Target Users & Intended Audience: School Teachers, Educational Staff, Parents, and Legal Guardians (Adults Only)
1. Introduction & Application Scope
This Privacy Policy describes how Global Kids ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, protects, and discloses personal information when you access or use the Global Kids mobile application, web portal, and associated educational management services (collectively, the "Services").
Global Kids is an educational school management platform designed specifically for Teachers/School Staff and Parents/Guardians. The application serves as a bridge between educational institutions and families to manage daily school communications, attendance logs, academic evaluations, class diaries, and fee updates.
2. Intended Audience & Children's Data Protection
A. Adult Target Audience (Teachers and Parents Only)
- Global Kids is intended exclusively for use by adult users, specifically authorized school teachers, staff, and parents or legal guardians.
- No Direct Student Accounts: Minors and students do NOT create accounts, log into, or directly interact with the application.
- Parental Representation: All student data displayed in the app is authorized and provided by the school administration and accessed strictly by verified parents or legal guardians for educational progress tracking.
B. Compliance with Children's Privacy Laws (COPPA, GDPR-K, FERPA & Play Store Policies)
- COPPA & GDPR-K Compliance: Student information (such as attendance and academic performance) is processed solely under school and parental authority for legitimate educational management purposes.
- Zero Targeted Advertising: Global Kids contains NO advertisements, interest-based tracking, behavior profiling, or third-party ad networks.
- No Commercial Data Sale: We do NOT sell, rent, or trade student, parent, or teacher personal data to third parties, data brokers, or marketing entities under any circumstances.
3. Information We Collect
We collect and process only the information necessary to provide core school administration and parent-teacher communication features:
A. Account Information (Adult Users)
- Teacher / Staff Data: Name, official email address, mobile phone number, assigned subject/class details, and secure authentication credentials.
- Parent / Guardian Data: Name, mobile phone number, email address, relationship to student, and secure login credentials.
B. Student Educational Records (Managed by Teachers & Viewed by Parents)
- Academic & Administrative Records: Student full name, roll number, admission number, grade/class section, daily attendance logs, exam marks, report card evaluations, homework assignments, class diary entries, and physical fitness updates.
- School Operation Records: Canteen/food menu updates, fee payment status receipts, and leave application records submitted by parents.
C. Information Collected Automatically
- Device & Technical Identifiers: Operating system version, device model, IP address, and push notification tokens (used strictly for Firebase Cloud Messaging transactional alerts).
- Diagnostic & Security Logs: Authentication event logs and system diagnostic data to ensure application security and prevent unauthorized access.
D. Optional Device Permissions
- Camera & Storage: Access is requested only when a teacher or parent explicitly chooses to upload assignment attachments, leave documents, or profile photos.
4. How We Use Your Information
Personal information is processed strictly to deliver educational management services:
- For Teachers: To mark student attendance, upload class diaries and homework, enter exam marks, manage schedules, and publish noticeboard announcements.
- For Parents: To view children's daily attendance, academic report cards, timetables, fee receipts, canteen menus, apply for student leaves, and receive urgent school notifications.
- Transactional Notifications: Delivering push notifications for emergency announcements, homework postings, and attendance alerts.
- Security & Authorization: Verifying user identity and enforcing strict role-based access control across school tenants.
5. Data Security & Multi-Tenant Protection
We implement industry-standard technical and organizational security measures:
- Encryption in Transit: All communications between the mobile application and backend server endpoints are encrypted using SSL/TLS (HTTPS).
- Multi-Tenant Data Isolation: Database architecture guarantees that school records are logically isolated, ensuring data privacy between different schools.
- Secure Hashing & Session Management: User credentials are stored using secure cryptographic password hashing (bcrypt), and active sessions are protected by JWT tokens.
6. Data Sharing & Third-Party Service Providers
We do NOT sell or share personal data for commercial purposes. Data is shared strictly with:
- Authorized School Administration & Staff: Teachers and school administrators authorized by the school to manage educational records.
- Infrastructure Service Providers: Trusted technical service providers acting as data processors under confidentiality agreements:
- Google Firebase: Used strictly for push notification delivery (Firebase Cloud Messaging).
- Cloud Infrastructure Services: Secure cloud server and database hosting.
- Legal Compliance: When required by law, court order, or official regulatory mandate.
7. Data Retention & Account Deletion Rights
Data Retention
Personal data is retained only for the duration of the active school subscription or student enrollment, or as mandated by applicable educational record retention regulations.
Account & Data Deletion Rights
Teachers, parents, and legal guardians have the right to request access to, correction of, or permanent deletion of their account and associated personal data.
How to Submit an Account Deletion Request:
- In-App: Navigate to Profile / Settings > Account Deletion Request in the Global Kids mobile app.
- Web Portal: Visit our public Account Deletion Portal at https://nconnect.howzit.co.in/account-deletion.
- Email: Contact our Data Protection Officer at
theacadehub@gmail.com.
Upon receiving an account deletion request, user account access will be deactivated, and associated personal records will be deleted or anonymized within 7 business days, subject to mandatory school recordkeeping laws.
8. Parental Rights & Direct Control
Parents and legal guardians maintain full control over their student's educational records:
- Review personal educational information managed by the school.
- Request corrections or update contact details through the school administrator.
- Submit account deletion and data removal requests.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect app updates or legal modifications. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this document will indicate when updates occur.
10. Contact Us
For any questions, concerns, or data privacy requests regarding Global Kids, please contact: