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Legal Documents DirectoryThis is an alternative version of the Terms of Service for Government Entities (the “Entity Terms"). It is automatically extended to all purchasers of Boom Passport and to Governmental Agencies. Business purchasers may opt to use these Entity Terms. Print and complete the fields and have a person with authority to bind the school sign and return it to legal@boomlearning.com. Failure to return the document will render any provisions that require information from the "Who You Are" table waived until such time as the information is provided. You may also use the Adobe fillable document attached at the bottom of this page.
The Notices and Terms are listed in the order of precedence. That means that if there is a conflict between the terms of one or more documents, the term in the document on the list with the lower numeral will prevail over the terms with a higher numeral.
We update our Entity Terms effective each July 1. We will notify you via our newsletter service if we make material changes. The term of our agreement is determined by the table below:
Dated Signed | Date Expires |
Between June 1 and December 31 of any calendar year. | June 30 of the subsequent calendar year (6-12 months) |
Between January 1 and May 31 of any calendar year. | June 30 of the subsequent calendar year (13-18 months) |
You will also be required to send a renewal agreement when your Entity Terms expire. You may download and send the renewal Entity Terms as early as June 1 of each calendar year. If any term is held unlawful, void, or unenforceable for any reason, it will be considered modified so that its purpose and the remaining terms can be lawfully enforced.
If we are not in compliance with our obligations under the Entity Terms, the Entity may (a) terminate its relationship with us for cause in writing, and (b) demand a refund of all unredeemed purchased points and a pro-rata refund of the remaining portion of annual subscriptions paid. The termination for cause shall be effective on either the delivery of the notice by email to legal@boomlearning.com or the delivery by certified mail to our address in Section 1.3.
We (also “our” and “us”) are Omega Labs Inc. dba Boom Learning and our successors, assigns, and subsidiaries. Legal notices must be sent to 9805 NE 116th ST STE 7198, Kirkland WA 98034 or legal@boomlearning.com.
You are a local, state or provincial, federal or national governmental unit supervised by an elected person or body (a "Governmental Entity") or an non-governmental entity that is not an individual (a "Business Entity"). You are identified as
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The Entity signatory warrants and represents that they have the authority to sign and bind the Entity, pursuant to a policy adopted by the Entity's governing board or body, to these Entity Terms, and to bind the staff, agents, and employees of the Entity to the Entity Terms.
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If we have a falling out, we shall attempt in good faith to resolve all disputes by negotiations between representatives with the authority to settle the controversy. If negotiations do not resolve the matter and the total amount in controversy is less than $100,000, upon the election of the Entity, the matter may proceed to mediation to be conducted online through JAMSconnect.
The initiation of mediation shall toll (in lay terms "pause the running of") the limitations period from the date of initiation of mediation through the date of the completion of the mediation.
If negotiations do not resolve the matter and the matter falls within the jurisdiction of the Copyright Claims Board, the matter will be referred to the Copyright Claims Board for resolution.
If the matter is not resolved in mediation, the Entity may elect to initiate virtual arbitration administered by JAMS following JAMS’ Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures. If you are situated outside of the United States, JAMS will use the JAMS International Arbitration Rules.
If the Entity is a Governmental Entity, the laws applied will be the laws of the country, state or province, county or parish, and city of the Governmental Entity. If the Entity is a Governmental Entity, the Venue of any action will be the City, County or Parish, State or Province of the Governmental Entity. If either (a) the Governmental Entity fails to list a state or province or (b) is a Business Entity and not a Governmental Entity, the venue and choice of law shall be King County in the state of Washington, without regards to the conflicts of law provisions.
We require all Entity staff to follow these rules. We do our best to provide the information you need to follow them. We will tell you if you make a mistake. We expect you to fix your mistake if we tell you that you need to. Entity staff must
Do not engage in any conduct in any forum hosted by Boom Learning that is harassing, threatening, fraudulent, inappropriate, hateful, pornographic, defamatory, obscene, offensive, indecent, or unlawful (as judged solely by us).
CANVAS USERS: In addition to Boom Acceptable Use policies, you must also conform to the Instructure Acceptable Use Policy for items used with Canvas. You must further follow any applicable Entity Acceptable Use policies. The Canvas experience may differ in fundamental ways from the direct Boom Learning experience and may have some additional features, and other features may be unavailable. See our FAQs for details specific to the CANVAS experience.
