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WELCOME TO THE TPT PRIVACY CENTER.

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EFFECTIVE DATE:JANUARY 1, 2023

Teacher Synergy LLC d/b/a Teachers Pay Teachers (referred to in this policy as
“Teachers Pay Teachers”, “TPT”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) has adopted the following
Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, and share information from and
about you in connection with certain of our products, services, and properties.

Your privacy and security are very important to us at TPT. We’re committed to
transparency when it comes to our privacy practices and how we safeguard your
information. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) outlines what kinds of information
we may collect from and about you as you visit or use TPT, how that information
may be used and shared, and what rights and choices you may have.

This Policy applies to any use of our “Services” which includes our website at
TeachersPayTeachers.com and any affiliated web pages or forms we may create or
host (collectively our “Site”), our mobile applications (“Apps”), or when you
communicate with us. By using or accessing the Services in any manner, you
acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Policy,
and you hereby consent to our collection, use, and sharing of your information
in the following ways. This Policy is part of our Terms of Service which you can
find here. Any terms we use in this Policy without defining them have the
definitions given to them in the Terms of Service.

You may find a printable PDF copy of this Policy by clicking here. If you
require an alternative format to access this policy due to a disability, please
contact us at Support@TeachersPayTeachers.com for assistance.

If you are looking for information about how we process and protect Student Data
in connection with the use of Student Tools like Easel by TPT, please visit our
dedicated Student Privacy Policy.

I. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Some information we collect in connection with our Services is considered
“Personal Information” (or PI). Personal Information means information that
relates to and can be used to identify you personally and includes things like
your full name, street address, phone number, email address, and also includes
information referred to as “personally identifiable information”, “personal
information” and “personal data” under applicable data privacy laws, rules, or
regulations. Other than as provided for in this Policy, we won’t share or
disclose Personal Information without your consent. Sometimes Personal
Information may be aggregated or de-identified to remove the ability to link
that data to an identifiable person and such data will no longer be considered
Personal Information. De-identified, aggregated and other non-personal
information and may be retained, used, and disclosed in accordance with
applicable privacy laws.

1. CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT

The following subsections detail the categories of Personal Information that we
collect and have collected over the past twelve (12) months. For each category
of Personal Information, these sections also set out our commercial or business
purpose for collecting that Personal Information and the categories of third
parties with whom we share that Personal Information. Throughout this Policy, we
will refer back to the categories of Personal Information listed below (for
example, “Category A. Personal Identifiers”).

Personal Identifiers

Personal Information We Collect may include:

* Real name
* Email address
* Postal address
* Phone number
* IP address
* Account name (e.g., username, alias/store name)
* Device ID
* Social security number (as applicable from Sellers)
* PayPal ID (email address)
* Birth year

Sources of this Personal Information:

* You
* Third parties (e.g. our Service Providers, Partners, or other Members)

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

* Account creation and administration
* Communications with you for customer support, account-related communication,
or marketing
* To process payments and facilitate purchases made through our Services
between Buyers and Sellers
* To meet our legal obligations to issue tax documents
* Website operations, security, and monitoring
* To issue payments to you (if applicable)
* Analytics and marketing/advertising (including at times, targeted
advertising)
* To identify you in connection with your account activity (In some cases, this
information may be shared or displayed publicly or only to certain other
Members in a full or modified form as described in sections I(2)(A)-(C)
above.)
* To ensure the proper operation and security of our Services

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information:

* Service Providers (e.g., payment processors; security and fraud prevention
services; hosting and other technology and communications providers;
analytics and advertising providers; staff augmentation and contract
personnel)
* Acquirers or other parties that might receive Personal Information through a
change of control
* Other Members, Partners, or third parties at users’ direction (e.g. to
facilitate payouts to Sellers via third party payout providers)

Retention

As described in Section IV.3

Personal Information We Collect may include:

Personal Identifiers

Sources of this Personal Information:

Personal Identifiers

* You
* Third parties (e.g. our Service Providers, Partners, or other Members)

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

Personal Identifiers

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information:

Personal Identifiers

Retention

Personal Identifiers

As described in Section IV.3

Customer Records Identified By State Law (Including the California Customer
Records Statute (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.80(e))

Personal Information We Collect may include:

* Items listed in Category A
* Bank account number (as applicable from some Sellers)
* Last four digits of credit or debit card number
* Employment

Sources of this Personal Information:

* You
* Third parties (e.g. our Service Providers or Partners)

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

* Account creation and administration
* Communication with you for customer support, account-related communication,
or marketing
* To meet our legal obligations to issue tax documents
* To process payments and facilitate purchases made through our Services
between buyers and sellers
* To issue payments to you (if applicable)
* Analytics and marketing/advertising (including at times, targeted
advertising)
* To identify you in connection with your account activity (In some cases, this
information may be shared or displayed publicly or only to certain other
Members in a full or modified form as described in Section II below.

