Technical Specifications

Modern web browser with Javascript support enabled (supported browsers)   

• Google Chrome  
• Microsoft Edge  
• Safari  

Use on iPad, tablets, and mobile devices  

Accelerate Learning platform’s responsive design supports iPad, tablets and most mobile devices. Video and interactive components are encoded in HTML5 and require no additional software, apps, or updates to fully use the platform. Internet connection is required to use Accelerate Learning products.  

PDF Viewer application   

Current Adobe Reader  

Network Requirements  

All content will be served from subdomains of the domain name *.acceleratelearning.com IP addresses can bef provided for firewall configuration upon request.  

Service emails sent from our products are required for email verification and user notifications. These emails will be sent from domains @stemscopes.com and @acceleratelearning.com email addresses. 

Accessibility Statement

We do our best to test features added to our digital platforms to meet current compliance for WCAG and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Digital product enhancements developed and added after January 2023 will meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA. Improvements to our digital platforms developed prior to 2023 will continue to be assessed for accessibility improvements.  

2023 Accessibility Improvements for the current STEMscopes platform 

• Improve accessibility for teachers and the digital materials we produce for them.   
• Address issues that appear in our accessibility audit to improve more meaningful labels and descriptions.   

2024 New Digital Platform 

With our new digital product launching in 2024, our motto “For Teachers, By Teachers” will provide a newly improved user experience for both teachers and students that will meet WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

To view our new digital product roadmap and gain a sneak peek at our latest features, click on the link below:  

2024 New Platform Technical Roadmap

Accessibility Accommodation 

If you have a disability that may cause difficulty in accessing any part of our digital content, please feel free to contact us at https://acceleratelearning.com/contact. We will work with you to provide the necessary accommodation(s) you seek to ensure our digital content is accessible for you and consistent with applicable law.  

Security and Compliance

The following is an overview of security measures Accelerate Learning, Inc. (ALI) incorporates within its product to meet federal student privacy mandates, such as FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), PPRA (Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment) and CIPA (Children’s Internet Protection Act). Compliance with state privacy mandates such as California AB 1584 and California SB 1177 (SOPIPA) are also reviewed to ensure compliance.

Software Security 

ALI utilizes industry-recognized best practices for security at the infrastructure, network, and application levels of its services. This includes SSL / TLS protocols, API call-level authentication, API bearer tokens, and proprietary solutions. 

• Transport Layer Security: ALI implements the Transport Layer Security (TLS) cryptographic protocol for transfers over HTTPS (SSL) connections. With this protocol, unique session keys are used to encrypt and decrypt data transmissions and validate the accuracy of data transmissions. This process is reinforced by additional proprietary authentication. 
• Authenticated API Calls: API calls are authenticated individually using OAuth 2.0 authentication occurring over TLS / SSL protocols. This process is reinforced by additional ALI proprietary authentication 
• Third Party Penetration / Vulnerability and Code Review: An array of comprehensive commercial penetration and vulnerability tests are performed on ALI’s behalf by a third-party organization and their industry-certified internet security experts. ALI reviews the results with the third party to evaluate their findings and develop potential new methods for providing even greater security. 

Cloud Service Certifications 

The AICPA has replaced the audit standard known as SSAE 16 with a new standard effective for report dates on or after May 1, 2017. This new standard, known as SSAE 18, is designed to address and clarify concerns over the clarity, length and complexity of the many other AICPA standards. 

Annual audits are performed by a third-party auditing firm for SSAE 18 and PCI compliance. Audits comply with International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001/2, NIST SP 800-53, CIS Critical Security Controls and with the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16, Reporting on Controls at a Service Organization.

CA Compliance 

Accelerate Learning Inc.& California AB 1584 Compliance Statement 

Last Updated: November 16, 2023 

Scope: This Statement describes the policies and procedures employed by Accelerate Learning to ensure compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 49073.1 of the California Education Code (the “Code”). For the purposes of this Statement, “System” shall mean the bundle of services provided by Accelerate Learning via its learning platform applications, and “Authorized User” shall mean any employee at a California School District that is authorized to access and utilize the System in connection with applicable contracts. If you have any questions, please contact us at customersupport@acceleratelearning.com. 

Ownership of Pupil Records: Any and all Pupil Records provided to Accelerate Learning, or to which Accelerate Learning has been granted access, are and shall remain the sole property of the School District or educational agency (collectively, “School District”) that provided or granted access to such records. District administrators manage the personnel who facilitate entering and maintaining all student data through student file submissions or manual entry. 

Pupil-Generated Content: Appropriate district personnel may print a summary of a student’s work and provide it to the student for their records. This content is owned by the School District or educational agency.  

Third Party Access and Use: Accelerate Learning prohibits all third parties from accessing or utilizing any Pupil Record for any purpose other than those required by or permitted by the contract for Accelerate Learning’s services. Accelerate Learning does not use any student information for any purpose other than those required to fulfill the contracted services. 

Parent and Pupil Review Procedures: Student guardians may request appropriate district Authorized Users to review their student’s information and submit requests for any modifications that are needed. Accelerate Learning does not respond to parent requests to change student data. 

Security and Confidentiality of Pupil Records: Accelerate Learning is committed to maintaining the security and confidentiality of Pupil Records. It has designated a security staff, who are responsible for: (a) ensuring that Accelerate Learning servers are protected against unauthorized access to the greatest degree possible; (b) limiting employee access to Pupil Records to whatever extent is required for them to perform their job functions; and (c) training employees in data security procedures to further ensure compliance with company data security policies. 

Unauthorized Disclosure: In the event of an unauthorized release, disclosure or acquisition of Student Data that compromises the security, confidentiality or integrity of the Student Data maintained by Accelerate Learning (ALI). ALI shall provide notification to LEA within seven (7) days of confirmation of the incident unless notification within this time limit would disrupt investigation of the incident by law enforcement. In such an event, notification shall be made within a reasonable time after the incident. ALI will adhere to all federal and state requirements regarding a data breach related to the Student Data, including, when appropriate or required, the required responsibilities and procedures for notification and mitigation of such data breach. 

Post-Contract Data Deletion: Accelerate Learning hereby certifies that, upon the termination of a service contract with a School District, it shall isolate and permanently delete any and all Pupil Records belonging to such School District that may remain on the System, unless the School District contract permits de-identification of the data in compliance with FERPA permitted use of de-identified data by Accelerate Learning. Prior to deleting or de-identification of any Data Records, Accelerate Learning shall first ensure that the School District has downloaded backups of the same.  

FERPA Compliance: Accelerate Learning offers School Districts utilizing the System the means to comply with their obligations under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 USC §1232(g)), by enabling Authorized Users to inspect and review Pupil Records and to correct any inaccuracies.  Modifications to student records are logged and available for Authorized Users to review. Accelerate Learning requires minimal information, all of which is typically defined by districts as “Directory Information” (Title 20 › Chapter 31 › Subchapter III › Part 4 › § 1232g) and outlined in the DPA (Data Privacy Agreement) or DSA (Data Sharing Agreement). If district personnel have any questions or concerns regarding FERPA compliance, they may contact customersupport@acceleratelearning.com for more details. 

Prohibition Against Targeted Advertising: Accelerate Learning strictly prohibits the use of any personally identifiable information included in a Pupil Record to direct targeted advertising for any product or service. In furtherance of this prohibition, Accelerate Learning does not sell, trade, or rent any element of personally identifiable information to any third party.  