Failure to conform to our Acceptable Use policies can result in Educator accounts being suspended or locked out. We are not required by law to monitor our sites and apps. We have a right to monitor our sites and apps. We may proactively disable access to content that violates applicable acceptable use policies and contact the Entity administrator(s) after doing so. We will, on request, assist Entity administrators with removing access to materials they deem inappropriate for their Entity. We reserve the right to provide information to third parties such as our authors, law enforcement, supervisory authorities, and attorneys general, to resolve claims of civil or criminal misconduct.
Boom Cards allow the embedding of videos. Our rules prohibit Public Store Boom Cards decks that contain videos that contain an advertisement or tracking cookies. If you find a deck that contains an advertisement or that is sending a tracking cookie, contact us immediately and we will correct the deck. Entity staff may create and publish decks with videos to the Entity Private store. The Entity is solely responsible for educating Entity staff on which videos may be included.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act provides specific guidelines for reporting infringement of copyrights. If we receive a compliant DMCA claim through our Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement, we will remove the items. You must follow the DMCA procedure if you wish to have us reinstate materials removed under the DMCA.
Before assigning any material, you must inspect it to ensure it is suitable for your students. If an Entity Educator acquires a material and then determines it is not suitable, you may request a refund if it was purchased with Points by contacting help@boomlearning.com or remove it from your Library if obtained through Passport. You will need to identify the deck title, deck author, and a brief statement of the issue with the deck if you are requesting a refund. Refund requests must be within reasonable proximity of the purchase date (normally within two weeks). We will grant reasonable and timely refund requests. Content on Boom Learning is created by authors. Those authors are solely responsible for the content they make available. The responsibility for reviewing material before assigning it is solely your responsibility. We are not responsible for the accuracy, appropriateness, lawfulness, or truthfulness of any content. Authors who participate in the Boom Passport program are required to meet certain standards to participate. You can review those standards here.
Please talk about Boom Cards. Be sure to give credit where credit is due. If something is not yours, don't claim it is. If Entity Educators posts images of Boom Learning or Boom Cards on media available to the public, you grant us and the author the right to repost the image with credit given to the Entity.
We and our authors may freely use any suggestions, ideas, or other feedback you give. Freely means without restriction and without owing you money or compensation. Ratings you give must be based on using the resource for its intended purpose.
Boom Learning names and logos are the trademarks, trade names, and/or service marks of Boom Learning. Our authors’ names and logos are the trademarks, trade names, and/or service marks of our authors. You may use our names to describe us in reviews. Use of Boom Learning and Boom Cards names and logos must comply with our guidelines. For all other uses, ask for written permission from us or our authors first. Boom Learning grants Entity the right to use our app and business logos on Entity sites to communicate the use of our product to families and the general public.
You agree that Boom Learning may use the Entity as a business reference.
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Boom Learning the right to use the logo of Entity in Boom Learning's marketing and promotional materials. If you grant rights, please send your mark guidelines to help@boomlearning.com, ATTN Marketing.
Prices exclude taxes and currency exchange settlements unless stated otherwise. You are responsible for paying taxes or other charges. In regions where we collect applicable taxes, they will be displayed on your invoice.
All monetary amounts are expressed in US dollars ("USD"), and we expect payment in USD funds. We give you electronic invoices. Your paid invoice is your receipt.
You may use purchase orders only through our Estimate Builder.
If you don't pay the invoice, we reserve the right to cancel the subscriptions, remove points, and send the bill to collections for the prorated amount due. You remain responsible for all prorated actual usage for which you failed to pay.
Premier Publisher Boom Cards (curricula) included in a Boom Passport subscription are available on an annual subscription basis. Boom Cards in a Boom Passport account are rented, not purchased, and access expires at the end of the Boom Passport subscription. Boom Learning reserves the right to add or remove Premier Publishers and select Premier Publisher Boom Cards from the program and the subscription at any time. If you fail to render payment for your Boom Passport account and we cancel the subscription, you will owe and be billed for pro-rated usage of the account for the time while it was in effect.
