The NROC Project

Terms of Use and Privacy Policies

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF USE. ACCESSING, BROWSING, OR USING OUR WEBSITES IMPLIES THAT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES AND FUTURE MODIFICATIONS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “TERMS”).



Summary of our terms and statement of purpose

These summary terms are intended to provide additional clarity regarding our purpose and policies. Please read the full terms of use, below, for additional detail.

The NROC Project (NROC) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization collaborating with secondary, postsecondary, and adult education leaders to imagine, develop, test, and refine open and low-cost courses and tools that improve student readiness, persistence, and success.


If you are representing yourself as a person (i.e., as an individual, rather than a group, business, or corporation), you may access, utilize, and share all NROC content and applications at no cost.

If you represent an educational organization or agency (or any other corporate entity), The NROC Project would encourage you to contact us about options to support your needs. Institutions can purchase seat licenses to our EdReadyTM-based solutions. Where appropriate, sustaining institutional partnerships are also possible.

Other rights to NROC content and tools are negotiable, including rights granted under standardized terms (e.g., Creative Commons licenses). Contact us to learn more.

Our purpose is to improve educational outcomes and support the institutions that share this purpose. The NROC Project and institutional partners are making a sustained commitment to helping students achieve academic and career success. Join us!



Detailed Terms

Index

Terms of Use

Changes to Terms

Intellectual Property

Links to Third-Party Sites

Privacy Policy

User Content and Conduct

Infringement Notification

EdReady Accounts

HippoCampus Accounts

Indemnification

Limitation of Liability

Applicable Law and Venue

Contact Us

Terms of Use

All content is licensed to or copyright © The NROC Project, a California non-profit corporation with its main website at https://nroc.org. Please note, The NROC Project (NROC) is now the official name of the organization, previously incorporated as ‘The Monterey Institute for Technology and Education’ (MITE). NROC owns and operates several different websites (“Sites”) which provide educational content. These sites include, but are not limited to:

NROC seeks to meet society's need for access to effective, high-quality educational opportunities in an era of rapid economic, social, and personal change. As a non-profit institution, NROC supports its activities through fees paid by sustaining institutions. Most institutional partners purchase blocks of seat-licenses to specific solutions powered by the EdReadyTM platform. In special cases, some institutional partners receive access to materials and applications hosted or developed by NROC under different partnership terms. Individuals can access most of these same applications and materials for free through the public HippoCampus and EdReadyTM sites.

The following terms and conditions, together with our Privacy Policy, Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Statement, and such other documents referenced or incorporated herein, constitute the Terms of Use ("Terms") that govern your use of all NROC-owned sites ("the Sites"). PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING ANY OF THE SITES. By using any of the Sites, you acknowledge that you have read and understand the Terms in its entirety and agree to be bound by its terms. If you do not agree to any of the terms contained in the Terms, please refrain from using these Sites. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a minor (i.e., a person under the age of 18), you understand and acknowledge that use of these Sites by such minor is governed by and subject to the Terms.

Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify the Terms from time to time at our sole discretion. For example, we may amend the Terms to incorporate additional rules and policies as may be established by NROC from time to time. Please check the Terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Sites after the posting of changes constitutes your binding acceptance of such changes and you are bound by the Terms as modified with respect to all your subsequent uses of the Sites and NROC materials.

Intellectual Property

Copyright Policy

Except where otherwise noted, NROC retains all rights to the materials distributed free-of-charge through any of the Sites. This means that unless otherwise noted, all web design, text, graphics, the selection and arrangement thereof, and all software compilations, underlying source code, software (including applets and Flash® media) and all other material on the Sites are either the copyright or trademark of NROC and its affiliates, or their content and technology providers. Note that some of our sites link to materials located on external (non-NROC-controlled) websites – in these cases, NROC does not automatically exert the rights enumerated here.

Permission is granted to individuals to electronically access all materials through the Sites for personal, noncommercial, and educational purposes. Any other use of materials--including reproduction for purposes other than those noted above, modification, distribution, or re-publication--without the prior written permission of NROC is strictly prohibited. Institutional use of any form is strictly prohibited unless the institution has an active, paid-up partnership agreement with NROC. Institutional use includes the incorporation of links or content into institutionally hosted software applications, or incorporation of the content into a shared course or curriculum serving multiple sections/teachers. All unlicensed use by commercial vendors is prohibited. Institutional licensing options are defined in the Institutional Access and Partnerships section below, or you may contact NROC for more information.