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information:

Retention

As described in Section IV.3

Personal Information We Collect may include:

Customer Records Identified By State Law (Including the California Customer
Records Statute (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.80(e))

* Items listed in Category A
* Bank account number (as applicable from some Sellers)
* Last four digits of credit or debit card number
* Employment

Sources of this Personal Information:

Customer Records Identified By State Law (Including the California Customer
Records Statute (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.80(e))

* You
* Third parties (e.g. our Service Providers or Partners)

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

Customer Records Identified By State Law (Including the California Customer
Records Statute (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.80(e))

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information:

Customer Records Identified By State Law (Including the California Customer
Records Statute (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.80(e))

Retention

Customer Records Identified By State Law (Including the California Customer
Records Statute (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.80(e))

As described in Section IV.3

Commercial Information

Personal Information We Collect may include:

* Records of purchases and payment methods (including Resources, TPT Gift
Cards, TPT Classfund Contributions etc..)
* Records of the items you add to a cart or wish list
* Your preferences and interests (such as grade level and subject area)
* Fundraising activities via ClassFund
* Referral data, search history, and page views on our Site
* Ratings, reviews and other content to post or upload
* TPT credits earned or used (e.g., from making a purchase after leaving
Feedback)
* Sales and earnings related to your TPT store (if applicable)

Sources of this Personal Information:

* You
* Third parties (e.g. our Service Providers)

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

* Account administration (e.g., to enable you to access your purchased or
downloaded Resources)
* Order processing
* Analytics and marketing/advertising (including at times, targeted
advertising)

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information:

* Service Providers (payment processor; security and fraud prevention services;
hosting and other technology and communications providers; analytics and
advertising providers; staff augmentation and contract personnel)
* Acquirers or other parties that might receive Personal Information through a
change of control
* Other Members, Partners or third parties at users’ direction

Retention

As described in Section IV.3

Personal Information We Collect may include:

Commercial Information

Sources of this Personal Information:

Commercial Information

* You
* Third parties (e.g. our Service Providers)

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

Commercial Information

* Account administration (e.g., to enable you to access your purchased or
downloaded Resources)
* Order processing
* Analytics and marketing/advertising (including at times, targeted
advertising)

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information:

Commercial Information

Retention

Commercial Information

As described in Section IV.3

Internet Or Other Similar Network Activity Information

Personal Information We Collect may include:

* Items listed in Category C
* Cookies as described in Section VII

Sources of this Personal Information:

* You
* Third parties (e.g. our Service Providers and Partners)

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

* Account administration (e.g., to enable you to access your purchased or
downloaded Resources)
* Order processing
* Analytics and marketing/advertising (including at times, targeted
advertising)
* To ensure the proper operation and security of our Services and for debugging

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information

Retention

As described in Section IV.3

Personal Information We Collect may include:

Internet Or Other Similar Network Activity Information

* Items listed in Category C
* Cookies as described in Section VII

Sources of this Personal Information:

Internet Or Other Similar Network Activity Information

* You
* Third parties (e.g. our Service Providers and Partners)

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

Internet Or Other Similar Network Activity Information

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information

Internet Or Other Similar Network Activity Information

Retention

Internet Or Other Similar Network Activity Information

As described in Section IV.3

Professional Or Employment-Related Information

Personal Information We Collect may include:

* School association
* Information you may include in your about me/profile

Sources of this Personal Information:

* You
* Third Parties (e.g. our Service Providers)

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

* Account and profile information
* Enabling a user to join a school account
* Analytics and marketing

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information:

* Service Providers (hosting and other technology and communications providers;
analytics providers; staff augmentation and contract personnel)
* Acquirers or other parties that might receive Personal Information through a
change of control
* Other Members, Partners or parties at users’ direction

Retention

As described in Section IV.3

Personal Information We Collect may include:

Professional Or Employment-Related Information

* School association
* Information you may include in your about me/profile

Sources of this Personal Information:

Professional Or Employment-Related Information

* You
* Third Parties (e.g. our Service Providers)

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

Professional Or Employment-Related Information

* Account and profile information
* Enabling a user to join a school account
* Analytics and marketing

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information:

Professional Or Employment-Related Information

Retention

Professional Or Employment-Related Information

As described in Section IV.3

Customer Demographic Information

Personal Information We Collect may include

Individual demographic characteristics (e.g. age, race or ethnicity, gender)

Sources of this Personal Information:

* You
* Third Parties

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

* Security/Account Verification: If you choose to be a Seller on our Services,
we ask you to confirm your birth year (age), so we ensure your eligibility to
create a Seller Account. We reserve the right to request additional identity
information from any user to verify age or other information we may need.
* DEI initiatives, Research and Analysis: In limited circumstances, such as in
connection with surveys related to user research or to collect user feedback,
we may directly request demographic information from you for the purpose we
describe in such request and collect such demographic information from you
solely after you provide your consent in connection with such request.

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information:

* Service Providers (hosting and other technology communications providers;
analytics providers; staff augmentation and contract personnel)
* Acquirers or other parties that might receive Personal Information through a
change of control
* Other Members, Partners or third parties at users’ direction (e.g. if you
choose to include in a public profile or take part in initiatives/programs)

Retention

As described in Section IV.3

Personal Information We Collect may include

Customer Demographic Information

Individual demographic characteristics (e.g. age, race or ethnicity, gender)

Sources of this Personal Information:

Customer Demographic Information

* You
* Third Parties

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

Customer Demographic Information

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information:

Customer Demographic Information

Retention

Customer Demographic Information

As described in Section IV.3

Sensory Information

Personal Information We Collect may include:

Your image, audio/voice recordings, and/or video recordings when you choose to
use features that allow you to upload files or record audio or video clips
through the Services, and other circumstances where we obtain your consent (e.g.
user research calls).