Integrations 

Terms & Conditions

Customer License Terms and Conditions 

Last Updated: November 16, 2023 

Welcome to Accelerate Learning! These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) of Accelerate Learning (“we”, “us”, or “ALI”) apply to all: (i) schools, school districts, and related entities and organizations that sign up to use the Services (as defined below), including but not limited to teachers (“Teachers”), principals, and other school officials who access the Services on their behalf (each a “School”); (ii) visitors of our website (available at https://www.acceleratelearning.com/), and others who may use the Services (collectively, the “Users” or “you”). 

By accessing or using the Services, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. You also understand and acknowledge that your personal information will be collected, used, shared, and otherwise processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice. Because our Services change relatively often, these Terms and our Privacy Policy may change too. Upon making changes, we will update the “Effective Date” found at the top of this page. 

Your continued use of the Services after any changes constitutes your acceptance of these terms. 

This is a contract between you and ALI. You may use the Services only if you can form a binding contract with ALI, and only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules and regulations. 

SECTION 1. THE SERVICE 

The “Services” means any online and/or mobile services, website, software, and documentation provided by or made available by ALI or in connection with ALI’s platforms (the “ALI Learning Platforms”). The Services provide information, data, resources, and advice, but you assume full risk and responsibility for your use of information obtained through the Services. You assume full risk and responsibility for the use of or reliance on information you obtain from or through the Services or from ALI. The products and services we provide through the Services are not exclusive to you. 

A. DETAILS ABOUT THE ALI SERVICES 

Your ALI account gives you access to our Services, but don’t sign up on behalf of a School if you do not have the requisite authority to do so. Once you sign up, you are responsible for your account and any data associated with it. 

Your ALI account gives you access to the Services and functionality we make available at our discretion. We maintain different types of accounts for different types of Users. If you open a ALI account on behalf of a School or district (collectively “Organization”), then (i) “you” includes you and that Organization, and (ii) you represent and warrant that you are an authorized representative of the Organization with the authority to bind the entity to these Terms and that you agree to these Terms on the Organization’s behalf. By connecting to ALI with a third-party service, you give us permission to access and use your information from that service as permitted by that service, and to store your log-in credentials for that service. 

Remember: you are responsible for any activity that occurs on your account, you may never use someone else’s account without permission, and you must keep your account password secure. We recommend using “strong” passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper- and lower-case letters, numbers and symbols, and are not reused with any other service) with your account to avoid unauthorized use. Please let us know immediately if you think your account’s security has been compromised so we can help; we are not liable for any losses of any kind caused by any unauthorized use of your account. 

B. LICENSE and PERMITTED USE OF THE SERVICES 

Subject to Customer’s continued compliance with these Terms and Conditions, ALI grants Customer a nonexclusive, nontransferable and nonassignable license during the term of the relevant order to use (and grants Customer’s authorized student access to use) the digital, print and hands-on ALI Learning Platforms and materials provided by ALI or its designated distributor (collectively, the “ALI Learning Platform Content”) solely for its internal education purposes. Customer is responsible for its and its employees, contractors and users compliance with these Terms. 

Customers can always ask us to stop sending you certain marketing messages. Opting out of marketing communications will not opt you out of receiving important Services-related notices, including in relation to your use of the ALI Learning Platforms. 

C. RESTRICTED USES 

By using the Services, Customer agrees to not directly or indirectly (a) distribute, sell, resell, sublicense, disclose any part of the Services in any medium, assign, transfer, content scrape or otherwise make the ALI Learning Platform Content available to any third party other than its authorized users; (b) access or use the ALI Learning Platforms for any purpose other than its internal access or use the ALI Learning Platform Content for any purpose other than its internal educational purposes; (c) decompile, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, or otherwise attempt to discover any source code of the ALI Learning Platforms or ALI Learning Platform Content; (d) copy, mirror, frame, modify, or create derivative works based on the ALI Learning Platforms or ALI Learning Platform Content, or (e) transfer any viruses, malware, or other malicious code using the ALI Learning Platforms or otherwise interfere with, disrupt the integrity of performance of, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the ALI Learning Platforms or ALI Learning Platform Content or any related systems or networks; (f) use any automated system, including but not limited to “robots,” “spiders,” “offline readers,” etc., to access the Services in a manner that sends more request messages to the ALI servers than a human can reasonably produce in the same period of time by using a conventional online web browser; (g) transmit spam, chain letters, or other unsolicited email (including marketing messages and broadcasts); (h) attempt to interfere with, compromise the system integrity or security or decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Services; (i) take any action that imposes, or may impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (j) transmit any malicious software agents through the Services; (k) collect or harvest any third-party personally identifiable information, including account names or Student Data (as defined below), from the Services; (l) use the Services for any commercial solicitation purposes; (m) impersonate another person or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity, conducting fraud, hiding or attempting to hide your identity; (n) interfere with the proper working of the Services; (xi) access any content on the Services through any technology or means other than those provided or authorized by the Services; or (xii) bypass the measures we use to prevent or restrict access to the Services, including but not limited to features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any content or enforce limitations on use of the Services or related content. If you believe any of the above restrictions have not been followed, please email us at customersupport@acceleratelearning.com. 

You are fully responsible for your interactions with other Users, and we have no liability for your interactions with any other Users, or for any User’s actions or inactions with respect to you. 

D. TERM 

Customer’s license under these Terms and Conditions will terminate upon the expiration of the applicable Order. In addition, ALI may terminate Customer’s license or suspend Customer’s access to the ALI Services, ALI Learning Platforms or ALI Learning Platform Content (in whole in in part) if Customer or its employees, contractors, or users materially breach any of these Terms. 

E. PRODUCT RETURNS/EXCHANGES 

There are no refunds or cancellations for ALI Services, ALI Learning Platforms or ALI Learning Platform Content. Print or kit materials damages upon delivery may be returned for replacement by ALI’s distributor. There are no refunds for or returns of un-damaged kit or print materials. 

F. RESPONSIBLE Artificial Intelligence (AI) POLICY 

ALI Learning Platforms may include AI driven features developed using industry best practices that provide an enhanced user experience. These features comply with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules, and regulations. Organizations must opt-in for the use of AI-driven features for their users. Personal Identifiable Information (PII) collected while using ALI Learning Platforms are not shared with third-party AI models nor used in training said models. ALI is not responsible nor liable for AI provided outputs that may include AI hallucinations, misinformation, information that is inaccurate, biased, discriminatory, toxic, or inappropriate. 

SECTION 2. RIGHTS IN OUR CONTENT 

A. ALI CONTENT 

“Student Data” is any information (in any format) that is directly related to any identifiable current or former student that is maintained by a School and may include “educational records” as defined by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) that Schools provide to us. While we may need to access Student Data to provide the Services to you, Schools own the Student Data and remain responsible for it. 

“Intellectual Property Rights” means all worldwide patent rights, copyright rights, moral rights, rights of publicity, trademark, trade dress and service mark rights, goodwill, trade secret rights and other intellectual property rights as may now exist or hereafter come into existence, and all related applications and registrations, renewals and extensions. 

Except for Student Data, the Services and all materials made available to you in connection with them, including, but not limited to, software, button icons, computer code, documents, guides, modules, training modules, resource and instructional guides, know-how and other writings, images, designs, text, graphics, illustrations, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music, information, and any content belonging to other Users, whether tangible or intangible, or whether existing now or in the future (collectively, the “ALI Content”), and all related Intellectual Property Rights, are the exclusive property of ALI and its licensors. Except as specified in these Terms, nothing may be deemed to create a license in or under any such Intellectual Property Rights, and you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works from any ALI Content. All ALI Content and the compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all ALI Content are the property of ALI or its licensors and are protected under copyright, trademark, and other laws. 

