Flat for Education
Not Approved
Why this application is not approved: Flat offers 2 services and has different terms for each. The Flat Individual service is not approved for use with students in Seminole County Public Schools. The Flat for Education service may be used with students, but teachers and parents should be aware of some features of the service.
Overall, the terms for Flat for Education offer reasonable privacy protections for students. However, teachers and parents should be aware that the service allows students to upload and collaborate on content within the service. The terms state that the service does not moderate these interactions, so care should be taken with student use. The terms also state that content generated or loaded on the site may be used by the service in a broad array of ways in perpetuity. Finally, the terms state that it is the school’s responsibility to obtain parental consent prior to using the service with students.
Other highlights from the terms are below:
• The service may use content generated by users for a variety of reasons in perpetuity.
• The service does not moderate the content loaded to the service by users.
• Service may collect student personal information, including information that may constitute education records.
• Service expects schools to obtain parental consent prior to using the service with students.
• The terms spell out the specific purposes that the service may use student information, but do not provide the same limits for student generated content.
• Service will not use student data for targeted advertising, but will for adult users.
About this application
Parental consent is required prior to use with students.
Information this application may collect
No data-sharing agreement is on file for this application.
For the vendor's own description, see its privacy policy (opens in new tab) and terms of service (opens in new tab) .