Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 18, 2026
This Privacy Notice for DRF National LLC (doing business as Studyfor5) ("we," "us," or "our"), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your personal information when you use our services ("Services"), including when you:
- Visit our website at studyfor5.com or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
- Use Studyfor5. Studyfor5 is an online AP exam preparation platform for high school students. The Service provides structured lessons, multiple-choice questions, free-response questions (FRQs), and full-length mock exams aligned to the College Board Course and Exam Description (CED). Student responses to FRQs are automatically graded using AI-assisted, rubric-based scoring, and students receive personalized feedback, predicted exam scores, and study recommendations based on their performance. Studyfor5 currently supports AP Chemistry, with additional AP courses planned. Access is provided through a one-time purchase per course; there are no subscriptions.
- Engage with us in other related ways, including any marketing or events
Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at support@studyfor5.com.
Summary of Key Points
This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice, but you can find out more details about any of these topics by clicking the link following each key point or by using our table of contents below to find the section you are looking for.
What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. Learn more about personal information you disclose to us.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? Some of the information may be considered "special" or "sensitive" in certain jurisdictions, for example your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. We may process sensitive personal information when necessary with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. Learn more about sensitive information we process.
Do we collect any information from third parties? We do not collect any information from third parties.
How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. Learn more about how we process your information.
In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties. Learn more about when and with whom we share your personal information.
How do we keep your information safe? We have adequate organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Learn more about how we keep your information safe.
What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. Learn more about your privacy rights.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is to email us at support@studyfor5.com. You can also use the contact form at studyfor5.com/about and choose the "Privacy or data request" topic. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Want to learn more about what we do with any information we collect? Review the Privacy Notice in full.
Table of Contents
- 1. What information do we collect?
- 2. How do we process your information?
- 3. What legal bases do we rely on to process your personal information?
- 4. When and with whom do we share your personal information?
- 5. Do we use cookies and other tracking technologies?
- 6. Do we offer artificial intelligence-based products?
- 7. How do we handle your social logins?
- 8. Is your information transferred internationally?
- 9. How long do we keep your information?
- 10. How do we keep your information safe?
- 11. What are your privacy rights?
- 12. Controls for do-not-track features
- 13. Do United States residents have specific privacy rights?
- 14. Do we make updates to this notice?
- 15. How can you contact us about this notice?
- 16. How can you review, update, or delete the data we collect from you?
- 17. Children's privacy and parental rights
1. What information do we collect?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
- names
- email addresses
- usernames
- passwords
- contact or authentication data
- grade level
- school name
- contact preferences
Sensitive Information. When necessary, with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law, we process the following categories of sensitive information:
- student data
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you choose to make purchases, such as your payment instrument number, and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is handled and stored by Stripe. You may find their privacy notice link(s) here: https://stripe.com/privacy.
"All payments are processed securely by Stripe. We do not collect, view, or store your payment card details — this information is provided directly to Stripe."
Google Sign-In Data. You may register or log in using your Google account. Google is the only third-party sign-in provider we support. If you choose to register this way, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture from Google, as described in the section called "HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?" below.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Information automatically collected
In Short: Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.
The information we collect includes:
- Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called "crash dumps"), and hardware settings).
- Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.
- Location Data. We collect location data such as information about your device's location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Services. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.
Google API
Our use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
2. How do we process your information?
In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We process the personal information for the following purposes listed below. We may also process your information for other purposes only with your prior explicit consent.
We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:
- To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order. (Retention period: Duration of the account; 14 days after deletion for name/email specifically)
- To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service. (Retention period: Duration of the account; retained indefinitely thereafter in de-identified form)
- To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service. (Retention period: Up to 2 years)
- To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information. (Retention period: Duration of the account; 14 days after deletion)
- To fulfill and manage your orders. We may process your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Services. (Retention period: 7 years from the date of purchase)
- To request feedback. We may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services. (Retention period: Up to 2 years)
- To send you study tips, feature updates, and occasional offers. When you create an account, we tell you that we will email you study tips and occasional offers, and both types of email are turned on for new accounts. If you appear to be in the European Union, the United Kingdom, or Canada, they start turned off instead, and we only send them if you tick the box asking for them. You can turn either type off at any time in Account Settings, or by using the unsubscribe link in any of these emails. For more information, see "WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?" below. (Retention period: Until you opt out or delete your account)
- To protect our Services. We may process your information as part of our efforts to keep our Services safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention. (Retention period: Duration of the account; up to 2 years after deletion)
- To identify usage trends. We may process information about how you use our Services to better understand how they are being used so we can improve them. (Retention period: 2 months (Google Analytics); indefinitely for first-party usage data)
- To determine the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns. We may process your information to better understand how to provide marketing and promotional campaigns that are most relevant to you. (Retention period: 2 months)
- To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual's vital interest, such as to prevent harm.