If you send us ideas or comments about our Services, you agree that we may freely use or reference those ideas and comments and we do not owe you any payment or have any other obligation of any kind for such ideas or comments. 

B. OWNERSHIP 

Services, ALI Learning Platforms and ALI Learning Platform Content is licensed, not sold, to Customer. As between Customer and ALI, ALI retains all rights, title, and interest in and to the Services, ALI Learning Platforms and ALI Learning Platform Content and any translations or other derivative works based thereon, including any corresponding copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights. Nothing herein will be deemed to convey any rights, title, or interest in any such rights to Customer. Periodically, the Services, ALI Learning Platforms and ALI Learning Platform Content is enhanced, improved, and made current against changes in the area of study, customer feedback, or changes in specific state standards. Additionally, 3rd party content may be replaced to improve and keep current/relevant as needed throughout the term of the agreement. 

C. ALI MARKS 

“ALI,” the ALI logo, and other ALI logos and product and service names are or may be trademarks of ALI (the “ALI Marks”). ALI hereby grants to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, with no right to sublicense, to display the ALI Marks on your Organization’s websites. Any display of ALI Marks is subject to ALI’s trademark usage guidelines, as may be provided by ALI in writing to you from time to time. ALI may use your Organization’s name in connection with ALI’s general marketing materials. 

SECTION 3. GENERAL LEGAL TERMS 

A. ALI DATA 

Certain parts of the Services may allow you to obtain or access analytics or other data or information associated with your account (“ALI Data”). 

ALI Data is licensed to you for your use on a limited basis and is governed solely by these Terms and available for distribution only at our sole discretion. ALI owns the account you use to access the Services along with any rights of access or rights to data stored by or on behalf of ALI on ALI servers (except with respect to any Student Data that we may be storing for you), including but not limited to any data representing any or all of your ALI Data. ALI has the right to manage, control and even eliminate ALI Data, except that ALI may only use Student Data as specifically permitted by these Terms. 

B. USER INFORMATION 

ALI reserves the right to collect and store all user information for district reporting. ALI may aggregate or otherwise de-identify user information such as that it cannot be used to identify any individual (“Aggregated Data”). Furthermore, ALI agrees not to attempt to re-identify de-identified data. ALI may retain, use, and disclose such Aggregated Data for any reason and to any their parties whatsoever. 

C. PRIVACY AND SECURITY 

We take very seriously the privacy of our users, including Schools, Teachers, parents, and students. By using the Services you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your information (including but not limited to Student Data) as set forth in our Privacy Notice and, if you’re a School, in the Additional Terms for Teachers and Schools in Section 4 below, and to have your information (including but not limited to Student Data) collected, used, transferred to and processed in the United States pursuant to our Privacy Notice. 

D. INDEMNITY 

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless ALI and its subsidiaries, agents, licensors, managers, and other affiliated companies, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the Services, including any data or content transmitted or received by you; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms, including but not limited to your breach of any of the representations and warranties; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including but not limited to any right of privacy or Intellectual Property Rights; (iv) your violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation, including but not limited to FERPA, the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (“PPRA”), and the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (“COPPA”); (v) any content or information that is submitted via your account; or (vi) any other party’s access and use of the Services with your unique username, password or other appropriate security code. 

E. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER 

You use the Services at your own risk. We make no warranties or guarantees. 

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT: 

i. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND ANY PRODUCTS OR OTHER SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, AND THE SERVICES AND ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND THE RELEASED PARTIES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES AS TO PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED BY THE RELEASED PARTIES OR OTHER PERSONS ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT; 

ii. THE RELEASED PARTIES MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT (a) THE SERVICES OR ANY PRODUCTS MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (b) THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (c) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (d) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (e) ANY ERRORS IN THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED; AND 

iii. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR MOBILE DEVICE OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OR USE OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL. 

F. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

ALI PROVIDES THE SERVICES, ALI LEARNING PLATFORMS AND ALI LEARNING PLATFORM CONTENT ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES (EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY), INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. ALI DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICES, ALI LEARNING PLATFORMS OR ALI LEARNING PLATFORM CONTENT WILL BE INTERRUPTED, CONTINUOUSLY AVAILABLE, ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR ERROR-FREE. ALI IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF ANY THIRD PARTIES. IN NO EVENT WILL ALI BE LIABLE FOR (A) ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES, EVEN IF WARNED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF; OR (B) ANY AGGREGATE AMOUNT EXCEEDING THE AMOUNTS PAID BY CUSTOMER TO ALI (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY) FOR THE SERVICES, ALI LEARNING PLATFORMS OR ALI LEARNING PLATFORM CONTENT IN THE PRIOR SIX (6) MONTHS, IF ANY. 

ALI IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU INVOLVING THE SERVICES. IF YOU USE THE SERVICES IN A WAY THAT CAUSES US TO BE INCLUDED IN LITIGATION, YOU AGREE TO PAY ALL LEGAL FEES AND COSTS FOR RELEASED PARTIES. 

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE RELEASED PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF RELEASED PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: 

i. THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES; 

ii. THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH, FROM, OR AS A RESULT OF THE SERVICES; 

iii. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, CORRUPTION OF, interference WITH, OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; 

iv. STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY USER OR THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES; 

v. YOUR RELIANCE ON CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE BY US; OR 

vi. ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE services. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS IN THIS PARAGRAPH MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE BY LAW, THE RELEASED PARTIES’ COLLECTIVE MAXIMUM LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES OR YOUR USE OF ALICONTENT, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE), WILL NOT EXCEED $100. 

G. GOVERNING LAW 

You agree that: (i) the Services will be deemed solely based in Delaware; and (ii) the Services will be deemed passive services that do not give rise to personal jurisdiction over us, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than Delaware. These Terms will be governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Delaware without respect to its conflict of laws principles. You acknowledge that these Terms evidence a transaction involving interstate commerce. Notwithstanding the preceding sentences with respect to the substantive law, the Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16) (“FAA”) governs the interpretation and enforcement of the Arbitration Agreement in Section 3(viii) and preempts all state laws to the fullest extent permitted by law. If the FAA is determined to not apply to any issue that arises from or relates to the Arbitration Agreement, then that issue shall be resolved under and governed by the law of your state of residence. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply. You agree to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in the state of Delaware for any actions related to these Terms. You agree that the state of Delaware is the proper and exclusive forum for any appeals of an arbitration award or for trial court proceedings if the arbitration provision below is found unenforceable. 

H. ARBITRATION 

This Section (the “Arbitration Agreement”) applies to and governs any dispute, controversy, or claim between you and ALI that arises out of or relates to, directly or indirectly: (i) these Terms, including the formation, existence, breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, validity, or enforceability thereof; (ii) access to or use of the Services, including receipt of any advertising or marketing communications; (iii) any transactions through, by, or using the Services; or (iv) any other aspect of your relationship or transactions with us, directly or indirectly, as a consumer (“Claim” or collectively, “Claims”). The Arbitration Agreement shall apply, without limitation, to all Claims that arose or were asserted before or after your agreement to these Terms. 

If you are a new User, you can reject and opt-out of this Arbitration Agreement within 30 days of accepting these Terms by emailing us at customersupport@acceleratelearning.com with your first and last name and stating your intent to opt-out of the Arbitration Agreement. Note that opting out of this Arbitration Agreement does not affect any other part of these Terms, including the provisions regarding controlling law or in which courts any disputes must be brought.  

