TERMS OF USE
Last Updated: May 3, 2021
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE (“TERMS”) CAREFULLY.
WHEN YOU USE, ACCESS, OR PARTICIPATE IN OUR WEBSITES OR SOCIAL MEDIA PROPERTIES OR PURCHASE, DOWNLOAD, USE OR PARTICIPATE IN OUR CONTENT OR PRODUCTS, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY (TOGETHER, “AGREEMENT”). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL PROVISIONS IN THE AGREEMENT, YOU MAY NOT USE, ACCESS, OR PARTICIPATE IN OUR WEBSITES OR SOCIAL MEDIA PROPERTIES OR PURCHASE, DOWNLOAD, USE OR PARTICIPATE IN OUR CONTENT OR PRODUCTS.
Beyond Equity in Education LLC provides equity-focused professional development courses, lesson plans, unit guides, classroom resources, and ongoing support through a group membership program, all designed to help educators reconnect with their passion for teaching and address equity issues in their classrooms. When you use our websites (including, without limitation, https://beeqed.com and affiliated domains and platforms), interact with us on our social media properties or other third party platforms, or purchase our digital products, intellectual property laws protect our online courses, workshops, videos, worksheets, downloadable materials, and any other products or materials provided after you make a paid purchase (“Products”) and all content on our websites, shared through our email newsletter, and on our social media properties (“Content”). We either own or have permission to use all the intellectual property rights to all protectable elements in the Products and Content, including without limitation, the logo, images, trademarks, service marks, design elements, layout, graphics, information, materials, documents, data, and text. We reserve all rights not specifically granted in these Terms.
Not Intended For Children
Content and Products are intended for individuals at least 18 years of age and legally able to enter into a contract, and when you buy or use our Content or Product, you represent and warrant that you meet both requirements. We disclaim all liability for use or purchase of any Content or Products by individuals under 18 years of age. Children under 13 years of age may not use our Content or Products, and children between 13 and 18 years of age should obtain a parent’s or guardian’s permission before viewing, purchasing or using our Content and Products.
Content Warning
Our Content and Products will necessarily engage with racism. Much of the materials and discussions involved in our professional development course and membership Products, in particular, will be emotionally and intellectually challenging. We will do our best to flag especially intense or graphic content in our professional development course and membership Products, as it is our intention to help you and others engage thoughtfully, empathetically, and bravely with difficult content and materials.
Content And Products For Personal Use Only
We love it when you share about our work, but please keep in mind that our Content and Products are protected by copyright laws and are for personal use by one individual only. You may (i) view and use our Content, (ii) email and share short snippets of our Content on your social media platforms of choice, with proper attribution, tagging our social media profile in the image and text of your post, and a link back to our site where possible, and (iii) purchase and use our Products for personal, noncommercial use only.
If you have purchased our Products, (a) we grant you a time-limited, revocable, royalty-free right and license to use that Product and related materials we provide, unless designated otherwise in or on the particular material, and to modify lesson plans, unit guides, classroom resources, and other non-video resources provided by us solely for your personal use in your classroom; and (b) your access to our Products and related resources shall expire automatically at the end of the term designated for that Product, so we encourage you to make the most of those while you can. Selling, sharing, redistributing, licensing, or sublicensing our Content or Products to an individual, business, or third party (other than an employee, contractor, other agent, or gift recipient you have identified at checkout for delivery of the purchased Product) is prohibited. To the extent that you purchased Products on behalf of your employees, contractors, or other agents (collectively, “Agents”), you agree to take precautions consistent with the highest industry standards, including without limitation entering into written agreements binding your Agents to terms at least as protective as these Terms, to ensure they do not sell or share the Content or Products, in whole or in part, or otherwise violate these Terms. In the event you or your Agents breach these Terms, you agree to pay us $5,000 USD per instance of breach within fifteen (15) days after breach, which you agree has been incorporated into these Terms as a valid pre-estimate of damages that we will sustain, which will not be capable of precise determination. You agree this is not a penalty, but rather is the agreed-upon liquidated damages suffered as a result of your using or selling our Content or Products outside of these permitted and expressly limited usage Terms.
No Refunds; No Chargebacks
All sales are final. All Product purchases are nonrefundable and nontransferable, and Products are not returnable under any circumstances. For professional development courses and membership Products, we do not provide credit, refunds, or prorated billing if you are unable to attend, complete, or use the course or membership sessions.
