IMPORTANT—IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR PARENT OR GUARDIAN READ THE AGREEMENT BELOW AND AGREE TO IT FOR YOU. IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO READ AND AGREE TO THIS, YOU DON'T HAVE PERMISSION TO USE PALETTEEDU. ALWAYS GET AN ADULT'S PERMISSION BEFORE GOING ONLINE.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE ("AGREEMENT") CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SERVICES OFFERED BY PALETTE EDU, INC. ("PALETTEEDU" OR "WE" OR "US"). THIS IS A BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND PALETTEEDU. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICES IN ANY MANNER, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHER TERMS. IF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT ARE CONSIDERED AN OFFER, ACCEPTANCE IS EXPRESSLY LIMITED TO SUCH TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT UNCONDITIONALLY AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE AGREEMENT, YOU MAY NOT USE THE SERVICES.
Welcome to PaletteEDU. PaletteEDU is a messaging platform that connects students with the adults that care about them using chat messaging and allowing users to list tasks and opportunities for each other. Please continue reading to learn about the rules and restrictions that govern your use of PaletteEDU’s website(s) mobile applications and all other products, services and applications made available by PaletteEDU from time to time (collectively, the “Services”). This Agreement includes the terms in this document, as well as PaletteEDU’s Privacy Policy and the Apple Application Terms.
We constantly try to improve our Services, so we may update this Agreement as we offer new and improved Services. We may modify this Agreement at any time, but we will do our best to bring this to your attention by posting a notice on the Services or notifying you by email or by some other means. If you don't agree with the new terms, you may reject them but unfortunately you will no longer be able to use the Services. Your use of the Services in any way following notification by PaletteEDU constitutes your acceptance of the terms and conditions as modified. We may suspend or discontinue any part of the Services, or we may introduce new features, impose limits on certain features or restrict access to parts or all of the Services at any time. We'll provide you notice when we make a material change to the Services that would adversely affect you.
You represent and warrant to PaletteEDU that:
This Agreement is void where prohibited by law, and the right to access the Services is revoked in such jurisdictions.
We take the privacy of our users very seriously. Please read our Privacy Policy.
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") requires that online service providers notify parents of children in the United States and obtain their consent before they knowingly collect personally identifiable information online from children who are under 13. PaletteEDU only collects personal information through the Services from a child under 13 where that student's school, district and/or teacher has agreed, via the terms described below, to obtain parental consent for that child to use the Services and disclose that personal information to PaletteEDU. Except as expressly set forth below, we do not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from a child under 13.
For children under 13 using PaletteEDU’s messaging or communications Services we may collect a child’s name, date of birth, email address, and the child’s parent’s email address. We collect these in order to notify the parent that their child is signing up for PaletteEDU and to obtain that parent’s permission for the child. we may contact the child for the purpose of providing the Services for which the child’s teacher, Administrator (as described below) or school administrator has signed up to use. Note that if the PaletteEDU account of a child under 13 is inactive for at least twelve months (meaning, that account has not received a message through the PaletteEDU Services in that time), PaletteEDU’s policy is to delete the personally-identifiable information associated with that child’s account. While we delete the account in these situations, some of the child’s data may persist in the files of PaletteEDU’s agents or service providers for some period of time until it is removed from their systems as well.
If we learn we have collected personal information from a student under 13 other than pursuant to the above, or if we learn a student under 13 has provided us personal information beyond what we request from him or her, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a student under 13 may have provided us personal information in violation of this paragraph, please contact us at info@paletteedu.org.
Access to and use of PaletteEDU itself is free. PaletteEDU reserves the right to charge fees for certain features. We will notify you when we intend to charge for a service or feature. You will always have the choice whether to use those features. If you continue to use any service or feature after you have been notified of any applicable fees, that use constitutes your acceptance of any new or increased fees.
Through PaletteEDU, you may be able to access and use products or services operated by other individuals or companies who are not employed or controlled by PaletteEDU (such as, a payment platform to request and/or make payments). If you use any of these products or services, you must review and agree to the additional terms and conditions and privacy policy, as well as pay any applicable fees required to use those products. Any information you agree to provide will be governed by that business' privacy policy.
Note that, by using the Services, you may receive e-mail or text messages on your phone or mobile device, which may cause you to incur usage charges or other fees or costs in accordance with your wireless or data service plan. Any and all such charges, fees, or costs are your sole responsibility. You should consult with your wireless carrier to determine what rates, charges, fees, or costs may apply to your use of the Services.