For any Claim, you agree to first contact us at customersupport@acceleratelearning.com and attempt to resolve the dispute with us informally. In the unlikely event that we have not been able to resolve a 

Claim after sixty (60) days, we each agree to resolve any Claim exclusively through binding arbitration by AAA before a single arbitrator (the “Arbitrator”), under the Expedited Procedures then in effect for AAA (the “Rules”), except as provided herein. In the event of any conflict between the Rules and this Arbitration Agreement, this Arbitration Agreement shall control. AAA may be contacted at www.adr.org, where the Rules are also available. The arbitration will be conducted in the U.S. County where you live or Delaware, unless we agree otherwise. If you are using the Services for commercial purposes, each party will be responsible for paying any AAA filing, administrative and arbitrator fees in accordance with AAA rules, and the award rendered by the arbitrator shall include costs of arbitration, reasonable attorneys’ fees and reasonable costs for expert and other witnesses. 

If you are an individual using the Services for non-commercial purposes: (a) AAA may require you to pay a fee for the initiation of your case, unless you apply for and successfully obtain a fee waiver from AAA; (b) the award rendered by the arbitrator may include your costs of arbitration, your reasonable attorney’s fees, and your reasonable costs for expert and other witnesses; and (c) you may sue in a small claims court of competent jurisdiction without first engaging in arbitration, but this does not absolve you of your commitment to engage in the informal dispute resolution process. Any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. You and ALI agree that the Arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, shall have exclusive authority to resolve any disputes relating to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability or formation of this Arbitration Agreement, including any claim that all or any part of this Arbitration Agreement is void or voidable. The Arbitrator shall also be responsible for determining all threshold arbitrability issues, including issues relating to whether the Agreement, any provision of the Agreement, is unconscionable or illusory and any defense to arbitration, including waiver, delay, laches, unconscionability, or estoppel. 

Nothing in this Section shall be deemed as: preventing us from seeking injunctive or other equitable relief from the courts as necessary to prevent the actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of our data security, Intellectual Property Rights or other proprietary rights; or preventing you from asserting claims in small claims court, if your claims qualify and so long as the matter remains in such court and advances on only an individual (non-class, non-representative) basis. 

If this Arbitration Agreement is found to be void, unenforceable, or unlawful, in whole or in part, the void, unenforceable, or unlawful provision, in whole or in part, shall be severed. Severance of the void, unenforceable, or unlawful provision, in whole or in part, shall have no impact on the remaining provisions of the Arbitration Agreement, which shall remain in force, or the parties’ ability to compel arbitration of any remaining claims on an individual basis pursuant to the Arbitration Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Class Action/Jury Trial Waiver below is found to be void, unenforceable, or unlawful, in whole or in part, because it would prevent you from seeking public injunctive relief, then any dispute regarding the entitlement to such relief (and only that relief) must be severed from arbitration and may be litigated in a civil court of competent jurisdiction. All other claims for relief subject to arbitration under this Arbitration Agreement shall be arbitrated under its terms, and the parties agree that litigation of any dispute regarding the entitlement to public injunctive relief shall be stayed pending the outcome of any individual claims in arbitration. 

I. CLASS ACTION / JURY TRIAL WAIVER 

WITH RESPECT TO ALL PERSONS AND ENTITIES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE OBTAINED OR USED THE SERVICES FOR PERSONAL, COMMERCIAL OR OTHER PURPOSES, ALL CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT IN THE PARTIES’ INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. THIS WAIVER APPLIES TO CLASS ARBITRATION, AND, UNLESS WE AGREE OTHERWISE, THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS. YOU AND ALIAGREE THAT THE ARBITRATOR MAY AWARD RELIEF ONLY TO AN INDIVIDUAL CLAIMANT AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RELIEF ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL CLAIM(S). ANY RELIEF AWARDED MAY NOT AFFECT OTHER USERS. YOU AND ALI FURTHER AGREE THAT, BY ENTERING INTO THESE TERMS, YOU AND ALI ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO BRING, JOIN, OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER. 

J. DMCA NOTICE 

Since we respect artist and content owner rights, it is ALI’s policy to respond to alleged infringement notices that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”). 

If you believe that your copyrighted work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and is accessible via the Service, please notify ALI’s copyright agent as set forth in the DMCA. For your complaint to be valid under the DMCA, you must provide the following information in writing: 

1. An electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner; 

2. Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; 

3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and where it is located on the Service; 

4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit ALI to contact you, such as your address, telephone number, and e-mail address; 

5. A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or law; and 

6. A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information is accurate, and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner. 

The above information must be submitted to the following DMCA Agent: 

Attn: DMCA Notice  
Accelerate Learning, Inc.  
Address: 5177 Richmond Ave. #800 
Houston, TX 77056  

Email: customersupport@acceleratelearning.com  

UNDER FEDERAL LAW, IF YOU KNOWINGLY MISREPRESENT THAT ONLINE MATERIAL IS INFRINGING, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY AND CIVIL PENALTIES, INCLUDING MONETARY DAMAGES, COURT COSTS, AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES. 

Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying ALI and its affiliates that your copyrighted material has been infringed. The preceding requirements are intended to comply with ALI’s rights and obligations under the DMCA, including 17 U.S.C. §512(c), but do not constitute legal advice. It may be advisable to contact an attorney regarding your rights and obligations under the DMCA and other applicable laws. 

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 

ALI is committed to making its digital content accessible for all users. In accordance with this commitment, and with the knowledge that accessible digital content generally enhances usability for everyone, this Policy is established to ensure accessibility for those with disabilities. If you have a disability that may cause any difficulty in accessing any part of this digital content, please feel free to email us at customersupport@acceleratelearning.com.  We will work with you to provide the necessary accommodation(s) you seek to ensure our digital content is accessible for you consistent with applicable law. 

K. SEVERABILITY AND WAIVER 

These Terms, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by us in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Notice. These Terms, together with any amendments and any additional agreements you may enter into with ALI in connection with the Services including other agreements referenced herein, constitute the entire agreement between you and ALI concerning the Services. If any provision of these Terms is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms, which will remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms will be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and ALI’s failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If access to the Services is licensed to the United States government or any agency thereof, then the Services will be deemed to be “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation,” pursuant to DFARS Section 227.7202 and FAR Section 12.212, respectively, as applicable. Any use, reproduction, release, performance, display, or disclosure of the Services and any accompanying documentation by the U.S. Government will be governed solely by these Terms and is prohibited except to the extent expressly permitted by these Terms. Neither party will hold themselves out to be joint venturers, and neither party is authorized or empowered to act as the agent of the other. 

SECTION 4. ADDITIONAL TERMS FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS 

ALI Learning Platforms are built on the 5E + IA lesson model combining research-based teaching strategies with insight of educators to provide a rigorous curriculum that both challenges and sparks the curiosity of students. The terms and conditions of this Section are in addition to, and not a limitation of, the terms and conditions provided elsewhere in these Terms. 

A. STUDENT DATA CONFIDENTIALITY AND APPLICABLE LAW 

We treat your Student Data as confidential and do not knowingly share it with third parties other than as described in Section 4(B)(ii), these Terms, and our Privacy Policy. 