Materials Licensed under Creative Commons

SOME, BUT NOT ALL of our materials made available at the Sites are distributed under Creative Commons licenses (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/). These materials are clearly marked at the bottom of the page with the specific Creative Commons licensing icon in force. Click the available icon or link where a Creative Commons license is used to learn more about these licenses.

In general, NROC supports the broadest possible use and re-use of our materials. Materials carrying a CC BY license are completely unrestricted but for required attribution to the NROC Project. The NROC Project requests that any attribution include a link back to the source material on one of our Sites.

Your rights to use, share, and adapt NROC materials under a CC license are those of a non-exclusive licensee, and you do not acquire copyright ownership with respect to any NROC materials. Again, not all materials on the Sites are available under a Creative Commons license – if the materials are not explicitly marked with a Creative Commons license, the default copyright policy detailed above applies.

NROC and NROC Trademarks and Service Marks

"NROC", "National Repository of Online Courses", "HippoCampus", "NROC", "Monterey Institute for Technology and Education", “EdReady” and affiliated names, logos, and seals are trademarks of NROC. Except for purposes of attribution as required by our materials licensed under Creative Commons, you may not use these names or logos, or any variations thereof, without prior written consent. You may not use the NROC name in any of its forms nor any NROC seal or logo for promotional purposes, or in any way that deliberately or inadvertently claims, suggests, or in NROC's sole judgment gives the appearance or impression of a relationship with or endorsement by NROC.

Additional Notices Regarding Trademarks and Service Marks for Materials Licensed under Creative Commons

For NROC materials published with a Creative Commons license, only those materials obtained directly from a NROC-owned site are endorsed by NROC. If you are using openly licensed materials that originated from NROC, it is your responsibility to verify that they are faithful copies of the original materials, assuming such validation is important to you. NROC cannot verify and is not responsible for the integrity of any content you obtain from any site other than an NROC site.

If you have adapted or altered the NROC materials in any manner, you are obligated to remove any trademarked names and logos if they might be construed to constitute endorsement of the materials by NROC. This obligation does not excuse you from giving proper attribution to NROC for the use of these materials. For avoidance of doubt, we recommend that you attribute NROC by using the phrase, “This resource was adapted from original materials provided by the NROC Project (http://www.nroc.org).” We also ask that you provide a direct link back to the original source materials.

Legal Notices

To the extent any materials on the Sites contain or include any NROC legal disclaimer, any NROC trademark, copyright, and/or other legal rights notices, and/or NROC source, identification, and/or attribution information (collectively "NROC Legal Notices"), you must keep intact all such NROC Legal Notices, and may not remove, alter, destroy, conceal, or otherwise tamper or interfere with the same.

You agree to indemnify, save, and hold NROC, its affiliated companies, contractors, employees, agents and its third-party suppliers, licensors, and partners harmless from any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of your use or misuse of the Sites or any violation by you of the Terms.

As is” and “As available”. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF ANY OF THE SITES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE WEBSITE AND ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION, OR REFERENCE SITES MADE AVAILABLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR THROUGH THE SITES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Infringement Policy


In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable law, we reserve the right to terminate and/or limit access to the Sites and NROC Materials to users who infringe on our Intellectual Property or violate our Intellectual Property policies.

Institutional Access and Partnerships

NROC encourages institutions and individuals to contact us regarding institutional access, customization, and co-branding of NROC materials, including EdReadyTMPartners gain access and hosting privileges per the terms of their agreement for the same content that is distributed via Hippocampus and other Sites, as well as a custom version of EdReadyTM. There are two types of institutional licenses offered:

  1. EdReadyTM Seat Licenses – Product licenses for academic institutions such as public and private schools and school systems, districts, state departments of education, federal departments of education, and non-profit educational institutions, as well as businesses, both for-profit and non-profit. Contact us for more information.

  2. Custom NROC Partnership – In special cases, and for agreed-upon collaborative purposes, different partnership agreements are possible. Contact us for more information.

Contact NROC for more information at info@nroc.org

NROC is also interested in working with anyone seeking to provide NROC-originated materials in alternative formats, in translation, or to underserved markets, whether for fee or free. Again, contact NROC for further information.

Screenshots

Screenshots of copyrighted computer software, for which the copyright is held by the author(s) or the company that created the software, is believed to fall under the fair use doctrine in the United States (and similar laws in other countries). It is believed that reproduction for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, or research is not copyright infringement. If you reuse screenshots, as well as any other information on Hippocampus and other NROC websites, you do so at your own risk and under the copyright laws of your country.