This Agreement applies to all users of our Services, but there are special terms for you depending on what type of user you are.
If you are, for example, a student, guardian or advisor who is invited to or added to PaletteEDU by an Administrator, you are a Participant. If you are a staff member of an Organization, such as a school or school district, club, team, or college, and have been given administrative rights, then you are an Administrator. Please read on below to find out what additional terms apply to you.
If you are a Participant (such as a student, parent, advisor or other individual invited to create or join a student’s network):
If you are accessing the Services as an Administrator and inviting users to join as Participants:
If you are an Organization (such as a non-profit, college, school, school district or club):
If PaletteEDU verifies you as an Administrator of your Organization, you may have the ability to perform the following tasks:
With respect to all users of PaletteEDU, whether you are a Participant, Administrator or Organization
IF YOU INVITE OR ADD ANYONE TO USE PALETTEEDU AND/OR USE ANY FEATURE OF THE SERVICES WHICH REQUIRES SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION OF ANYONE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IF YOU IMPORT CONTACTS FROM YOUR ADDRESS BOOK TO THE SERVICES), YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE OBTAINED FREELY GIVEN, INFORMED CONSENT FROM EACH PERSON TO:
As a condition to using the Services, you may be required to register with PaletteEDU by selecting a password and providing your name and a valid email address. You will provide PaletteEDU with accurate, complete, and updated registration information. You may not:
PaletteEDU reserves the right to refuse registration of or to cancel a PaletteEDU account in its sole discretion. You will be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password. You may not transfer your account to anyone without express prior written consent of PaletteEDU. Violation of any of the foregoing may result in immediate termination of your account, revocation of your ability to use the Services, and may subject you to state and federal penalties and other legal consequences. PaletteEDU reserves the right, but will have no obligation, to investigate your use of the Services in order to determine whether a violation of the Agreement has occurred or to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
As part of the Services, you will receive communications through the Services, including messages that PaletteEDU sends you (for example, via SMS, emails, in-app messages and push notifications). When an Administrator adds a new Participant, that Participant may receive a welcome message, instructions on how to stop receiving messages, and information on how to download the PaletteEDU application. PaletteEDU may also send other administrative messages. BY SIGNING UP FOR THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM PALETTEEDU AS WELL AS ORGANIZATIONS, THEIR ADMINISTRATORS AND PARTICIPANTS, AND YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT EACH PERSON YOU INVITE AND/OR ADD HAS CONSENTED TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM YOU AND PaletteEDU. If you connect to or use any third party services in conjunction with PaletteEDU, you acknowledge and consent to receive notifications and messages from those third party services. You agree to indemnify and hold PaletteEDU harmless for and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages (actual and consequential), losses and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising from or in any way related to your breach of the foregoing.
If you are located in Canada, you may opt out of receiving marketing messages (including text messages and emails); however, you may still receive text message and email communications that are necessary for the Services or otherwise exempt from anti-spam laws.
All materials displayed or performed or available on the Services (including, but not limited to text, graphics, data, articles, photographs, images, illustrations, User Submissions (defined below), and so forth (all of the foregoing, the "Content")) are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may only use the Services for your own personal, non-commercial (meaning, you may not leverage the Services as a separate business) use and only in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and all laws that apply to you. PaletteEDU is not responsible for your use of the Services in any way that breaks the law. You agree you will abide by all copyright notices, trademark rules, information, and restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Services, and will not use, copy, modify, publish, distribute, upload, display, license, sell or otherwise exploit for any purposes whatsoever any Content, third party submissions or other proprietary rights not owned by you:
You will not link to the Services without PaletteEDU's prior written consent, except in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
In the course of using the Services, you may provide information which may be used by PaletteEDU in connection with the Services and which may be visible to certain other users. Anything you post, upload, share, store or otherwise provide through the Services are, together with any related intellectual property rights, your "User Submissions." You retain ownership of all of your User Submissions. In order to provide you with the Services, PaletteEDU needs to access and use your User Submissions in certain ways. You hereby grant PaletteEDU a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable and transferable (only to a successor) right and license to use your User Submissions for any purpose related to providing and/or improving the Services (however, PaletteEDU will only share your personally identifiable information in accordance with PaletteEDU's current Privacy Policy). Because your User Submissions may be viewed or accessed by other PaletteEDU users, you grant other PaletteEDU users a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty -free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable right and license to access, view, edit, and use your User Submissions as may be permitted through the functionality of the Services (for example, when you send a message through the Services, the recipients of your message will be able to save, copy, edit and store that message). All information publicly posted or privately transmitted through the Services is the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated and that PaletteEDU will not be liable for any errors or omissions in any Content. PaletteEDU cannot guarantee the identity of any other users you may interact with in the course of using the Services. Additionally, PaletteEDU cannot guarantee the authenticity of any information that users may provide about themselves. You acknowledge that all Content accessed by you while using PaletteEDU is at your own risk and you will be solely responsible for any resulting damage or loss.