Sources of this Personal Information:

* You
* Other Members (for example if they’ve uploaded audiovisual content that
contains your image or voice)

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

* Enable use of upload or recording features which you may use to create or add
to existing Content on our Services and share Content with others.
* User research, event media

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information:

Retention:

As described in Section IV.3

Personal Information We Collect may include:

Sensory Information

Sources of this Personal Information:

Sensory Information

* You
* Other Members (for example if they’ve uploaded audiovisual content that
contains your image or voice)

Commercial or business purpose for collecting this category of Personal
Information:

Sensory Information

* Enable use of upload or recording features which you may use to create or add
to existing Content on our Services and share Content with others.
* User research, event media

Categories of third parties with whom we share this Personal Information:

Sensory Information

Retention:

Sensory Information

As described in Section IV.3

Information of individuals under 16

Personal Information We Collect may include:

See our Student Privacy Policy for additional information on student use and our
commitments to COPPA and FERPA.

Personal Information We Collect may include:

Information of individuals under 16

See our Student Privacy Policy for additional information on student use and our
commitments to COPPA and FERPA.

2. SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

A. You, For Information You Make Available to Us

Visitors. When you use our Services as a Visitor, we may ask for information
about your preferences and interests to personalize your experience and help you
find what you need.

All Members. To use many aspects of our Services, you’re required to create a
TPT Account and become a Member. To become a Member, we require that you pick a
unique username, and provide us with your email address so we can contact you.
We may also ask you to tell us your name so we know who you are.

We may ask you to share some information about what kind of user you are (your
role), your geographic location, what and where you teach, and information about
your interests to help us personalize your experience using our Services.
Finally, some features of our Service may allow you to upload, create, record,
post or otherwise add and/or share Resources or other content (“Content”)
through our platform.

Sellers. Members who register for one of our Seller Memberships (“Sellers”),
will be required to provide additional contact information and set up or connect
a payout account to receive Earnings. Sellers can choose to use a name other
than their given name as a “Store Name.” A Seller’s Store Name, profile image or
logo, and any additional information they choose to provide about themselves in
their Store profile will be publicly viewable.

To comply with applicable laws, we may collect federal tax identification
information from Sellers, including your social security number or employer
identification number, to verify your identity and issue tax documents.

Purchase information. When you make a purchase through our Services, you’ll need
to provide billing and payment information to complete your order. We’ve
carefully chosen Service Providers who use Payment Card Industry Data Security
Standard (PCI DSS) compliant practices to process payments (“Payment
Processors”). Whether you check out using a credit or debit card, PayPal
account, or any other payment method we may support, your payment will be
processed directly by our Payment Processor and we’ll never have access to or
store your full payment card details.

When you use a credit or debit card to pay for your purchases, you’ll be asked
to add a credit or debit card payment source (“Payment Card”). When you submit
your order, this information will be sent directly to and stored by our Payment
Processor. After your payment is processed, the Payment Processor will send TPT
some details about the transaction so that we can record your order in our
database and provide access to the materials that you purchased.

The Payment Card you added will be available for future use on your Account. You
can edit or remove this information at any time by navigating to the checkout
page or by contacting us for assistance.

B. You, For Information Collected Automatically In Connection With Your Use of
Our Services

When you use our Services as a Member or a Visitor, we receive and collect
certain information from your browser and your device such as your Internet
Protocol address (IP address), device information, operating system, browser
type and version, and browser country location. This information helps us defend
against fraudulent activity or attacks, maintain the security of our Services,
and improve and personalize your experience.

We also log data related to how Members and Visitors use our Services, including
Cookies (as defined below) that may uniquely identify your visit or account.
This log data includes details such as what pages of our Site or App you visit
and when, how users navigate through the Site, and visit referral URLs. This
information allows us to better understand how our Services are being used,
helps us make improvements, and enables us to personalize your experience with
our Services. (Please refer to the Cookies section below for more information
about how we use Cookies.)

From time to time, we may host and provide Members and Visitors the opportunity
to participate in contests, sweepstakes, and surveys. If you choose to
participate, you may be asked to provide Personal Information which may be used
for purposes necessary to administer the contest, sweepstakes, or survey, or for
other marketing purposes.

C. Third Parties

General. We may collect information about you from third parties as permitted by
law or through your interaction with third parties we may integrate with from
time to time to offer new features and/or services to you (“Third Party
Integrations”). We may also receive information about you from third parties
such as other Members in connection with our provision of certain services,
including for example TPT School Access or gift cards, as well as from some of
our service providers who assist us with marketing or promotional services
related to how you interact with our websites, applications, products, services,
advertisements or communications.

Integrations. Third Party Integrations may for example, include your use of
certain features allowing you to import or export content to or from TPT or
linking an account you have with Google or a supported LMS to TPT. TPT may add
or remove Third Party Integrations from time to time. Your use of Third Party
Integrations is at your discretion and risk and subject to the Third Party
Integration’s terms and privacy policies.

