Last Updated and Effective as of June 30, 2023
California Residents
If you are a California resident, California law requires us to provide you with some additional information regarding how we collect, use, and share your “personal information” (as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”)).
This California Privacy Notice does not apply to Personal Information we collect from job applicants or independent contractors, or from our current or former full-time or part-time and temporary employees and staff, officers, directors or owners.
This California Privacy Notice also does not apply to any Personal Information collected by us in connection with our educational software products. Requests for access to Personal Information collected through our educational software products should be directed to your school district.
California Consumer Privacy Act
As required by CCPA, we are providing the following details, in addition to those set out in the rest of our Privacy Policy, regarding the categories of Personal Information (as defined under the CCPA, and including applicable Personal Information collected online or offline, “CCPA Personal Information”) about California residents that we have collected or disclosed within the preceding 12 months.
What We Have Done in the Preceding 12 Months
(1) We collected the following categories of CCPA Personal Information:
A. Identifiers, such as name, contact information, online identifiers;
B. Payment information including payment card number or other payment information;
C. Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as sex and marital status;
D. Commercial information, such as transaction information and purchase history;
E. Internet or network activity information, such as browsing history and interactions with our website;
F. General geolocation data derived from IP address;
G. Audio, electronic, visual and similar information, such as recordings of customer service calls, webinars you attend or other live events you participate in whether via our Site or in person, and security video footage if you visit one of our offices;
H. Professional or employment-related information, such the school with which you are affiliated; and
I. Inferences drawn from any of the CCPA Personal Information listed above to create a profile/summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences and characteristics.
As described above in our general Privacy Policy, we collected this CCPA Personal Information from you and/or from other categories of sources such as data brokers.
Also as described above, we may use this CCPA Personal Information to operate, manage, and maintain our business, to provide our products and services, and to accomplish our business purposes and objectives, including, for example, to: develop, improve, repair, and maintain our products and services; personalize, advertise, market, sell and distribute our products and services; communicate with customers; conduct research, analytics, and data analysis; maintain our facilities and infrastructure; undertake quality and safety assurance measures; conduct risk and security control and monitoring; detect and prevent fraud; perform identity verification; perform accounting, audit, and other internal functions, such as internal investigations; comply with law, legal process, and internal policies; maintain records; and exercise and defend legal claims.
(2) We disclosed the CCPA Personal Information set forth in A-I immediately above to our affiliates, service providers, third-party sponsors of and prize providers for sweepstakes, contests, and similar promotions, and our business partners, for our operational business purposes.
(3) We have “sold” or “shared” the following categories of Personal Information:
A. Identifiers, such as name, contact information, online identifiers;
B. Internet or network activity information, such as browsing history and interactions with our website;
C. General geolocation data derived from IP address; and
D. Inferences drawn from any of the CCPA Personal Information listed above to create a profile/summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences and characteristics.
For purposes of this California Privacy Notice, “sold” or “sale” means the disclosure of CCPA Personal Information for monetary or other valuable consideration, and this may include for targeted advertising purposes, but does not include, for example, the transfer of CCPA Personal Information as an asset that is part of a merger, bankruptcy, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business.
You can opt out of the “sale” of your personal information or the “sharing” or processing of their personal information that takes the form of browser- or cookie-based targeted advertising here. You may still receive advertising on other sites and services, it just may not be tailored to your interests. Please note, if you use different browsers, devices, or services you will need to opt out on each browser or device where you want the choice to apply.
You can opt out of any “sale” of Personal Information such as your contact information by filling out this Request Form, emailing customerservice@scholastic.com or privacy@scholastic.com, or calling us at (877) 713-3114.
Retention
We typically keep information related to marketing activities for as long as you accept marketing communications from us, and on request, we will securely delete such data in accordance with applicable law. For information that we collect and process for other purposes, we typically keep such information until we determine it is no longer necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, and as otherwise needed to address tax, corporate, compliance, litigation, and other legal rights and obligations. Our retention is based upon the amount, nature and sensitivity of the information, the purposes for which we process the information, applicable legal requirements, and our legitimate interests. The purposes for which we process information may dictate different retention periods for the same types of information. In some cases, we may de-identify your data instead of deleting it.
Additional rights
If you are a California resident, you also have the rights set forth in Privacy Rights above.
Financial Incentives
Under the CCPA, certain features on our Site may be considered a financial incentive program, such as coupons or content offered in connection with joining our email mailing list or a “refer a friend” campaign. You can opt out of receiving email marketing from us at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link contained in emails we send you. We do not discriminate against California consumers who exercise their rights under the CCPA; if you do opt out, you can still get the benefit of any coupon or other similar benefit previously provided to you.
Generally, we do not assign monetary value to consumers’ personal information. To the extent the CCPA requires a value to be assigned to certain programs, the value of the data is related to the estimated cost of providing the relevant financial incentive.
Children’s CCPA Personal Information
Under the CCPA, sale of CCPA Personal Information of children ages 13 through 16 requires opt-in consent from the child. CCPA Personal Information under the age of 13 cannot be sold without parent or guardian permission. We do not knowingly sell children’s CCPA Personal Information.
Scholastic’s child-directed Site is kids.scholastic.com, and it is governed by our Scholastic Kids Privacy Policy, not this Privacy Policy.
Your California “Shine the Light” Rights
Under California “Shine the Light” law, California residents have the right to opt out of disclosures of Personal Information (as defined by the law) to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not disclose such personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing use. You can opt out of our share of information for targeted advertising purposes as described in this Privacy Policy.
California Minors
If you are a resident of California, under 18, and a registered user of the Services, you may ask us to remove content or information that you have posted to the Services by writing to customerservice@scholastic.com. Please include a description of the content you would like removed, and if possible, the URL for the site and the name of the feature where the content was posted. Please note that your request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information, as, for example, some of your content may have been reposted by another user.