We are now global!
Everyone on the planet can now grade essays faster and more efficiently!
Users from anywhere in the world can register on the site and use the free trial to grade a class set of essays (full details on the registration page).
Enhanced security for student information
Part of our to-do list for going global was to make sure that we were doing everything in our power to secure and protect students' personal information. Here are the steps we've taken:
Students' personal information is encrypted in our database using industry-standard best practices to guide our selection of encryption algorithms and encryption strength. If a hacker were to gain access to our records, s/he would only see the encrypted values:
Each piece of information is individually encrypted in such a way that "cracking the code" for one value does not make it any easier to decrypt the other values.
In fact, EssayTagger's own internal view of the database makes students' information appear just as garbled to us as it would be to an outside hacker.
We have taken these precautions even though it is highly unlikely that our database would be compromised. We are running on Google's computing infrastructure and therefore Google's efforts to safeguard their own computers are our first line of defense. Their computing infrastructure is among the most robust and powerful in the world and any improvement they make to the security of their system automatically protects EssayTagger.com under the same umbrella.
We will never contact a student unless it is an assignment-related notification (e.g. to tell them that their graded essay is available for their review) or if there is a technical issue that requires action on the student's part in order to be resolved.
Note: Instructors can decide whether or not they want the system to collect and store student email addresses. This will allow teachers to remain in compliance if there are any local or national restrictions regarding student contact info.
We will not sell or share students' personal information with any third parties or use students' information for marketing or any purposes outside of what is required to facilitate student-teacher interaction in our system.
Students are not added to any mailing lists.
Everyone on the planet can now grade essays faster and more efficiently!
Users from anywhere in the world can register on the site and use the free trial to grade a class set of essays (full details on the registration page).
Enhanced security for student information
Part of our to-do list for going global was to make sure that we were doing everything in our power to secure and protect students' personal information. Here are the steps we've taken:
Students' personal information is encrypted in our database using industry-standard best practices to guide our selection of encryption algorithms and encryption strength. If a hacker were to gain access to our records, s/he would only see the encrypted values:
| firstName | lastName | |
| BsBzpBQkQIN9s6RwV7fr58G2eY8qn2a6 | yNd9sZ056n5xS14Qe5uZd3hefgY3s59i | vA8ezh8Vlm3W9WscfkFGQw4C |
Each piece of information is individually encrypted in such a way that "cracking the code" for one value does not make it any easier to decrypt the other values.
In fact, EssayTagger's own internal view of the database makes students' information appear just as garbled to us as it would be to an outside hacker.
We have taken these precautions even though it is highly unlikely that our database would be compromised. We are running on Google's computing infrastructure and therefore Google's efforts to safeguard their own computers are our first line of defense. Their computing infrastructure is among the most robust and powerful in the world and any improvement they make to the security of their system automatically protects EssayTagger.com under the same umbrella.
We will never contact a student unless it is an assignment-related notification (e.g. to tell them that their graded essay is available for their review) or if there is a technical issue that requires action on the student's part in order to be resolved.
Note: Instructors can decide whether or not they want the system to collect and store student email addresses. This will allow teachers to remain in compliance if there are any local or national restrictions regarding student contact info.
We will not sell or share students' personal information with any third parties or use students' information for marketing or any purposes outside of what is required to facilitate student-teacher interaction in our system.
Students are not added to any mailing lists.