Additional Boom Cards or assets to make Boom Cards (such as images, fonts, and backgrounds) are redeemed using Curriculum Points. Those Curriculum Points are purchased in US dollars. Points can only be used for products from our Store. They enable Entities to control the purchasing by individual Educators. We may reduce your points balance to obtain satisfaction of a debt you owe us, including debts for dispute fee chargebacks and failure to pay on an account.
Points are non-refundable and non-transferable. Points do not constitute a personal property right and have no value outside Boom Learning. Points have no cash value and cannot be exchanged for cash.
Administrators should recover points to the Entity account before removing or releasing Educator accounts. If an account is deleted and the account has points in it at the time of deletion, all points are forfeit and are unrecoverable. We reserve the right to transfer points from Educator accounts that are no longer being actively used to the Entity account (see our Information Security Plan - 4.4.2 Triggers for Automate Deletion for how we define accounts we consider no longer active). We reserve the right to discontinue the availability of points at any time. If we suspect fraud or abuse regarding points, we may cancel, suspend, or limit your ability to redeem points, and we may elect to reverse all transactions involving such points. Purchases of points have daily maximums.
Unless otherwise provided, all purchases and redemptions are final and nonrefundable. We may, at our sole discretion, issue refunds. If we cancel or suspend your account, your right to acquire and use products stops immediately. We can only issue refunds for purchases made directly from Boom Learning. Direct all other refund requests to the site from which you made the purchase.
You must contact us to request a refund. The best way to do so is when logged in from the Help Center. Please select Customer Service & Sales (including refunds) as your request type for the fastest service. If you dispute a charge without contacting us or requesting a refund first, we reserve the right to charge you the dispute fee, which can be $15 to $35 per dispute.
When a charge is disputed, we will reclaim the purchased items (refunding decks, removing points and expiring items). If the dispute was not valid (for example, if you spent the points or continued using the membership) but is nonetheless resolved against us, you will be required to pay the chargeback before you can continue using your account. We may reclaim the dispute fee by removing points, adding a negative points balance, and/or returning redemptions until there are sufficient points to pay your fee. If the dispute is valid because you used a payment you were not authorized to use, you will be required to pay the dispute fees to regain access to your account.
If you purchased Boom Cards from a seller other than Boom Learning, we can demand proof of purchase at any time. If you fail to provide proof of purchase we can remove any and all decks for which you are unable to establish proof of purchase.
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All memberships have specific limits and conditions. Consult your sales team representative for specifics for your purchased membership. We reserve the right to change membership and membership plan limits and conditions from time to time.
Boom Cards are owned by their authors. You receive the right to use them. Authors reserve the right to modify Boom Cards after purchase to correct errors and omissions.
You cannot export Boom Cards decks. You can’t use them offline; they require a connection to the internet (wired, wireless, or cellular). You may not extract or attempt to extract images, fonts, video, sound, or other elements from Boom Cards using any means.
Use assets made or licensed by the Entity. Points can be used to purchase assets for use from the Boom Store. Don’t use images of living people unless you have their permission (a right of publicity clearance). For dead people who have been dead less than 70 years, the question gets more complicated, and you should contact an attorney for guidance. We reserve the right to block you from accessing assets you upload, use, or purchase, if we determine that you may not lawfully use the asset. We, in our sole discretion, will determine whether you are entitled to a refund for assets you purchased from an author on the Boom App.
When you buy assets from the Boom Store, you get permission to include those assets in decks you create and to use assets included in decks with your students. You may modify assets to the extent allowed by the tools included in the Boom App. Asset authors may provide more generous terms to you. If so, their terms apply.
Entity memberships are annual, pre-paid, and non-refundable. Boom Learning reserves the right to change the terms of memberships at any time at our discretion. Changes will take effect for you on renewal.
Premier Publisher Boom Cards included in a Boom Passport subscription are available on an annual subscription basis. Boom Cards in a Boom Passport account are rented, not purchased, and access expires at the end of the Boom Passport subscription. Boom Learning reserves the right to add or remove Premier Publishers and select Premier Publisher Boom Cards from the program and the subscription at any time. If you fail to render payment for your Boom Passport account and we cancel the subscription, you will owe and be billed for pro-rated usage of the account for the time while it was in effect
DELETION IS IRREVERSIBLE. AGAIN, DELETION IS NOT REVERSIBLE.