Both parties agree to uphold their responsibilities under FERPA, PPRA, AND COPPA. We provide the Services under the school official exception of FERPA 34 CFR Part 99.31(a)(1). COPPA requires that online service providers obtain clear and verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from children under 13. You represent and warrant that you have the authority to provide consent on behalf of parents, for us to collect information from students for the purpose of providing the Services to you as described in these Terms before allowing children under 13 to access our Services. We recommend that all Schools provide appropriate disclosures to students and parents regarding their use of service providers such as ALI and that they provide a copy of our Privacy Policy to parents and guardians. 

B. AUTHORIZATION TO ACCESS DATA 

i. DISTRICT AND PROGRAM LEADER ACCESS TO TEACHER INFORMATION.  

The Service provides functionality for districts to control the information received by the Service. 

iv. THIRD PARTY ACCESS 

We provide access to Student Data only to those employees and certain trusted service providers who have a legitimate need to access such information in connection with providing the Services to you. Of course, anyone involved in the handling of Student Data will treat such data as strictly confidential and shall not redisclose such data except as necessary in order to provide the Services. 

Access to Student Data is controlled by Schools. Parents, legal guardians, and students can ask for their Student Data via their Schools. If there are any changes that need to be made in the Services, the School will be responsible for making such changes. 

C. USE OF DATA 

i. IN GENERAL 

By submitting Student Data or other information to us, whether via the Services or otherwise, you expressly grant, and you represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant, to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, transmit, distribute, modify, reproduce, display, and store the Student Data only for the purposes of: (a) providing the Services as contemplated in these Terms, (b) maintaining, supporting, evaluating, diagnosing and developing our Services, and (c) enforcing our rights under these Terms. We will not use the Student Data for any purpose except as explicitly authorized by these Terms or our agreement(s) with your Organization. 

ii. DE-IDENTIFIED DATA 

You agree that we may collect and use De-Identified Data to operate, analyze, improve, market or develop educational sites, services or applications and to demonstrate the effectiveness of our products or services. De-Identified Data means data from which all personally identifiable information, including direct and indirect identifiers, has been permanently removed or obscured so that the remaining information does not reasonably identify an individual and there is no reasonable basis to believe that the information can be used to identify an individual. If we share or publicly disclose De-Identified Data, that data will be aggregated or anonymized to reasonably avoid identification of a specific School or individual student. 

iii. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF STUDENT DATA FOR ADVERTISING 

For clarity and without limitation, we will not use Student Data to: (a) advertise or market to students or to direct targeted online advertising to students, (b) advertise or market educational products and services to Parents, unless with consent of the Parent and/or School, (c) develop a profile of a student, Parent or group, other than for the purpose of providing educational services or as authorized by School or by a Parent, or (d) for any other commercial purpose unless authorized by School or permitted by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section shall be read to prohibit ALI from: (1) marketing educational products and services directly to School employees so long as the marketing does not result from the use of Student Data obtained by ALI from providing the Services, (2) using Student Data to recommend educational products or services to School employees so long as the recommendations are not based in whole or in part by payment or other consideration from a third party, or (3) using aggregate information to inform, influence or enable marketing, advertising, or other commercial efforts, generally. 

D. DELETING STUDENT DATA AND TERMINATING YOUR ACCESS TO THE SERVICES 

i. DELETING STUDENT DATA 

By law, a Student or Parent may have the right to request modification or deletion of Student Data. All such requests should be submitted to the Student’s School and not to ALI. Upon a written request received from a School, we will De-Identify the Data in our possession. We will comply with the request in a commercially reasonable time not to exceed ten (10) business days (other than data residing on backups or internal logs which will be removed within sixty (60) days). We may not be able to delete information that was previously shared with others through the Services, such as the content of messages. 

ii. TERMINATING YOUR ACCESS TO THE SERVICES Schools may, at any time and for any or no reason, terminate these Terms by providing written notice to us at customersupport@acceleratelearning.com, except that provisions that by their nature should survive termination will survive termination, such as provisions relating to warranty disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnities, and governing law. 

Within seventy-two (72) hours of our receipt of such notice of termination or earlier, if commercially reasonable to do so, we will terminate access to our Services. You may request ALI to return your Student Data within fifteen (15) days from receipt of your termination notice. We will automatically delete or de-identify all Student Data within thirty (30) days of our receipt of the termination notice, except for Student Data residing on backups or internal logs which will be removed within sixty (60) days. 

E. PRIVACY AND SECURITY 

We care deeply about the privacy and security of Student Data. We maintain strict administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect Student Data stored in our servers, which are located in the United States. We limit access to Student Data only to those employees or service providers who have a legitimate need to access such data in the performance of their duties. All employees with access to Student Data must have passed a background check and receive annual training on how to maintain the security and confidentiality of student records. 

In the event of an unauthorized release, disclosure or acquisition of Student Data that compromises the security, confidentiality or integrity of the Student Data maintained by ALI (a “Security Incident”), we will promptly notify the affected Schools via email and will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with their investigations of the incident. To the extent known, this notice will identify (i) the nature of the Security Incident, (ii) the steps we have executed to investigate the Security Incident, (iii) the type of Student Data affected, (iv) the cause of the Security Incident, if known, (v) the actions we have taken or will take to remediate any deleterious effects of the Security Incident, and (vi) any corrective actions we have taken or will take to prevent a future Security Incident. If, due to a Security Incident caused by the acts or omissions of ALI or its agents, a notification to an individual, organization or government entity is required under applicable privacy laws, you agree that, as the owner of the Student Data, you are responsible for the timing, content, cost, and method of any required notice and compliance with those laws and ALI will indemnify Schools for all reasonable costs related to legally-required notifications. ALI shall be responsible for the timing, content, cost and method of notice and compliance with such laws as they relate to users that are not associated with a School account. 

F. Previous Terms and Conditions 

Click here for our previous terms and conditions (2022) and (2023)

G. Questions 

If you have any questions concerning these terms and conditions, contact customersupport@acceleratelearning.com for assistance. 

Privacy Notice

Last Updated: June 20, 2023

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Accelerate Learning INC (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at customersupport@acceleratelearning.com.

This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, process, use, and disclose personal information in connection with our websites, including https://www.acceleratelearning.com/ https://www.stemscopes.com, and https://www.mathnation.com (the “Sites”), and the related content, products, services, platforms, and other functionality offered on or through the online services and learning platforms (collectively, with the Sites, the “Services”). It does not address our privacy practices related to Accelerate Learning INC job applicants, employees, and other personnel.

Student Data: If you use the Accelerate Learning INC Services through your affiliation with or in connection with a School, school district, or organization (“School”), please refer to Section 7 to learn more about how Accelerate Learning INC protects the privacy of Students.

1. OUR COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect personal information in connection with your visits to and use of the Services. This collection includes information that you provide in connection with the Services, information from third parties, and information that is collected automatically such as through the use of cookies and other tracking technologies.

