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Verity Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 29, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to Verity.

Verity is an AI-powered literacy platform designed to help students in grades 3-8 strengthen reading comprehension, critical reasoning, and written communication skills through personalized educational exercises.

This Privacy Policy explains how Verity collects, uses, stores, protects, and shares information when parents and children use our services.

Verity is operated by Samavia Ahmad, a sole proprietor doing business as Verity ("Verity," "we," "us," or "our").

By creating an account, accessing the platform, or using our services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Service.

2. Who We Are

Verity is an educational technology platform focused on developing literacy skills that support independent thinking, reading comprehension, reasoning, and written communication.

The Service is designed primarily for students in grades 3-8 and is intended to be used under the supervision and consent of a parent or legal guardian.

For privacy-related questions, contact:

Email: samaviaahmad1@gmail.com Website: learnwithverity.com

3. Information We Collect

We collect information from parents, children, and through the operation of the Service.

Information We Collect From Parents

When a parent creates an account, we may collect:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Login credentials
  • Authentication information
  • Account preferences
  • Billing and subscription information

Payment information is processed by Stripe and is subject to Stripe's privacy practices. Verity does not store complete credit card information on its own systems.

Information We Collect About Children

We collect only the information reasonably necessary to provide the educational services offered through Verity.

Child Profile Information

  • First name
  • Grade level
  • Country
  • State, province, or territory
  • Optional support needs (only if a parent chooses to provide them)

Optional Support Needs

During profile creation, a parent may optionally tell us whether their child benefits from any additional support (for example, reading, writing, attention, or executive functioning support). Providing this information is entirely optional and may be skipped. We use it only to personalize the starting difficulty of a child's sessions — it never affects a child's placement or assessment results. This information is never sold and is never shared with third parties. A parent can update or remove it at any time from Settings.

Educational Information

  • Reading calibration responses
  • Writing calibration responses
  • Reading exercise responses
  • Writing exercise responses
  • AI-generated literacy feedback
  • Reading proficiency indicators
  • Writing proficiency indicators
  • Progress history
  • Recalibration results

Verity generates literacy performance indicators to personalize educational experiences and measure literacy growth over time.

These indicators may include classifications such as:

  • Below grade expectations
  • At grade expectations
  • Above grade expectations

and other educational metrics used solely for instructional purposes.

Information Automatically Collected

When users access the Service, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Operating system
  • Device information
  • Session identifiers
  • Authentication logs
  • Security logs
  • Usage information
  • Error reports
  • Analytics information

This information helps us operate, secure, and improve the Service.

4. How We Use Information

We use information to:

  • Create and manage accounts
  • Provide educational exercises
  • Assess literacy performance
  • Generate personalized feedback
  • Calibrate reading and writing difficulty
  • Measure educational progress
  • Improve platform functionality
  • Process payments
  • Respond to support requests
  • Detect fraud and abuse
  • Maintain platform security
  • Comply with legal obligations

We do not use children's information for advertising purposes.

5. Children's Privacy

Protecting children's privacy is a core part of Verity's mission.

Verity is designed to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and applicable privacy laws governing children's information.

We collect only the information reasonably necessary to provide the educational services offered through the platform.

Parents control their children's accounts and may:

  • Review child information
  • Review submitted responses
  • Review literacy feedback
  • Review progress information
  • Correct information
  • Delete information
  • Revoke consent

Additional details are provided in the Verity Children's Privacy (COPPA) Addendum.

6. AI Processing and Educational Feedback

Verity uses artificial intelligence technologies to provide educational feedback and personalize learning experiences.

We currently use Anthropic's Claude API to:

  • Analyze reading responses
  • Analyze writing responses
  • Generate literacy feedback
  • Assess reading proficiency
  • Assess writing proficiency
  • Recommend appropriate exercise difficulty
  • Support progress tracking

AI-generated feedback is intended to support literacy development and should not be considered professional educational, psychological, or medical advice.

AI Training

Child submissions processed through Anthropic's API are not used to train Anthropic's public AI models.

7. Service Providers

We work with trusted third-party providers that help us operate the Service.

Current providers may include:

  • Clerk (authentication and account management)
  • Supabase (database and storage)
  • Anthropic (AI processing)
  • Stripe (payments)
  • Resend (email delivery)
  • Google Sign-In (authentication)
  • Vercel Analytics (performance analytics)
  • Google Analytics (website analytics)

These providers may process information solely to deliver services on our behalf.

We do not sell personal information to third parties.

8. Cookies and Analytics

Verity uses cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Maintain secure user sessions
  • Authenticate users
  • Prevent fraud
  • Monitor performance
  • Understand platform usage
  • Improve user experience

Users may be able to manage cookie preferences through their browser settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect functionality.

9. No Advertising to Children

Verity does not display third-party advertising to children. Verity does not use children's information for targeted advertising. Verity does not share children's information for advertising purposes.

10. No Public Communication Features

Verity is not a social network.

Children cannot:

  • Publicly post content
  • Communicate with other users
  • Participate in public forums
  • Share information publicly through the platform

All submitted work remains private within the child's account and parent dashboard.

11. Educational Research and Product Improvement

Verity may use aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified information to:

  • Improve educational content
  • Improve literacy assessments
  • Improve AI feedback systems
  • Conduct educational research
  • Measure platform effectiveness
  • Publish educational insights and statistics

Information used for these purposes will not identify individual children.

12. Support Access

Authorized Verity personnel may access account information and educational submissions when reasonably necessary to:

  • Provide customer support
  • Investigate technical issues
  • Maintain service quality
  • Maintain platform security
  • Comply with legal obligations

Access is limited to authorized personnel with a legitimate business need.

13. Information Children Should Not Submit

Verity's exercises are designed for literacy practice.

Parents and children should not include sensitive personal information in responses, including:

  • Home addresses
  • Phone numbers
  • Email addresses
  • Passwords
  • Government identification numbers
  • Financial information
  • Medical information

If we become aware that unnecessary personal information has been submitted, we may remove it where reasonably practicable.

14. Data Storage and International Transfers

Verity is operated from Canada.

Information may be stored and processed in:

  • Canada
  • The United States

through Verity and its service providers.

By using the Service, users acknowledge that information may be transferred across borders in accordance with applicable law.

15. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Service.

Generally:

  • Parent account information is retained while an account remains active.
  • Child educational information is retained while an account remains active.
  • Progress history is retained to support long-term educational tracking.

Parents may request deletion at any time.

Upon deletion:

  • Information is removed from active systems.
  • Information may remain temporarily in secure backups.
  • Backup copies are removed through normal backup expiration processes.
  • Certain information may be retained where required by law.

16. Security

We use reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information.

These measures may include:

  • Encryption in transit
  • Access controls
  • Authentication protections
  • Secure cloud infrastructure
  • Monitoring and logging
  • Security reviews

However, no system can guarantee absolute security.

Users acknowledge that information transmitted over the internet carries inherent risks.

17. Security Incident Notification

If we become aware of a material security incident affecting personal information, we will investigate the incident and provide notifications as required by applicable law.

Notifications may be provided to affected users, parents, regulators, or other authorities when legally required.

18. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on applicable law, users may have rights to:

  • Access personal information
  • Correct personal information
  • Delete personal information
  • Withdraw consent
  • Request information about processing activities
  • Request copies of information
  • Object to certain processing activities where permitted by law

Parents may exercise these rights on behalf of their children.

Requests may be submitted by contacting: Email: samaviaahmad1@gmail.com

19. Canadian Privacy Rights

Canadian users may have rights under applicable federal and provincial privacy laws, including rights relating to:

  • Access
  • Correction
  • Withdrawal of consent
  • Complaints regarding privacy practices

Requests may be submitted using the contact information provided in this policy.

20. U.S. State Privacy Rights

Residents of certain U.S. states may have privacy rights under applicable state laws.

These rights may include:

  • Access rights
  • Correction rights
  • Deletion rights
  • Data portability rights
  • Rights relating to certain processing activities

Where applicable, Verity will honor requests in accordance with relevant laws.

21. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

When material changes are made:

  • The "Last Updated" date will be revised.
  • Additional notice may be provided when required by law.

Continued use of the Service after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

22. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or Verity's privacy practices, please contact:

Verity Email: samaviaahmad1@gmail.com Website: learnwithverity.com

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