To the extent that it is useful, NROC grants, under the terms of a CC BY license, permission for anyone to capture and display static screenshots and stills of materials on Hippocampus or the other Sites, such as for information purposes. Consistent with the terms of a CC BY license, NROC does not endorse any such materials, and any NROC trademarks, seals, or logos are excluded from these terms and may not be used without NROC's express permission at any time, except as a form of attribution, where appropriate.

Links to Third-Party Sites

As a rule, we have evaluated and deemed to be useful any links provided to third-party websites that you may find on the Sites. However, the presence of these links does not necessarily constitute NROC's endorsement, sponsorship, warranty, or approval of such linked websites or any product, service, or materials offered on such linked websites. NROC does not own or control such linked websites and does not warrant or guarantee that any product, service, or materials offered on such linked websites will be suitable for you. You access and use such linked websites entirely at your own risk. You acknowledge and agree that under no circumstances will NROC be responsible or liable in any way for any errors, omissions, conduct, or activity of such linked websites, or for any claims, losses, damages, or injuries of any kind incurred by you as a result of your use of or reliance upon any product, service, or materials offered on such linked websites.

Privacy Policy

NROC respects your privacy. NROC does not collect personally identifiable information about you on any Site unless you voluntarily provide it, such as when you create an account on HippoCampus or EdReadyTM, send feedback to NROC, or respond to a survey. If you voluntarily provide your email address or other contact information, we might also use it to inform you of changes to any of the Sites, to survey you about your use or opinion of the Sites, or to ask for your support. At your request, we will remove your contact information from our files.

We do not make your contact information or any other personally identifiable information available to anyone outside of NROC or its service providers (who use the information only for authorized NROC purposes) unless we are legally required to do so. Note that institutional versions of EdReadyTM are subject to some additional terms, detailed below.

In addition to the above, we collect certain anonymous (non-personally identifiable) information to help us improve the EdReadyTM and HippoCampus web sites and to evaluate the access and use of EdReadyTM and HippoCampus materials and the impact of EdReadyTM and HippoCampus on the educational community:

When we report information about EdReadyTM and HippoCampus access, use, and impact, we report aggregate, non-personally identifiable data. Occasionally, we report quoted feedback from users. We do not attribute feedback to specific individuals unless we obtain permission to use that person's name along with the feedback.

EdReadyTM Institutional Versions

If you are accessing and using one of the institutional versions of EdReadyTM, additional data may be collected, and additional rights of access to your data apply. Institutional versions of EdReadyTM can be identified by additional branding and text, as well as by the inclusion of additional specification in the URL (i.e., any identifying text other than ’edready’). As a rule, institutional versions of EdReadyTM allow for authorized personnel from the identified institution to require additional information (including personally identifiable information (PII)) from you and to access the data you provide to EdReadyTM, in addition to the other rights of access enumerated here. Those institutions are obligated to protect your privacy under the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), as amended and under the respective institution’s policies concerning educational record privacy, and your data may only be used for legitimate educational and evaluation purposes. If you self-register for an institutional version of EdReady™, you are asked to agree to these terms upon signing up. Where possible, links to any additional terms specific to that version are provided. If you were pre-registered for an institutional version, the institution involved has asserted rights and responsibilities for your education that include rights to access your data on EdReady™, and those terms will be located elsewhere. Note that none of these additional rights alters your ownership of your data. Barring any external factors beyond NROC’s control, you have the right to close your account and delete your data from EdReady™ at any time.

Note that institutional versions of EdReadyTM may be, but are not necessarily, governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state of domicile of the Institution as applied to contracts entered into solely between residents of, and to be performed entirely in, such state.

Commercial or External Links

The appearance of hyperlinks within the Sites is provided for convenience only and does not necessarily constitute endorsement by the NROC Project. Please note that once you have used these links to leave our site, we do not have any control over these other websites and our Terms of Use no longer control your internet browser session. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites, and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive right to create a text hyperlink to the Sites for non-commercial purposes, provided such link does not portray The NROC Project in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise defamatory manner or light, and provided further that the linking site does not contain any adult or illegal material or any material that is, in The NROC Project’s sole opinion, offensive, harassing or otherwise objectionable. This limited right may be revoked at any time. You may not use NROC logos or our other proprietary graphics to link to the Sites without the express prior written permission of The NROC Project. Except as expressly stated above, you are not conveyed any right or license by implication, usage, custom, estoppel or otherwise in or under any Intellectual Property or other proprietary right of The NROC Project or any third party.