Under no circumstances will PaletteEDU be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred in connection with your use of or exposure to any Content posted, emailed, accessed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via the Services.
As we explain in our Privacy Policy, if PaletteEDU knows or becomes aware of a security breach of its users' personally identifiable information, PaletteEDU will notify affected users or post a notice on the Services as required by applicable law(s).
You warrant, represent and agree that you will not contribute any Content or otherwise use (or encourage anyone else to use) the Services in a manner that:
PaletteEDU reserves the right to terminate access of any third party application or service to our published or unpublished APIs.
PaletteEDU reserves the right (but does not have the obligation) to remove any Content from the Services at any time, for any reason (including, but not limited to, if we receive claims or allegations from individuals, companies or authorities relating to that Content or if PaletteEDU is concerned that you may have breached the foregoing restrictions), or for no reason at all. You, not PaletteEDU, remain solely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit, or otherwise provide using, or in connection with, the Services, and you warrant that you possess all rights necessary to provide such Content to PaletteEDU and to grant PaletteEDU the rights to use such information as provided herein.
You will be responsible for obtaining and maintaining any equipment or ancillary services needed to connect to, access, or otherwise use the Services, including, without limitation, modems, hardware, software, and long distance or local telephone service. You will be responsible for ensuring that such equipment or ancillary services are compatible with the Services. You will be responsible for withholding, filing, and reporting all taxes, duties and other governmental assessments associated with your activity in connection with the Services.
Under American copyright law, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the "DMCA"), online service providers such as PaletteEDU have the right, but not the obligation, to remove material that allegedly violates someone's copyright. We respect others' intellectual property rights, and we reserve the right to delete or disable Content alleged to be infringing, and to terminate the accounts of repeat alleged infringers. To learn more about the DMCA, click here.
Under Canadian copyright laws, PaletteEDU is required to forward any notice from a copyright owner to a PaletteEDU user located in Canada if the copyright has notified PaletteEDU in accordance with the requirements under the Canadian Copyright Act.
The Services may contain links to third party websites, products or services that are not owned or controlled by PaletteEDU ("Third Party Services"). When you access Third Party Services, you do so at your own risk. PaletteEDU encourages you to be aware when you leave the Services and to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each Third Party Service that you visit or use.
PaletteEDU has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, accuracy, privacy policies, or practices of or opinions expressed in any Third Party Services. In addition, PaletteEDU will not and cannot monitor, verify, censor or edit the content of any Third Party Services. By using the Services, you expressly relieve and hold harmless PaletteEDU from any and all liability arising from your use of any Third Party Services.
Your interactions with organizations and/or individuals found on or through the Services, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such organizations and/or individuals. You should make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with any third parties. You agree that PaletteEDU will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings.
If there is a dispute between PaletteEDU users, or between PaletteEDU users and any third party, you understand and agree that PaletteEDU is under no obligation to become involved. In the event that you have a dispute with one or more other users, you hereby release PaletteEDU, its officers, employees, agents, and successors in rights from claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed or undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and/or our service. If you are a California resident, you will and hereby do waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which says: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which, if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor."
