Atomic Learning Privacy Policy

For a detailed overview of Hoonuit’s policies and procedures regarding privacy and data security, proceed to our detailed Privacy Policy.

Atomic Learning Privacy and Data Security Summary

There is a lot of talk about data privacy these days—and for good reason. Protecting your personal data is something we take very seriously, so we want to provide you with the information you need to feel confident in how your data will be protected.

Before we provide a lot of technical information like how data is stored and encrypted, let us first share with you why we use data to improve learning opportunities and outcomes through Hoonuit.

Helping you get the most value out of the technology in which you have invested

When we are able to learn a little from you about the technology you have available or are thinking about using, we can direct you to the training and courses that will best help you get the most out of those tools.

Improving school productivity and education performance

By knowing some basic information (e.g. whether you are a teacher or student, what subject area or instruction level is your focus, etc.), we will support more targeted instruction for both educators and students, by delivering the most relevant and engaging course recommendations.
When we are able to integrate with your systems such as Learning Management Systems, you are able to more deeply embed our resources into the systems and processes you use each day.
When we are able to use past information such as assessment scores, we can provide targeted courses to improve learning recommendations and outcomes.
By knowing what information you have viewed in the past and found most helpful, we can streamline steps for finding relevant and engaging content in the future. That means you will continually find it is easier to search for and experience relevant courses and resources, based on what you have used and found valuable in the past.

Providing you with ability to form connections with those who are dealing with the similar experiences and professional learning goals, allowing you to share/gain best practices and insights

As we know more about your learning preferences, we can start to provide connections to other learners around the world that are similar to you or looking to learn more about the topics you find interesting or valuable.

As you use our services, our goal is to minimize the information gathered while still maximizing the value that information can provide in delivering you relevant learning opportunities and outcomes.

At a high level, this infographic from the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) explains the basic requirements of the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which Hoonuit uses (along with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act - COPPA) to set our privacy and data security policies:

Source: DQC Data Quality Campaign

Atomic Learning Privacy Policy

Hoonuit, LLC and Hoonuit, LLC doing business as Atomic Training and their affiliates (“Atomic Learning”) recognizes that its customers, visitors, users, and others who use www.Atomiclearning.com or atomictraining.com or any of their affiliated websites (“User” or “Users”) value their privacy. This Privacy Notice details important information regarding the use and disclosure of User information collected on the Website (“Website”).

Our reference to “you” or “your” means not only Users, but also includes any person or entity who may administer any internal network through which a User may access the Website. A reference to "us" or “we” means Atomic Learning. By using this Website, not only do You agree to this Privacy Policy and Notice, but so does any person or entity who administers any internal network through which access is granted to Atomic Learning.

Your use of the Website and any personal information you provide on the Website remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Notice and our Terms of Use. Please note that any video, image, or other content posted at the direction of Users onto the Website becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy Notice.

The Information Atomic Learning Collects

User Provided Information: You may provide certain personally identifiable information (such as your name, email address, student ID number, role as teacher or student, institution name, building name, IP address, personnel ID, assessment title and scores and learning objects viewed, grade, area of student or institution to Atomic Learning when setting up Your account, by you or by an administrator, and also by choosing to participate in various activities on the Website such as uploading videos or documents, posting messages, responding to surveys, or subscribing to newsletters or other mailing lists. The minimum student information data needed to support the most basic use of the Website is username and role as student or teacher. If no additional information is collected and stored, functionality including notifications, reports, customization, and assessments may be limited.
Cookies Information: When you visit the Website, we may send one or more cookies to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. Atomic Learning may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site. You can remove cookies with most Web browsers by following its instructions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your Web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent, but some features of the Website may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
Log File Information: When you use the Website, our servers automatically record certain information that your Web browser sends whenever you visit any Website. These server logs may include information such as your Web request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser language, referring /exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
Clear GIFs Information: When you use the Website, we may employ "clear GIFs" (a.k.a. Web Beacons) which are used to track the online usage patterns of our Users anonymously (i.e., in a non-personally-identifiable manner). In addition, we may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients.
Google Analytics: Hoonuit uses Google Analytics to help analyze how visitors use our sites, applications, and online services. Google Analytics collects visitor information like IP addresses, browser types, the accessing app, unique user webpage visits, referring pages and websites. Hoonuit does not use Google Analytics to collect any personally identifying information from users. Hoonuit uses the data collected in Google Analytics to provide statistical analysis of web page traffic patterns to assist in improving our solutions and services.