Advertising

On occasion, we may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Sites. These companies may use general information (i.e., information that does not include your name, address, email address, or any other PII) about your visits to our web site in order to provide advertisements about colleges and services of interest to you. Ad-network cookies may be used to inform the network about whether or not an advertisement has been served to the same computer before, and if so, when the advertisement was served. NROC does not monitor such third-party content and we are not responsible or liable in any manner for such third-party content, or for any loss, liability, harm, or damages incurred as a result of your use or access to such third-party content. Such third-party content is provided “as is” and you use such third-party content at your own risk.

Optional User Accounts for Hippocampus

For those wishing to create a free instructor account on HippoCampus, we request PII related to the user’s teaching position, including name, email address, position, school name, state, and subject of interest. We do not collect postal addresses or phone numbers. NROC may use that information to email account holders to let them know about updates to the site or new collections that have been added, or to request the user’s input about the site’s usefulness and how it might be improved.

Security of Information

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the PII submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Although we do not share PII with third parties, we reserve the right to disclose your PII as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our site.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

NROC may find it necessary to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted at this site. Except as otherwise required by law, any modifications made to this Privacy Policy will not materially affect the privacy of data collected by NROC prior to the effective date of the policy change. By using any of the Sites, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy set forth herein. We may make changes to our Privacy Policy at any time. We encourage you to review the Sites and these terms periodically for any updates or changes. Your continued access or use of any of the Sites shall be deemed your acceptance of these changes and the reasonableness of these standards for notice of changes. If you do not agree and/or no longer agree to be bound by the terms of our Privacy Policy, you may not use and must immediately cease your use of the Sites. The terms of our Privacy Policy (and any additional Terms of Use set forth on this website) constitute the entire agreement between you and NROC with respect to the Sites. If you have any questions or comments regarding our Privacy Policy, contact us at info@nroc.org.

User Content and Conduct

The Sites may include public or restricted-access interactive areas or services, such as email systems, discussion forums, chat rooms, message boards, online hosting or storage services, mobile applications, tablet applications, or other areas or services ("Interactive Areas") in which you or other users create, post, or store any content, messages, materials, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, video, graphics, code, or other items or materials on the Sites ("User Content"). Interactive Areas are provided "as is". You are solely responsible for your use of such Interactive Areas and use them at your own risk.

If you post User Content, you agree that your User Content will be accessible and viewable by others. You agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create, or otherwise publish through the Sites any of the following:

  1. User Content that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent, or otherwise objectionable;

  2. User Content that would constitute a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national, or international law;

  3. User Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party;

  4. User Content that impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;

  5. Any unauthorized commercial use such as, but not limited to, engaging in unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising, commercial hyperlinking off of the Sites, or collecting names and email addresses for the purpose of sending unsolicited emails;

  6. Private information of any third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers, and credit card numbers;

  7. Viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files; and

  8. User Content that, in the sole judgment of The NROC Project, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Interactive Areas or the Sites, or which may expose NROC or its users to any harm or liability of any type.

This list of prohibitions provides examples and is not complete or exclusive, and NROC reserves the right to remove offending User Content at any time from the Sites. By posting any User Content, you represent and warrant that you have the lawful right to distribute and reproduce such User Content. Except as explicitly indicated in these Terms of Use, or unless otherwise indicated on the Sites, if you post User Content to any of the Sites, you retain all rights in and to such User Content. You grant NROC a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display such User Content throughout the world in any media.

Surveys

You acknowledge and agree that, except for User Content submitted in an Interactive Area, any information or materials, including but not limited to questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, plans, notes, drawings, original or creative materials, images, or other information regarding the Sites or the NROC materials provided by you by participating in surveys hosted by The NROC Project, or any third party vendors, on the Sites or other sites, in the form of email, or any other submissions, are non-confidential and shall be the sole property of NROC, and that upon submission of such materials you thereby assign without additional consideration all rights, title, or interest you may hold in such information and materials to The NROC Project. NROC shall own exclusive rights, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of the submission information and materials for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you.

Infringement Notification

This section constitutes NROC's Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) Statement. NROC, prior to making any materials publicly available on the Sites, has reviewed all materials extensively to determine the correct ownership of the materials and obtain the appropriate licenses to make the materials available. NROC will promptly remove any material that is determined to be infringing on the rights of others. If you believe that a portion of NROC materials infringes another's copyright, contact us via email or write to us at:

NROC: Copyright Infringement, P.O. Box 28818, Scottsdale, AZ 85255-0163

If you do not include an electronic signature with your claim, you may be asked to send or fax a follow-up copy with a signature. To file the notification, you must be either the copyright owner of the work or an individual authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. Your notification must include:

  1. Identification of the copyrighted work, or, in the case of multiple works at the same location, a representative list of such works at that site.