PaletteEDU has no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to you. You acknowledge that PaletteEDU has no control over, and no duty to take any action regarding: which users gains access to the Services; what Content you access via the Services; what effects the Content may have on you; how you may interpret or use the Content; or what actions you may take as a result of having been exposed to the Content. You release PaletteEDU from all liability for you having acquired or not acquired Content through the Services. The Services may contain, or direct you to websites or services containing, information that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. PaletteEDU makes no representations concerning any content contained in or accessed through the Services, and PaletteEDU will not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality or decency of material contained in or accessed through the Services. PaletteEDU makes no representations, warranties, or conditions regarding suggestions or recommendations of services or products (including Content provided by users) offered or purchased through the Services. Products and services purchased or offered (whether or not following such recommendations and suggestions) the Services are provided AS IS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, FROM PaletteEDU OR ANYONE ELSE. THE SERVICES, CONTENT, AND ANY SOFTWARE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, MERCHANTABLE QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THAT USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
You will indemnify, defend and hold PaletteEDU, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, and employees harmless (including, without limitation, from all damages, liabilities, settlements, costs and attorneys' fees) from any claim or demand made by any third party due to or arising out of your access to or use of the Services, your violation of this Agreement, or the infringement by you or any third party using your account of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL PALETTEEDU OR ITS SUPPLIERS OR ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OR THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT UNDER ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY:
SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
This Agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use the Services. You may terminate your use of the Services or your account at any time by deleting your account in your account settings tab or by contacting us at info@paletteedu.org. Note, if you become a Participant through an Organization, and you request that PaletteEDU delete your account, PaletteEDU may notify the Organization (and the Administrators of the classes or groups you are in of your deletion request. PaletteEDU may disable or terminate your access to the Services or your account at any time, for any reason (for your violation of any term of this Agreement or without cause), and without warning or notice, which may result in the forfeiture of all information associated with your account. Upon termination of your account, your right to use the Services and any Content will immediately cease; however, PaletteEDU may retain messaging data or other data and information pursuant to this Agreement, as necessary for auditing purposes, and as required by law. Computer deletion is not an instantaneous process. If you choose to terminate your account, all data will be rendered unavailable to you immediately and your data will be deleted over time as is true of all computer deletion everywhere. Remember that communications with others in which you participated will remain available to those other users. All provisions of this Agreement which, by their nature, should survive termination, will survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, and limitations of liability.
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof, unless a state's laws explicitly require that any legal disputes are governed by the laws of that state. Any dispute arising from or relating to the subject matter of this Agreement will be finally settled in small claims court or by arbitration in Delaware or in a location that is reasonably convenient for you, using the English language in accordance with the Arbitration Rules and Procedures of Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. ("JAMS") then in effect, by one commercial arbitrator with substantial experience in resolving intellectual property and commercial contract disputes, who will be selected from the appropriate list of JAMS arbitrators in accordance with the Arbitration Rules and Procedures of JAMS. If you cannot afford or otherwise do not want to pay arbitration filing, administrative, hearing and/or other fees and cannot obtain a waiver of fees, we will consider in good faith any request by you for us to bear the cost of those fees. We will pay any administration fee, arbitration fees and fees and charges of attorneys, experts and witnesses if and to the extent we are required to pay such fees and charges by law or in order to make this arbitration provision enforceable. By agreeing to these terms, you acknowledge that you may not participate in a class action in court or in arbitration, either as a class representative, class member or class opponent. ACCORDINGLY, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A COURT (OTHER THAN A SMALL CLAIMS COURT) OR TO A JURY TRIAL. Judgment upon the award so rendered may be entered in a court having jurisdiction, or application may be made to such court for judicial acceptance of any award and an order of enforcement, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each party will have the right to institute an action in a court of proper jurisdiction for injunctive or other equitable relief pending a final decision by the arbitrator.
The failure of either party to exercise, in any respect, any right provided for herein will not be deemed a waiver of any further rights hereunder. PaletteEDU will not be liable for any failure to perform its obligations hereunder where such failure results from any cause beyond PaletteEDU's reasonable control, including, without limitation, mechanical, electronic or communications failure or degradation. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that this Agreement will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. This Agreement is not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by you except with PaletteEDU's prior written consent. PaletteEDU may transfer, assign or delegate this Agreement and its rights and obligations without consent. Both parties agree that this Agreement is the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding of the parties and supersedes and cancels all previous written and oral agreements, communications and other understandings relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, and that all modifications must be in a writing signed by both parties, except as otherwise provided herein. This Agreement and any subsequent versions of this Agreement posted to the Services will be deemed a writing signed by both parties. No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of this Agreement and you do not have any authority of any kind to bind PaletteEDU in any way whatsoever.
It is the express wish of the parties that this Agreement and all related documents be drawn up in English. C’est la volonté expresse des parties que la présente convention ainsi que les documents qui s’y rattachent soient rédigés en anglaise.