Because we have a clear No Refunds policy in these Terms and you have agreed to these Terms before purchasing a Product, we will not permit any actual or threatened chargebacks from you or your credit card company. In the event that we receive a chargeback threat during or after your purchase or a chargeback is placed on your purchase, we will report your name, email, order date and amount, billing address, and a description of the incident to Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion credit bureaus, and to any other entity in our sole discretion, to ensure the incident is included in chargeback databases and delinquent account listings. That report may negatively impact your credit score, and we will require that you make a full payment of the chargeback amount plus any attorney fees or other expenses incurred in connection with the chargeback incident before we will remove you from those databases.
Testimonials Representative of Actual Client Experiences, Not Guarantee of Your Experience
The testimonials, statements, and opinions presented in our Products were provided voluntarily by actual clients, and we did not provide free products, services, or any other benefits in exchange for those testimonials. While those testimonials are representative of actual client experiences, the exact results and experience will be unique for each individual. Therefore, we cannot and do not make any representations or guarantees about any particular results or earnings you may experience from using the Products.
General Educational Purpose Only; No Warranties
We provide and sell the Content and Products for general informational and educational purposes only. While we use reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information in our Content and Products, we cannot make any representations or warranties as to the accuracy of information in either. We assume no liability or responsibility for any errors or representations in the content available in the Content and Products. Nothing in the Content or Products is provided or intended as a substitute for financial, legal, medical, or other professional services or advice, and you agree we are not responsible for your reliance on any advice or opinions in the Content or Products. We strongly recommend you consult your own financial advisor, legal counsel, or other professional, as you are ultimately responsible for determining what is best for your unique situation.
You Are Responsible For Content You Submit or Post
Please be mindful when you choose to submit, post, or otherwise share any content on our websites or social media properties, as that content is public and you are responsible for your content and any liability that may result from your posted content. When you submit, post, or otherwise share content on our websites or our social media properties, you do so at your own risk.
Content Guidelines
We require that any content you submit, post, or otherwise share on our websites or our social media properties be respectful and posted only once. We prohibit the sharing of content that is illegal, abusive, offensive, threatening, harassing, vulgar, harmful, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise in violation of others’ rights or applicable laws, and we may delete any content, in full or in part, for violation of our content guidelines or for any other reason. However, we do not have an obligation to monitor content submitted by you or other third parties, so we cannot be responsible or liable for damages or losses arising from third party content. We do not make any representations regarding the accuracy of any third party content.
To purchase Products on our websites or access certain Products and Content we provide, you may need a username and password, which you agree to keep confidential. To the extent you provide information about yourself during the registration or checkout process for our Content or Products, you agree to provide accurate, complete, up-to-date information about yourself, and that information will be used and protected under our Privacy Policy. If we believe you have provided false information or otherwise violated our content guidelines, we may terminate or suspend your account, and refuse to grant access to our Content or Products, without refund.
Permission to Use Content You Submit Or Post; Publicity Consent
In the event you choose to submit or post any content on our websites, platforms, or social media properties or tag us in posts you share on your social media profiles (e.g., comments, photos, videos, other feedback or written content), you represent and warrant that you own or have permission to share that content. We will not claim ownership rights in that content; however, you grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license to use, reproduce, display, copy, publish, distribute, and publicly perform that content, in whole or in part, and your name and likeness in connection with that content, in any medium or manner currently known or later developed, for any purpose, including promotion of our Products and Content and other commercial purposes.
Privacy of Professional Development Course and Membership Participants
When you purchase access to one of our professional development course or our membership Products, we are committed to respecting your privacy and confidential information, and we expect you to be equally committed to protecting the privacy and confidential personal and business information of Beyond Equity in Education and other participants. For more information regarding what information we may collect from you through our website and platforms and how we may use that information, please read our Privacy Policy.
- Virtual Session Recordings. Any live virtual sessions that are included in these Products and available to other participants will be recorded, and the recordings will be distributed only to other participants who are not able to attend at the scheduled time. You may always turn your video off and change your display name if you are concerned with privacy during a live virtual session.
- Publicity Consent. We plan to use any written, recorded and oral feedback you may provide to us during the course of your participation in our professional development course and membership Products on our website, in discussions with potential participants, and in other formats or mediums for promotional, marketing, and other business purposes. You acknowledge and agree that we may use your feedback, name, likeness, audio and video recordings of your voice and image, and photographs of your image for the purposes described above, and you grant us the worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free right, in all formats and media now or hereafter known, to use them in any manner we deem appropriate and without limitation, with the exception that we will request your specific permission before sharing any financial or other deeply personal stories or we may choose not to reveal your name, image, or other identifying information in connection with those stories. We are happy to review any requests you make regarding use or removal of materials that include your likeness, and we will do our best to find a reasonable, mutually agreeable solution.