The Way Atomic Learning Uses Information

If you or your administrator submit personally identifiable information to us through the Website, then you consent to us using your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the Website to support the educational purpose as well as providing you with any requested information, goods, or services or information about additional goods or services. You may opt-out of us using your personal information but you may be unable to use or access any goods or services.
Any personal information, documents or video content that you voluntarily disclose online may become publicly available and can be collected and used by others with access. Your account name (and your email address if you have so chosen) may be displayed to other Users. Any videos and documents that you submit to the Website may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels.
We do not sell your personally identifiable information to third parties. We may, however, use your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major Website changes or for customer service purposes).
We use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Website and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and trends.
We may use cookies, clear GIFS, and log file information to: (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Website; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.

When Atomic Learning Discloses Information

We may provide personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable information to our affiliated companies or other businesses or persons for the purpose of processing such information on our behalf to support the educational purpose of the Website. We require that these parties agree to process such information in compliance with our privacy policy, and we use reasonable efforts to limit their use of such information and to use other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
We do not share your personally identifiable information (such as name or email address) with other, third-party companies for their commercial or marketing use.
We do not sell your personally identifiable information to third parties. We may, however, use your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major Website changes or for customer service purposes).
We may share non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data, referring /exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, aggregated data, etc.) with interested third-parties to assist them in understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the Website.
We may release personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright Law) or respond to a court order, subpoena, or search warrant.
Atomic Learning also reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information that Atomic Learning believes, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to enforce our Terms of Use, take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend itself against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity of our Website, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Atomic Learning, our Users or others.

Your Choices

You or your administrator may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through the Website, in which case Atomic Learning may not be able to provide certain services to you. You may update or correct your personal profile information and email preferences at any time by visiting your account profile page. Please note that media files uploaded by Users to the Website cannot be removed and remain subject to our Terms of Use.

To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you profile access or making corrections. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.

Links to Other Websites

The Website may include links to other Websites, however by doing so we assume no responsibility for the information practices of those Websites accessed from AtomicLearning.com or Atomictraining.com. Links to other sites do not imply affiliation or endorsement of any kind.

Our Commitment To Data Security

Atomic Learning uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Atomic Learning and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, Atomic Learning makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.

If Atomic Learning learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps, but we do not guarantee that we will provide you such notice. Atomic Learning may post a notice on the Website if a security breach occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.

Our Commitment To Children's Privacy

Atomic Learning requires that You do not submit any personally identifiable information (including names, email addresses or other such information) from persons under 18 years of age, and asks that you do not use personally identifiable information as login addresses. Atomic Learning does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information from persons under 18. If Atomic Learning learns that personally identifiable information of persons under 18 years of age has been collected on the Website without verified parental consent, then Atomic Learning may seek to delete this information.

Special Note to International Users

The Website is hosted in the United States and is intended for and directed to Users in the United States. If you are a User accessing the Website from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the Website, which are governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Notice, and our Terms of Use, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.

In the Event of Merger, Sale, or Bankruptcy

In the event that Hoonuit is acquired by or merged with a third party entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information we have collected from our Users as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control. In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors' rights generally, we may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred, or used.

In these circumstances, we will only share information with a company that has agreed to data privacy standards no less stringent than our own. In the event that information is shared in this manner, notice will be posted on our site.

Changes and updates to this Privacy Notice

Hoonuit's Privacy Policy may be revised periodically. In the event of a material change in the management of User data, Hoonuit will post those changes to www.atomiclearning.com/privacy-policy and update the "Date Last Modified". Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to Hoonuit’s Privacy Policy and any future revisions, and your agreement to regularly check this page for updates.

Date Last Modified

This Privacy Notice was last modified June 19, 2017

Contact Information

Please contact Atomic Learning with any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice by email: Clay.Anderson@hoonuit.com