The policy authorizes disclosure of educational information including school name, degree, graduation year, courses, skills course performance, and graduation status to other users (including instructors), financial assistance partners, and third-party business partners that are joint marketing partners or whose products are bundled with Chegg's services.
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This provision establishes that educational information, including course enrollment and academic performance data, may be disclosed to financial assistance partners and unaffiliated third-party business partners for joint marketing purposes, which may engage FERPA's restrictions on disclosure of education records depending on Chegg's institutional relationships and whether FERPA's school official or service provider exceptions apply.
Interpretive note: FERPA applicability to Chegg's disclosure of educational information depends on whether Chegg qualifies as a school official or contractor under a FERPA-covered institution's data use agreement, which cannot be determined from the policy text alone.
The updated policy expands disclosure of how personal data is collected, used, and shared across Chegg's services and regional contexts. Users in the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and the US now have access to region-specific privacy disclosures that detail additional legal rights applicable in their jurisdictions. The policy explicitly states that when users access services through an educational institution or employer, Chegg will share personal data and service usage information with that institution or employer to allow monitoring of service use. The policy also discloses that user-provided content, including audio, video, and written materials, may be used to train or fine-tune Chegg and third-party AI models. Users can review their region-specific disclosures and Busuu's supplemental privacy policy to understand additional rights and practices.
View change record →Under these terms, educational information including course performance and graduation status may be disclosed to financial assistance partners and third-party joint marketing partners, though the policy states this category is not sold or shared for targeted advertising. Users whose educational data is disclosed to financial assistance partners should be aware that this category of sharing is authorized by the terms without requiring additional explicit consent beyond account creation.
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Compare across platforms →"F. Education Information (such as your school name, degree, year of graduation, courses, and for our Skills Service, your performance in Skills courses and graduation status) ... b. Categories of Third Parties the Data May Be Disclosed To: (1) Other Users (including instructors and students, depending on the Services you interact with); ... (6) Financial Assistance Partners; (7) Third Party Business Partners (unaffiliated parties that are joint marketing partners or whose products or services are bundled with our Services) ... c. Third Parties to whom the Data May Be Sold/Shared for Targeted Advertising: This category of data is not sold or shared for targeted advertising.Excerpt from Chegg's Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes that educational information, including course enrollment and academic performance data, may be disclosed to financial assistance partners and unaffiliated third-party business partners for joint marketing purposes, which may engage FERPA's restrictions on disclosure of education records depending on Chegg's institutional relationships and whether FERPA's school official or service provider exceptions apply.
Under these terms, educational information including course performance and graduation status may be disclosed to financial assistance partners and third-party joint marketing partners, though the policy states this category is not sold or shared for targeted advertising. Users whose educational data is disclosed to financial assistance partners should be aware that this category of sharing is authorized by the terms …
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