What is the Platform for Innovative Learning Assessments (PILA) and who does it involve?

PILA includes a website and a data collection platform with learning and assessment content, which requires a PILA account.

PILA is a non-profit initiative that is managed by the PISA Research and Innovation team at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the Directorate for Education and Skills. The core technology behind PILA is developed and managed by Know Learning, a US-based non-governmental organisation.

How does PILA ensure the protection of my personal data?

PILA uses a highly secure system to protect your personal data. The system avoids collecting and storing personally identifiable information (e.g. your name). Only your teacher can match you to your data when they are logged into their secure PILA account.

Do not include any personal information about yourself or anyone else on the different spaces of the Platform.

What personal data does PILA collect, and for what purposes?

For the purposes of providing information to you and your teacher on what you know and can do, PILA collects your clicks and all saved versions of your answers and solutions.

On PILA International: No one, besides you, your teacher and the PILA developers (for troubleshooting purposes), will have access to these data.

On PILA Thailand: No one, besides you, your teacher, the PILA developers and the OECD (for troubleshooting and validation purposes), will have access to these data.

PILA is not intended to have a direct impact, whether positive or negative, on your final grade.

In order to ensure the effective functioning and security of the PILA website and to better understand visitor behavioural patterns, as you browse the PILA website, we automatically collect:

• Log information such as the pages you visit and the time/date of your visit, as well as your internet prototcol (IP) address.
• Device and software information such as your browser specifications and operating system.

This information is collected through the use of various technologies, including cookies which are small text files stored in your browser.

Where are PILA data stored and for how long?

PILA takes the safety of your data seriously.

PILA is hosted externally to the OECD by Know Learning, and thus your personal data will be processed by Google Analytics and Google Cloud Platform, which are both based in Frankfurt, Germany (EU).

Teacher and student data resulting from uses other than research studies will be automatically deleted every year.

The PILA website is hosted in the United States by a company called Vercel. The PILA website allows Google Analytics to access the data generated by your activity and store it using cookies. This data is processed in a way that does not directly identify you.

What rights do you have related to your personal data on PILA?

Under the OECD Personal Data Processing Rules, you (or your parent/legal guardian) have rights to access, amend or remove any information that has been provided. To exercise these rights, please contact your teacher who is required to forward these requests to KnowLearning.

If you (or your parent/guardian) have further queries or complaints related to the processing of your personal data, please contact the OECD’s Data Protection Officer (dpo@oecd.org). If you (or your parent/guardian) need further assistance in resolving claims related to personal data protection you can contact the OECD’s Data Protection Commissioner (dpc@oecd.org).