3. What legal bases do we rely on to process your information?
In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e., legal basis) to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests.
If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:
- Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
- Performance of a Contract. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.
- Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your personal information for some of the purposes described in order to:
- Send users information about special offers and discounts on our products and services
- Analyze how our Services are used so we can improve them to engage and retain users
- Support our marketing activities
- Diagnose problems and/or prevent fraudulent activities
- Understand how our users use our products and services so we can improve user experience
- Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
- Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.
If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.
We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e., express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e., implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:
- If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way
- For investigations and fraud detection and prevention
- For business transactions provided certain conditions are met
- If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim
- For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin
- If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse
- If it is reasonable to expect that collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province
- If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records
- If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced
- If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes
- If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations
- We may disclose de-identified information for approved research or statistics projects, subject to ethics oversight and confidentiality commitments
6. Do we offer artificial intelligence-based products?
In Short: We offer products, features, or tools powered by artificial intelligence, machine learning, or similar technologies.
As part of our Services, we offer products, features, or tools powered by artificial intelligence, machine learning, or similar technologies (collectively, "AI Products"). These tools are designed to enhance your experience and provide you with innovative solutions. The terms in this Privacy Notice govern your use of the AI Products within our Services.
Use of AI Technologies
We provide the AI Products through third-party service providers ("AI Service Providers"), including Groq and Anthropic. As outlined in this Privacy Notice, your input, output, and personal information will be shared with and processed by these AI Service Providers to enable your use of our AI Products for purposes outlined in "WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?" You must not use the AI Products in any way that violates the terms or policies of any AI Service Provider.
Our AI Products
Our AI Products are designed for the following functions:
- Text analysis
- AI predictive analytics
How We Process Your Data Using AI
All personal information processed using our AI Products is handled in line with our Privacy Notice and our agreement with third parties. This ensures high security and safeguards your personal information throughout the process, giving you peace of mind about your data's safety.
8. Is your information transferred internationally?
In Short: We may transfer, store, and process your information in countries other than your own.
Our servers are located in the United States. Regardless of your location, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored by, and processed by us in our facilities and in the facilities of the third parties with whom we may share your personal information (see "WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?" above), including facilities in Israel, United States, Ireland, and other countries.
If you are a resident in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland, then these countries may not necessarily have data protection laws or other similar laws as comprehensive as those in your country. However, we will take all necessary measures to protect your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Notice and applicable law.
European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses
We have implemented measures to protect your personal information, including by using the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information between our group companies and between us and our third-party providers. These clauses require all recipients to protect all personal information that they process originating from the EEA or UK in accordance with European data protection laws and regulations. Our Standard Contractual Clauses can be provided upon request. We have implemented similar appropriate safeguards with our third-party service providers and partners and further details can be provided upon request.
9. How long do we keep your information?
In Short: We keep your name and email address only while you have an account, plus 14 days after you delete it. We keep your coursework, your results, and the analytics generated from them indefinitely, in a form that is no longer linked to your name or email address.
Here is what actually happens to each kind of information we hold:
- Your name and email address. Kept while your account exists. When your account is deleted, your sign-in credentials are deleted immediately, and your name and email address are erased from our database 14 days later. We hold them for those 14 days so we can reverse an accidental deletion or reach you about a problem with the account.
- The rest of your profile. Your school, grade level, onboarding answers (your role, target score, and self-reported level), appearance and email preferences, study streak, and the record of which courses you purchased. This is not erased after 14 days. It is kept indefinitely, no longer linked to your name or email address once those have been erased.
- Your coursework and results. Your answers to multiple-choice questions, the free-text answers you write for free-response questions, your scores, your mastery estimates, and your predicted AP score. Kept indefinitely. None of it is automatically deleted, including after account deletion. It is stored against an internal account identifier rather than your name or email address.
- Product analytics events. Kept indefinitely, keyed to a random device identifier and an internal account identifier rather than to your name or email address.
- Purchase records. Kept indefinitely, both by us and by our payment processor, Stripe, because records of transactions have to be retained for tax and accounting purposes.
We keep coursework and analytics indefinitely so that we can measure and improve how well the course actually teaches, which depends on being able to look at results over time. Once your account has been deleted and the 14-day window has passed, that data is no longer tied to your name or email address.
If you would rather we erased any of this instead of retaining it, email us at support@studyfor5.com and tell us what you want deleted. See section "HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?"
10. How do we keep your information safe?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.
11. What are your privacy rights?
In Short: Depending on your state of residence in the US or in some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time, depending on your country, province, or state of residence.
In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; (iv) if applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be subject to automated decision-making. If a decision that produces legal or similarly significant effects is made solely by automated means, we will inform you, explain the main factors, and offer a simple way to request human review. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below.
