Privacy Program
See evaluationsA coordinated effort to protect child and student privacy, and build in safety and security from the start.
The Common Sense Privacy Program evaluates privacy policies so that parents and teachers can make smart choices about the learning tools they use with their children and students, and so that schools and districts can participate in improving the technology used in K–12 classrooms. Today, with the involvement of over 400 schools and districts, we are working in collaboration with product developers to bring greater transparency to privacy policies across the board. In 2021, we also released our State of Kids' Privacy Report. This report, together with our privacy policy evaluations for popular products, takes a crucial step towards understanding what promises companies make about protecting privacy.
Click here to see a list of upcoming evaluations. If you don't see an evaluation for a product you are interested in, click here to request a new evaluation.
Privacy Research
Our articles and reports are published by a team of experts in privacy, security, education, and law on the state of kids' privacy and the security of smart tech devices that are designed to shed light on critical issues facing kids and families.
Privacy Questions
Make sense of a company's terms of service with this question set that helps educators and administrators come to decisions based on their specific school and district policies.
Common Sense Privacy
CSP's privacy compliance software guides companies through assessments, identifies gaps, gives actionable feedback and helps draft updates quickly, and without having to manually track laws. They provide free privacy policy evaluations!
Our Impact
40% of the companies evaluated in our initial cohort updated their terms, their application, or both.
