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Last Updated: August 2025

PRIVACY POLICY
TEACHING LAB/ TEACHING LAB VENTURES, INC.

At Teaching Lab/ Teaching Lab Ventures, Inc. (“TL”/ “TLVI”, “we”, “our”, “us”), privacy is important. This Privacy Policy describes how TL/TLVI collects personally identifiable information (“personal information”) via the Site and Services, as such terms are defined in the End User License Agreement.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the information that our business partners, including our network of foundations, districts, schools, coaches, and teachers, choose to manage, upload, and store in our Services (“Partner Content”) for which we are a service provider/processor. In those circumstances, we process and/or host Partner Content on behalf of a business partner and that business partner is responsible for the collection and use of all Partner Content, including all necessary consents related to such Partner Content. The respective business partner’s privacy notice will apply to the business partner’s collection and use of such Partner Content and questions regarding such notice should be directed to such business partner.

By accessing or using the Site and Services or otherwise providing personal information to us via the Site and Services and contact us methods, you have consented to the terms of this Privacy Policy and consent to our privacy practices described herein, including our use and disclosure of your personal information. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, then please do not provide us with your personal information and do not access or use the Site and Services. If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
As further described below, we collect personal information directly from you, automatically through your use of the Site and Services, and from other third-party sources. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may combine the information we collect from you with publicly available or data we receive from a third party.

Personal Information We Collect Directly From You. While the personal information we collect varies depending upon your use of the Site, Services, and our interactions with you, in general, we collect the following personal information directly from you:

The Services are designed to assist education professionals. While using the Services, you may upload teaching or coaching-related materials or interact with chat features. Please do not upload any personal information, including but not limited to student names, identification numbers, contact information, or any other data that could be used to identify an individual student. The Services are intended for use with de-identified or anonymized content only; they cannot be used to identify any individual student.

By using the Services, you agree not to input, store, or transmit any personal information or sensitive data. We are not responsible for any personal information that is uploaded in violation of this policy.

Personal Information We Collect Automatically. We and our third-party providers automatically collect personal information related to your use of the Site and Services, including using cookies, pixels, web beacons, and other similar technologies. For more information about our use of cookies and other similar technologies, please see the “COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES” section below. The personal data we may automatically collect includes the below categories of information (collective, “Usage Data”):

Personal Information We Collect from Other Sources. In addition, we may collect and receive certain personal information from business partners, organizations, and public databases. As permitted by applicable law, we may combine this information with other personal information within our possession and will use it in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

Some of our Services allow you to provide us with personal information relating to other parties (collectively, “Third-Party Data”). If you use any feature of the Services that allows you to communicate with other parties (such as to refer another other party to the Services or to communicate with them), either by submitting Third-Party Data to the Services or otherwise permitting the Services to automatically access Third-Party Data in your possession, you acknowledge, represent, and agree (a) that you have the authority of the relevant other party for us to access and use the relevant Third-Party Data, and (b) that you have notified these other parties and informed them how their information is collected and used by us to provide the Services. We reserve the right to identify you as the person who has made the referral in any messages that are sent to other parties. We use Third-Party Data to (a) contact such party using the Third-Party Data provided, and/or (b) provide you with an editable template message designed to facilitate communication between you and such party through the Services. We may also send reminders or related messages to you and to other parties on your behalf from time to time, as and where permitted by applicable law.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use the personal information we collect in various ways, including:

3. HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION
Targeted or Personalized advertising (ads based on a user’s personal information) is not used or displayed in the Services.

We may share your personal information for the purposes described above and as follows:

4. COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
Like many other websites, we and our third-party providers use cookies, pixel tags, and other technologies to collect Usage Data. We may allow third parties to collect this Usage Data on our behalf and to retain and use this Usage Data themselves. We use this Usage Data to, for example, analyze and understand how you access, use, and interact with us through the Site and Services, to identify and resolve bugs and errors in the Site and Services, to assess, secure, protect, optimize, and improve the performance of the Site and Services, for marketing purposes, analytics purposes, and to personalize content on the Site.

Advertising Partners. We use third party tools operated by third party Advertising Partners to assist us to deliver interest-based advertising across the Site and the internet, optimize and personalize advertisements, measure performance, and prevent advertisement fraud. We may also share hashed identifiers or other pseudonymous identifiers to support advertisements targeting and campaign analytics. We do not utilize targeted advertising within the Services.

Our Advertising Partners include:

Third Party Analytics. We use third party tools which are operated by third party companies to analyze ad traffic and usage of the Site. This data may be used for purposes including delivering banner advertisements and other advertising tailored to your interests when you visit certain websites.

Do Not Track. Currently, the Site does not recognize “Do-Not-Track” requests. You may, however, disable certain tracking by disabling cookies.

5. THIRD PARTY PRIVACY POLICIES
The Site and Services may contain links to third-party sites or apps, or vice versa. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party sites or apps. We recommend that you read the privacy statements of any other sites or apps that you visit, as we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites or apps.

6. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES
We make available several ways for you to manage choices about your personal information, including preferences regarding cookies and whether you want to receive marketing and promotional emails from us, and choices regarding your account and profile information.

7. CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18 and TL/TLVI does not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent. If you think that your child provided this kind of information via the Site, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

8. INTERNATIONAL USERS
The Site and Services are solely intended for individuals located within the United States and its territories and are subject to U.S. law. If you are located outside of the U.S. and its territories, please do not use the Site and Services. By utilizing the Site and Services, you consent to the transfer of your data to the U.S. and its maintenance in the U.S. Please be aware that the data protection laws in the U.S. may differ from those in your country of origin.

9. SECURITY
Information provided by or made accessible by you to us, including but not limited to personal information, to the extent maintained on our systems, is protected using reasonable steps to deter against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information to the extent under our control. Due to the nature of the Internet, computer networks, systems and other factors, we cannot guarantee that the information submitted to, maintained on, or transmitted from our systems or the Site will be completely secure. You are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Site and Services.

10. PERSONAL DATA RETENTION
We retain your personal information for as long as required to satisfy the purpose for which it was collected and used unless a longer period is necessary for our legal obligations or to defend a legal claim.

11. MODIFICATION
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our privacy practices, and when we do, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of the Privacy Policy. If we make material changes, we will provide prominent notice (such as through a notice or banner or, where feasible, via email). Your continued use of our Site and Services after the “Last Updated” date constitutes your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to the changes, you should immediately stop using our Services.

12. DATA RIGHTS
This section describes state specific consumer rights afforded to residents of those states who have enacted comprehensive privacy laws (“State Privacy Laws”). Not all of the State Privacy Laws are effective as of the date of this Privacy Policy, and several of the State Privacy Laws do not apply to TLVI/TL. Any terms defined in the applicable State Privacy Laws that we use here have the same meaning as the applicable State Privacy Law.

Information We Collect. As more fully described above, we collect (and have collected within the last twelve (12) months) the following categories of personal information:

Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties and Other Recipients:

Categories of Personal Information that May Be Sold, Shared, or DisclosedCategories of Third Parties to whom Personal Information May Be Sold, Shared, or DisclosedBusiness or Commercial Purpose of Selling, Sharing, or Disclosing Personal Information
IdentifiersAffiliates, Subsidiaries, and Sponsors Vendors and Service Providers Foundations, Schools, Teachers Marketing and Analytics Providers Advertising PartnersProvide the services Communicate with you Monitor the services Market & Advertise the services Respond to Inquiries and Fulfill Requests Improve the services Support business operations With your Consent
InferencesAffiliates, Subsidiaries, and Sponsors Vendors and Service Providers Foundations, Schools, Teachers Marketing and Analytics Providers Advertising PartnersProvide the services Market & Advertise the services Improve the services Support business operations With your Consent
Internet or Other Electronic Network ActivityAffiliates, Subsidiaries, and Sponsors Vendors and Service Providers Marketing and Analytics Providers Advertising PartnersProvide the services Monitor the services Improve the services Market & Advertise the services Support business operations With your Consent
Geolocation DataAffiliates, Subsidiaries, and Sponsors Vendors and Service Providers Marketing and Analytics Providers Advertising PartnersProvide the services Monitor the services Improve the services Market & Advertise the services Support business operations With your Consent
Employment InformationAffiliates, Subsidiaries, and Sponsors Vendors and Service Providers Foundations, Schools, Teachers Marketing and Analytics ProvidersProvide the services Support business operations With your Consent

Sales and Sharing of Personal Information; Use for Targeted Advertising. While we do not disclose personal information to third parties in exchange for monetary compensation, we “share” or use for targeted advertising the following categories of personal information: identifiers, and Usage Data. We disclose these categories to our Marketing and Analytics and Advertising Partners (as described above) for purposes of marketing and advertising. The Site is intended for use by teachers, and we do not sell or share or use for targeted advertising personal information about individuals we know are under age 16. For more information regarding your opt-out rights, see “Your Privacy Rights and Choices” below.

Your Privacy Rights and Choices. The State Privacy Laws in effect where you reside, if any, may provide certain additional rights regarding use of your personal information, which may be subject to certain exceptions and qualifications under those laws.

CONSUMER REQUESTS AND VERIFICATION
Right to Non-Discrimination. We may not discriminate against you because you exercise any of your privacy rights contained in this Privacy Policy including, but not limited to:

Verifying Requests. You may request to exercise your rights of access, deletion, or correction by contacting us as described in the Data Requests section below. To help protect your privacy and maintain security, we will take steps to verify your identity before processing your request. If you request access to or deletion of your personal information, we may require you to provide any of the following information: name, email address, telephone number, and account information. When you make such a request, you can expect the following:

Authorized Agents. You may designate an authorized agent to request any of the above rights on your behalf. You may make such a designation by providing the agent with written permission, signed by you, to act on your behalf. Your agent may contact us as described in the Data Request section below to make a request on your behalf. Even if you choose to use an agent, we may, as permitted by law, require:

Appeal Process. If you have made a request to access, correct, or delete your personal information under a state privacy law with an appeal right, and we have declined to take action, you may appeal our decision within 45 days of the denial. When you make such an appeal, you can expect the following:

13. CONTACT US.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please email us at info@teachinglabstudio.com.

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