Scrible

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TERMS OF SERVICE

Please read these Terms of Service (“Terms”) carefully before you (“you”, “your”) accept them or access, use or register for the Scrible, Inc. (“Scrible”, “we”, “us”, “our”) services; software applications, including server, client, Web and mobile applications (“Software”); or websites, including www.scrible.com (“Website”) and affiliated and linked websites (collectively, “Services”). These Terms govern your access to and use of the Services and form a binding contract between you and us. By accessing or using our Services, you acknowledge and accept these Terms, agree to be bound by them, enter into a binding agreement between you and us and represent that you have the legal authority to do so. If you do not acknowledge and accept these Terms, please do not access or use our Services.

If you access, use or obtain our Services for or on behalf of a group of individuals (“Group”), you agree to these Terms for that Group and represent that you have the legal authority to bind that Group to these Terms and have its permission to do so. If you do not, please do not access, use or obtain our Services for the Group. If the Group is an organization such as, but not limited to, a business, nonprofit, school, school district, college, university or local, state or federal government agency (“Organization”), use of our Services by the Organization and its members may be governed by these Terms in conjunction with a separate agreement between us and the Organization (“Other Agreement”). In the event of a conflict between these Terms and such Other Agreement, the terms of the Other Agreement shall prevail.

1. SERVICES

1.1 Purpose. Our Services are designed primarily for educational, productivity and collaboration purposes. We are committed to supporting teaching, learning, and academic collaboration while maintaining industry standards of student privacy and data protection.  We also offer Services for individual, nonprofit, government and business use that retain industry standards for data privacy and protection but would not involve the application of FERPA and other applicable student data privacy laws and regulations.  

1.2 Beta. Our Services may include features and capabilities still under development and evaluation. They may be described or marked as “beta”, “preview”, “early access” or “evaluation” and may not be fully functional, reliable or stable.

1.3 Limits. You acknowledge and agree that we may set, change and enforce at any time fixed limits on the nature, amount or frequency of access to or use of our Services such as the amount of storage space you may use, the number of times you attempt to access our Services or the number of instances of the Software you may use concurrently.

1.4 Changes. You acknowledge and agree that the form, nature or scope of our Services may change at any time. However, we will make a reasonable effort to notify you of changes we deem significant by email or a message in an interface of our Services. For Organization provided School-Sponsored Accounts, we will provide at least ten (10) business  days advance notice of material changes that may affect student data processing.

1.5 Stop. You acknowledge and agree that, at any time and in our sole discretion, we may temporarily or permanently stop providing our Services or portions thereof generally or specifically to you. However, we will make a reasonable effort to notify you of such a stop by email or a message in an interface of our Services, and provide at least thirty (30) days’ notice where feasible. You may stop using our Services at any time.

2. ACCOUNT

2.1 Registration. Accessing or using our Services may involve creating or maintaining a registered user account and associated user accounts managed by your user account, each designated by a unique username and accessed with a confidential password or third-party authentication credentials (each an “Account”).

2.2 Age Requirements. You must be 13 years of age and older to create an individual account. If you are under 13, you may only use our Services through a School-Sponsored Account or with verifiable parental consent. We comply with COPPA requirements for all users under 13. A “School-Sponsored Account” is an account managed by an educational institution (such as a K-12 school, school district or institution of higher education) on behalf of its students, where the school has provided consent for the student’s use of the Services in accordance with COPPA.

2.3 Security. You agree not to use anyone else’s Account or allow them to use your Account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account and associated Accounts managed by your Account, particularly its password. You agree to notify us immediately if you suspect any unauthorized access to, or use of, your Account or accounts managed by your Account.

2.4 Account Information. You may be asked or required to provide information related to you for your Account (“Account Information”). You represent and warrant that all such Account Information is truthful and accurate and you will maintain the accuracy of such information at all times.

