AFIRMASI.org

AFIRMASI.org ("we", "our", or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website, use our learning platform, or participate in our AI research studies, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

1. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Services, including:

Personal Information: Name, email address, school affiliation, and role (e.g., student, educator, researcher) when you register for an account.
Learning Data: Progress within AI modules, quiz scores, and interaction logs within our learning environments.
Research Data: Anonymized feedback, qualitative survey responses, and ethnographic data provided voluntarily during field studies in 3T regions.
Usage Details: Information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our website, and usage metrics.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To present our website and its contents to you.
To provide you with educational modules, certifications, and research insights.
To fulfill the purposes of our empirical research in educational equity and AI literacy, strictly in anonymized or aggregated forms.
To notify you about changes to our platforms or any products or services we offer.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

As a research and educational institution, we treat your data with the highest ethical standards. We do not sell your personal information.

We may disclose aggregated, anonymized information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction for research publications and policy briefs.
We may disclose personal information to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our operations, bound by strict confidentiality obligations.
We may disclose personal information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

4. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure; we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website.

5. Children's Privacy

Our Services are aimed at educators and students. If you are under 13, you may only use the Services with the consent of your parent or legal guardian. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without appropriate consent. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.

6. Your Data Rights

You have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data. You may also withdraw your consent for us to use your data in our ongoing research initiatives at any time. To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

7. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account or through a notice on the Website home page.

8. Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact our Data Protection Officer at:

privacy@afirmasi.org