* Google Drive - Through an integration with Google Drive, you may have the
option to list files directly from your Google Drive in your TPT store
(“Resources for Google Apps”), or access Resources for Google Apps directly
through your Google Drive account (e.g. resources that you have purchased or
added to your TPT account for free). To enable your use of this integration,
you’ll need to give TPT permission to access your Google Drive for the
purposes described in this section. If you’re a Seller listing Resources from
your Google Drive, we’ll use this access to list in your TPT store files that
you choose from your Google Drive account, set file permissions, make copies
for each Member who purchases or accesses your Resources for Google Apps for
free, and monitor listed files from your Google Drive for deletions, updates,
or changes in permissions so we may be able to alert you or impacted Members.
For Members who choose to purchase (or access for free) Resources for Google
Apps, we’ll use this access to deliver the Resource to your Google Drive. Use
of the integration is subject to Google’s privacy policies — you can find
more information about how Google uses your information and what information
Google shares with us here.
* Learning Management Services - you (or your School) may be able to connect to
third party Learning Management Services. See our Student Privacy Policy for
more detailed information on what information may be collected or shared when
using these integrations.

External Payment Accounts. If you choose to pay for a purchase using an external
account like PayPal or ApplePay, you’ll directly access that account to complete
your order and when it’s complete, they’ll send us a confirmation with
transaction details so we can record your order and provide access to the
Resources or services you’ve purchased. We do not collect information about or
have access to the specific payment or funding sources or any other financial
account details associated with your PayPal, ApplePay or other similar external
accounts.

II. HOW WE MAY SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We disclose your Personal Information to the following categories of third
parties including service providers, contractors and other parties:

1. SELLERS, WHEN YOU PLACE AN ORDER

When you place an order on TPT, you’re purchasing from a Seller Member with whom
we’ll share order details including what you purchased and your name, city,
state, and zip code.

2. THE PUBLIC OR OTHER MEMBERS, WHEN YOU CONNECT, SHARE, OR COMMUNICATE WITH
THEM

There may be features of our Services which allow you to:

* Post, create, upload, record or otherwise add Content (e.g. Resources you
publish, Communications such as comments, reviews, questions, or other public
or private messages, and materials or media created by use of certain
features in Easel such as audio or video recordings)
* Connect, communicate, and share information with other Members (such as
Resource Collections, Member to Member messages, Q&A, and so on)
* Join and post messages in forums, groups, or communities
* Join or link your account to another Member (e.g. to login as a VA with
Support Access), to an Organization using TPT for Schools or TPT School
Access (together “School Account”), or other Services that allow similar
account connections
* Submit requests for Resources or participate in a shared wish list
* Display a public profile (e.g. by joining as Seller and having a storefront
on TPT), and so on

By using any of these features, you’re choosing to share information about
yourself and/or your TPT account and/or activity with TPT, and you’re directing
TPT to make that information available to the public, other Members, and/or your
School or Organization as the case may be. To the extent TPT enables Members to
send messages directly to other Members, TPT’s Community Guidelines policy
applies and TPT may moderate such communications as we deem necessary to enforce
our policies and keep TPT a safe place to transact. When you use TPT as a member
of a School Account, information about your membership with that School Account
is accessible to other members of your School Account and your use of and
information related to that School Account will be managed by the School Account
administrator. If you link your account for Support Access, please review our VA
Login Terms and Conditions for more detail on what information may be shared. If
you are a Seller, information from your “Store Profile” section of your Account
will be visible to all visitors and Members who visit your store page – this
includes your store name (which will be your first and last name unless you
choose a different Store Name, any information you add to your Store Profile
about your experience, education, and certifications, bio, teaching style and so
on).

3. SERVICE PROVIDERS & CONTRACTORS

TPT engages the services of third party companies and contractors (“Service
Providers”) to support and help provide certain features of our Services such
as, but not limited to, payment processing, hosting, customer support, data
storage and analysis, monitoring Site traffic and activity, usability testing
and research, error reporting and debugging, communication and content delivery,
business operations, advertising, surveys, security and fraud prevention, staff
augmentation, and other services. TPT shares data with these Service Providers
so that they can perform their services which help deliver our Services more
securely, efficiently, and effectively. Service Providers may have access to
certain Personal Information in the course of providing their service. Service
Providers’ access to your Personal Information is limited to the purpose of
providing their services in accordance with an agreement with TPT. Service
Providers are not permitted to disclose Personal Information they may process on
our behalf to other parties (other than their own service providers as
necessary) or use your Personal Information for any other purpose.

TPT may, from time to time, share aggregate or de-identified user data with
business partners, Service Providers, or other third parties to identify or
share trends, usage statistics, and so on.

4. THIRD PARTIES, IN CONNECTION WITH A MERGER, ACQUISITION, OR OTHER CHANGE OF
CONTROL

As part of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other transaction in which a
third party assumes control of our business (in whole or in part), we may
transfer the data we have collected, including Personal Information, to the
third party. In such an event, we’ll notify you of that change. In addition, any
purchasing company would have to abide by the terms of this Policy including
notifying you before making material changes and giving you the opportunity to
opt out.

5. THIRD PARTIES, FOR INFORMATION REQUESTS AND LEGAL OBLIGATIONS

To the extent you make purchases through the Services using an institution,
school, or other third-party entity’s credit or debit card, PayPal account, or
any other payment method, and that institution, school, or third party requests
such information or information related thereto and TPT, in its sole discretion,
determines such request is reasonable, we may choose to provide such information
or information related thereto to that institution, school, or third party.

Finally, we respect and comply with legal obligations and may release
information (including Personal Information and information about your account
activities) in cooperation with a law enforcement investigation, in response to
a valid legal request such as a court order, legal subpoena, or government
inquiry or audit, as part of the process outlined by the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA), or to defend, protect, or exercise our legal rights.

