacking attempts
- To improve the product by analyzing how people use it
How Personal Information is Protected
Security information is being reviewed for this application.
Your Rights as a Parent
- To opt out of the use of Freckle for your student at any time
- To request to see the information that is collected by Freckle about your child
- To ask for corrections to personal information in Freckle if the information is incorrect
- To request the deletion of any personal information that is held by Freckle
- To contact us or Freckle with any privacy concerns. Contact information is listed below.