Privacy Policy

EmpowerLit Schools ("EmpowerLit," "we," "us") provides a literacy engagement platform for teachers, school administrators, and students. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices available to schools, teachers, and families.

This policy applies to visitors of our public website and to teachers and school administrators who use the EmpowerLit platform on behalf of a participating school.

We currently collect account information for teachers and school administrators, such as name, email, and school affiliation. We also collect student information submitted by teachers as part of a magazine submission: student first name, grade, school, the submitted work itself, submission type, the monthly issue and theme, and submission status. Our website also uses general visitor analytics, described below. We do not currently collect a student's last name.

We use submitted information to operate the platform, to review and process magazine submissions, and to communicate with teachers and school administrators. Selected student work may be published publicly in the format described in our Student Data Privacy page.

Our website uses basic visitor analytics that may store an anonymous visitor identifier and general session information, such as pages viewed, to help us understand how the site is used. We do not use this information for advertising or targeted tracking.

We do not sell personal information. We share information only as needed to operate the platform, such as with the hosting services that run our website and platform, or when required by law.

We keep information only for as long as reasonably needed to operate the platform, manage submissions, meet school requests, and satisfy applicable business or legal obligations. Schools may contact us to request deletion or removal.

Participating in the EmpowerLit magazine is optional, and submitted work is published only if it is selected during review. Schools and parents may request removal of published student work at any time using our Data Removal Request page.

Participating schools are responsible for following the school or district policies and permission requirements applicable to them before submitting student work for possible publication. EmpowerLit handles submitted information according to the practices described in this Privacy Policy and our Student Data Privacy page.

We may update this policy from time to time. The most current version will always be available on this page.

Questions about this policy can be sent using our Contact page.