We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If you are located in the UK and are unhappy with how we have handled your personal information, you can make a complaint directly to us. This is in addition to the rights you have under the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.
How to contact us:
- Online: https://studyfor5.com/about
- Email: support@studyfor5.com
- Post: See "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?"
What happens after you complain
- We will acknowledge your complaint within 30 days of receiving it.
- We will investigate without unjustifiable or excessive delay.
- We will keep you informed of progress and explain the outcome.
If you are not happy with our final response, you can refer your complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office, the UK supervisory authority.
- Website: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
- Helpline: 0303 123 1113
- Post: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or UK data protection authority.
If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
Withdrawing your consent
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below or updating your preferences.
However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
Opting out of marketing and promotional communications
You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, toggling off email preferences in Account Settings, or by contacting us using the details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below. You will then be removed from the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you — for example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes.
Account Information
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:
- Log in to your account settings and update your user account.
- Delete your account yourself from Settings, if you have not purchased a course.
- Email support@studyfor5.com to request deletion if you have purchased a course. The in-product delete button is blocked for purchasers, because course access has to be removed by hand first. There is nothing for you to cancel: this is a one-time purchase, not a subscription.
When your account is deleted, your sign-in credentials are deleted immediately and you are signed out for good. What happens to the rest of your information, and what is retained, is set out in section "HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?" We may also retain some information to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms, and comply with applicable legal requirements.
Cookies and similar technologies
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at support@studyfor5.com.
12. Controls for do-not-track features
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Notice.
California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser DNT signals. Because there currently is not an industry or legal standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at this time.
13. Do United States residents have specific privacy rights?
In Short: If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have the right to request access to and receive details about the personal information we maintain about you and how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, get a copy of, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. More information is provided below.
Categories of Personal Information We Collect
The table below shows the categories of personal information we have collected in the past twelve (12) months. The table includes illustrative examples of each category and does not reflect the personal information we collect from you. For a comprehensive inventory of all personal information we process, please refer to the section "WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?"
| Category | Examples | Collected |
|---|---|---|
| A. Identifiers | Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name | YES |
| B. Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records statute | Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and financial information | YES |
| C. Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law | Gender, age, date of birth, race and ethnicity, national origin, marital status, and other demographic data | NO |
| D. Commercial information | Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information | YES |
| E. Biometric information | Fingerprints and voiceprints | NO |
| F. Internet or other similar network activity | Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements | YES |
| G. Geolocation data | Device location | YES |
| H. Audio, electronic, sensory, or similar information | Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities | NO |
| I. Professional or employment-related information | Business contact details in order to provide you our Services at a business level or job title, work history, and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us | NO |
| J. Education Information | Student records and directory information. For us this means the school name and grade level you optionally provide, and the coursework you generate on the Services: your answers to multiple-choice questions, the free-text answers you write for free-response questions, your scores, your mastery estimates, and your predicted AP score | YES |
| K. Inferences drawn from collected personal information | Inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual's preferences and characteristics | YES |
| L. Sensitive personal Information | Account login information and personal data from a known child | YES |
We only collect sensitive personal information, as defined by applicable privacy laws or the purposes allowed by law or with your consent. Sensitive personal information may be used, or disclosed to a service provider or contractor, for additional, specified purposes. You may have the right to limit the use or disclosure of your sensitive personal information. We do not collect or process sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you.
We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:
- Receiving help through our customer support channels;
- Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
- Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.
We retain the collected personal information as described in section "HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?", which sets out what actually happens to each kind of information. By category:
- Category A (Identifiers) - your name and email address are erased 14 days after account deletion. Other identifiers, such as the internal account identifier and the random device identifier, are retained indefinitely.
- Category B (California Customer Records) - retained indefinitely, apart from the name and email address described above.
- Category D (Commercial information) - purchase records are retained indefinitely, as records of transactions have to be kept for tax and accounting purposes.
- Category F (Internet or other similar network activity) - retained indefinitely.
- Category G (Geolocation data) - retained indefinitely. We collect only a coarse signal, the time zone your browser reports. We do not collect precise device location.
- Category J (Education Information) - retained indefinitely, including after account deletion.
- Category K (Inferences) - retained indefinitely.
- Category L (Sensitive personal information) - your sign-in credentials are deleted immediately when your account is deleted.
Sources of Personal Information
Learn more about the sources of personal information we collect in "WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?"
How We Use and Share Personal Information
Learn more about how we use your personal information in the section, "HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?"
Will your information be shared with anyone else?
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Learn more about how we disclose personal information to in the section, "WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?"
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be "selling" of your personal information.
