The Handwriting Assessment Application is committed to protecting the privacy and personal information of all users, particularly children undertaking handwriting assessments.
The application is an educational assessment tool designed to evaluate handwriting development in children aged 5–8 years. It collects limited student information, handwriting samples and associated assessment information for the purpose of evaluating handwriting skills, identifying areas of proficiency and difficulty, and generating reports to support teaching and learning.
Collection and Use of Student Information
The application collects limited student information, consisting of a student identification number, first name and last name initial, together with handwriting samples and associated assessment information. Additional information is the name of the student’s school and teacher’s full name.
Handwriting samples and assessment information are uploaded to an authorised administration team for marking. Access to identifiable student information is restricted to the relevant teacher and authorised administrative personnel.
Teachers may share individual student assessment results with parents or guardians for educational and reporting purposes.
Additionally, with the permission of the student’s parent or guardian and the school, relevant assessment information may be shared with allied health professionals, including occupational therapists, speech pathologists and psychologists, where this is considered beneficial to supporting the student’s educational development and handwriting needs.
Protection of Children’s Information
We recognise the particular importance of protecting information relating to children. Student information is collected and used solely for the purposes of administering, assessing and reporting on handwriting development. It is not used for advertising, commercial profiling or unrelated purposes.
Continuous Improvement
De-identified and anonymised assessment information may be used to evaluate, review and improve the assessment methodology and the ongoing development of the application. This information will not be used to identify individual students.
Data Security and Privacy
We are committed to maintaining appropriate safeguards to protect personal information from unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure. Access to identifiable student information is restricted to the student’s school and teachers as well as the student’s parents or guardians.
The application does not incorporate third-party advertising or analytics services, nor does it share student information with third-party service providers.
Further details regarding the collection, storage, access, use, retention and deletion of personal information are set out in our Privacy Policy.
We are committed to handling all personal information responsibly and in accordance with applicable privacy legislation and relevant data protection requirements.