FERPA & student records
How SetFlow handles education records, directory information, and parental rights under FERPA.
Our posture
School official with a legitimate educational interest.
Education records
Education records — assignments, submissions, grades, comments — are owned by the school and accessible to the educators and students for whom they're relevant. School admins can see the existence and metadata of records (counts, course assignments) but not the content of student work or chats.
Directory information
Schools control directory information policies for their account. By default, SetFlow does not surface student names, emails, or grades publicly. You can further restrict the visibility of student names within courses (e.g., show first name + last initial only) from the admin console.
Parental rights
FERPA gives parents the right to inspect, request amendment of, and consent to most disclosures of their child's education records. For students under 18, requests should go through your school; we will assist in fulfilling any verified request the school routes to us.
Retention & deletion
Schools set the retention window for student records — typically aligned with district policy (e.g., 1, 3, or 7 years after graduation). At the end of the retention window, records are deleted. See Data deletion.
Data processing agreements
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