Personal Information Collected From You

We collect personal information from you. The categories of information we collect can include:

• Account and profile information: We collect personal information from you when you register and create a user account on one of the Accelerate Learning INC Learning Platforms. The personal information we collect during account registration may depend on your account type but could include username, email address, password, and other contact information. If you are a teacher, we also collect additional information if you provide it in your profile, which could include your school information (name, city, state).
• Using the Services: We collect personal information you provide when using the Services, including User Content. For example, when you interact with other users, Students, mentors/coaches, or teachers, including by posting messages, videos, content, and photos, receiving, or providing feedback, or completing forms with information about your experiences, the Services will collect the information you provide in such submissions. Some of our Services may also involve the use of film and audio recordings, or the uploading of video and audio files. The Services also collects information about group memberships.
• Single Sign On Services: If you choose to link your account with us to a third party account (such as your Google SSO, or a Federated Single Sign On Service using SAML, MS SAML, or other proprietary SSO standards), we collect information from SIS, LMS, or other similar systems to facilitate account creation and logon processes for the performance of our contract. User information provided may also be used for the rostering of students, teachers, and creation of sections/classes on our learning platforms.
• Payment and billing information: When you make payments through the Services, you will need to provide certain financial account information. We also collect payment information if you make a purchase or sign up for a subscription. Please note that we use third-party payment processors to process payments made to us. As such, we do not retain any financial account information, such as credit card numbers. Rather, all such information is provided directly by you to our third-party processor. The payment processor’s use of your personal information is governed by their privacy notice.
• Contact and communications information: We collect personal information when you sign up for our newsletter or mailing list or otherwise communicate with us, including by contacting us in person (for example, at conferences, workshops, seminars, and other events), via telephone calls, text message, facsimile, or email. We may also collect personal information through your communications with our customer-support team.

Personal Information Automatically Collected

General. As is true of many digital properties, we and our third-party partners may automatically collect certain information from or in connection with your device when visiting or interacting with our Services, such as the list below and in the sub-sections here:

• Device Data, including internet protocol (IP) address, operating system, device type and version, browser type and version, browser id, the URL entered and the referring page/campaign, date/time of visit, other user agent string data, the time spent on our Services, and any errors that may occur during the visit to our Services. Device data may overlap with the other categories of data below.
• Analytics Data, including the path taken to our Services, through our Services, and when exiting our Services, usage, and activity on or in connection with our Services, metrics on how many emails we send are actually opened and which attachments or links are opened, clicked, or viewed (such as via pixels, as described further below).
• Location Data (such as geographic location we or our third-party providers may collect, such as via Wi-Fi or IP address).
• Advertising/Advertising Measurement Data, including data associated with your view of, or click on, advertisements served on our Services, cookie IDs or other digital or proprietary identifier (e.g., iOS IDFA, Google AAID) assigned to such device, and device metadata, analytics data, and location data described above, in each case, for purposes of serving advertising (personalized or otherwise) or facilitating advertising measurement/attribution to better optimize or otherwise understand the effectiveness of ad campaigns.

For more information on our and third-party partners’ data collection and online advertising practices, please see the “Our Third-Party Data Collection and Online Advertising Practices” section of this Privacy Notice.

Note that we and our third-party partners may combine information that each of us collects automatically with other information about you, including information you choose to provide.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies. We and our third-party providers may use cookies that our Sites and other online services use to store information about users on the users’ computers and other tracking technologies, such as web beacons, pixels, SDKs, scripts, location-identifying technologies, and logging technologies to automatically collect the personal information described in this section (and otherwise expanded upon in other sections). See the “Control Over Your Information” section below to learn more about how you may limit or disable cookies or certain other tracking technologies on your device.

We use or may use the data collected through tracking technologies to secure the Services, improve the Services, to save you time, to provide better technical support, and to track usage of our Sites. For example, tracking technologies help us to: (a) remember information so that a user will not have to re-enter it during subsequent visits; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information; (c) identify you across multiple devices; (d) provide and monitor the effectiveness of our Services; (e) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, and usage on our Services; (f) diagnose or fix technology problems; (g) help users efficiently access information after signing in; and (h) otherwise plan for and enhance our Services.

Personal Information From Third-Party Sources

We also obtain personal information from third parties, which we often combine with personal information we collect either automatically or directly from you.

We may receive the same categories of personal information as described above from the following third parties:

• Your Employer, Company, Organization, or School: When an individual interacts with our Services as an employee, representative, mentor/coach, or teacher of their employer, company, organization, or school, we may receive their information from their employer or organization, or other employees or representatives at their employer or organization. If you are a Student, we may receive your information from your school, teacher, mentor/coach, or organization.
• Social Media: When an individual interacts with our Services through various social media networks, such as when someone “Likes” us on Facebook or follows us or shares our content on Google, Facebook, Twitter, or other social networks, we may receive some information about individuals that they permit the social network to share with third parties. The data we receive is dependent upon an individual’s privacy settings with the social network. Individuals should always review and, if necessary, adjust their privacy settings on third-party websites and social media networks and services before sharing information and/or linking or connecting them to other services.
• Business Partners: We may receive your information from our business partners, such as companies that offer their products or services on our Services or that co-sponsor an event with us.
• Service Providers: Our service providers that perform services solely on our behalf, such as payment processors, video and audio providers, or survey and certain advertising/marketing providers, collect personal information and may share some or all of this information with us.
• Information Providers: We may from time to time obtain information from third-party information providers to correct or supplement personal information we collect. For example, we may obtain updated contact information from third-party information providers to reconnect with an individual or obtain demographic information (e.g., interests, preferences).
• Other Sources: We may also collect personal information about individuals that we do not otherwise have from, for example, publicly available sources, third-party data providers, brand partnerships,  or  through  transactions  such  as  mergers  and  acquisitions.

2. OUR USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect the above-mentioned information for various purposes, including:

• To fulfill your requests and provide our Services to you. This includes:
  • Making our Services, including providing our products, features, and services to schools and other organizations to use when providing educational services;
  • Coordinating access to your account;
  • Responding to requests, suggestions, questions, and comments, and providing other types of user support, which may include accessing audio, video, files, and messages, at the direction of the school or organization.
  • Sending you service/transaction-related messages, such as changes to your account;
  • Communicating about, and administering your participation in, events, conferences, programs, contests, surveys, polls, panels, questionnaires, and other offers or promotions.
• To personalize your experience of our Services. This includes providing you with personalized/adaptive content that best serves an individual learner and helps improve their outcomes.
• For research purposes. We may use your information to conduct research into the educational efficacy and outcomes of students using our products or services. Any such use of data for this purpose will only occur on anonymized data. We will not use your personally identifiable information (PII) in research studies without your consent.
• For marketing purposes. We will send you communications about new features, updates, products, and special offers. We may also use your information to serve you ads about our products or other products or services we (or our advertising partners, such as other third-party brands) think you might find interesting. We may also use individual and aggregate information about you to inform our marketing and advertising campaigns. For more information on your choices about marketing communications, see the “Control Over Your Information” and the “Our Third-Party Data Collection and Online Advertising Practices” sections of this Privacy Notice.
• To communicate with you. For example, we may communicate with you about your account activities, such as by providing you with transaction confirmations or alerting you when a subscription is up for renewal. If you register with us, we may enroll you in our email newsletters or other periodic electronic communications and may also send you user surveys and promotional communications. We may communicate with you by email, postal mail, telephone, text message, or other means. For more information on how to adjust your communications preferences, see the “Control Over Your Information” section of this Privacy Notice.
• To monitor, improve, and develop our products and services. We may use your information to understand our visitors and customers and to tailor or optimize our Services. For example, we may analyze statistics and trends to make our Services better and to develop the Sites or new services or features.
• To protect the security and integrity of our business, comply with legal requirements and obligations, or as otherwise permitted by law. We may use information to protect Accelerate Learning INC, our users, and our Services. We may also use information in order to comply with laws, regulations, court orders, or other legal obligations or to assist in an investigation, protect and defend our rights and property, or the rights or safety of third parties, enforce our Terms and Conditions, this Privacy Notice, or agreements with third parties, detect and prevent fraud or for crime-prevention purposes, or for any other reason permitted by law. We may take part in or be involved with a corporate business transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, joint venture, or financing or sale of company assets and may use information in connection with or as an asset in such a corporate business transaction. Personal information may also be used in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership.
• For any other purposes with your consent, at your direction, or where notice is provided. We may use your personal information for any other purposes with your consent, at your direction, or where notice is otherwise provided.

