How do we prove an under-13 AI tutor didn't retain student data after the 2025 COPPA Rule?

The 2025 Rule strengthens data-minimization and retention limits, so proof means demonstrating your retention controls and deletion practices — logs and policies showing data was not kept longer than needed — for the data pipeline itself. That is a…

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The 2025 Rule strengthens data-minimization and retention limits, so proof means demonstrating your retention controls and deletion practices — logs and policies showing data was not kept longer than needed — for the data pipeline itself. That is a data-governance showing about your systems. Planisphere audits model behaviour, not your retention controls, and can be run without ingesting student PII; the retention proof comes from your data infrastructure, and applicability is a legal matter.

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COPPA protects students — their records, their civil rights, their access. When an AI sits in an eligibility, accommodat…

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Start with the free sandbox. Planisphere measures model behaviour and emits a reproducible, sha-pinned record — it does not certify, file, or give legal advice.

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When COPPA asks for proof, hand over records — not assurances.

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Planisphere records each duty event — an output marked, a disclosure shown, a review made — and seals it into a receipt that verifies offline against our published keys. You send hashes, never content. A record is evidence a third party can check; it is not a certification and not a legal determination.

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