6. OTHER THIRD PARTIES, AT YOUR DIRECTION.

We may share your Personal Information with other third parties as authorized,
directed or requested by you. From time to time, we may provide access to Third
Party Integrations or otherwise partner with third party companies or
organizations including advertisers to provide additional services, products,
and offers (collectively “Partners” and “Partner Services”). When you choose to
engage with Partners or use Partner Services, you direct TPT to share Personal
Information for the purposes of facilitating your use of the Partner Services
and the Partner may collect information from you directly by your interaction.
When you choose to engage with Partner Services or authorize TPT to share your
Personal Information with a third party other than a Service Provider, you
understand that Partners and other such third parties are independent of TPT and
this Privacy Policy does not apply to such third party’s collection, use, and
sharing practices. You may want to review each such third party’s own privacy
notices prior to engaging with them for information on how such third parties
will process your information.

III. OUR COMMITMENT TO CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

At TPT, we take children’s privacy very seriously. TPT’s Terms of Service
require all account holders to be at least 18 years old. Except as otherwise set
forth in this section, we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from
children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, you should not use or attempt
to use our Services except to complete assignments in Easel by TPT at the
direction of your teacher and you should not send any information about yourself
to TPT. Except with respect to Student Tools, if we discover that we have
collected information from a child under the age of 13, we will take the
appropriate measures to promptly remove that information from our Services.

To the extent that you use the Student Tools such as Easel by TPT, please visit
our dedicated Student Privacy Policy to learn more about how we treat the
information we collect in connection with the Student Tools, which may include
information about children who are under the age of 13.

If you believe that TPT may have collected Personal Information about a child
under 13 other than through use of our Student Tools, please contact us at
support@teacherspayteachers.com to let us know. We’ll work with you to make sure
that information is removed from our Site.

IV. DATA SECURITY AND RETENTION

1. DATA SECURITY

We seek to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use and
disclosure using appropriate physical, technical, organizational and
administrative security measures based on the type of Personal Information and
how we are processing that data. You can help keep your account secure by
appropriately selecting and protecting your password and/or other sign-on
mechanism; limiting access to your computer or device and browser; and signing
off after you have finished accessing your account. Although we work to protect
the security of your account and other data that we hold in our records, please
be aware that no method of transmitting data over the internet or storing data
is completely secure. We cannot guarantee the complete security of any data you
share with us, and except as expressly required by law, we are not responsible
for the theft, destruction, loss, or inadvertent disclosure of your information
or content.

2. ACCOUNT SECURITY

Access to your TPT Account is secured by the password you choose. For your
security, we store only a hashed version of your password. This means that we
don’t know your password and your password isn’t visible to us when members of
our team view your Account for example to provide you with support.

To prevent unauthorized access to your Account, choose a password that can’t be
easily guessed and don’t share your password with anyone else. Whenever you use
a shared computer or other shared device to access your TPT Account (for
example, a school computer), be sure to log out of your Account completely
before you leave your workstation, uncheck the “remember me” option at login,
and select “no” if the web browser prompts you to save your login credentials.
You’re responsible for keeping your password confidential, and for all activity
that occurs under your TPT Account, whether or not authorized by you.

You can change or update your password anytime by visiting your My Account page.
If you forget your password, you can use the “Forgot Password” feature to get a
reset password link emailed to you.

3. DATA RETENTION

TPT will use your information for the reasons detailed in this Policy in order
to deliver our Services to you. You can deactivate or permanently close your
account with us at any time. If you deactivate your account, your account is
placed in an inactive state but remains intact and you may reactivate it by
logging back in with your username or email and password at any time. If you
deactivate your account, we’ll no longer send you marketing or other email
communications. To find instructions for how to deactivate your account, see our
FAQ here. You can close your account permanently by writing in a request to our
support team. We will retain your information as long as you have a TPT account
that has not been permanently closed and for some time thereafter as needed and
in accordance with applicable law and industry best practices. For example,
financial records often must be kept for a minimum of 7 years, if you’re a
Buyer, we may retain certain information to provide sales data to Sellers you’ve
transacted with and for sales tax purposes, and, if you’re a Seller, we retain
certain data and content to continue to make Resources available to Members who
have purchased from you. We may also retain certain information, to comply with
a valid legal request or resolve a dispute, or to meet any legal requirements or
obligations. We may also continue to include your data as part of ongoing data
and usage analysis on an aggregated and/or de-identified basis. We may dispose
of Personal Information sooner if subject to a verifiable request for erasure
under applicable law.

V. YOUR RIGHTS AND OPTIONS

At TPT, it’s important to us that you have the ability to make choices about
your personal information, so we provide you with options for managing your
account and the information you give us. For jurisdiction specific rights, see
Section VIII.

1. ACCOUNT INFORMATION

You can view, update, and correct the information you’ve provided about yourself
by visiting your My Account page. You can also remove any of the optional
information you’ve provided. Information that is required will be indicated as
such and can be updated but cannot be removed.

If you don’t want to have an account with us anymore, you can close your account
at any time. You can find instructions on how to close your account here, or you
can contact us for assistance.

2. SAVED PAYMENT SOURCE

Your saved Payment Card record can be edited or deleted from the checkout page.
If you need assistance, you can contact us and we’ll be happy to remove any
saved Payment Card records for you.