2.5 Accountability. You are responsible for all activities that occur through your Account.

2.6 Student Account Conversion. If you are a student with a School-Sponsored Account, you may convert your Account to an individual Account upon leaving the educational institution or upon termination of your School-Sponsored Account, subject to the following conditions:

  • You must provide a personal email address for account ownership;
  • All Content and educational progress will be transferred to your individual Account;
  • The conversion must comply with any applicable agreements between us and your educational institution; and
  • You acknowledge that account conversion may change your Plan type and associated features. 

“Content is any data, text, images, audio, video, annotations, highlights, notes, research materials, documents, or other materials that you or other users own, create, upload, post, submit, receive, deliver, or otherwise make available through the Services.  “School-Sponsored Student Content” is Content that is contained within a School-Sponsored Account and shall not include Content that was once created and retained in Student Created Account but was subsequently converted to an individual account per the request of an eligible student as defined under FERPA.

2.7 Termination. We may disable, suspend, restrict or terminate your Account or access to our Services if we believe you are in breach of these Terms or your Account remains unused for 12 months. If you are a student with a School-Sponsored Account, we will coordinate with your educational institution before taking such action when feasible. However, we will make a reasonable effort to notify you via email or a message in an interface of our Services before terminating your Account.

3. SOFTWARE

3.1 License. Some of our Services involve use of our software (“Software”), which is owned or licensed by us and licensed, not given or sold, to you. Subject to these Terms and payment of required fees, if applicable, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Software in executable object code format only and solely to access and use our Services for their intended purposes. We do not grant you any express or implied right, title or interest in our Software.

3.2 Transfer. Unless specifically permitted in a separate agreement with us, you acknowledge and agree that you, directly or indirectly, may not and may not permit anyone else to transfer, license, sublicense, distribute, sell, resell, rent, lease, or loan our Software to any other party.

3.3 Updates. You acknowledge and agree that we are under no obligation to provide updates, support, or maintenance for our Software. However, you acknowledge and agree that we may, in our sole discretion, update, replace or modify our Software automatically, at any time. Any such update, replacement or modification (“Update”) shall be considered part of our Software and subject to these Terms unless they are superseded by another agreement accompanying the Update. Your continued use of our Software after an Update is acceptance of any accompanying superseding agreement and your continued use of our Software is conditioned on such acceptance. You acknowledge and agree that you may be unable to use the Services without the latest version of our Software and that it is your sole responsibility to ensure you are using the latest version of our Software.

3.4 Restrictions. You acknowledge and agree that you, directly or indirectly, may not and may not permit anyone else to copy, reproduce, duplicate, modify, change, disassemble, decompile or reverse engineer our Software or any portion thereof; or use or access our Services for the purpose of building a product or Software service that competes with or is comparable to our Software.

3.5 Derivative Works. You acknowledge and agree that you, directly or indirectly, may not and may not permit anyone else to create derivative works of our Software or remove proprietary legends in it.

4. PLAN

4.1 Plan. Your access to and use of our Services using an Account will be determined by a particular plan consisting of specific features, capabilities, restrictions, limits, term and price (“Plan”). We may offer multiple Plans. A Plan may have eligibility requirements such as being enrolled in a school or employed by a small business. Plan specifications are available on our Website. Your Account will be governed by or “on” a particular Plan (“Your Plan”). Your Account can be on only one Plan at a time.

4.2 Plan Owner. You are designated the owner of a Plan for one or more Accounts if you have an Account and select the Plan, acknowledge and agree to its restrictions, limits, term and price and pay any required fees (“Plan Owner”).

4.3 Group Plan. A Plan may be designed and offered by us for use by a Group (“Group Plan”).

4.4 Group Plan Owner. If you are the Plan Owner of a Group Plan (“Group Plan Owner”), you acknowledge and agree to its restrictions, limits, term and price; pay its required fees on behalf of the Group and represent and warrant that you have the permission of the Group and its constituent members (each a “Group Member”) to do so. As Group Plan Owner, you may manage the Group Plan, including creating, deleting, disabling or suspending Group Member Accounts and enabling, disabling or restricting their features, capabilities and access to our Services.

