Privacy & Data

Student Data & Privacy

Gradeport is built for the part after grading: turning marked papers into structured grade records without manual re-entry. Because graded papers and gradebooks may contain personally identifiable information from education records, Gradeport is designed to support privacy-conscious school use.

Used only for grading workflows
No training on student records
👁 Review before anything is written
🗑 Retention & deletion controls
🔒 Paid AI processing

What we process

Gradeport may process uploaded graded papers, student names, scores, question-level marks, rosters, imported gradebooks, and teacher corrections when needed to provide the service.

Why we process it

We process this information only to provide the requested grading workflow, including score extraction, review, roster matching, duplicate detection, gradebook updates, and spreadsheet exports.

We do not use uploaded student records for advertising, sale of data, or training general-purpose AI models. We do not use uploaded student records for unrelated marketing or profiling.

AI and OCR processing

Some Gradeport features use OCR and AI services to extract text and scores from uploaded papers. Gradeport is configured to use paid processing for student-record workflows so uploaded records are not used to improve general-purpose models, consistent with provider terms.

Gradeport uses Google Gemini under a paid API configuration. Under Google's paid-tier terms, submitted data is not used to train or improve general-purpose models.

Review-first design

Nothing is silently written. Gradeport is built around review before export or gradebook update so educators can confirm names, question marks, totals, and duplicates before saving. Every scan goes through a review step — you approve what gets recorded.

Who can access your data

Each teacher's data is isolated at the database level using row-level security. Only the authenticated teacher who created a class can view or edit its students and grades. No other Gradeport user can access your class data. Gradeport staff do not access class data except when required to resolve a specific technical support issue, and only with the teacher's knowledge.

Your classes, students, and grades are only visible to you. Access is enforced at the database level — not just the application level.

Retention and deletion

Gradeport retains uploaded records only as long as necessary to provide the service and support school-authorized workflows. Teachers can delete individual grades, students, or entire classes directly from the dashboard. To delete all data at once, go to Settings → Danger Zone and select "Delete all data" or "Delete account."

For institutional deletion requests or data removal, contact privacy@gradeport.org.

School control

Where Gradeport is used by or for a school, district, department, or institution, student-record data is processed only under the institution's authorization and control, and only for the educational purpose for which it was disclosed.

Gradeport is designed to support FERPA-aligned school use, subject to school policies, contracts, and configuration. We do not claim FERPA certification — FERPA is a law, not a certification program.

What Gradeport does not do

Contact for privacy questions

For school privacy questions, vendor agreements, student-data deletion requests, or institutional use inquiries:

For the full privacy policy, see our Privacy Policy. For terms of service, see our Terms of Service.