3. OUR DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Accelerate Learning INC may disclose your personal information when you post content that is visible to others on the Services, when you consent or instruct us to share your information with third parties, or when we have a legitimate business or legal need to share your information. We may also disclose anonymous or aggregate information that does not reasonably identify you as an individual. For example, your information may be shared with:

• Other Users, Schools, or Organizations. If you use the Services in connection with another user, a teacher, a mentor/coach, a school, your employer, or an Organization, they may have access to your information. For example, if you are a teacher using our Services, authorized administrative users from your school and program may have access to your entire teacher or Student profiles, including if available, email address, phone number, and other personal information that you provide.
• Usage Reports. We may use your information to generate usage reports for your school, district, administrators, and teachers. This data is aggregated and in anonymized form so that it is not associated with individual users and does not include personal information (PI) or personal identifiable information (PII).

We may also share information for the following business purposes:

• Service providers. Third-party vendors and other service providers that perform services on our behalf, as needed to carry out their work for us, which may include providing mailing services, providing payment or accounting services, web hosting, or providing analytic services.
• Third parties in connection with a business transaction. Other parties in connection with a company transaction, such as a merger, sale of company assets or shares, reorganization, financing, change of control or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company or third party, or in the event of a bankruptcy or related or similar proceedings.
• Law enforcement, regulators, and other parties for legal reasons. Third parties as required by law or subpoena or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary: (a) to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement; (b) to enforce our Terms and Conditions or to protect the security or integrity of our Services; and/or (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Accelerate Learning INC, our users, visitors, or others.

We may also share information with others in an aggregated or otherwise anonymized form that does not reasonably identify you directly as an individual. For example, we may use and share aggregate or anonymized data to study and improve our Services, user functionality, and product offerings.

4. OUR THIRD-PARTY DATA COLLECTION AND ONLINE ADVERTISING PRACTICES

Accelerate Learning INC may participate in interest-based advertising and use third party advertising partners to collect information from visitors to the Services for the purpose of displaying interest-based advertisements on other websites, apps or services, social networks, or on other devices you may use. Typically, though not always, these third-party ad networks use cookies and tracking technologies to recognize your browser or device and to collect information about your visit to our Services to provide you with customized content, advertising, and commercial messages which may be more relevant to your interests, as well as to provide advertising-related services such as reporting, attribution, analytics, and market research.

Advertising Limitations. Accelerate Learning INC does not use, disclose, or sell Student Data (defined in Section 7) to (a) inform, influence, or enable Targeted Advertising; or (b) develop a profile of a student, family member/guardian or group, for any purpose other than providing services to the LEA. We do not allow third-party advertising networks to collect information on our learning platforms for targeted advertising purposes nor knowingly direct targeted advertising to individuals we know to be Students on our Services or on any other website or online service.

Please see the “Control Over Your Information” section of this Privacy Notice to learn how you can opt out of interest-based advertising.

5. CONTROL OVER YOUR INFORMATION
   • Modifying or Deleting your Account information: If you have an account for an Accelerate Learning INC Learning Platform, your account information can be updated by contacting us at customersupport@acceleratelearning.com. Note we may not be able to modify or delete your information in all circumstances.
   • Control email communications: You can opt-out of receiving promotional emails from us by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of each email. Unfortunately, you cannot unsubscribe from Services-related messaging.
   • Communications: We may use personal information we collect to communicate with individuals, including to market to you or offer you information and updates on products or services we think you may be interested in. You can unsubscribe from marketing calls or text messages at any time by replying STOP or clicking the unsubscribe link (where available) in one of our messages.
   • Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: To manage cookies, an individual may have the ability to change their browser settings to (for example): (i) notify them when they receive a cookie, so the individual can choose whether or not to accept it; (ii) disable existing cookies; or (iii) automatically reject cookies (or certain types of cookies, such as cookies set by third parties). Note that similar controls may exist for other tracking technologies, such as pixels, SDKs, and local Storage. Please check your device or browser settings and related documentation for more information.

Further, note that restricting the use of these technologies might negatively impact on an individual’s experience using our Services, as some features or offerings may be less personalized or may not work as otherwise intended. Depending on an individual’s device and operating system, the individual may not be able to delete or block all cookies or other tracking technologies described in this Privacy Notice. In addition, if an individual wants to reject cookies across all browsers and devices, the individual will need to do so on each browser and device they use. An individual may also have options within their email client to prevent the automatic downloading of images that may contain technologies that would allow us to know whether they have accessed our email and performed certain functions with it.

• Learning Platforms and Services: Accelerate Learning INC does not market or advertise to students or teachers that use our learning platforms, services, or websites.
• Online Ads: To learn more about interest-based advertising and how you may be able to opt-out of some of this advertising (to the extent the advertising partner or other entity participates in such industry opt-out pages), you may wish to visit the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) resources at www.aboutads.info/choices or the Network Advertising Initiative’s (NAI) online resources at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/. You can also opt-out of receiving some interest-based advertisements on mobile apps by visiting http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices. You may also be able to opt-out of some — but not all — interest-based advertising served by mobile ad networks by visiting http://youradchoices.com/appchoices and downloading the mobile AppChoices app.

Please note that when you opt out of receiving interest-based advertisements, this does not mean you will no longer see advertisements from us or on our online services. It means that the online ads that you do see from these self-regulatory program participants (or other participants that may provide an opt-out mechanism) should not be based on your interests. We are not responsible for the effectiveness of, or compliance with, any third parties opt-out options or programs, or the accuracy of their statements regarding their programs. In addition, third parties may still use cookies to collect information about your use of our online services, including for analytics and fraud prevention as well as any other purpose permitted under those self-regulatory programs.

If you have any questions or requests about your account information, contact us directly at customersupport@acceleratelearning.com.

6. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND SERVICES

The Services may contain links to and from third-party websites of our business partners, advertisers, social media sites, and other services. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies or content. We strongly recommend that you read their privacy policies and terms and conditions of use to understand how they collect, use, and share information.

7. HOW ACCELERATE LEARNING INC USES STUDENT DATA

This section describes how we collect, use, disclose, and process Student Data collected through the Services.

Please note that third-party learning providers that schools or educational organizations may engage with through the Services may have practices and policies that differ from those described herein. The Student Data we disclose to third-party services you integrate, such as web-based learning management systems, as well as any other personal information such provider collects from the school or educational organization and Students directly, will be governed by the provider’s own privacy policy and the terms of any other agreement between the learning provider and the school or educational organization. Please read the privacy policy of any third-party learning provider to understand their privacy practices.

