HMH AI Tools Privacy Policy:
Effective as of May 31, 2025
This privacy policy governs the use of any online service location (e.g., web site or mobile app) that posts a link to this Privacy Policy.
To learn about our information practices with respect to children under the age of 13, see below, and with respect to our Pre-K–12 educational products, see the Privacy Policy for Pre-K-12 Products.
Overview
You should read this entire Privacy Policy, but here is a partial list of some of the key topics that are explored in greater detail throughout the Privacy Policy. The summaries and headings are for convenience only and the full provisions govern. Capitalized terms have the meanings given to them where defined in the Privacy Policy.
- See below for a summary of each section of the Privacy Policy. Full details for each topic are linked.
- We ask you for, and use technology to collect or store information about you. Some of this information may be shared with others, including advertisers.
- Third parties, including advertisers and advertising service providers, may collect information about you. Their privacy policies, not ours, govern their practices.
- You may be served with targeted advertising, including location-based advertising, which tracks your activities to better send you relevant ads. For more on advertising click, see below.
- Our mobile apps may include tracking such as for location-based features, which track your geo-location. This may be optional for some apps and may be controlled through the permissions settings. For any app you can terminate tracking features by uninstalling the app.
- You consent to our practices detailed in this Privacy Policy. To prospectively change your consent, terminate your account, stop using the Service and uninstall any downloads and apps.
Introduction
Welcome! You have arrived at an online service location (e.g., web site or mobile app) that is owned and/or operated by HMH Education Company (collectively, “HMH,” “we,” “our” or “us“). This “Privacy Policy” governs your use of any online service location (e.g., web site or mobile app) that posts a link to this Privacy Policy (each a “Site“) (including, without limitation, both mobile and online versions of the Site). It also applies to your use of interactive features, widgets, plug-ins, applications, content, downloads and/or other services that: (i) we own and control and make available through a Site; or (ii) that posts a link to the Privacy Policy (collectively with each Site, the “Service“). It applies regardless of how you access or use the Service, whether via personal computers, mobile devices or otherwise. It does not apply to data we receive from third parties except to the extent we combine such data with Personal Information (defined below) that we have ourselves collected under this Privacy Policy. Our statements under this Privacy Policy only apply to our privacy practices on the Service, and do not apply to any third parties that may independently interact with our Service.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to our data collection activities offline or otherwise outside of our Service (unless otherwise stated below). To the extent we provide you notice on our Service of different or additional privacy policies or practices (e.g., at the point of our collection), those additional terms shall govern such data collection and use. Due to the diverse nature of our businesses, companies within the HMH family of companies may have different privacy policies. In such cases, the privacy policy of the particular company or business unit will be posted, and will supersede the terms of this Privacy Policy in the event of a conflict.
In addition, please review the Service’s Terms of Use, which govern your use of the Service. By using our Service, you consent to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and our collection, use and sharing of your information and data, and other activities, as described below.
Privacy Policy Summary
It is important that you read and understand the entire Privacy Policy before using the Service. To ease review, each section below contains a brief introductory summary and a link to the details. Capitalized terms that appear in but are not otherwise defined in the introduction are intended to have the meanings given to them elsewhere in the Privacy Policy.
- What Information Does the Service Collect?
We collect and receive information about you as you interact with our Service.- Information You Provide To Us
We may collect certain Personal Information and Demographic Information that you provide to us when you interact with the Service. For example, we may collect this information through various forms and in various places on the Service, including newsletter registration forms, through “contact us” forms, or when you otherwise interact with the Service. - Information We Collect and Store As You Access and Use the Service
We may collect or store certain information about you automatically when you access and use the Service by using various Tracking Technologies. - Information Third Parties Provide About You
We may obtain information about you from third parties. - Interactions with Third-Party Sites
If you interact with third-party sites, such as using Facebook Connect to log in, those sites may send us information about you, and you or we may send them information about you. - Information You Provide About a Third Party
You may provide us information about others, such as when you send a friend a message. If so, the information you provide (names, e-mail addresses, mobile number, etc.) may be used to facilitate the communication, but will not be used for other marketing purposes unless your friend provides us with their consent. You may be identified to the friend in connection with such message.
