Khan Academy records everything you do on the platform: every exercise you try, every video you watch, every skill you practice, and how long you spend on each activity.
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This creates a detailed longitudinal record of a student's academic performance and learning behavior, which is visible to teachers and administrators and retained by Khan Academy for operational and research purposes.
Every learning interaction on Khan Academy, including incorrect answers, time-on-task, and skill mastery progress, is recorded and may be visible to teachers, school administrators, and in limited cases research partners, which has particular sensitivity for minor users.
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"When you use our Service, we collect information about your learning activity on the Service, for example: exercises attempted, videos watched, skills practiced, questions asked to Khanmigo, and time spent on various activities. We also collect information you provide when you communicate with us and information from third parties.— Excerpt from Khan Academy's Khan Academy Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The collection of detailed learning activity data from students engages FERPA (where collected on behalf of a school or district), COPPA (for users under 13), and state student privacy statutes such as California's SOPIPA. The FTC enforces COPPA and the Department of Education oversees FERPA compliance. Where this data constitutes education records under FERPA, redisclosure is restricted and institutional consent is required for most third-party sharing. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High. The granularity of behavioral learning data collected, including incorrect exercise attempts and time-on-task, constitutes a sensitive academic performance profile. If this data is classified as an education record under FERPA in an institutional deployment, its use for purposes beyond direct educational service delivery may require additional consent or face regulatory challenge. JURISDICTION FLAGS: California's SOPIPA prohibits use of student data for targeted advertising or sale, and similar statutes exist in over 40 US states. EU and UK users are protected by GDPR, which requires a lawful basis for processing behavioral data; legitimate interests assessments may be required for non-essential data collection from adult users, while special protections apply to children. Illinois and New York have additional student data privacy requirements. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: School districts procuring Khan Academy should confirm via a signed data processing agreement that learning activity data is used only for educational purposes and is not shared with data brokers or used for commercial profiling. Subprocessor lists should be reviewed to assess downstream data access. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Institutions should map which categories of learning activity data constitute education records under their FERPA obligations and ensure Khan Academy's DPA reflects appropriate use limitations. Annual reviews of data retention schedules are advisable given the longitudinal nature of learning data.
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This creates a detailed longitudinal record of a student's academic performance and learning behavior, which is visible to teachers and administrators and retained by Khan Academy for operational and research purposes.
Every learning interaction on Khan Academy, including incorrect answers, time-on-task, and skill mastery progress, is recorded and may be visible to teachers, school administrators, and in limited cases research partners, which has particular sensitivity for minor users.
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