Updated September 2015
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Editorial review by Common Sense Education
Community rating
Based on 1 review
Privacy rating
59%|
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Expert evaluation by Common Sense
About Common Sense Privacy Ratings
Pass
Meets our minimum requirements for privacy and security practices.
Warning
Does not meet our recommendations for privacy and security practices.
Fail
Does not have a privacy policy and/or does not use encryption and should not be used.
100%
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Subjects & Skills
World Languages, Communication & Collaboration
Privacy
Warning Basic evaluation
FluentU
- Privacy policies do indicate a version or effective date.
- Unclear whether personal information is sold or rented to third parties.
- Personal information is shared for third-party marketing.
- Personalised advertising is displayed.
- Data are collected by third-parties for their own purposes.
- User's information is used to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
- Data profiles are not created and used for personalised advertisements.
Note: The privacy evaluation is independent from the Common Sense Education learning rating.
Community Rating
"Brings language learning to life with real world videos!" Better than YouTube
FluentU is a smart product that continues to become smarter. Language students can always benefit from captions and much learning comes from REAL sources. Also, there are QUIZZES! I haven't used this feature, but being able to have students assess their knowledge after viewing is a great option. FluentU's intent to provide carefully curated, captioned, authentic sources is noteworthy. The company seems to be always trying to improve, which is good, but I did get a bit frustrated when I wasn't able ...
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59% Warning
Data Safety
How safe is this product?
Users can interact with trusted users.
Personal information can be displayed publicly.
User-created content is not filtered for personal information before being made publicly visible.
Data Rights
What rights do I have to the data?
Users can create or upload content.
Processes to access or review user data are available.
Processes to modify data are available for authorized users.
Ads & Tracking
Are there advertisements or tracking?
Personal information is shared for third-party marketing.
Traditional or contextual advertisements are displayed.
Personalised advertising is displayed.
Continue reading about this tool's privacy practices, including data collection, sharing, and security.