- Confidentiality of Other Participants’ Information. You agree to protect and maintain the confidentiality of other participants’ identity, personal stories, and any business information shared or otherwise disclosed in the community dashboard, group sessions, or in another nonpublic location as part of the professional development course and membership Products. Violation of this provision will result in termination of the Agreement immediately upon notice to you and removal from our platforms without any refunds or further liability to you.
Disclaimers
THE CONTENT AND PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WE MAKE NO GUARANTEES AS TO UPTIME OR AVAILABILITY OF THE CONTENT AND PRODUCTS AND WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE CONTENT OR PRODUCTS OR ANY OF THEIR FUNCTIONS WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY CONTENT OR MATERIALS INCLUDED IN THE PRODUCTS, DELAYS OR FAILURES IN DELIVERY OF THE CONTENT OR PRODUCTS, OR ANY OTHER RESULTING DAMAGE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE FROM VIRUS ATTACKS, INTERNET CONGESTION, AND DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT OR OTHER VIOLATION OF RIGHTS.
Professional Development Credit
When you purchase access to our professional development Products, you agree to submit your original work to us for professional development credit. We will not award credit for plagiarized or otherwise compromised work submitted by you, and we may retract awarded credit from you if we discover your submitted work has been plagiarized or otherwise compromised after we have awarded credit to you. Because state regulations for teachers vary by state, we cannot guarantee that any of our professional development Products will meet the latest state requirements in any given state. It is your responsibility to understand the process for submission and approval of all professional development and licensing work according to your state’s requirements.
Assumption of Risk
You acknowledge that the Products have not been prepared to meet any specific requirements you may have. When you purchase, download, use, or participate in any Product, you knowingly and voluntarily assume all risk, including elements of inherent risk, and responsibility for injuries to any person or damages to any property.
Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR BREACH OF ANY STATUTORY OR OTHER DUTY OF CARE, SHALL BEYOND EQUITY IN EDUCATION LLC AND ITS MANAGERS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND OTHER AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY, “BEE REPRESENTATIVES”) BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA OR PROFIT, ARISING OUT OF THESE TERMS OR THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE CONTENT OR PRODUCTS OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THIRD-PARTY MATERIALS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU, EVEN IF BEYOND EQUITY IN EDUCATION LLC AND BEE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OR ANY OTHER REMEDY.
THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF BEYOND EQUITY IN EDUCATION LLC AND BEE REPRESENTATIVES FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF THESE TERMS OR THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE CONTENT OR PRODUCTS OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS WE HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU SHALL NOT EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO US FOR THE PRODUCTS DURING THE SIX (6) MONTHS PRECEDING THE DATE THAT A CLAIM OR DEMAND IS FIRST ASSERTED. IF YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT OR PRODUCTS OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THIRD-PARTY MATERIALS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION OF EQUIPMENT OR DATA, YOU ASSUME ALL DIRECT AND RELATED COSTS. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO DEPENDING ON YOUR STATE OF RESIDENCE, ALL OR A PORTION OF THIS PROVISION MAY NOT APPLY.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Beyond Equity in Education and its owners, managers, members, past and present employees, contractors, volunteers, representatives, agents, affiliates, successors, and assigns (collectively, “Releasees”) from and against all actions, suits, claims, losses, liability, costs, and expenses, including attorney fees (collectively, “Claims”) arising out of or in connection with: (i) your viewing, purchase, downloading, use, or participation in the Content and Products; (ii) any content you submit to our websites or social media properties or tag us in on your social media profiles, or (iii) your violation of these Terms. This provision shall apply regardless of Releasees’ negligence, if any.
Content and Product Availability; Delivery; Force Majeure
We do our best to ensure uninterrupted, error-free availability and delivery of the Content and Products. However, we cannot guarantee your access will never be suspended or restricted due to circumstances outside our control and because we occasionally need to make repairs, maintenance, or updates to our Content, Products and websites.
Beyond Equity in Education LLC and BEE Representatives shall not be liable to you for any delay or failure by us to perform our obligations under these Terms to the extent arising from any cause beyond our reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God, floods, fires, epidemics and other public health and safety concerns, government orders and recommendations, local public health agency restrictions and recommendations, loss of electricity or other utilities, labor strike, or delays or failures by you in performing any obligation under these Terms. We will not provide refunds for these or any other reasons; however, we may, in our sole discretion, elect to offer an alternative method of fulfillment (e.g., replacing a live Zoom webinar with a recorded version, or rescheduling to a future date).
