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What this is

Informatist is a free, browser-based business simulation used in high-school economics, personal finance, entrepreneurship, and CTE classes. Students run a virtual company against AI-driven rival companies. It is run by Glidelogic Corp., paid for by its founder and ad-free; the classroom program is free for teachers and students, with no paid tier planned.

Technical profile

Item	Detail
Domain required	www.informatist.net (single domain; the simulation and all guides are fully self-hosted)
Third-party domains	None, site-wide. All assets — including fonts — are self-hosted on www.informatist.net. The site makes no requests to any other domain.
Protocol / port	HTTPS over port 443 only
Downloads / installs	None. Runs entirely in the browser; Chromebook-friendly.
Real-time transport	None. Standard HTTPS requests (short polling); no WebSocket, no WebRTC.
Third-party scripts	None. No analytics, no tracking pixels, no ad networks, no external CDNs in the app.
Hosting	Amazon Web Services (US West, Oregon): the web server, encrypted daily backups (Amazon S3), and email to teachers (Amazon SES).
Server-side services	DeepSeek (LLM), called from our server — never from the browser — to word the AI rivals' explanations, the coach's questions, and the teacher debrief. It receives game numbers and labels only ("Team 1", "Team 2"); student-typed team names, and any other student text, never leave our server. See the privacy policy.
Media / plugins	None. Text and HTML only; no video, no Flash-era plugins, no camera/microphone access.

Privacy and data protection highlights

• Students need no account, email address, roster or student ID. They join with the class join code and a team name. Ask teams to use names that do not identify anyone. The game stores team names with each round's decisions and results. Before game numbers go to the AI provider, team names are replaced with neutral labels ("Team 1").
• Teachers do not register an account. A teacher applies for the classroom beta and we email a private access link for creating classes. The teacher can set a PIN for each class.
• No advertising, third-party analytics, tracking pixels or cookies. The browser keeps a few items in local and session storage so a team or teacher can resume a class, such as class credentials and the teacher's access link. Data is not sold.
• Server logs record IP address, time, the page requested, status and size. We use them to keep the service secure, stop abuse and run it, never to profile anyone. Logs rotate daily and about two weeks are kept.
• Retention. Live classrooms are deleted after 7 days without activity (30 days for multi-day units), and class game records one year after the class's last activity. Applications, emails and backups are kept as the Privacy Policy describes.
• Requests. To see, correct or delete data, email admin@informatist.net. We answer within one month. Copies in backups expire with the backup cycle.

Full details: Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Informatist is run by Glidelogic Corp.

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Contact

Questions, security review requests, or verification: admin@informatist.net. We answer IT inquiries directly.

Document version: 2026-10-26 · informatist.net/guide/it.html · Informatist was founded on November 11, 2006.