Quizlet is a study/flashcard app operated by Quizlet, Inc., a privately held, Delaware-incorporated, San Francisco-based US company (confirmed via an SEC Form D exempt-securities filing rather than public reporting). Its privacy policy requires an email address and date of birth to create an account, collects device identifiers such as IDFA/UDID, and offers a restricted "Child Account" experience for users under 13 (and under 16 in some jurisdictions) under a PRIVO COPPA safe-harbor certification. The policy states Quizlet does not "sell" personal information under California law but does share information with partners, vendors and affiliated organizations — some located outside the user's home country — for external processing, and uses cookies, beacons, pixel tags and mobile analytics software. Apple's App Store privacy label independently confirms Purchases, Location, Search History, Identifiers and Usage Data are used to track the user across other companies' apps, and that identity-linked data is used for Third-Party Advertising. Quizlet.com currently blocks automated/bot traffic (PerimeterX captcha wall) even for archive crawlers, so the privacy-policy claims below are drawn from an Internet Archive snapshot (captured 2021-12-31, reflecting the policy's own stated "Last updated: August 17, 2021") rather than a live fetch of the current page; no FTC, state-AG, or other regulator action or breach was found in this drafting pass.
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As assessed by PrivacySpy on 2020-12-07 (see PrivacySpy's rubric entry for this product for the per-claim citation): Does the service collect personal data from third parties? — Yes.
Quizlet's privacy policy states it requires an email address and date of birth at signup, separately collects device-specific identifiers such as IDFA and UDID, and offers a restricted "Child Account" experience — requiring a date of birth, username and email — for users under 13 (and under 16 in some jurisdictions).
SEC EDGAR's company filing record for Quizlet, Inc. (CIK 0001661896) confirms it is incorporated in Delaware, headquartered in San Francisco, CA, and filed a Form D "Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities" in December 2015 — the company's only SEC-traceable disclosure, consistent with a privately held, VC-funded operating company rather than a public reporting company.
As assessed by PrivacySpy on 2020-12-07 (see PrivacySpy's rubric entry for this product for the per-claim citation): Does the policy outline the service's general security practices? — Yes.
Apple's App Store privacy label states that data collected and linked to the user's identity — including Location, Search History, Identifiers and Contact Info — is used for purposes including "Third-Party Advertising."
As assessed by PrivacySpy on 2020-12-07 (see PrivacySpy's rubric entry for this product for the per-claim citation): Does the policy allow personally-targeted or behavioral marketing? — Yes, but you may opt-out.
Quizlet's privacy policy states that under its understanding of the CCPA definition of "sell," it does not sell personal information, but separately discloses that it provides personal and non-personal information to partners, trusted organizations, vendors and other affiliated organizations for external processing, some of which may be located outside the user's home country.
As assessed by PrivacySpy on 2020-12-07 (see PrivacySpy's rubric entry for this product for the per-claim citation): Does the policy require users to be notified in case of a data breach? — Yes, eventually.
Quizlet's privacy policy states that Quizlet, Inc. is a member of the PRIVO Kids Privacy Assured COPPA safe harbor certification Program, described as run by an independent third-party organization, and that the certification indicates Quizlet has established COPPA-compliant privacy practices and agreed to submit to PRIVO's oversight and consumer dispute resolution process. No FTC, state-AG, or other regulator action or breach was found for Quizlet in this drafting pass.
Apple's App Store privacy label for Quizlet states that Purchases, Location, User Content, Search History, Identifiers, Usage Data and Other Data may be used to track the user across apps and websites owned by other companies — Apple's disclosure for cross-app/cross-site tracking.
Quizlet's privacy policy states that cookies, beacons, tags and scripts are used by Quizlet and its partners, affiliates, analytics providers and service providers to collect and store data about users, and separately notes the use of mobile analytics software to record how often and how the app is used.