Privacy & Student Data

Last updated: July 2026

Relentless Feather is a Native-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit that teaches computer science and AI to students in grades 5 to 12. We built our learning platform for classrooms, and protecting the young people who use it is a responsibility we take seriously. This page explains, in plain language, what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.

The short version: we collect only what we need to run the classroom, we never sell student data, we do not show ads or use student data for advertising, and teachers and schools stay in control of their students' accounts.

1. Who this applies to

This policy covers teachers and staff who create accounts, and the students they enroll. Student accounts are provisioned by a teacher through the teacher and school relationship; students do not sign themselves up.

2. What we collect

From teachers and staff: name, email address, and (optionally) the name of your school, plus the classes you create and license or demo status.

From students: we keep this deliberately small.

First name, last name, and a class username created by the teacher.
Optional fields a teacher may add for research and reporting: gender and whether the student is American Indian or Alaska Native. These are optional.
Learning activity: which lessons and stages a student works on, time spent, and a saved copy of the work they type in the editor, so it is not lost and so their teacher can help.
Quiz results, so teachers can see understanding.

Students log in with a class username, not a personal email address. We do not ask students for home addresses, phone numbers, or personal email accounts.

3. How we use it

To run the platform: sign-in, saving progress, and showing a student's own work back to them.
To give teachers a dashboard of their own class's progress so they can support students.
To understand our impact and report to funders, using aggregated or de-identified counts (for example, "number of students reached"), not individual student records.
To keep the Service secure and working.

4. What we do not do

We do not sell or rent student or teacher data. Ever.
We do not show advertising, and we do not use student data for advertising or marketing profiles.
We do not share personal information with outside parties except the service providers below that are needed to operate the platform.

5. Student privacy, and schools as the authority

We designed the platform with student-privacy laws such as FERPA and COPPA in mind. Because students are enrolled by their teacher and school, we act as a service provider to the school. The school or teacher is responsible for providing any notice to and obtaining any consent from parents that their district requires. A parent or guardian with questions should contact their child's teacher or school, or reach us using the contact below.

6. AI features

Some lessons include AI tools for supervised classroom use. Student prompts are sent through a Relentless Feather server that adds safeguards before reaching the AI model; we instruct students not to enter personal information, and teacher supervision is expected. We do not send student names or account details to the AI model.

7. Service providers we rely on

We use a small number of trusted providers to operate the platform. They process data only to provide their service to us:

Supabase for our secure database and sign-in.
Stripe for payments; card details are handled by Stripe and are never stored on our servers.
Anthropic for the AI model used in AI lessons, accessed only through our safeguarded server.
Our website host, for delivering the site.

8. How we protect information

Data is protected by database security rules so that a teacher can see only their own classes, and a student can see only their own work.
Information is encrypted in transit, and passwords are stored in a hashed form that we cannot read.
Secret keys are kept off the public website, and student logins are created on the server, never exposed to the browser.

9. Keeping and deleting data

We keep information for as long as an account is active. A teacher can remove a student at any time, which deletes that student's login and their learning records. A school, teacher, or parent may ask us to delete or provide a copy of a student's information using the contact below, and we will respond promptly.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the platform grows. When we make a meaningful change, we will update the date at the top of this page.

11. Contact

Questions, requests, or privacy concerns: info@relentlessfeather.org.

This document is a starting template, not legal advice. Before relying on it, have it reviewed by an attorney familiar with student-privacy law, including FERPA and COPPA, and align it with the requirements of the districts you work with.