Scope & Introduction
PTC may provide students with the opportunity; to work with state-of-the-art 3D CAD software with its cloud native Onshape Education plans or Creo for K12 and University students; or to use its an industry standard math notation and calculation tool, Mathcad or to collaborate with Vuforia Chalk (all referred to as “Educational Services”).
This Children’s Personal Information Privacy Statement explains how PTC Inc., and PTC Inc’s Affiliates (“PTC”, “we”, "us" or "our") collects, uses, and disclosures of Personal Information, when a User uses the Educational Services, either as an individual or as a User granted access to the Service by a School, College or University (“School”). We set out the basis on which any Personal Information we collect from a User, through the Educational Service, or that is provide to us, will be processed by us. This Statement is supplemental to PTC’s Privacy Statement which explains how PTC’s processes of Personal Information in circumstances not covered in this Statement, for example when visiting a PTC facility or signing up to a webinar. PTC’s Privacy Statement also sets out how we protect Personal Information and your rights with regard to your Personal Information and how you can exercise them.
PTC’s maintains policies and practices to ensure that we are fully compliant with all applicable regulations relating to the collection and handling of Children’s Personal Information, including FERPA, COPPA and GDPR, and applicable State laws in the USA including CCPA.
COPPA and FERPA Compliance: PTC is committed to protecting the privacy of children and students in accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). For COPPA compliance, PTC ensures that we obtain consent from someone with parental responsibility for the child, collecting, using, or disclosing any personal information from children under the age of 13 (to which COPPA applies). Our privacy statements, including this statement provides clear and comprehensive notice to parents and guardians, detailing our data collection practices and their rights to review, delete, or refuse further collection of their child’s information. For FERPA compliance, PTC adheres to strict guidelines on the handling of educational records, ensuring that student information is only accessed and used for legitimate educational purposes. We implement robust security measures to protect student data from unauthorized access and provide schools and parents with the ability to review and correct any inaccuracies in the information we hold.
To use the Educational Services, a User must be:
- Over the age of 15 if you are resident in the EU or EEA or over the age of 12 in other countries;
OR - one of the following:
- an IT Administrator acting on behalf of a Qualified Educational Institution,
- an Educator,
- a Student,
- a team mentor in a qualified student competition,
- a parent of a Student or someone with parental responsibility for a Student or the consent from the person with parental responsibility.
PTC will only set up an account for a child with the consent of either:
- a child’s parent or legal guardian, or
- someone with parental responsibility for a Student or who has the consent from the person with parental responsibility,
- a school on behalf of a child as the parent’s agent, where the Service is to be used solely in an educational context.