We have not sold or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. We have disclosed the following categories of personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months:
- Category A. Identifiers
- Category B. Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records law
- Category D. Commercial information
- Category F. Internet or other electronic network activity information
- Category G. Geolocation data
- Category K. Inferences drawn from collected personal information
- Category L. Sensitive personal information
The categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information for a business or commercial purpose can be found under "WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?"
Your Rights
You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law. These rights include:
- Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal data
- Right to access your personal data
- Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data
- Right to request the deletion of your personal data
- Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights
- Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising (or sharing as defined under California's privacy law), the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects ("profiling")
Depending upon the state where you live, you may also have the following rights:
- Right to access the categories of personal data being processed (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Minnesota)
- Right to obtain a list of the categories of third parties to which we have disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in California, Delaware, and Maryland)
- Right to obtain a list of specific third parties to which we have disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Minnesota and Oregon)
- Right to obtain a list of third parties to which we have sold personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Connecticut)
- Right to review, understand, question, and depending on where you live, correct how personal data has been profiled (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Connecticut and Minnesota)
- Right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in California)
- Right to opt out of the collection of sensitive data and personal data collected through the operation of a voice or facial recognition feature (as permitted by applicable law, including the privacy law in Florida)
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise these rights, email us at support@studyfor5.com, or use the contact form at studyfor5.com/about and choose the "Privacy or data request" topic. You can also refer to the contact details at the bottom of this document.
Under certain US state data protection laws, you can designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with applicable laws.
Request Verification
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes.
If you submit the request through an authorized agent, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity before processing your request and the agent will need to provide a written and signed permission from you to submit such request on your behalf.
Appeals
Under certain US state data protection laws, if we decline to take action regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us at support@studyfor5.com. We will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, you may submit a complaint to your state attorney general.
California "Shine The Light" Law
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?"
14. Do we make updates to this notice?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
15. How can you contact us about this notice?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at support@studyfor5.com or contact us by post at:
DRF National LLC
PO Box 524
Bluffton, SC 29910
United States
16. How can you review, update, or delete the data we collect from you?
Based on the applicable laws of your country or state of residence in the US, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law.
To make any of these requests, email us at support@studyfor5.com. You can also use the contact form at studyfor5.com/about and choose the "Privacy or data request" topic. Please write from the email address on your account, or tell us which account the request concerns, so we can confirm it is really yours before we act on it.
Deleting your account. If you have not purchased a course, you can delete your account yourself in Settings. If you have purchased a course, that button is blocked, because your course access has to be removed by hand first. Email support@studyfor5.com and we will remove your access and delete the account for you. There is no subscription to cancel. Either way, deletion works as described in section "HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?": your sign-in credentials are deleted immediately, your name and email address are erased 14 days later, and your coursework, results, and analytics are kept unless you also ask us to erase those.
17. Children's privacy and parental rights
In Short: Studyfor5 is for high school students aged 13 and over. Students under 18 need a parent or guardian's permission to use it. Parents and guardians can contact us about their child's information at any time.
The Services are not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13, and creating an account requires you to confirm that you are 13 or older. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information and the associated account promptly. If you believe a child under 13 has given us personal information, email us at support@studyfor5.com and we will take care of it.
Students under 18 need parental permission. If you are under 18, you may use the Services only with the permission of a parent or legal guardian, and only a parent or legal guardian may make a purchase on your behalf.
What parents and guardians can ask us for. If you are the parent or legal guardian of a student who uses Studyfor5, you can email us at support@studyfor5.com to:
- review the personal information we hold about your child;
- have inaccurate information about your child corrected;
- have your child's personal information deleted, including their coursework, results, and analytics;
- refuse any further collection or use of your child's personal information, which means closing the account.
So that we do not hand a student's information to the wrong person, we will ask you to verify your identity and your relationship to the student before we act on a request. We will respond within 45 days.
What we will never do with a student's information. We do not sell student personal information. We do not use it for targeted advertising or any other advertising. We do not build advertising or marketing profiles from student work, answers, scores, or predicted AP scores. We do not disclose student information to data brokers. See section "DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?" for the full list of the tracking technologies we do use, all of which are for keeping students signed in and for measuring how the product is used.
This Privacy Policy was created using Termly's Privacy Policy Generator.
Questions? Contact us at support@studyfor5.com.
AP® and Advanced Placement® are registered trademarks of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.
7. How do we handle your social logins?
In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our Services with your Google account, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture from Google.
Our Services let you register and log in with your Google account. Google is the only third-party sign-in provider we support. We do not offer sign-in through Facebook, X, or any other social media platform. Where you choose to sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture from Google. We do not receive your contacts, your Google Drive contents, or anything else from your Google account.
We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this Privacy Notice or that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant Services. Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third-party social media provider. We recommend that you review their privacy notice to understand how they collect, use, and share your personal information, and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.