4.5 Educational Institution Responsibilities. If you are a Group Plan Owner representing an educational institution, you additionally agree to:

  • Obtain appropriate consent for student data collection and processing;
  • Ensure compliance with FERPA, COPPA, and applicable state privacy laws;
  • Provide students and parents with access to our Privacy Policy;
  • Maintain accurate student roster information; and
  • Notify us promptly of student departures or graduations for account management purposes.

4.6 Group Information. If you are a Group Plan Owner, you may be asked or required to provide information about the Group (“Group Information”) such as the name, location and billing information for the Group and name, username and email address for each Group Member. You represent and warrant that you have the permission of the Group and Group Members to provide Group Information and that all Group Information is truthful and accurate and you will maintain its accuracy at all times.

4.7 Group Member. If Your Plan is a Group Plan, you are a Group Member and you acknowledge and agree that the Group Plan Owner may manage your Account and that your access to and use of your Account may be affected by the action or inaction of the Group Plan Owner. If allowed by the Group Plan, you may associate a secondary email address, such as a personal email address, with Your Account in order to continue accessing and using Your Account and Your Content if and when Your Account is no longer on the Group Plan.

4.8 Term. Our Services accessed or used via a Plan are available on a subscription basis. A Plan may be available as a continuous, monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual subscription (“Subscription Term”) consisting of unlimited, 1, 3, 6 or 12 months (each a “Subscription Month”), respectively.

4.9 Renewal. Your Subscription Term starts on the date your Account is first put on Your Plan or on its renewal date. Your Plan will automatically renew for a new Subscription Term at the end of your first Subscription Term and each subsequently renewed Subscription Term unless Your Plan is canceled prior to its renewal date or due to nonpayment of any fees required for renewal.

4.10 Fees. A Plan may be free (“Free Plan”) or paid (“Paid Plan”). Free Plans are offered as continuous subscriptions. Paid Plans are offered as monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual subscriptions. Paid Plans may be paid by recurring credit card, one-time credit card, check or EFT payments. We may charge more for Paid Plans paid by one-time credit card or check payments. Payment for a Paid Plan is due at the start of its Subscription Term. The Plan Owner for a Paid Plan is solely responsible for timely payment of all fees required for the Paid Plan, including all applicable state, federal, local and other taxes.

4.11 Payment. If you are the Plan Owner of a Paid Plan paid by recurring credit card, you authorize us to charge the credit card you provide for your initial and each subsequently renewed Subscription Term unless the Paid Plan is canceled prior to its renewal date. Payment for Paid Plans paid by one-time credit card, check or EFT is due upon receipt of the corresponding invoice.

4.12 Billing Information. If you are the Plan Owner of a Paid Plan, you agree to keep your Account Information and Group Information, if applicable, updated at all times with your valid, current and accurate billing information, including an email address where billing related emails may be received (“Billing Email”), and credit card information if the Paid Plan is paid by recurring credit card.

4.13 Plan Changes. We may temporarily or permanently stop offering a Plan or change its features, capabilities, restrictions, limits, term or price at any time without notice. However, we will make a reasonable effort to notify you of Plan changes by email or a message in an interface of our Services. You acknowledge and agree that, by using your Account on such a Plan after a change, including a price change, becomes effective, you acknowledge and accept the change. A price change for a Plan becomes effective following the Subscription Term in which we make the change and applies to subsequently renewed Subscription Terms. We strive to ensure Plan specifications are accurate and up-to-date on our Website, but we make no representations or warranties as to their accuracy or timeliness.

4.14 Changing Plans. If you are a Plan Owner, you may change Your Plan from a Free Plan to a Paid Plan or from one Paid Plan to another at any time if you and your Group Members, if applicable, meet the eligibility requirements of the new Paid Plan. The change will yield a new Subscription Term for Your Plan starting on the date of the change. Plan changes may yield credits or additional charges to you or your Group, if applicable. We will bill you or your Group, if applicable, accordingly. If you or your Group, if applicable, owe payments or have an outstanding balance due, your plan change may be denied or conditioned on payment of such amounts or balance.

