Privacy Policy
Your trust is central to our mission. This policy details how AiTestPrep TOEFL safeguards your speaking audio recordings, writing samples, diagnostic telemetry, and personal information across our Test of English as a Foreign Language preparation platform.
Introduction & Platform Scope
Welcome to AiTestPrep TOEFL ("we", "our", "us"). We specialize in comprehensive preparation for the Test of English as a Foreign Language examination across all four skill modules: Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing. This Privacy Policy outlines the lifecycle of personal and academic data generated when you interact with our full-length mock tests, AI speech evaluation modules, and diagnostic analytics engines.
Our platform mirrors authentic ETS test-day delivery. To evaluate your test-readiness, our software logs speech acoustic files, keystrokes, and response timing for precise diagnostic feedback.
TOEFL® is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service (ETS). AiTestPrep TOEFL is an independent educational technology provider and is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by ETS.
We collect only the educational, acoustic, and behavioral data required to deliver authentic TOEFL iBT mock simulations and personalized Band 1.0–6.0 score projection metrics.
Data We Collect & Speech Ingestion
To provide real-time grading calibrated against the Band 1.0–6.0 section score bands, we ingest specific technical and academic assets when you interact with each exam section:
Audio captured via your browser microphone for Independent and Integrated Speaking tasks. Converted to secure Opus/WAV stream formats strictly for speech-rate, pronunciation, pause-duration, and topic coherence analysis.
Essays submitted under the "Writing for an Academic Discussion" and "Integrated Writing" tasks. Stored with timestamped revision metrics to analyze syntactic complexity, lexical variety, and grammatical accuracy.
Exact answer selections, time-spent per paragraph, audio track replays, and pacing telemetry. These power our diagnostic radar charts to isolate weak question formats (e.g., Inference vs. Rhetorical Purpose).
Legal name, email, target exam date, and target score (Band 1.0–6.0). Financial payments are processed via PCI-DSS compliant providers (Stripe, Razorpay); we never store raw credit card numbers.
Your voice recordings are encrypted during transmission and isolated to your student profile. We never monetize or sell biometric voice samples to third parties.
Automated Scoring Engines & AI Processing
AiTestPrep TOEFL incorporates high-accuracy Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to replicate official ETS SpeechRater® and e-rater® scoring criteria:
Evaluates words per minute (WPM), sustained articulation bursts, silent pause lengths, and phoneme accuracy against academic English benchmarks.
Assesses transitional cohesion, topical relevance, lexical sophistication, and grammatical variance on the 0–5 raw scale converted to Band 1.0–6.0 scaled scores.
Diagnostic data from all 4 sections is modeled into Band 1.0–6.0 score projections with CEFR alignment and university admission readiness indicators.
AI evaluations run in transient, secure execution environments. We do not use student submissions to train public foundational AI models without explicit student authorization.
Data Sharing & Infrastructure Security
We operate under strict data minimization guidelines. Your academic records are shared solely with authorized sub-processors necessary to run the service:
Audio tracks and test data are stored in SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 compliant cloud databases. Data is protected with AES-256 bit encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit.
Third-party integrations include transactional email services, payment gateways, and speech acoustic engines bound by Data Processing Addendums (DPAs).
We do not rent, trade, or sell student email rosters or score performance data to university admissions recruiters or marketing brokers.
Personal records are only disclosed when required by enforceable judicial subpoena, court order, or binding applicable national regulation.
Your mock test results and preparation metrics are your private academic property. We will never sell your profile to third-party advertisers.
Cookies, Audio Buffers & Session State
Full-length TOEFL simulations require persistent state synchronization so that unexpected network drops do not erase 2 hours of test progress:
Session tokens maintain your current question index, passage scroll offsets, remaining timer countdowns, and interim draft buffers.
In-memory client storage briefly caches spoken audio before upload to ensure no data loss occurs if network latency spikes during Speaking tasks.
Store audio playback volume preferences, CSRF defense tokens, and authentication cookies to protect against unauthorized account tampering.
Essential cookies are critical for mock exam timer continuity. Non-essential analytical cookies may be modified in your browser preferences at any time.
Student Data Rights (GDPR, CCPA & DPDP)
Regardless of where you are preparing for your international studies, we extend robust digital rights aligned with GDPR, CCPA, and the Indian Digital Personal Data Protection Act:
Right of Access
Request an export of your complete mock test history, score reports, and recorded audio files in structured JSON or archive formats.
Right to Rectify
Update profile credentials, registered test dates, or request manual review of anomalous speech evaluation artifacts.
Right to Erasure
Request complete deletion of your account, speaking audio samples, essays, and performance histories from our production systems.
Data Portability
Transfer your score telemetry and diagnostic reports directly to mentors, tutors, or university advisors seamlessly.
Restrict Processing
Restrict automated algorithmic grading or pause analytical profiling while preserving basic study material access.
Equal Service
Exercising your privacy rights will never alter the price of your plan or limit your access to TOEFL study materials.
You own your mock exam records. You may execute your rights to review, download, or purge your records at any point with zero penalty.
Data Retention & Permanent Deletion
We store student practice records only for the duration necessary to support your TOEFL test preparation timeline:
Mock test scores, diagnostic reports, and essay histories remain active while your account subscription or preparation package is valid, allowing you to track your score progression over time.
Raw speaking audio recordings are automatically archived and purged from active storage 12 months post-exam completion, leaving only final numeric sub-scores on your dashboard.
When you close your account or submit a deletion request, all audio recordings and identifiable essay answers are scrubbed from our production databases within 30 days.
Questions About Your TOEFL Data?
Our privacy compliance officers and student support specialists are on standby to answer inquiries regarding speaking audio, AI essay scoring, or data erasure requests.