Trust & Privacy
Schools trust us with students — we treat that as the most important feature we ship. Here's exactly how STEM Builder handles student data, in plain language.
Our commitments
FERPA & COPPA-aligned
STEM Builder is designed for schools from the ground up. Student accounts are minimal by design, teachers and schools stay in control of class data, and our onboarding is built around child-privacy requirements — not retrofitted for them.
No ads. No data sales. Ever.
There is no advertising anywhere on STEM Builder, and we never sell student data or use it for marketing. Student information exists for one purpose: running your class.
Students join with no email
Students can join a class with just a username and a password. No student email address is ever required, and students are never asked for more personal information than the class needs.
Data minimization by default
We collect the minimum needed to run a classroom: a username, class membership, and the work students create. If we don't need it to make the tools work, we don't collect it.
Deleted means deleted
When work or accounts are deleted, they're removed on a scheduled purge — deleted data doesn't linger indefinitely in our systems.
School data stays isolated
Each school's and district's data is separated with database-enforced access rules — isolation is enforced at the data layer, not just in application code.
Stored in the United States
Student data is stored on infrastructure located in the United States.
For districts: NDPA-ready
We're prepared to sign a data privacy agreement with your district, including the National Data Privacy Agreement (NDPA). Request our DPA at privacy@stembuilder.io.
Questions?
Privacy questions from teachers, parents, or district staff are always welcome: privacy@stembuilder.io.
Subprocessors
These are the infrastructure providers that help us run STEM Builder. Each one processes data only to provide its service to us.
| Provider | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Vercel | Application hosting and content delivery |
| Supabase | Database and authentication infrastructure |
| Optional sign-in and Google Classroom roster sync | |
| Resend | Transactional email (account and verification messages) |
The documents
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