Parchment, an Instructure company (“Parchment,” “we,” “us”), gives California residents and other visitors clear ways to control how their personal information is used on this website. This page brings those controls together in one place.
If you’re looking for the full details, see our Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.
Do not sell or share my personal information
Like most websites, parchment.com uses cookies and similar technologies from advertising and analytics partners. Under California law, some of that activity can count as “selling” or “sharing” your personal information for targeted advertising, even when no money changes hands.
You can turn this off. Use the controls below to reject advertising and targeting cookies, then save your choice.
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| STYXKEY_location | 1 month | Stores user location data for personalization. |
| AWSALBCORS | 7 days | Amazon Web Services set this cookie for load balancing. |
| wt_consent | 1 year | Used for remembering users’ consent preferences to be respected on subsequent site visits. It does not collect or store personal information about visitors to the site. |
| __cf_bm | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| BIGipServer* | session | This cookie is set by our load balancing infrastructure (F5 BIG-IP) to ensure website stability and optimal performance. It helps distribute traffic across multiple servers and maintains a user’s session during their visit. |
| AWSALB | 7 days | AWSALB is an application load balancer cookie set by Amazon Web Services to map the session to the target. |
Functional
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| wp-wpml_current_language | session | WordPress multilingual plugin sets this cookie to store the current language/language settings. |
| li_gc | 6 months | Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor’s consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. |
| lidc | 1 day | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _mkto_trk | 1 year 1 month 4 days | This cookie, provided by Marketo, has information (such as a unique user ID) that is used to track the user’s site usage. The cookies set by Marketo are readable only by Marketo. |
| vuid | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos on the website. |
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No cookies to display. | ||
Targeting
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NextPage | past | Cookie used to track page‑to‑page navigation for personalization/advertising; vendor under review |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. |
| tvid | 1 year | Cookie set by Tremor Video (Nexxen) to recognize returning devices and deliver personalized video advertising. |
| tv_UIDM | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Cookie set by Tremor Video (Nexxen) to assign a unique user ID for interest‑based advertising and campaign measurement. |
| tuuid | 1 year 1 month 4 days | The tuuid cookie, set by BidSwitch, stores an unique ID to determine what adverts the users have seen if they have visited any of the advertiser’s websites. The information is used to decide when and how often users will see a certain banner. |
| tuuid_lu | 1 year 1 month 4 days | This cookie, set by BidSwitch, stores a unique ID to determine what adverts the users have seen while visiting an advertiser’s website. This information is then used to understand when and how often users will see a certain banner. |
| bcookie | 1 year | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs. |
| CMID | 1 year | Casale Media sets this cookie to collect information on user behaviour for targeted advertising. |
| CMPS | 3 months | CasaleMedia sets CMPS cookie for anonymous user tracking based on users’ website visits to display targeted ads. |
| CMPRO | 3 months | CasaleMedia sets CMPRO cookie for anonymous usage tracking and targeted advertising. |
A few things worth knowing:
- Your choice is saved per browser and per device, so you’ll need to set it on each browser you use.
- If you clear your cookies, you’ll need to set your choice again.
- You can also turn on Global Privacy Control in a supported browser or extension, and we’ll treat that signal as an opt-out automatically.
- You’ll still see ads after you opt out. They just won’t be based on your activity here.
Parchment does not sell member data or academic credential data. This opt-out applies to marketing and advertising activity on parchment.com, not to the ordering, fulfillment, or delivery of your academic records.
Your California privacy rights
If you live in California, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended, gives you the rights below. You don’t need an account to use them, and we won’t treat you differently for exercising them.
- The right to know. Ask what personal information we collect about you, where we get it, why we use it, and who we share it with.
- The right to delete. Ask us to delete the personal information we’ve collected from you.
- The right to correct. Ask us to fix personal information about you that’s inaccurate.
- The right to opt out of sale or sharing. Tell us not to sell or share your personal information for targeted advertising. You can do this with the cookie controls above.
- The right to non-discrimination. Use any of these rights without losing service or getting a worse price.
You can also name an authorized agent to make a request for you. We’ll ask the agent for proof that you gave them permission before we act on the request.
How to make a request
To ask us to know, delete, or correct your personal information, use either method below. These are the same request methods listed in our Privacy Policy.
Email: privacy@parchment.com
To help us respond, please tell us your full name, an email address or other way to reach you, and enough about your request for us to act on it. We may need to confirm your identity before we can share or delete personal information. We’ll never ask you to create an account to make a request.
Questions
For anything about this page or how Parchment handles your information, email privacy@parchment.com.
Instructure
6330 South 3000 East Suite 700
Salt Lake City, UT 84121
Attn: General Counsel
