Note for teachers: This notice helps students understand their rights. Our official notice, our General Privacy Notice, provides more information. (Ask your teacher if you want to see a copy of this document.) This kid-friendly notice is targeted at the elementary reading level.

Modified on: May 20, 2025

Effective Date: July 1, 2025

  1. What We Believe
    1. You will make mistakes. 
    2. It's okay to make mistakes.
    3. It is okay to say: "I don't want others to know I'm online."
  2. Understanding This Notice: Some words in " " have special meanings in this notice. When a word has a special meaning, we put the word in " " to tell you the special meaning.
  3. Who Is a Teacher? A “Teacher” is the adult who assigned you the Boom Cards.
  4. Who Is a Parent? A “Parent,” is your parent or legal guardian. 
  5. What We Tell Your Teacher: When you play Boom Cards, we tell your Teacher how you did and how long it took.
  6. What We Know About You: You can see the full list of what we know about you. (Ask your teacher if you want to see a copy of this document.) In addition to knowing how you did on Boom Cards, we also know
    1. your nickname,
    2. your avatar,
    3. when you logged in last, and
    4. your browser and IP address.
  7. Who We Share With: We share what we know about you with
    1. you,
    2. your teachers and specialists,
    3. your school or support team,
    4. companies we choose to help us do what we do (ask your teacher if you want to see a copy of this document),
    5. and, sometimes, your nickname with your classmates.
  8. How We Use What We Know
    1. Protect Boom Learning from break-ins.
    2. Protect Boom Learning and its users from mischief.
    3. Make Boom Cards better.
    4. Suggest Boom Cards to your Teacher that you might like.
  9. Ask Your Teacher for Help
    1. Tell your teacher how you learn best.
    2. Ask your Teacher for help if you have trouble using Boom Cards.
    3. Your Parent should also ask your Teacher for help.
  10. Ways Your Teacher Can Change What We Know About You: Ask your Teacher for help if you
    1. Don't want us to know about you.
    2. Want to see what we know about you.
    3. Want us to delete what we know about you.
    4. Need to fix information that is wrong.
  11. Stay Safe
    1. Listen to your Teachers and follow their rules.
    2. Use the sign-in method your Teacher tells you to use and only that one.
    3. Never give your password to anyone who is not your Teacher or your parent.
    4. Never use anyone else's Boom Cards account.
  12. When We Know What We Know About You
    1. If your Teacher gives you a code to use to play (a FastPlay), we won't know anything about you unless you save information.
    2. All other ways of playing Boom Cards keep a record of how you did.
  13. Classroom Rosters: Your Teacher's Boom Cards classroom has a list called a roster that shows your nickname to the whole class. You can ask your Teacher to hide the roster to keep your nickname private.
  14. How Your Parents Can Know How You Did
    1. Parents can look at your dashboard.
    2. Parents can also become a Teacher by opening a Boom Cards account.
  15. A Word About Advertisements
    1. We don't use what we know about you to show you ads.
    2. We don't sell what we know about you to other people.
  16. A Word About Videos
    1. Some Boom Cards may contain videos from other companies.
    2. We try to make it so those videos do not show you ads.
    3. Tell your Teacher to tell us if they see an ad so we can fix it.
    4. You can always skip watching a video.
  17. Where We Keep Your Information
    1. Your information is stored in the United States.
    2. We use secret codes to "encrypt" your information.
  18. When We Delete Your Information
    1. We delete your information when your Teacher tells us to.
    2. We delete your information when your Teacher stops using Boom Cards.
  19. What If Someone Takes My Information: If someone takes your information without permission and we learn about it, we will tell your Teacher.