If you have unspent purchased Curriculum Points, you must request a refund before deleting the applicable account.
Once an account is deleted, points are forfeited and non-refundable. Educators may add and delete students. Deleting a student deletes the record of that student’s past work. Educator account closure is permanent and irreversible - decks created but not shared are permanently destroyed. Entities may authorize us to delete a school-purchased account. A staff member who deletes an Entity-purchased account without the permission of the Entity is liable to the Entity for the loss. Entities may authorize us or a staff member to delete an Entity-purchased account.
Decks, bundles, printables, and assets are licensed to a single Educator, not to an entire Entity. Educators may not share purchased Boom Cards with Educators at the Entity without a license for each Educator. If Educators use materials without sufficient licenses, the Entity will need to pay for the additional licenses to bring the account into compliance. Our sales team (sales@boomlearning.com) can help you obtain volume licenses for specified authors.
Boom Passport subscriptions are licensed per Educator. Each Educator must have a Boom Passport license to access the Premier Publisher Boom Cards library included in the Boom Passport product.
Parents and legal guardians may review student accounts from the student dashboard. Parents must contact the Educator if they need a password reset for a student account, to correct an error in a student record, or to request an export of student performance records. We must have authorization from the Educator or a legal authority to fulfill parent requests. Please see our Student Privacy Notice.
We are Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) compliant. Please see our Privacy Notice. Boom Learning does not require student personally identifiable information to serve its educational purpose.
Please see our Non-US Data Subject Privacy Notice for details for European Economic Area, Swiss, UK, and Canadian customers.
We use a first-purchaser rule to determine account ownership. The first purchaser owns the account.
The following actions will not change the ownership of an account:
The following actions will change the ownership of an account:
Any attempt to seize or transfer ownership inconsistent with this section shall be null and void unless supported by a notarized statement signed by both parties stating the correct ownership of the account or a court or arbitral order.
Details are in our Information Security Plan.
We each agree, at the request of the other, to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify the other party and its directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates, and each of their successors from and against all third-party claims, actions, demands, proceedings, damages, costs, and liabilities of any kind that arise out of or relate to negligence, gross negligence, or willful misconduct attributable to the indemnifying party's agents and employees concerning personally identifiable data and intellectual property rights. Such costs include reimbursing the costs of providing breach notifications attributable to the indemnifying party's negligence or misconduct.
We shall have no liability to Entity for any liability arising from the Entity's actions in assigning resources that collect information in violation of a law that applies and for any failure by the Entity to provide a student with any required information regarding their rights.
We will maintain general liability and cyber liability insurance. Contact sales@boomlearning.com to obtain a Certificate of Insurance.
Boom Learning and the content/products found on the Boom App are provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied. This includes without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, or non-infringement. Except as set forth in Section 13.1, the entire risk arising out of the use or performance of the Boom App remains with you. No communication, whether oral or written, from us to you creates any warranty. We and our Authors may change, suspend, or discontinue the Boom App at any time for any reason, with or without notice. If we discontinue services, your resources may not be available to you. You agree that neither we nor our Public Authors shall be liable to you or any third party if the Boom App is changed, suspended, or discontinued.
We work hard to make sure our system is available, but there are a substantial number of factors beyond our control in providing the services, including browser updates, filtering software, entity IT settings, and more. As a result, we can’t guarantee that any or all features will always work, or that the Boom App will be continuously available to you or your students.
Except as stated in Section 13.1, we and our suppliers are not liable to you for any errors or inaccuracies you find in or on the Boom App; any service, system, or process delays, latencies, failures, or interruptions; or any actions you take in reliance on us, our suppliers, or the content. Our and our suppliers’ liability to you is limited whether or not the harm to you was foreseeable. We and our suppliers are not liable to you for any special, exemplary, or punitive damages, including loss of data, revenue, and/or profits, costs, or expenses, including legal fees and expenses, regardless of the legal theory upon which you claim liability, even if you have advised us or our supplier of the possibility of those damages.