- Information You Provide To Us
- How Do We Use The Information Collected?
We use your Personal Information, Demographic Information and Usage Information for a variety of purposes.- General
We may use your Personal Information, Demographic Information and Usage Information: (1) to provide you with information or services; (2) to enable you to participate in a variety of the Service’s features; (3) to process your registration with the Service; (4) to improve the Service; (5) to contact you with regard to your use of the Service; (6) for internal business purposes; and (7) for purposes disclosed at the time you provide your information or as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy. - Tracking Technologies
We may use various Tracking Technologies to collect or store your Usage Information based on your Device Identifier for a variety of purposes, including tracking, targeting, and advertising. You can avoid such tracking by not using the Service. You also have certain other choices regarding tracking and/or targeting.
- General
- How and When Do We Disclose Information To Third Parties?
We may provide your information to third parties under various circumstances.
These may include:- When You Request Information From or Provide Information to Third Parties
If you request information from third parties, request that we send information to third parties or interact with third-party sites, content, ads or tools (including Facebook and other third-party share functionality) we may share your information with such parties and/or they may collect your information directly. This may also include ordering or purchasing products from third parties through us where we indicate that the third party rather than us is the seller. - Third Parties Providing Services on Our Behalf
Our vendors may collect your information on our behalf or we may share it with them so that they may provide services to us. You may have certain choices regarding use by the vendor beyond for providing services to us. - Administrative and Legal Reasons
There are a variety of administrative and legal reasons for which we may share your information. - Affiliates and Business Transfer
We may share your information with our Affiliates, or in the event of a sale, merger or similar transaction subject to applicable law; provided, however, we will give you the ability to exercise choice with respect to our sharing of your Personal Information with our Affiliates for their marketing purposes. - Co-Branded Areas
Co-Branded areas may include information collection by us and third parties. Such third-parties’ privacy policies, not ours, govern their practices. - Sweepstakes, Contests and Promotions
Promotions entrants may be required to consent to certain information sharing. - Multi-User Accounts
Portions of the Service may permit access through multi-user accounts. If so, and if you use the Service under a multi-user account, your Service activities and related information may be made available to others such as other account holders, the master account holder and/or a license manager. - EEOC / Affirmative Action Reporting
Certain employment application self-identifying information (e.g., race and gender) may be shared with the government and other third parties.
- When You Request Information From or Provide Information to Third Parties
- What About Information I Disclose Publicly Or To Others?
- User-Generated Content and Public Information
Posting content in public or semi-public areas of our Service makes it available to others on and off of our Service. - Name and Likeness
You grant us the right to use your name and likeness in connection with your posting and activities. - Profiles
You may have the opportunity to create profiles, which may from time-to-time include profile settings you can use to make display choices.
- User-Generated Content and Public Information
- Do Third-Party Content, Links to Third-Party Site(s) and/or Third-Party Apps Appear on the Service?
We may allow you to access third-party content on the Service, or to link to third-party applications and locations from the Service, but we are not responsible for your interaction with third-party content, apps, and locations. - Ads and Information About You
We and third parties may send you ads on and off of the Service, including targeted ads based on your location, information and/or behavior. Certain options are available to limit behavioral ads. - How Do I Change My Information and Communications Preferences?
You may change certain account information and preferences. - What Should Parents Know About Children?
Most aspects of our Services are intended for a general audience and not children. We may have specially designated Sites and subsections of Sites for children, where we take special precautions to comply with applicable laws and self-regulatory programs regarding children’s advertising and privacy. In either case, we do not intend to collect Personal Information from children absent verified parental consent or as otherwise allowed by law. If you think we have, let us know. - What About Security?
No data security is absolute, but we take reasonable technical, physical and administrative steps to secure data appropriately. - What About Changes To The Privacy Policy?
We may change this Privacy Policy upon posting of a revised Privacy Policy. However, we will continue to treat your Personal Information under the terms of the privacy policy in effect when it was collected unless you otherwise consent. - Who Can I Contact?
You can contact us for more information about the manner in which we or our service providers collect, use, disclose and otherwise manage your Personal Information, or to access, update or correct your Personal Information in our custody and control.