Third-Party Links
The Content and Products may contain links to other sites on the internet that are owned and operated by third-parties (“External Sites”). We have no control over those External Sites and are not responsible for the availability of or materials provided on or through those External SItes. We recommend you research independently all recommended resources, and you agree to assume all responsibility for your decision to enter into any transaction or other relationship with those third parties.
Protecting Personal Information
Protecting your personal information is important to us, which is why we have implemented and strive to maintain reasonable, commercially acceptable safeguards appropriate to the nature of the information we collect, use, and store. However, no website, internet transmission, method of electronic storage, or security system is completely secure. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. Therefore, we urge you to take appropriate steps to keep your personal information safe, such as choosing not to send personal information through insecure email and closing your browser when finished buying, downloading, using, or participating in our Content, Products or those of any other website on a shared device or unsecured network. Please read our Privacy Policy to learn more about how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information.
Prohibited Actions
Protecting others’ personal information is equally important to us. You shall not transmit to us or upload to our websites or platforms any Harmful Code or use or misappropriate the data on our websites or in our Content or Products for your own commercial gain. “Harmful Code” includes, without limitation, any software (e.g., viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, time locks, drop dead devices, traps, access codes, cancelbots, or trap door devices that: (a) is designed to damage, disrupt, disable, harm, impair, interfere with, intercept, expropriate or otherwise impede in any manner, any data, storage media, program, system, equipment or communication, based on exceeding a number of copies, exceeding a number of users, passage of a period of time, advancement to a particular date or other numeral, use of a certain feature, or any other event; or (b) would enable an unauthorized person to cause that result; or (c) would enable an unauthorized person to access another person’s information without that other person’s permission. We may refuse access to our websites, Content and Products without notice if you fail to comply with these Terms.
Content and Products Intended for Use Within United States
We control and provide the Content and Products from the State of California within the United States, and we do not represent or warrant that the Content or Products will be available in locations outside the United States. If you choose to access or use the Content or Products from outside the State of California within the United States, you agree to assume full liability for compliance with any applicable local laws.
Governing Law; Location for Disputes
These Terms and any disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Content or Products shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without regard for its conflict of law provisions. Any matter involving interpretation or enforcement of these Terms shall be brought in the state or federal courts in Sonoma County, California. By purchasing, using, viewing or participating in the Products, Content and our websites, you hereby accept the exclusive jurisdiction of those courts. We shall be entitled to recover its attorneys’ fees and costs in enforcing its rights under these Terms in the event of a violation of our intellectual property rights or other breach of these Terms, whether we choose to enforce our rights through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or litigation.
Notices
Any notices to you regarding these Terms and the Products will be provided by email using the contact information provided by you when you last purchased the Products. Notice will be deemed given one (1) business day after email transmission from us, or two (2) business days after the date of posting on our websites or elsewhere, as may be appropriate under the circumstances or otherwise required by law.
If you have any questions about our Products, Content, or any of our terms or policies, including these Terms, please email hello@beeqed.com and include the name of the terms, policy, product, or services in the subject line.
Waiver
Failure by either party to enforce any provision in these Terms is not a waiver of future enforcement of that or any other provision. The waiver of any breach of these Terms is not effective unless in a written agreement signed by the waiving party and is not a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.
Updates to Terms of Use
We will update these Terms occasionally to reflect changes in the law, our Content and Products, our practices, and advances in technology. When we post those changes, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of these Terms. If we make any material changes to these Terms, we will take reasonable steps to notify you or obtain your consent, which could include notifications through our websites, via email, or as otherwise may be required by law. Please review any changes carefully. Any access or use, including your continued use, of the Content, Products or our websites by you after we have posted the updated version of these Terms will mean you consent to and accept those changes. If you do not consent to any changes, you may cease using and viewing our Content and Products and contact us to request deletion of your personal information.
Severability; Entire Agreement
In the event that any portion of these Terms is declared invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining portions of these Terms shall remain in full force and effect. These Terms together with our Privacy Policy, are the exclusive agreement between us with respect to this subject matter and supersedes all prior agreements, negotiations, representations, and proposals, written or oral, relating to this subject matter. There are no conditions precedent to the effectiveness of these Terms other than those expressly stated in these Terms. The provisions of these Terms may not be explained, supplemented, or qualified through evidence of trade usage or a prior course of dealing. In entering into these Terms, neither party has relied upon any representation, warranty, or agreement of the other party except for those expressly contained in these Terms.
Tell Us How We’re Doing
Please send any questions or feedback about our Content, Products, or anything in these Terms via email or mail to:
Beyond Equity in Education LLC
2777 Yulupa Ave., Box #186
Santa Rosa, CA 95405