3. EMAIL PREFERENCES

TPT uses your contact information to communicate with you about our services and
to provide notifications related to your account or activity. Certain
communications related to your account or your activity are required and you
can’t opt out of receiving them. These include, but aren’t limited to,
purchase-related notifications, notifications related to changes that have been
made to your login credentials or account details, and legal notifications.
Other communications may not be required such as announcements about our
Services, newsletters and messages with information you might be interested in,
and other marketing and promotional messages (“Optional Communications”). You
can manage your preferences related to Optional Communications in the Email
Preferences section of your account, or by using the “unsubscribe” link at the
bottom of any Optional Communication you receive.

4. YOUR CONTENT

If you choose to create a public profile, upload Resources or post
Communications or use other features that enable you to share content with
others, any information you post may be visible by other Members and the public.
You may be able to edit or remove certain content you’ve posted or manage the
sharing settings.

VI. HOSTED CONTENT, ADS AND LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

Our Services contain content from third parties including content posted or
uploaded by Members such as Resources and third party offers/ads (“Third Party
Content”). Third Party Content may contain links where you can access websites
and/or content owned and operated by third parties. The terms of this Policy
apply only to our Services and websites and do not apply to any third party
websites or services that may be linked to, integrated with, or accessible from
our Services. We can’t guarantee the privacy and security standards of other
websites or services, so if you choose to engage with third party content,
you’ll want to familiarize yourself with the privacy policies and other terms
applicable to those providers.

Communications and Resources are posted or uploaded to our Services by and made
available at the direction of our Members. We are not responsible for the
contents of Communications or Resources, including any disclosures of Personal
Information therein by our Members. If you believe that any Content posted on
our Services violates your personal privacy rights, please notify us using the
“Report This Resource” tool available from every product listing or contact us
using the contact information provided below.

VII. COOKIES, INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISEMENTS, AND GOOGLE ANALYTICS

1. COOKIES

We use cookies and similar technologies such as pixel tags and web beacons
(collectively, “Cookies”) to enable us to recognize your device or browser.
Cookies are small pieces of data — usually text files — that are stored in the
browser of your computer, tablet, phone, or similar device when you use that
device to visit our Services and are used to allow you to pick up where you left
off, tailor your experience, surface relevant information, products, and
advertisements, and provide us with helpful information to monitor traffic and
performance, debug errors, and make improvements. We may also supplement the
information we collect from you with information received from third parties,
including third parties that have placed their own Cookies on your device(s).

By using our Services as a Visitor or Member, you agree to our use of Cookies in
the following ways, as well as other similar purposes:

* Analytics
* Marketing and advertising
* Preserving your preferences
* Personalizing your experience
* Understanding our website traffic and performance
* To ensure the security and availability of our Site and our Services

You have the right to decide whether a website can store Cookies on your
computer. Depending on the internet browser you use, you may be able to view,
manage, delete, and disable Cookies through your browser preferences. If you
choose to delete Cookies or to not allow us to use Cookies, some features may
not work properly and you may have to manually adjust some preferences every
time you visit a site. To learn more about how to do this, check out
instructions from these browsers:

* Google Chrome
* Internet Explorer
* Safari
* Firefox

To find out more information about Cookies, including information about how to
manage and delete Cookies, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

The following types of Cookies are used in connection with our Services:

* Essential Cookies: Essential Cookies are required for providing you with
features or services that you have requested. For example, certain Cookies
enable you to log into secure areas of our Services. Disabling these Cookies
may make certain features and services unavailable.
* Functional Cookies: Functional Cookies are used to record your choices and
settings regarding our Services, maintain your preferences over time and
recognize you when you return to our Services. These cookies help us to
personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your
preferences.
* Performance/Analytical Cookies: Performance/Analytical Cookies allow us to
understand how visitors use our Services such as by collecting information
about the number of visitors to the Services, pageviews and other details
about your session. Performance/Analytical Cookies also help us measure the
performance of our Services and marketing campaigns in order to help us
improve. To support and enhance the Services, we use third-party analytics
services, including those provided by Google Inc. (“Google”) and Heap Inc.
(“Heap”). Google uses cookies in connection with its Google Analytics
services. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google
Analytics about your visits to the Services is subject to the Google
Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You have the option to
opt-out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out
page at www.google.com/privacy_ads.html or the Google Analytics Opt-out
browser Add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/. If you would
like more information on the type of information Heap collects, please visit
Heap’s Website Terms of Use at https://heap.io/terms.
* Advertising Cookies: Advertising Cookies collect data about your online
activity and interests in order to display advertising relevant to you. For
more information about this, please see the section below titled “Information
about Interest-Based Advertisements.” This may include cookies set for
advertising by TPT as well as by third parties.

2. INFORMATION ABOUT INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISEMENTS

In some cases, you may see advertisements about our Services on other websites
or services which may be targeted to users who have visited our Site or used our
Services or who fit certain general profile categories or display certain
preferences or behaviors, or you may see offers from third parties when using
our Services (“Interest-Based Ads”). With respect to these Interest-Based Ads,
we comply with the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory
Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising. Through the DAA and Network
Advertising Initiative (“NAI”), several media and marketing associations have
developed an industry self-regulatory program to give consumers a better
understanding of, and greater control over, ads that are customized based on a
consumer’s online behavior across different websites and properties. To make
choices about Interest-Based Ads from participating third parties, including to
opt-out of receiving behaviorally targeted advertisements from participating
organizations, please visit the DAA’s or NAI’s consumer opt-out pages, which are
located at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ or
www.aboutads.info/choices.