4.15 Cancellation. If you are a Plan Owner, you may cancel Your Plan at any time by contacting us by email or via our Website. Cancelling a Paid Plan on a monthly subscription will become effective at the end of the Subscription Term in which the cancellation is requested and no refund will be issued. Cancelling a Paid Plan on a quarterly, semiannual or annual subscription will become effective at the end of the Subscription Month in which the cancellation is requested and a refund may be issued for the remaining, unused Subscription Months, subject to our discretion. Cancelling a Paid Plan will downgrade your Account to a Free Plan. Cancelling a Free Plan will terminate all Accounts on it.

4.16 Penalties. We may disable, suspend, downgrade or restrict access to your Account or our Services for unpaid or late payments due to us on your behalf. Late payment will not reset or change the Subscription Term start date.

5. ACCEPTABLE USE

5.1 Permitted Use. You agree to use our Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. Our Services are generally intended for educational use, research, academic collaboration, and related activities. Your subscription for Services may also permit personal or business use.

5.2 Educational Context. When using our Services in an educational setting, you agree to:

  • Use the Services in a manner consistent with educational goals and objectives;
  • Respect the learning environment and other users;
  • Comply with your educational institution’s acceptable use policies; and
  • Not use the Services to harass, bully, or harm students or educators.

5.3 Prohibited Activities. You agree not to:

  • Impersonate anyone else or communicate under a false name;
  • Transfer, sell, trade, distribute or resell our Services without authorization;
  • Access or use our Services through unauthorized automated means such as Model Context Protocol (MCP) or an AI agent;
  • Attempt to circumvent security measures or exploit security vulnerabilities;
  • Engage in activities that damage, disrupt, or interfere with our Services;
  • Transmit harmful code, viruses, or malicious software;
  • Use our Services to send spam or unsolicited communications;
  • Share disinformation or inappropriate, harmful, threatening, or unlawful content; and
  • Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights.

5.4 Student-Specific Protections. To protect student privacy and safety, you acknowledge and agree that:

  • Student accounts may not be used for commercial purposes; 
  • Students under 13 may only use Services through a School-Sponsored Account or with parental consent; 
  • We reserve the right to moderate content and communications to ensure a safe learning environment; and
  • Students may not share personal contact information with unknown parties through our Services.

5.5 Damages. Violating any Acceptable Use terms under this Section 5 may result in account suspension or termination, legal action and fees due by you for actual or punitive damages.

6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

6.1 Ownership. You acknowledge and agree that we own all right, title and interest in and to our Services, including all intellectual property rights. We reserve all rights not specifically granted to you.

6.2 Your Content. We do not claim ownership in any Content that you own, create or post, submit, receive, deliver or otherwise make available through our Services (“Your Content”). However, by making Your Content available through our Services, you grant us a limited license to Your Content solely to provide, operate and improve our Services. You represent and warrant that (i) you own Your Content or have the right to grant this license; (ii) Your Content does not violate the rights of any third party; (iii) Your Content complies with all applicable laws and our acceptable use provisions herein. 

6.3 Student Content Protection. For School-Sponsored Student Content (i) students retain ownership of their original work and creations; (ii) educational institutions may have additional rights to student work as defined in separate agreements; (iii) we will not use School-Sponsored Student Content for commercial purposes or marketing and (iv) upon account termination or conversion, students may retain access to their Content as described herein. 

6.4 Educational Use. Content created through our Services may be used for educational purposes including:

  • Classroom instruction and assignments;
  • Academic research and analysis;
  • Educational assessment and feedback; and
  • Portfolio development and academic showcasing.
  • Educational research studies conducted by educational institutions, researchers, or Scrible for purposes of measuring or improving educational outcomes, pedagogical methods, or the Services themselves, provided that (i) any such use complies with applicable research ethics requirements and institutional review board approvals where required; (ii) student data used in research is de-identified or anonymized unless explicit consent is obtained; (iii) research results are reported in aggregate form that does not identify individual students; and (iv) participation in research studies is voluntary and does not affect access to or use of the Services.

