Terms & Conditions

Project STEM is a nonprofit organization (“Project STEM”). Our mission is to give every student the opportunity to build stronger connections to computer science and STEM. As a part of our mission, Project STEM develops Pre-Coding® curriculum to support foundational computer science instruction from the earliest grades (PK-3+), Real-World Connections® programs that provide career discovery and exploration resources specifically focused on computer science and STEM for schools and their communities, and related products and services (the “Services”).

These Terms of Use govern your use of Project STEM and the services we provide (collectively, “Services”), which are owned and operated by Project STEM, Inc. (“Project STEM”). By accessing or using our Services, any person who accesses or uses the Site (“you” or “your”) agrees to be bound by the following Terms of Use and by our Privacy Policy available at www.projectstem.com/privacy which is incorporated here by reference.

The Services are offered subject to your acceptance without modification of these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you may not access or otherwise use the Services.

We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change these terms in the future. When we do, we will notify you by updating the date of these Terms of Use and posting it on this page of our site. We will also notify you by email of any material changes to these Terms of Use. Your continued access or use of the Services following any changes to the Terms of Use constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

Services

Project STEM operates a web-based platform that delivers content to educators and administrators of educational institutions, as well as parents if they are the adults setting up accounts for their children to use at home, and students if they are over the age of 13, or if their use of the Services has been approved by their parent or legal guardian, or by their school or teacher for school use. In order to access and use portions of the Services, you will be required to register for an account. Project STEM also offers the option for educators, schools and/or districts to apply for and access a Project STEM School Account (“Project STEM School Account”). If you register for a Project STEM School Account to use the Services on behalf of your educational institution, you will be required to agree to additional terms and conditions as the authorized representative of such educational institution (the "Project STEM School Account Agreement").

Restrictions

‍In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we do not knowingly request or collect personally identifiable information from users under 13 years of age. Project STEM collects personal information about students when it is provided by a parent or a school representative authorized to share the student’s information.

THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO ANY PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 13 WHOSE REGISTRATION HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY A LEGAL PARENT OR GUARDIAN (OR, FOR SCHOOL ACCOUNTS, BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL AS PERMITTED UNDER THE TERMS).

If you provide a child with access to the Services, you represent and warrant that you are the parent or legal guardian, or the educator or administrator of an educational institution and have obtained the necessary consents from the parent or legal guardian to provide such access.

By clicking the "I Agree" button or by otherwise using or registering an account for the Services, you represent that (i) you are a US resident at least 13 years of age, or (ii) you are not a US resident, and are of legal age of consent to open an account under the laws of your country of residence, or (iii) your use of the Services has been approved by your parent or legal guardian, or by your school or teacher for school use. You also represent that you have not been previously suspended or removed from the Services by Khan Academy, and that your registration and your use of the Services is in compliance with any and all applicable laws.

Intellectual Property

We retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Services, which are protected by applicable intellectual property laws, including United States and foreign copyright and trademark laws. No portion of the Services, including the trademarks and service marks, may be used, displayed or reproduced without the prior written consent from Project STEM.

PROJECT STEM®, PROJECT STEM PRE-CODING®, PROJECT STEM REAL-WORLD CONNECTIONS®, PROJECT STEM, and PRE-CODING PD®, are trademarks and service marks owned by Project STEM. You may not use, display or reproduce them without the prior written consent of Project STEM. Further, you may not remove, obscure, or otherwise modify any copyright, trademark, confidentiality or other proprietary rights notices displayed on, embedded in, or otherwise appearing in any content offered by, viewed on, or received through this site or through the services. All other trademarks identified and contained on this site or within the Services are the property of their respective owners and their use herein does not imply sponsorship or endorsement of their products or services.

Passwords and Security

Some portions of the Services may be restricted to registered users or a subset of users, e.g. Project STEM School Account holders. When you register for access to such restricted Services, you agree to submit and maintain accurate and complete information. If we suspect that your information is untrue, inaccurate, out-of-date, or incomplete, we may suspend or terminate your access to the Services or request additional information from you. When registering for access to restricted portions of the Services, you may be asked to select a personal, non-transferable password. You may also be asked to provide information that we will use to confirm your identity in the event you submit a request for a lost or forgotten username or password. You are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your password-protected account and for ensuring the protection of your account information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security that is known or suspected by you. Password-protected accounts may not be shared or used by more than one individual. You agree that we may send to you in electronic form any notices or other communications regarding the Services.‍

Project STEM may permit you to register an account for the Services through certain third party social networking services, such as Google or Facebook Connect (“Authentication Service”). By registering for the Services using an Authentication Service, you agree that Project STEM may access your account information from the Authentication Service and you agree to any and all terms of use of the Authentication Service regarding your use of the Services via the Authentication Service. You are solely responsible for your interactions with the Authentication Service.

User-Generated Content and Submissions

The Services may allow you to post messages, statements and comments, (collectively, “User-Generated Content”). All User-Generated Content you create, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted via the Services is your sole responsibility, and not the responsibility of Project STEM or its directors, officers, employees or agents. Project STEM reserves the right to remove User-Generated Content, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion. Neither Project STEM nor its directors, officers, employees or agents will be held liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on User-Generated Content obtained through the Services.

Project STEM does not solicit creative ideas or suggestions relating to products or marketing plans via the Services. If you do send such materials, including any concepts, know-how, notes, drawings or techniques, Project STEM shall be free to use them for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products. Project STEM shall not be liable to you or to any person claiming any commercial or non-commercial rights related to our use or disclosure of any submission.

