Privacy policy

Effective July 11, 2026

This policy is written in plain language on purpose. GradeInClass is an early-access product made by a former teacher, and the honest summary is: right now, we collect almost nothing — because there are no accounts and the demo doesn't send your data anywhere.

The demo app

The demo (at app.gradeinclass.com and the demo Android app) runs entirely on your device. It starts with a built-in sample class. Anything you do in it — grades you record, students you add — stays in your browser's or phone's memory and is not transmitted to us or anyone else. Closing the demo discards it. There is no sign-up, no account, and no way for us to see what you typed.

The demo uses your camera to read QR codes and barcodes. Camera frames are processed on your device and are never recorded, stored, or uploaded.

This website

gradeinclass.com uses no analytics, no advertising, no tracking cookies — no cookies at all. Our hosting provider (Fly.io) keeps standard, short-lived server access logs (IP address, requested page, time) that we use only to keep the site running.

Email

If you email contact@gradeinclass.com, we'll have your email address and whatever you wrote. We use it to reply to you, and for nothing else. We don't add you to mailing lists.

Children and students

GradeInClass is made for teachers, not for children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Today, student information you see in the demo is either the built-in fictional sample class or data that exists only on your own device.

When accounts arrive

We're building real accounts with saved rosters and gradebook integrations. Before any of that launches — that is, before we store any teacher or student data at all — this policy will be updated to describe exactly what is stored, where, and why. The principles it will follow are already settled:

Collect the minimum data the feature needs — and nothing else.
Student data is never sold, never used for advertising, and never mined.
Grade records are kept as a tamper-evident change log the teacher can inspect.
Handling will comply with FERPA, COPPA, and applicable state student-privacy law.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date. Questions: contact@gradeinclass.com.