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You're probably here because a vendor has burned you before — a missing BAA, a redacted SOC 2, a sub-processor change you found out about from a news headline. We've built this page so that doesn't happen with us.

System status.

Production telemetry and historical uptime are published continuously at our status page. The compliance program itself is managed through Scrut, our GRC platform — every control, every audit, every piece of evidence lives there and is independently verifiable.

Uptime · 90 days
100.00%
No reportable downtime
Current state
Operational
All services nominal
Compliance platform
Scrut
Continuously monitored
Last verified
Sep 2025
Pen test · independent third party

The Trust Vault.

Most trust pages are static. Ours is connected directly to Scrut, the GRC platform that runs our compliance program. Every control, every piece of evidence, every audit artifact you'd want to verify — is verifiable in real time, not on a quarterly refresh.

Powered by Scrut Trust Vault

Don't take our word. Take the receipts.

Live · synced continuously
Open Trust Vault →No login required for public controls

Behind every trust claim is an actual control with a status, an owner, an evidence file, and a last-tested date. The Trust Vault publishes that machine state directly — sourced from Scrut, the platform we use to run our compliance program day to day.

Procurement teams can verify the status of any framework, request access to evidence under NDA, and subscribe to alerts on changes. Your security team won't need to email us. The receipts are right there.

What's verifiable, live

Control framework status✓ Live
Evidence files & audit artifacts✓ Live
Sub-processor list✓ Live
Policy library✓ Live
Document request workflow✓ Live
Risk & remediation status✓ Live

Frameworks & certifications.

Pencil Spaces is audited or certified against eight regulatory and industry frameworks: FERPA, COPPA, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, ISO 27001, and SDPC NDPA. Each row below maps to a specific federal regulation, attestation, or industry standard. Reports are available on request, generally under mutual NDA.

Framework
Scope
Authority
Status
FERPA
We operate as a school official under the school-official exception. No advertising and no student profiling under any condition.
20 U.S.C. § 1232g
Active
COPPA
Verifiable parental consent flows. No third-party tracking on accounts identified as belonging to a minor. K-12 safe by default.
16 CFR Part 312
Active
SOC 2
Type II report covering Trust Services Criteria, attested annually by an independent CPA firm. Available under mutual NDA on completion.
AICPA TSP 100
Type II in attestation
GDPR
EU data residency available on request. Pre-signed Data Processing Agreement with current Standard Contractual Clauses.
Reg. (EU) 2016/679
Active
HIPAA
Business Associate Agreement available on request. Protected Health Information encrypted at rest and in transit. Audit logs retained six years.
45 CFR §§ 160, 162, 164
BAA available
CCPA
All California consumer rights honored end-to-end. Verified-request portal staffed within five business days.
Cal. Civ. § 1798.100
Active
ISO 27001
Information Security Management System aligned to ISO 27001 controls; surveillance work in progress with our certification body.
ISO/IEC 27001:2022
In progress
SDPC
Signatory to the National Data Privacy Agreement (NDPA) through the Student Data Privacy Consortium. Active in multiple state alliances.
NDPA v1.0
Signatory

Common questions, direct answers.

Procurement, IT, and parents tend to arrive with the same questions. The answers are below — short, sourced, and quotable. For anything not covered, the Trust team responds at trust@pencilspaces.com.

Is Pencil Spaces FERPA compliant?

Is Pencil Spaces COPPA compliant?

Does Pencil Spaces have a SOC 2 report?

Is Pencil Spaces GDPR compliant?

Does Pencil Spaces sign a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement?

Is Pencil Spaces CCPA compliant?

Is Pencil Spaces ISO 27001 certified?

Is Pencil Spaces a signatory to the National Data Privacy Agreement?

Where is Pencil Spaces customer data stored?

Does Pencil Spaces use student data to train AI models?

What sub-processors does Pencil Spaces use?

What happens to my data when our contract ends?

Has Pencil Spaces had a data breach?

How do I get access to the SOC 2 report?

Who is responsible for compliance and security at Pencil Spaces?

How do I report a security vulnerability?

Vulnerability reporting.

If you have found a vulnerability, write to security@pencilspaces.com. We acknowledge new reports within one business day, triage within five, and treat coordinated disclosure as a partnership — not a legal threat. Researchers acting in good faith have our full safe-harbor commitment.

Need something specific?

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