Security & Compliance

Enterprise Grade for IT Leaders

At Yellowdig, we've built a platform where privacy, compliance, and institutional control come standard — without slowing anyone down. Secure for IT. Simple for faculty. Safe for students.

Secure by Design

  • SOC 2 Type II compliant; request reports via our Trust Center.
  • FERPA-aligned & GDPR-capable data practices.
  • Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit (HECVAT) compliant. Request report by emailing partnerships@yellowdig.com.
  • Data ownership stays with the institution. Yellowdig does not resell, mine, or share student data.
  • No advertising technologies or behavioral tracking.
  • Status & uptime monitoring: https://status.yellowdig.com.

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Safe AI Practices

  • No third party model training with student or institutional data.
  • Privacy-controlled , institution-approved boundaries.
  • Activity logs ensure full visibility for data governance teams.

Enterprise Grade API Ecosystem

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  • REST endpoints for community data, engagement analytics, membership sync, and institutional reporting.
  • Developer documentation:
  • Token-based authentication, rate limiting, and request-level logging.

Deep LMS & Identity Integrations

  • Native LTI 1.3 integrations: Canvas, Brightspace, Blackboard, Moodle, and more.

  • Automatic grade passback and enrollment sync.

  • Supports SAML/SSO via enterprise identity providers.

  • Designed for multi-course, program-level, and campus-wide deployments.

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Full Auditability & Institutional Control

  • Granular audit logs covering membership changes, community settings, admin actions, and grade events.
  • Role-based permissions for secure delegation across colleges, departments, and program units.
  • Network and sub-network architecture for segmenting users within an institution by colleges or departments.
  • Admin dashboards show engagement analytics, usage metrics, and community health.

Reliability, Backups & Disaster Recovery

  • Hosted in a dedicated AWS VPC, with strict network segmentation and hardened infrastructure.
  • Encrypted daily backups, multi-zone redundancy, and point-in-time recovery capabilities.
  • Proven, large-scale deployments at R1 universities.

Accessibility & Inclusive Design

  • WCAG 2.1 AA conformant.
  • VPAT available in ourTrust Center.
  • Screen reader support, keyboard navigation, alt-text support, and color-contrast compliance.

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Built for the Full Student Lifecycle

  • Unified platform for courses, orientation, first year experience, mentorship, student success, co-curricular communities, and alumni engagement.
  • Proven adoption at large R1 institutions and complex multi-campus systems.