Our and our suppliers’ liability to you is limited to the amount actually paid by you to us, if any, for the product(s) at issue. YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE WAIVING CLAIMS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT YOU HAVE AT THE TIME YOU ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. YOU AGREE TO SPECIFICALLY WAIVE ANY CLAIMS AS A CREDITOR YOU MAY HAVE THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT EXIST IN YOUR FAVOR. YOUR WAIVER AS A CREDITOR INCLUDES WAIVER OF CLAIMS THAT WOULD HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HOW YOU WOULD SETTLE A MATTER IN WHICH WE ARE A DEBTOR TO YOU. You acknowledge and agree that we cannot ensure that either content or data will be protected from theft or misuse. We have no liability arising from a failure of any system or feature that limits the use of content or data.
Because some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you.
These terms amend our standard Privacy Notice.
We will respond to reasonable requests from the Entity, including responses to information security and audit questionnaires, provided that the Entity will not exercise this right more than once per year without cause. Our answers to such responses are confidential and will be held in strictest confidence by the Entity. Such audits are subject to reasonable time and manner restrictions. We will cooperate reasonably with any state or federal agency with jurisdiction in connection with any audit or investigation of us or the delivery of the services.
In the event of a breach arising because of Entity personnel, we will cooperate with the Entity and take such reasonable commercial steps as are directed by the Entity to assist in the investigation, mitigation, and remediation of the Entity's data, provided that the Entity shall reimburse us for expenses attributable to the Entity's personnel.
As between the Entity and us, personally identifiable information provided by the Entity, its Educators, and students is the property of the Entity. Parent or student requests for access to data will be directed to the Entity.
We provide Entities with self-help tools for data deletion. Entities are expected to promptly (within 90 days) after expiration to use the tools provided to delete data that is no longer required by the Entity. If the Entity fails to promptly delete data from expired and non-renewed Entity accounts, the Provider may delete that data as specified in the Information Security Plan.
We agree not to report a security incident directly to the applicable regulators unless directed in writing by the Entity. The Entity agrees to indemnify and hold us harmless from any fines, fees, or liabilities assessed against us for not reporting an incident that rises to a reportable incident. Where this paragraph is inconsistent with governing law, we may report a reportable incident directly with no liability to the Entity and without being in breach of these Entity Terms.
Scraping refers to the use of an automated process to extract data from our site, including components of Boom Cards, and the Boom Cards themselves. You may not scrape any of our properties for any reason. Search engines that comply with our robots.txt instructions are permitted to index only pages that we authorize for indexing. You are prohibited from using any of our properties for any activity that
All necessary rights to take the actions described that are not stated explicitly are implied. The Services are licensed, not sold. Ongoing access requires a current account.
Our failure to act if you fail to comply with a term does not waive our right to act on any subsequent failure to comply. Nor does it waive the term in question.
Any terms that by their nature are intended to apply indefinitely continue to apply, including but not limited to perpetual licenses, ownership provisions, warranties, disclaimers, indemnities, and limitations of liability. Terms that are intended to survive for a period after termination shall survive for the designated period.
Entity consents to the delegation of duties to the subcontractors and subprocessors listed in our Subprocessor Disclosure.
We may assign any rights we have under any agreement to any successor or purchaser of us or of our assets to the extent permitted by law and provided that such successor or purchaser agrees to be bound by the terms. If you assign your rights or obligations to another party, you must give us written notice of the assignment no later than ten (10) business days following the assignment. This agreement is binding on and inures to the benefit of any successors and assigns.
Some user types can have Delegees. You are fully and completely responsible for the actions of any Delegee, whether adult or student. You are responsible for all actions of your Delegees. You will indemnify Boom Learning for any actions taken by your Delegees as if they were you. Adult Delegees must have a paid Boom membership to act as a delegee. Delegees have access to your Boom Cards Assets.
If the final judgment of a court or arbitrator declares any term invalid, void, or unenforceable, then you and we agree to reduce the scope, duration, area, or applicability of the term; to delete specific words or phrases; or to replace any invalid, void, or unenforceable term with a term that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the original intention of the invalid or unenforceable term.
If United States federal award monies are utilized in procuring the services covered by these Entity Terms, Title 2, Subtitle A, Chapter II, Appending II to Part 200 shall be the controlling law voiding any other language that may be in conflict of said law.
It is the express wish of the parties that this Agreement and all related documents, including notices and other communications, be drawn up in the English language only. Il est la volonté expresse des parties que cette convention et tous les documents s’y rattachant, y compris les avis et les autres communications, soient rédigés et signés en anglais seulement.