6.5 Prohibited Content. You agree not to post, submit, deliver or otherwise make available through our Services Content that:

  • Is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar or obscene;
  • Is fake, false or misleading;
  • Harasses or advocates harassment of or violence toward someone;
  • Promotes racism, bigotry or hatred;
  • Promotes, endorses or furthers criminal activities;
  • Exploits persons in a sexual manner, including anyone under the age of 18;
  • Infringes upon the rights of any third party; and
  • Violates any educational institution’s code of conduct or acceptable use policies.

7. FEEDBACK

At your discretion, you may provide feedback to us about our Services, including identifying potential errors or bugs and suggesting improvements, modifications or enhancements (“Feedback”). If you submit any such Feedback, you grant us a free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, transferable right and license to use, reproduce, disclose, modify and share such Feedback with or without information that attributes the Feedback to you such as your name, location, school or employer.

8. CONFIDENTIALITY

“Confidential Information” shall be our Services or portions thereof marked confidential, proprietary, secret, restricted or invite-only and, whether or not marked confidential, any portion of our Services not intended for public disclosure such as underlying software code. You agree to protect Confidential Information by using a reasonable degree of care to prevent its unauthorized use, dissemination or publication. You agree not to disclose Confidential Information to any third party. Your duty to protect Confidential Information shall survive termination of these Terms.

9. STUDENT DATA PROTECTION

9.1 Definition of Student Data. For the purposes of these Terms, “Student Data” means any information that is directly related to a student and maintained by or on behalf of an educational institution, or personal information collected from or about a student through the Services, including but not limited to:

  • education records as defined under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), such as grades, transcripts, class schedules, disciplinary records, and student work product;
  • personal information as defined under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), including first and last name, email address, photographs, videos, audio recordings, geolocation information, persistent identifiers (such as cookies, IP addresses, or device identifiers), screen names, telephone numbers, and any other information collected online that could be used to identify or contact a student; and
  • any metadata, user content, or other information generated by a student’s use of the Services.

Student Data does not include de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify an individual student. Student Data does not include Content that was once created and retained in School-Sponsored Account but was subsequently converted to an individual account per the request of an eligible student as defined under FERPA.

9.2 FERPA Compliance. We acknowledge that we may receive education records protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). We agree to:

  • Use Student Data only for authorized educational purposes;
  • Not disclose student data to unauthorized third parties;
  • Maintain the security and confidentiality of student data; and
  • Comply with educational institution policies regarding student data.

9.3 COPPA Compliance. For users under 13, we comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by:

  • Obtaining appropriate consent before collecting personal information;
  • Limiting data collection to what is necessary for educational services;
  • Providing parents and schools with access and deletion rights; and
  • Not using Student Data for advertising or commercial purposes.

9.4 Data Processing Agreement. This section serves as our Data Processing Agreement for educational institutions. We agree to:

  • Process Student Data only as needed to deliver the Services;
  • Implement appropriate security measures to protect student data;
  • Assist the educational institution with data subject requests;
  • Delete or return Student Data in a commercially reasonable timeframe when no longer required for the delivery of Services or upon termination of Services; and
  • Notify the educational institution of any data breaches within 48 hours.

9.5 No Advertising. We do not and will not (i) display advertisements to student users (ii) use Student Data for advertising or marketing purposes; (iii) create behavioral profiles of students for commercial use; (iv) share Student Data with advertisers or marketing companies.

10. SECURITY

Your use of our Services is subject to our Privacy Policy posted at our Website and the security measures described therein. We implement industry-standard security practices to protect user data, with enhanced protections for student data.

11. PRIVACY

Your use of our Services is subject to our Privacy Policy posted at our Website. Our Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference and describes how we collect, use, and protect your information.