General Student Data Practices: In addition to the data collection practices specified in this Privacy Notice, we also collect the following information in connection with Students and schools and educational organizations:

• Information about Schools and Educational Organizations: We ask for certain information when a student or teacher registers, or if the representative corresponds with us online, including a name, school/organization name, school district, school/organization email address, school country and state, role at school/organization, ethnicity, years teaching, current teaching grade level and current teaching assignments, and relevant IT and equipment information required for Students to participate. Representatives, teachers, and mentors/coaches may also provide information about Students, such as a class roster. We may also collect information provided by a school or educational organization if the school or educational organization sends us a message, posts content to our Sites or through our Services, or responds to emails or surveys. Once a school or educational organization begins using the Services, we will collect content and information provided by the school or educational organization through their use of the Services and we will keep records of activities related to the Services.
• Information about Students: We collect information about Students from the school or educational organization or, in limited instances, directly from the student, including name, grade or date of birth, email address, school/educational organization (name, city, state).
• Use of Video and Audio Services: Depending on their policies, settings and how they use our Services to provide educational services, the school or organization providing educational services may be able to see or to share the personal information from Students who join classes, meetings, mentor sessions, or webinars on their account. The school or other organization’s use and disclosure of Student Data is subject to the school or educational organization’s policies, not Accelerate Learning INC’s.
• Student Data Usage and Content: Depending on their settings, the school or other organization providing educational services – and the people they designate — can access (i) (ii) information about the participants who joined classrooms or meetings on their account (including participant name, display name, email address and participant ID); (iii) the content of recordings hosted on their account, as well as a transcript of audio, if enabled; and (iv) information provided in response to polls, Q&A or other content shared during classrooms, webinars, and meetings on their account. In addition, teachers may be able to upload video and audio files.

Compliance with Laws: We do not use Student Data for any purpose other than to provide the Services, in accordance with our contractual agreements with the participating schools, our Terms and Conditions, and this Privacy Notice. Accelerate Learning INC does not own or control Student Data, which belongs to the Student or the School that contracts with Accelerate Learning INC to provide the Services.

The Accelerate Learning INC Services are designed to provide protections for Student Data as required by applicable privacy laws throughout all 50 states and territories. For example:

• The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). This Privacy Notice and our Services are designed to meet our responsibilities to protect personal information from the Students’ educational records under FERPA. We agree to work with our school partners to jointly ensure compliance with the FERPA regulations.
• Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Accelerate Learning INC products and services are not marketed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly solicit data from children under the age of 13.
• Students Online Personal Information Protection Act (“SOPIPA”). This Privacy Notice and our Services are designed to comply with SOPIPA. We do not use Student Data for targeted advertising purposes. We do not use collected information to amass a profile of a Student except in furtherance of providing the features and functionality of the Services. We never sell Student Data unless the sale is part of a corporate transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other sale of assets, in which case we make efforts to ensure the successor entity honors the privacy commitments made in this Privacy Notice and/or we will notify the school and provide an opportunity to opt-out by deleting Student Data before the data transfer occurs.
• California Assembly Bill 1584 (“AB 1584”). This Privacy Notice and our Services are designed to comply with AB 1584. Pupil records obtained by Accelerate Learning INC from a local educational agency (“LEA”) continue to be the property of and under the control of the LEA. Parents, legal guardians, or eligible pupils may review personally identifiable information in the pupil’s records and correct erroneous information by contacting their LEA directly. In the event of an unauthorized disclosure of a pupil’s records, Accelerate Learning INC will notify the LEA and will provide the LEA with information to be shared with the affected parent(s), legal guardians(s), or eligible pupil(s). Pupil records will be deleted and/or de-identified in accordance with our agreements with each school and as described in this Privacy Notice.

Student Data Privacy Principles: We are committed to the following principles to protect Student Data:

• We collect, maintain, use, and share Student Data only to provide and support the Services as described in our Privacy Notice, to maintain, develop, support, or improve our Services, and as otherwise permitted by our agreements or with the consent of the parent, guardian, Student, organization, or school.
• We do not use or disclose Student Data for targeted advertising purposes. While we do permit third-party advertising partners to operate on our Services for the purpose of retargeting, analytics, and attribution services, we take steps to disable third-party ad networks from collecting information for targeted advertising purposes within Accelerate Learning INC Learning Platforms.
• We maintain a comprehensive data security program designed to protect the types of Student Data maintained by the Services.
• We will clearly and transparently disclose our data policies and practices to our users.
• We will never sell Student Data unless the sale is part of a corporate transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other sale of assets, in which case we will require the new owner to continue to honor the terms provided in this Privacy Notice or we will provide the school with notice and an opportunity to opt-out of the transfer of Student Data by deleting the Student Data before the transfer occurs.
• We will not make any material changes to our Privacy Notice or contractual agreements that relate to the collection or use of Student Data without first giving notice to the school and providing a choice before the Student Data is used in a materially different manner than was disclosed when the information was collected.

How to Review and Delete Student Data: A school or other educational organization may review and delete a Student’s information, if in compliance with any applicable law. Student data is retained within the system during its useful life. If a student exits a district\organization, their data will remain in the system until that year’s end of year process. Student information may be removed from the system at any time by appropriate district personnel. In all cases, all backup information will be removed with a 30-day rotation cycle. If you are a parent or Student, please contact your school or other educational organization to access any personal information, limit a Student’s access to the Services, or delete personal information or the Student’s entire profile.

If you have any questions about our practices with regard to Student Data, please contact us at customersupport@acceleratelearning.com.

8. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA)

Scope. This section applies only to California residents. It describes how we collect, use, and share Personal Information of California residents as a “business” under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and their rights with respect to that Personal Information. For purposes of this section, “Personal Information” has the meaning given in the CCPA. However, this section does not apply to:

• Information exempted from the scope of the CCPA, including nonpublic personal information;
• Personal Information we collect from individuals acting in their capacities as representatives of organizations solely in the context of conducting due diligence regarding, or providing or receiving a product or service to or from, such organizations; and
• Personal Information we collect, use, and share on behalf of our customers as a “service provider” under the CCPA for purposes of providing our services to them.
• Ali does not sell (as such term is defined in the CCPA) the Personal Information we collect (and will not sell it without providing a right to opt out).

Your California privacy rights. You have the following rights under the CCPA:

• Information. To request the following information about how we have collected and used your Personal Information during the past 12 months:
  • The categories of Personal Information that we have collected.
  • The categories of sources from which we collected Personal Information.
  • The business or commercial purpose for collecting Personal Information.
  • The categories of third parties with whom we share Personal Information.
  • Whether we have disclosed your Personal Information for a business purpose, and if so, the categories of Personal Information disclosed to each category of third-party recipient.

• Access. To request a copy of the Personal Information that we have collected about you during the past 12 months.
• Deletion. To request that we delete the Personal Information that we have collected from you.
• Nondiscrimination. To exercise the rights described above free from discrimination as provided in the CCPA.

How to exercise the above rights.

To exercise your rights to disclosure, deletion, or correction as described above, please contact us at customersupport@acceleratelearning.com.

9. GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

We are a Data Controller of your information.

Accelerate Learning INC legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information:

• Accelerate Learning INC needs to perform a contract with you
• You have given Accelerate Learning INC permission to do so
• Processing your personal information is in Accelerate Learning INC legitimate interests
• Accelerate Learning INC needs to comply with the law

Accelerate Learning INC will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information, we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
• The right of rectification.
• The right to object.
• The right of restriction.
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent

If you have any questions about our practices with regard to GDPR, please contact us at customersupport@acceleratelearning.com.

10. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY NOTICE

Accelerate Learning INC may modify or update this Privacy Notice from time to time so you should review this page periodically. If we change this Privacy Notice in a material manner, for example, if we seek to use personal information in a materially different manner than we had previously, we will let you know and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of the page.

11. CONSENT

By using our website or services you hereby consent to our Privacy Notice and agree to its terms.

12. HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Notice, please email us at customersupport@acceleratelearning.com or contact us at:

Attn: Customer Support
Accelerate Learning INC.
5177 Richmond Ave
800 Suite 800
Houston, TX 77056 United States

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Click here for our previous privacy notice (2022) and (2023)