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The policy states that Khan Academy does not display third-party advertisements and does not use tracking technology for third-party advertising purposes. It further states that tracking technology is not used on child-directed content pages.
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This provision establishes that the platform's revenue model does not rely on third-party advertising or associated behavioral tracking, which has direct implications for user privacy and is operationally significant for compliance with COPPA's prohibitions on behavioral advertising directed at children.
Under this provision, the agreement states that users of Khan Academy are not subject to third-party advertising or behavioral tracking for advertising purposes on the platform. Child-directed content pages are stated to be free of tracking technology.
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"Khan Academy does not display third party advertisements on our Service. We take steps to avoid the collection of information for targeted advertising purposes when we believe the Service is being used by Students or Children. For example, we avoid use of tracking technology on webpages with child-directed content, and we do not use tracking technology for third party advertising.Excerpt from Khan Academy's Privacy Policy
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages COPPA, which restricts collection of personal information from children for commercial purposes including behavioral advertising. The FTC holds enforcement authority. It also engages state laws such as California's SOPIPA, which prohibits targeted advertising based on student data. The absence of third-party advertising aligns with these statutory restrictions for child and student users. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low. The stated prohibition on third-party advertising and associated tracking is a clear operational commitment. Compliance teams should verify that sponsored content (which the policy permits) is appropriately distinguished from advertising and does not involve personal data disclosure to sponsors. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: COPPA applies to all U.S. child-directed services. California SOPIPA and equivalent state statutes impose additional restrictions on advertising-related data use for student users. EU/EEA users benefit from GDPR's consent requirements for advertising-related processing, which this commitment satisfies by prohibiting such processing. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: The policy states that sponsored content is labeled and that sponsors are not provided with user tracking or data collection capabilities. Procurement and compliance teams should confirm that sponsorship agreements include contractual restrictions consistent with this commitment. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should periodically audit the service to confirm that no third-party advertising tags or behavioral tracking scripts are deployed on the platform, consistent with the stated commitment. The policy's distinction between sponsored content and advertising should be documented and operationally maintained to substantiate the stated no-advertising commitment.
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This provision establishes that the platform's revenue model does not rely on third-party advertising or associated behavioral tracking, which has direct implications for user privacy and is operationally significant for compliance with COPPA's prohibitions on behavioral advertising directed at children.
Under this provision, the agreement states that users of Khan Academy are not subject to third-party advertising or behavioral tracking for advertising purposes on the platform. Child-directed content pages are stated to be free of tracking technology.
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