Privacy

Teachable Agents is a research preview built and run by Greg Wientjes. It is an independent rebuild based on published research papers. It is not run by, or affiliated with, Stanford University or Vanderbilt University.

Questions and requests go to gwientjes@gmail.com.

For now the site is for adults, such as teachers and researchers who want to try it. It is not meant for children under 13, and it is not ready for use in a class. Please do not sign in if you are under 13.

If you believe a child has used the site, write to the address above and their information will be deleted.

Some features are still being built. This is what each one stores when you use it.

• If you try it as a guest: a random account number, so your agent is still there when you come back. A guest account has no name or email address.
• If you sign in with Google: your name, your email address, your profile picture and your Google account number. Google sends these when you agree on its sign-in screen. The site never sees your Google password and asks for no other Google data.
• What you make: your agent's name and look, and the concept map you teach it.
• What you do: a log of your actions in the tool, with the time of each: changes to the map, questions you ask the agent, quizzes, and readings you open.
• Technical records: the company that hosts the site records each request, including your IP address and browser type, as web servers normally do.

• To run the tool: saving your agent and showing it to you again.
• To recognise you when you return, and to show your name.
• To understand how the tool is used so it can be improved. Anything shared with others for that purpose is counted in totals, not tied to your name.

Your information is not sold, not used for advertising, and not shown to other users.

The site relies on three companies, each for one job:

• Supabase stores the accounts, agents and activity log, on servers in the United States.
• Vercel hosts the website.
• Google signs you in, only if you choose “Sign in with Google”.

Your information is not given to anyone else.

The site uses cookies only to keep you signed in. It has no advertising cookies and no third-party tracking.

Your information is kept until you ask for it to be deleted or the project ends. To see what is stored about you, or to have your account and everything in it deleted, write to gwientjes@gmail.com. Guest accounts that are no longer used may be deleted without notice.

You can also remove the site's access to your Google account at any time, on Google's third-party connections page.

If what the site stores or does with it changes, this page will be updated and the date at the top will change.