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Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Effective date: October 19, 2026

Introduction

Byrdseed, LLC (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates Byrdseed.TV (hereinafter referred to as “Service”).
Our Privacy Policy governs your visit to Byrdseed.TV, and explains how we collect, safeguard, and disclose information that results from your use of our Service.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.

Our Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern all use of the Service and together with the Privacy Policy constitutes your agreement with us (“agreement”).

Types of Data Collected

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you, including (but not limited to):

  • When you create an account, we collect your email address, username, and password. Your password is hashed and stored in a manner such that we cannot directly read it.
  • We use your email to contact you about updates to the Service. You may opt out of these communications by following the unsubscribe link in the email.
  • Links in our Friday email include your email address, so we can see which links you click. We use this to keep our list to people who read it. You can unsubscribe at any time.
  • We store the last day you used the site and how many days you’ve visited.
  • If you use For You, we store your grade and calendar choices.
  • For districts, we keep contact names and emails, lists of teacher emails, purchase orders and invoices.
  • We also store information about which videos you have “bookmarked” through the Service and which topics you have selected as “interests.”
  • We store usernames and passwords for any class accounts or PD group accounts you create as well as which videos you have assigned to those accounts.
  • Students don’t have accounts. They can watch videos using an optional group login their teacher makes, or an anonymous share link. We do not collect student data.
  • Like any website, our server keeps a record of each visit, including the IP address and browser, for up to 14 days.

We use cookies and similar technologies to make the Service function, including keeping you logged in.

Use of Data

Byrdseed, LLC uses the collected data to operate and improve our Services and for customer support.

We do not share personal information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to accomplish the Service’s functionality.

We never sell your information or use it for advertising.

We may disclose your information in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal requirements; to exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud or abuse, violations of our policies; or to protect our rights and property.

In the future, we may sell to, buy, merge with, or partner with other businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets.

Retention of Data

We keep your account until you ask us to delete it.

International Transfers of Information

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to – and maintained on – computers located outside of your state, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

Security of Data

Every page uses a secure connection (HTTPS). Passwords are encrypted, so no one can read them. If we learn of a data breach that affects you, we will tell you.

Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights, covered by GDPR. – See more at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj

We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please email us at info@Byrdseed.TV.

Your Data Protection Rights under the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:

  • users can visit our site anonymously;
  • our Privacy Policy link includes the word “Privacy”, and can easily be found on the home page of our website;
  • users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page;
  • users are able to change their personal information by emailing us at info@Byrdseed.TV.

If your browser sends a Do Not Track signal, Fathom Analytics skips your visit. Signed-in members get a cookie that keeps them signed in. We never use advertising cookies. Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

  • We use HelpScout for customer support and help documents.
  • We use Cloudflare to store our videos and send them to your browser. Videos play in your browser’s own player.
  • We use Akamai (Linode) to host our website and store account data.
  • We use Typesense to power lesson search.
  • We use PostShiba to send and receive our email.
  • We use Adobe Fonts to show the fonts on our pages.
  • We use Honeybadger to report errors on our pages so we can fix them.
  • We use Cloudflare Turnstile to block spam on our signup forms.
  • Some videos play from YouTube, in its privacy-enhanced mode, or from Vimeo.
  • Some lessons show slides from Google Slides.

Analytics

We use Fathom Analytics, a privacy-focused tool, to track and analyze our web traffic. All analytics are disabled on pages intended for student use. You can read the Privacy Policy for Fathom here: https://usefathom.com/privacy

Payments

We use Stripe for payment processing. Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://stripe.com/us/privacy

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to Stripe, whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from Children under 13. If you become aware that a Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from Children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email: at info@Byrdseed.TV.