Licenses

When you post information in the Services, including User-Generated Content, you hereby grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, fully sublicensable, worldwide, non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, modify, translate, adapt, publish, create derivative works of, distribute, display and incorporate the information in a deidentified format for any purpose and without acknowledgement to you. This does not grant us rights to your identifiable information. You represent and warrant that information you provide and use of that information by us and any of our users will not infringe on or violate the rights of any third party.

Project STEM grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Services for your personal, non-commercial use.The Services are provided to you for educational purposes as part of the school curriculum. You must use the Services in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations. You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or otherwise exploit for any commercial purpose, any portion of the Services, or access to the Services.

User Representations

By using and/or registering for the Services, you represent that:

  • You are an adult, parent or legal guardian, or you are a school or district employee authorized by your education institution to create an account for the Services, or you are a student over the age of 13, and/or your use of the Services has been approved by your parent or legal guardian, or by your school or teacher for school use;
  • You will use the Services in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations;
  • Your registration information is accurate;
  • You will keep your account credentials, including your user name and password, confidential and will be responsible for all use of your account. If you suspect any unauthorized use of your account, please contact us at info@projectstem.com; and
  • If you create an account on behalf of any student, you represent that you are authorized to accept these Terms of Use on their behalf, and agree to be responsible for ensuring that those student users comply with these Terms of Use.

In addition, you will not:

  • Infringe on our or any third party’s intellectual property or other proprietary personal or legal rights;
  • Obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorized access to our systems, materials or information;
  • Impersonate another user;
  • Upload, post or otherwise transmit User-Generated Content that contains personally identifying information (including, but not limited to actual names, phone numbers, mailing addresses or e-mail addresses), derogatory, harmful, abusive, defamatory or unlawful content, content that is invasive of another’s privacy or otherwise objectionable or commercial in nature;
  • Use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, impair or overburden the Services;
  • Reproduce, rent, sell, modify, translate, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or create derivative works of the Services; or
  • Circumvent or disable any security or technological features or measures that protect the Services.

No Warranties

The Services are provided “as is”. Project STEM makes no representations or warranties about the reliability, quality, suitability, availability, accuracy or completeness of the Services, and is not subject to liability for any delays or interruptions, viruses or other harmful components. You agree that your use of the Services is at your own risk. We reserve the right to modify, suspend or discontinue the Services at any time without notice. We further reserve the right, at any time without prior notice, to terminate your account and use of the Services and remove any User-Generated Content within the Services for lack of use or if Project STEM believes that you have violated these Terms of Use. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for such actions.

Limitations of Liability

In no event shall Project STEM or its affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives and suppliers (or their respective successors and assigns) be liable to you or any third party in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, incidental or punitive damages, including, but not limited to, loss of use, service interruptions and loss of data, regardless of whether these parties had advance notice of the possibility of any such damages.

Project STEM’s total liability to you for any claim arising out of or relating to the services shall not exceed $100. Some states do not allow the foregoing limitation of liability so they may not apply to you.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold Project STEM and its directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from any loss, damage, liability or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of, resulting from or connected with the use of the Services and/or arising from your breach of these Terms of Use. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us. You agree to cooperate with any reasonable requests to assist us in our defense of such matters.

Release

In the event that you have a dispute with any user(s) of the Services, you release Project STEM and its directors, officers, employees and agents from claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code 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.”

Links

We may provide links to other Web sites or resources. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and inclusion of such links does not represent an endorsement by Project STEM. We are not responsible for the content of any linked websites or resources, and make no representations regarding the accuracy of such websites or resources.

Copyright Infringement

Project STEM respects the intellectual property rights of others, and requires that the people who use the Services do the same. We reserve the right to remove content alleged to be infringing without prior notice, at our sole discretion, and without liability to you. To report a copyright violation, please contact us . Our copyright agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached by directing an e-mail to the copyright agent at copyright@projectstem.com. Please include the following information.

  1. Your name, postal address, telephone number and email address;
  2. A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
  3. A description of where the alleged infringing material is located, with a link, if possible;
  4. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  5. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyrighted material; and
  6. A statement made under penalty of perjury that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

Governing Law and Arbitration

These Terms of Use and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to or application of its conflict of law provisions or your state or country of residence. All claims, legal proceedings or litigation arising in connection with the Services will be brought solely in the federal or state courts located in New York, New York, United States, and you consent to the jurisdiction of and venue in such courts and waive any objection as to inconvenient forum.

If you are a federal, state, or local government entity in the United States using the Services in your official capacity and legally unable to accept the controlling law, jurisdiction or venue clauses above, then those clauses do not apply to you. For such U.S. federal government entities, these Terms and any action related thereto will be governed by the laws of the United States of America (without reference to conflict of laws) and, in the absence of federal law and to the extent permitted under federal law, the laws of the State of Washington (excluding choice of law).

If any portion of these terms is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law to the greatest extent possible and the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

Notice

By using the Services, you consent to receiving electronic communications from Project STEM providing notices about your account and information concerning or related to the Services. You agree that any notice, agreements, disclosure, or other communications that we send to you electronically will satisfy any legal communication requirements, including that such communications be in writing.

Questions

Please direct any questions regarding these Terms of Use to info@projectstem.com.