3. GOOGLE ANALYTICS

We use Google Analytics to understand and analyze browsing activity, and for
advertising through their AdWords and Remarketing Lists features. Google
Analytics may store cookies on your device when you use or access our Services
and may use those cookies to display advertisements for our products or Services
when you visit other websites. You can find out more about this by reading the
information Google provides in this explanation: How Google uses data when you
use our partners’ sites or apps. If you don’t want Google Analytics to use
cookies when you browse, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser
Add-On to prevent Google Analytics from placing cookies on your browser. You can
find out more about this option and how to install the Add-On here.

VIII. STATE SPECIFIC NOTICES & RIGHTS

1. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

If you are a California resident, you have the rights outlined in this section.
Please see the “Exercising Your Rights” section below for instructions regarding
how to exercise these rights. If there are any conflicts between this section
and any other provision of this Policy and you are a California resident, the
portion that is more protective of Personal Information shall control to the
extent of such conflict. If you have any questions about this section or whether
any of the following applies to you, please contact us at
Privacy@TeachersPayTeachers.com.

Business Purposes for Disclosing Personal Information

Over the past twelve months, we have disclosed the categories of Personal
Information listed in the tables in Section I.1(A-G) above to Service Providers
or other parties for the following business purposes:

* To perform auditing related to a current interaction and concurrent
transactions
* To detect security incidents, to protect against malicious, deceptive,
fraudulent, or illegal activity, and to prosecute those responsible for that
activity
* To debug including to identify and repair errors that impair existing
intended functionality
* To make short-term, transient use of Personal Information that is not used by
another party to build a consumer profile or otherwise alter your consumer
experience outside the current interaction
* To perform services on our behalf, including maintaining or servicing
accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling order and
transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing
advertising or marketing services, providing analytic services, or providing
similar services on behalf of the business or service provider
* To undertake internal research for technological development and
demonstration
* To undertake activities to verify or maintain the quality and safety of our
Services

Your Rights to Manage and Control Your Personal Information

You have the right to request to know what Personal Information has been
collected about you, and to access that information. We may limit the disclosure
of any Sensitive Information for your security and safety in accordance with the
law. You also have the right to request deletion of your Personal Information.
Under the CCPA, the right to deletion is subject to certain exceptions: for
example, we may need to retain certain Personal Information to provide you with
the Services or complete a transaction or other action you have requested, or to
comply with our legal obligations. If your deletion request is subject to one of
these exceptions, we may deny or partially deny your deletion request. Starting
January 1, 2023, you have the right to request correction of any inaccuracies in
your Personal Information (to the extent you are unable to make corrections
directly via your account), and to request restricted processing of Sensitive
Personal Information subject to the exceptions and limitations of the CCPA
including for example processing of Sensitive Personal Information that may be
necessary or required to meet legal or tax obligations or to provide the
Services you’ve requested.

Exercising Your Rights

To exercise the rights described above, you must send us a request that (1)
provides sufficient information to allow us to verify that you are the person
about whom we have collected Personal Information, and (2) describes your
request in sufficient detail to allow us to understand, evaluate and respond to
it. Each request that meets both of these criteria will be considered a “Valid
Request.” We may not respond to requests that do not meet these criteria. We
will only use Personal Information provided in a Valid Request to verify you and
complete your request.

We will work to respond to your Valid Request within 45 days of receipt. We will
not charge you a fee for making a Valid Request unless your Valid Request(s) is
excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that your Valid
Request warrants a fee, we will notify you of the fee and explain that decision
before completing your request.

You may submit a Valid Request using the following methods:

* Use the self-service online form. Click the “Make a Privacy Request” button
at the top of this page to make a self-serve request. You’ll be asked to
select what kind of user you are, what kind of request you wish you make.
You’ll then enter your email to receive a validation link to validate and
confirm your request.
* Email us at: Privacy@TeachersPayTeachers.com

You may also authorize an agent (an “Authorized Agent”) to exercise your rights
on your behalf. To do this, you must provide your Authorized Agent with written
permission to do so, and we may request a copy of this written permission from
your Authorized Agent when they make a request to exercise your rights on your
behalf.

Sales and Sharing of Personal Information

We will not sell your Personal Information and have not done so over the past
twelve months. As of January 1, 2023, you have the right to opt out of the
sharing of your Personal Information for targeted behavioral advertising
purposes which you can initiate through accessing the link on our homepage
titled “Do not share or sell my personal info” (which will be available as of
January 1, 2023). We will also honor opt out preferences received via a valid
global privacy browser signal. TPT does not knowingly share or sell the
information of individuals under the age of 16.

Your browser may offer you a “Do Not Track” option, which allows you to signal
to operators of websites and web applications and services that you do not wish
such operators to track certain of your online activities over time and across
different websites. Our Services do not support Do Not Track requests at this
time. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” you can visit www.allaboutdnt.com.

Non-discrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA.
We will not deny you our goods or services, charge you different prices or
rates, or provide you a lower quality of goods and services if you exercise your
rights under the CCPA. However, we may offer different tiers of our Services as
allowed by applicable data privacy laws (including the CCPA) with varying
prices, rates, or levels of quality of the goods or services you receive related
to the value of Personal Information that we receive from you.

