Alchemie Solutions, Inc. (“Alchemie,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is an educational technology company headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA. We build accessible, multisensory interactive digital tools for STEM education, with a particular focus on supporting students who are blind or have low vision.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information in connection with our products and services. By using any Alchemie product, you agree to the practices described here.
Alchemie operates two distinct products, each with a different user relationship and data profile:
We are committed to collecting the minimum information necessary to operate our products. The information we collect differs by product.
What we do not collect: We do not collect IP addresses, use tracking cookies, employ third-party analytics SDKs, or collect any demographic information.
Alchemie does not collect personally identifiable information from students using our learning tools. Student access and data are managed by the institution and our platform partner, Content2Classroom (C2C). Any student data processed in connection with our learning tools is subject to the institution’s own privacy policies and data governance practices, as well as C2C’s privacy terms.
We collect anonymous, interaction-level data — such as sequences of student moves within chemistry mechanisms — that is not associated with any student account, course, institution, or identifiable individual. This anonymous interaction data is used to improve our products and advance learning engineering research. Aggregated, de-identified data may be made available to educational researchers and the broader research community.
Any research that associates interaction data with a specific course, institution, or student cohort is conducted only under an approved Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol, with appropriate informed consent and data governance in place.
We use the information we collect only for the following purposes:
We do not sell your personal information. We do not use your information for advertising or marketing to third parties. We do not use student data for any purpose other than delivering our educational services.
Alchemie uses a small number of carefully selected third-party services. Each is governed by its own privacy policy.
We do not share your personal information with any other third parties except as required by law.
Alchemie uses artificial intelligence in one specific, limited way: to generate alternative text descriptions for complex scientific figures and structures submitted through Piph Author and our learning tools. This feature makes scientific content accessible to users who rely on screen readers.
When a scientific figure is submitted for alt text generation, the figure content is sent to the Anthropic Claude API. The API returns a text description, which is delivered to the user. The figure content is not retained by Anthropic after processing.
Per Anthropic’s API usage policy, inputs submitted via the API are not used to train or fine-tune Anthropic’s models. No personal or institutional data is embedded in or retained by the AI model.
AI-powered alt text generation is integral to the accessibility of Alchemie’s products and cannot be disabled, as it provides the core accessibility function for users who are blind or have low vision.
Alchemie is committed to protecting student privacy in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and applicable state laws.
For our student-facing learning tools delivered through institutional platforms, Alchemie operates as a service provider to educational institutions. We do not directly control or have access to student education records. Student data is governed by the institution’s own FERPA policies and its agreement with our platform partner, Content2Classroom (C2C).
Alchemie does not use student data for any purpose beyond the delivery of educational services. We do not sell, share, or use student data for advertising, marketing, or any non-educational purpose.
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide our services or as required by law.
To request deletion of your data, contact us at privacy@alchem.ie.
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights with respect to your personal information:
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@alchem.ie. We will respond within 30 days. We do not charge a fee for reasonable requests.
Alchemie is subject to the laws and regulations of the United States. Our services are currently offered in the United States only. We do not collect data from individuals located in the European Economic Area or China.
Alchemie takes the security of your information seriously. We implement and maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards appropriate to the nature of the information we handle, including:
In the event of a data breach affecting your personal information, we will notify you and applicable authorities as required by law.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our products, practices, or legal requirements. When we make material changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this document and notify active users by email where appropriate.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of our products after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
If you have questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer:
Alchemie Solutions, Inc.
Privacy Officer
privacy@alchem.ie
www.alchem.ie/privacy-policy
We aim to respond to all privacy inquiries within 30 days.
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