Polaris Global Academy
Privacy policy
Updated: April 2026
At Polaris Global Academy, we consider children’s safety to be all-important. The following Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures relating to the use of our site, our commitment to privacy, and the access and use of data.
Introduction
Polaris Global Academy exists to serve parents and students and strives to provide a safe, positive experience for children. We do not collect information directly from children. Any students under the age of 18 wishing to enroll, must do so by a parent or legal guardian. Polaris Global Academy does not sell or market directly to minors and always seeks the appropriate authorization whenever we identify a minor attempting to purchase a service. Whenever we collect Personally Identifiable Information, or “PII”, we do so with the sole purpose of supporting the educational goals of which the school was designed. We only distribute PII to third party partners for the purpose of delivering education services for students enrolled at Polaris Global Academy. We prohibit students from publicly posting or distributing PII without prior parental consent.
As you participate in classes, you will enter student data or interact with student data that has been entered for you. Federal law (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, “FERPA”) allows a school district to release student records to an organization that is “conducting studies for, or on behalf of, educational agencies or institutions for the purpose of developing, validating, or administering predictive tests… [or] improving instruction.”
However, FERPA requires limitations on disclosure of those records and implementation of appropriate security measures to protect those records. To comply with FERPA, Polaris Global Academy has adopted certain practices, and requires that all third party partners working with Polaris Global Academy, maintain responsibilities to safeguard student data.
Identity of Registrants
Polaris Global Academy is designed to provide virtual education for students in grades 6-12. Parents or legal guardians may enroll their child with the school by providing their contact and billing information as well as other student data used to determine enrollment eligibility and to maintain appropriate student records. A user’s contact information may be used to send users service-related announcements when it is necessary or advisable to do so. User information may be shared with partners, business affiliates or third party service providers who work for Polaris Global Academy and operate some of its functionalities, such as hosting services, streaming services, academic instruction, and credit card processing. These third parties are established service providers, who are bound to practice adequate security measures and only use user information for the sole purpose of providing the services. A user’s information may also be shared with law enforcement or other third parties as required by law or if we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or other legal process.
Polaris Global Academy has appropriate security measures in place to safeguard against unauthorized access to the personal information collected from our information systems, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to our database servers, as well as electronic security systems and password protections. We only store passwords in an encrypted format.
Parents or legal guardians enrolling their children with the school are asked to provide an email address during the enrollment process. We use email addresses to set up access to the course content, monitor enrollment compliance and identity verification. The email is also used to authenticate users when requesting technical support.
Collection, Use, Storage and Disclosure of Student Information
Parents or legal guardians control what student information is provided to Polaris Global Academy. Information that parents or legal guardians choose to enter regarding students should always be limited to information that is relevant to a legitimate educational purpose and/or needed by Polaris Global Academy for enrollment and class delivery purposes.
Polaris Global Academy stores the data created by students so that the students and the students’ parents can access it and use it for educational purposes. Parents are able to review, manage, or edit student information at any time by logging into their accounts. If enrollment is canceled by a parent either deliberately or due to non-payment, all course progress will be lost and it cannot be retrieved. Inactive data is automatically purged on a regular basis or upon a verified, authorized user’s request. Data purge requests must come directly from the email address on file.
Student data collected by Polaris Global Academy will not be used for any unauthorized purpose or disclosed to any unauthorized person or third party without express written permission from the student’s parents or legal guardians, except as provided in this Privacy Policy or by written agreement. Polaris Global Academy reserves the right to use anonymous cookies for tracking website statistics, such as visitors, length of time on the site, and conversion rates. Polaris Global Academy also reserves the right to use aggregated, de-identified data to improve our educational products, demonstrate the effectiveness of our educational products in marketing, and develop and improve our site, services or applications. That aggregated, de-identified data may be shared with third parties.
Polaris Global Academy is committed to protecting student data against unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure. In the event we learn of an actual data breach, loss or disaster, we will notify the affected user(s), and as appropriate, coordinate with the user(s) to support its notification of affected individuals, students and parents when there is a substantial risk of harm from the breach or a legal duty to provide notification.
Supervision
It is the responsibility of parents and legal guardians to supervise children while attending PGA and teach them about security and privacy. We recommend that parents and educational institutions provide the following information to all children: Kids’ Rules for Online Safety.
Collection of Information by Third Parties
Our website contains links to websites not maintained by Polaris Global Academy. The privacy and data collection practices on any linked websites are entirely separate from those of Polaris Global Academy and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. Although we strive to choose business partners and third party associates who have demonstrated a commitment to user privacy and education, we are not responsible for the information, content, terms of use, or privacy policies on these third-party sites. We also cannot guarantee that student users will not go to another website where personal information from them is solicited.
From time to time, Polaris Global Academy may partner with third-parties to send information to users on Polaris Global Academy’s behalf regarding Time4Learning, its affiliates, and other similar products. We take measures to maintain the appropriateness of all communications to users of Polaris Global Academy. We are compliant with COPPA, and never permit targeted advertisements based on user’s behavior over time. For more information about this practice and your ability to opt-out, contact us directly.
We may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of our assets, including your Personal Information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of Personal Information represents your explicit agreement to that transfer.
Sharing with Service Providers
We share your Personal Information with third-party service providers that provide services on our behalf.
Our current service providers include
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Shopify – Order data, website,
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Shopify Payments, Stripe - payment processing
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Google Classroom
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Zoom
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Edmentum LMS
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Printify
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Slack
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Wix
Notice Regarding Changes to the Privacy Policy
Your enrollment with Polaris Global Academy is conditioned on and deemed to constitute your acceptance of these terms. Changes to this policy may be required to keep up with changing technology and threats, and as new or changed services are released. We expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be cases where changes may be more significant. In such cases, we will provide advanced notice to users who are affected. We encourage all users to return to and review this Privacy Policy frequently. Posting a modified Privacy Policy on this website will give effect to the revised terms, and your continued use of this website indicates your acceptance of any revised terms. If you do not agree to a revised policy, please refrain from using this website.
Enrollment with Polaris Global Academy includes an option to receive periodic email updates about Polaris Global Academy and other services and products that might be of interest to users of Polaris Global Academy.
Although we make concerted good faith efforts to maintain the security of personal information, and we work hard to ensure the integrity and security of our systems, no practices are 100% immune, and we can’t guarantee the security of information. Outages, attacks, human error, system failure, unauthorized use or other factors may compromise the security of user information at any time. If we learn of a security breach or other unauthorized disclosure of your PII, we will attempt to notify you so that you can take appropriate protective steps by posting a notice on our homepage or elsewhere in our Service and we will send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us.
If you are a parent, legal guardian or eligible student and an unauthorized disclosure of your student’s PII records occurs, we will notify you by email at the email address we have on record for you.
When you enroll with Polaris Global Academy you consent to our privacy practices and agree to accept the responsibilities outlined in this statement.
Contact Us
If you have questions or comments regarding our Privacy Policy, or need any other assistance with your enrollment at Polaris Global Academy, please contact us at:
Polaris Global Academy
1768 Park Terrace
West Atlantic Beach, Florida 32233