You can set your browser to refuse cookies, but some portions of the Website may not work properly if you refuse cookies.  A “web beacon” is an electronic image (also referred to as an “action tag,” “single-pixel,” or “clear GIF”) that is commonly used to track the traffic patterns of users from one web page to another in order to maximize web traffic flow and to otherwise analyze the effectiveness of websites. Some web beacons may be unusable if you elect to reject their associated cookies. Some of the Website’s web pages may use web beacons in conjunction with cookies to compile aggregate statistics about your use of the Website. Crowdmark may attempt to collect information you created, before or after you had a Crowdmark account, from third parties, such as schools, teachers and instructors, including forms of assessments, competed assessments, and grades and scores on or in connection with completed assessments, which Crowdmark calls “Indirect Content”. If Crowdmark collects any of your Indirect Content it will enter into a contract with that third party which requires the third party to ensure, and provide assurances to Crowdmark, that it has your consent to disclose that Indirect Content, including any of your personal information therein, to Crowdmark. If any of your personal information appears in or on your Indirect Content, it will be used, disclosed and stored in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and it will be connected and linked with you, your account and your personal information you voluntarily provided to Crowdmark. Crowdmark may remove personal identifiers, such as your name, from your personal information and Content and maintain the information in non-personalized, aggregate form that may later be combined with other information to generate anonymous, aggregated statistical information. Crowdmark may hire third-party service providers to assist in the collection and analysis of cookies and web beacons, but none of your personal information is disclosed to these third party service providers. Crowdmark will not sell, rent, license, or trade your personal information with third parties for their own direct promotional or marketing use unless Crowdmark receives your express consent to do so. Unless you provide consent to do so, Crowdmark will not share your personal information other than as specified in this Privacy Policy. Crowdmark may disclose information about you to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process or governmental regulations, or to establish or exercise Crowdmark’s legal rights or to defend against legal claims, or if Crowdmark believes it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or as otherwise required by law. If Crowdmark is to be sold, merged or amalgamated or is to sell or dispose of substantially all of its assets, your personal information may be transferred to a potential purchaser if, and to the extent, necessary for the purposes of deciding whether to proceed with the sale and completing the sale. Crowdmark will store and retain your name, e-mail address for as a long as you maintain a Crowdmark account so that Crowdmark can offer you and its other users the services you and they want and expect to receive from Crowdmark. Crowdmark will only store payment information, if any is collected, for as long as is necessary to process and complete a transaction, whether a one-time transaction on a reoccurring basis By sending Crowdmark an e-mail to privacy@crowdmark.com, mailing Crowdmark at 101 College Street, Suite 402, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L7, or calling Crowdmark at 416-887-4833 you can quickly, at no cost, and at any time:  review the personal information provided to Crowdmark through your account; review the personal information provided to Crowdmark in connection with your Content and your account; withdraw your consent for Crowdmark’s use and disclosure of your personal information; update or amend your account information, including your name or e-mail address; request a list of third parties to which Crowdmark may have provided your personal information; cancel your Crowdmark account Your personal information may be transferred, processed and stored on servers in countries outside of Canada, including the United States, and may therefore be subject to different laws than those applicable in Canada. While Crowdmark undertakes to protect your personal information when it is transferred outside of Canada, the laws of other jurisdictions may require the disclosure of your personal information to governmental authorities under circumstances that are different than those that apply in Canada and are contemplated under this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time as Crowdmark adds new features and services, as laws change, and as industry privacy and security best practices evolve. If Crowdmark makes any change to this Privacy Policy regarding collection, use, disclosure or storage of personal information, Crowdmark will provide advance notice on the Website. Small changes or changes that do not significantly affect individual privacy interests may be made at any time and without prior notice. Crowdmark recommends that you check this webpage periodically in order to review the current Privacy Policy. You can tell if this Privacy Policy has changed by checking the effective date that appears at the bottom of this Policy. 

Summary:
Blocking cookies may limit your ability to use the service. The service may use tracking pixels, web beacons, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting on users.. They store data on you even if you did not interact with the service. Your personal data is aggregated into statistics. This service may use third-party cookies and web beacons for statistics. This service does not sell your personal data without your consent. The service is transparent regarding government requests or inquiries that may involve user data.. The service can sell or otherwise transfer your personal data as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction.. The service's data retention period is kept to the minimum necessary for fulfilling its purposes. You can request access and deletion of personal data. Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world. Users should revisit the privacy policy periodically, although in case of material changes, the service will put a notice on the site.