12. GENERAL TERMS

12.1 Headings. The section headings in these Terms are for convenience only and shall have no legal or contractual effect.

12.2 Entire Agreement. These Terms shall constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding your access to and use of our Services and supersede all related proposals and prior or contemporaneous discussions, writings and agreements.

12.3 No Waiver. No failure or delay in enforcing any right or exercising any remedy will be deemed a waiver of any right or remedy.

12.4 Revisions. We may at any time, in our sole discretion and without notice, revise these Terms posted at our Website. However, we will make a reasonable effort to notify you of such revision via email or a message in an interface of our Services. You are bound by any such revision and should therefore periodically review the current version of these Terms. You acknowledge and agree that by continuing to access or use our Services after such revisions are made, you accept such revision.

12.5 Other Terms. Our Services may contain areas in which additional terms and conditions apply. For purposes of the use of such areas, in the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of such other areas and these Terms, the terms and conditions of the other areas shall prevail.

12.6 Reformation and Severability. Each section of these Terms is a separately enforceable provision. If any provision of these Terms is determined to be or becomes unenforceable or illegal, such provision shall be reformed to the minimum extent necessary in order for these Terms to remain in effect in accordance with its terms as modified by such reformation. If such reformation is not possible, an endeavor shall be made to give effect to the intentions reflected in such provision. In any case, the unenforceability or illegality of such provision shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement.

12.7 Breach. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for any breach of your obligations under these Terms and for the consequences of any such breach. You shall indemnify and hold us harmless from your breach of any rights of any third party.

12.8 Termination. These Terms shall remain in full force and effect while you access or use our Services. Upon termination:

  • You may no longer access or use our Services;
  • The license to use our Software shall terminate;
  • You must immediately uninstall, delete and destroy any copies of our Software;
  • For student accounts, we will provide reasonable opportunity to convert your School-Sponsored Account to an individual Account as described herein; and
  • Sections related to payment obligations, intellectual property, confidentiality, privacy, and limitation of liability shall survive termination.

12.9 Government. The materials in our Services are provided with “Restricted Rights.” Use, duplication or disclosure of such materials by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in applicable laws and regulations.

12.10 Controlling Law. These Terms shall be governed and interpreted by the internal laws of the State of California without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of any state or jurisdiction. Any action or suit related to these Terms must be brought in San Mateo County, California, and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts.

13. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

13.1 Disclaimer. Our Services are provided “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. To the fullest extent possible pursuant to applicable law, we and our third-party licensors disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of title, merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement.

13.2 Use. While we strive to provide reliable Services suitable for educational or business use, we do not warrant that our Services will meet all specific educational or business requirements or that they will be error-free or uninterrupted.

13.3 Risk. You acknowledge and agree that you access or use our Services at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damages to your computer system or data loss resulting from such access or use.

14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

14.1 Disclaimer. Under no circumstances shall we or our third party licensors be liable under any theory of law or equity for any direct, indirect, punitive, special, incidental or consequential damages, including, but not limited to, loss of data, profit, goodwill or reputation, business interruption or the cost of procurement of substitute goods or services arising out of the use or misuse of or inability to use our Services, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

14.2 Student Data. Notwithstanding the above, in the event of unauthorized disclosure of student data due to our negligence, our liability shall be limited to the direct costs of notification and credit monitoring services, as needed, not to exceed the amounts paid to us in the six (6) months preceding the incident.

14.3 Limitation. You agree that our entire and aggregate liability to you shall not exceed the amounts you paid to us for the one (1) month prior to such claim, and notwithstanding the failure of essential purpose of any remedy.

15. INDEMNITY

You will defend, indemnify and hold us and our third-party licensors harmless from and against any claims resulting from Your Content; your use or misuse of or inability to use our Services; or any claim of your infringement of any copyright, patent, trademark or any other proprietary right of a third party.

Last Updated: 2025-12-15

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