Job Applicants

As a California resident applying for employment, you have the right to notice
about what information we collect and process about you as a job applicant.
Please find our privacy notice detailing what information we collect and process
about job applicants here.

2. VIRGINIA RESIDENTS

Starting January 1, 2023, under the Virginia Consumer Data Privacy Act
(“VCDPA”), Virginia residents have certain additional privacy rights regarding
the collection, use and sharing of Personal Information. Section I.1(A-G) of
this Policy serves as notice of the categories of Personal Information we may
collect about you and our processing purposes and Sections II provides detail
about how we may disclose your Personal Information to others such as Service
Providers.

Your Rights to Manage and Control Your Personal Information

TPT doesn’t sell personal information of Virginia residents and hasn’t done so
in the last 12 months.As of January 1, 2022 you can do so by using the “Do not
share or sell my personal information” link in the homepage footer or by
signaling you opt out via a valid global privacy browser signal. If you’re
having trouble, reach out to Privacy@TeachersPayTeachers.com.

As of January 1, 2023, you have the right to request access to or deletion of
your Personal Information, or to make corrections to inaccuracies. You can
initiate a request by clicking the “Make a Privacy Request” button at the top of
this page or by emailing us at Privacy@TeachersPayTeachers.com. We may limit the
disclosure of certain information in an access for your security and safety in
accordance with the law and the right to deletion is subject to certain
exceptions: for example, we may need to retain certain Personal Information to
provide you with the Services or complete a transaction or other action you have
requested, or to comply with our legal obligation. Appeals may be made by
writing to Privacy@TeachersPayTeachers.com using the subject line: “DSR Appeal.”

3. NEVADA RESIDENTS

If you are a resident of Nevada, you have the right to opt out of the sale of
certain Personal Information to third parties who intend to license or sell that
Personal Information. Please note that we do not currently sell your Personal
Information as sales are defined in Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A. You
can indicate your preferences with respect to this right by contacting us at
Privacy@TeachersPayTeachers.com with the subject line “Nevada Do Not Sell
Request” and providing us with your name and the email address associated with
your account.

4. COLORADO RESIDENTS (EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023)

Beginning July 1, 2023, under the Colorado Privacy Act, Colorado residents have
additional privacy rights regarding the collections, use and disclosure of their
Personal Information. Section I.1(A-G) describes the categories of data,
processing purposes, and categories of third parties to whom Personal
Information may be disclosed. We do not sell Personal Information of Colorado
residents and we do not process Personal Information for purposes of profiling
in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

Your Rights to Manage and Control Your Personal Information

Beginning July 1, 2023, you have the right to opt out of the processing of your
Personal Information for purposes of targeted advertising. The opt out mechanism
will be made available as of the effective date.

Beginning July 1, 2023, you have the right to request access to or deletion of
your Personal Information, or to make corrections to inaccuracies. You can
initiate a request for deletion or access by clicking the “Make a Privacy
Request” button at the top of this page or by emailing us at
Privacy@TeachersPayTeachers.com. We may verify your identity through email
verification or by other methods as appropriate. You can submit requests
regarding inaccuracies by emailing Privacy@TeachersPayTeachers.com. We may limit
the disclosure of certain information in an access for your security and safety
in accordance with the law and the right to deletion is subject to certain
exceptions: for example, we may need to retain certain Personal Information to
provide you with the Services or complete a transaction or other action you have
requested, or to comply with our legal obligation. You may also authorize an
agent (an “Authorized Agent”) to exercise your rights on your behalf. To do
this, you must provide your Authorized Agent with written permission to do so,
and we may request a copy of this written permission from your Authorized Agent
when they make a request to exercise your rights on your behalf. You have the
right to appeal a decision to deny processing of a request by emailing
Privacy@TeachersPayTeachers.com using the subject line: “DSR Appeal'', and you
have the ability to contact the Colorado Attorney General if you have concerns
about the result of the appeal.

5. CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS (EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023)

Beginning July 1, 2023, under the Connecticut Data Privacy Act, Connecticut
residents have additional privacy rights regarding the collections, use and
disclosure of their Personal Information. Section I.1(A-G) describes the
categories of data, processing purposes, and categories of third parties to whom
Personal Information may be disclosed. We do not sell Personal Information of
Connecticut residents and we do not process Personal Information for purposes of
profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly
significant effects.

Your Rights to Manage and Control Your Personal Information

X. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

From time to time, we’ll update this Policy in accordance with the process and
rules in our Terms of Service. We will alert you to changes by placing a notice
on the Site, by sending you an email, and/or by some other means. Please note
that if you haven’t provided us with your correct email address, those legal
notices will still govern your use of the Services, and you are still
responsible for reading and understanding them. If you use the Services after
any changes to the Policy have been posted, that means you agree to all of the
changes. Use of information we collect is subject to the Policy in effect at the
time such information is collected.

X.HOW TO REACH US

For any questions you have about this Policy, the ways in which we collect and
use your Personal Information, or your choices and rights regarding such use, or
if you need assistance with your Account, you can reach us anytime using the
following methods:

* Email: Privacy@teacherspayteachers.com
* Mailing Address:
* Teacher Synergy LLC: Attention Privacy Team
* 111 E. 18th Street, Floor 11
* New York, NY 10003

You may also find the answer to your question in our FAQs.

This Policy was last Updated December 12, 2022, effective January 1, 2023 (See
our previous version here)

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