  2. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity. You must include sufficient information, such as a specific URL or other specific identification, for us to locate the materials.

  3. Information for us to be able to contact the claimant (e.g., email address, phone number).

  4. A statement that the claimant believes that the use of the materials has not been authorized by the copyright owner or an authorized agent.

  5. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and that the claimant is, or is authorized to act on behalf of, the copyright owner.

EdReadyTM Accounts

Individual EdReadyTM Accounts

NROC allows individuals to create a personal account on the public version of EdReadyTM. By registering for an account, you agree that you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You agree that the information you provide to NROC will be true, accurate, current, and complete.

Your Data in EdReadyTM

You own the data you directly provide to EdReadyTM, including any personal information you provide during sign-up and data provided during subsequent use of the application. NROC will store these data on your behalf as long as the account remains active. You may export your data (as a csv file) at any time.

Termination of Your EdReadyTM Account

You may terminate your EdReadyTM account at any time by following the instructions on your account page. If you terminate your account, NROC will no longer store the data you provided directly in any identifiable form. However, NROC will retain aggregate and anonymized statistics gathered while you were using the site, and NROC reserves the right to generate reports on EdReadyTM use and outcomes that include your (anonymized) data. By using EdReadyTM, you grant to NROC these rights to utilize your data in the manner described.

You also agree that NROC may, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, terminate your access to the Site, for cause, which includes, but is not limited to: (1) any suspected fraudulent, abusive, or illegal activity; (2) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies; (3) discontinuance or material modification of any Site or any service offered on or through the Sites; or (4) unexpected technical issues or problems.

Accounts for Institutional Versions of EdReadyTM

NROC works closely with a variety of educational institutions (e.g., programs, schools, districts, colleges, state systems) and other partners, any of which may sponsor a custom EdReadyTM account. Not all institutional versions allow for self-registration, but in cases where self-registration is enabled, notwithstanding the fact that your account details will also be accessible to authorized personnel at the sponsoring institution, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You agree that the information you provide to NROC will be true, accurate, current, and complete. In cases where your account on an institutional version of EdReadyTM is created for you, you are subject to the rights and responsibilities imposed by that institution.

Your Data in an Institutional Version of EdReadyTM

You own the data you directly provide to an institutional version of EdReadyTM, including any personal information you provide during sign-up and data provided during subsequent use of the application. However, in most cases, you will also grant a license to the institutional sponsor to access, store, and utilize those data according to institutional regulations and legal obligations. NROC will store these data on your behalf, as well as those of the institutional sponsor, as long as the account remains active. You may export your data (as a csv file) at any time.

Termination of Your Account for an Institutional Version of EdReadyTM

You may terminate your account on an institutional version of EdReadyTM at any time by following the instructions on your account page. If you terminate your account, NROC will no longer store the data you provided directly in any identifiable form. However, NROC will retain aggregate and anonymized statistics gathered while you were using the site, and NROC reserves the right to generate reports on EdReadyTM use and outcomes that include your (anonymized) data. By using EdReadyTM, you grant to NROC these rights to utilize your data in the manner described. Furthermore, copies of your data may be retained and utilized by the institutional sponsor, subject to any limitations on those data imposed by institutional regulations and legal obligations.

You also agree that NROC may, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, terminate your access to any institutional version of EdReadyTM, for cause, which includes, but is not limited to: (1) any suspected fraudulent, abusive, or illegal activity; (2) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies; (3) discontinuance or material modification of any Site or any service offered on or through the Sites; or (4) unexpected technical issues or problems.

HippoCampus Accounts

Custom HippoCampus Account

NROC allows individuals to create custom HippoCampus pages. In order to create a custom page, you must register for an account. By registering for an account, you agree that you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You agree that the information you provide to NROC will be true, accurate, current, and complete.

Termination of your HippoCampus Account

You agree that NROC may, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, terminate your access to the Site, for cause, which includes, but is not limited to: (1) any suspected fraudulent, abusive, or illegal activity; (2) requests by law enforcement or other government agencies; (3) discontinuance or material modification of any Site or any service offered on or through the Sites; or (4) unexpected technical issues or problems.

Indemnification

To the extent allowed by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless The NROC Project, its affiliated entities, independent contractors, service providers and consultants, and its respective directors, employees, and agents, from and against any claims, damages, costs, liabilities, and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to your use of the Sites and the NROC Materials, including without limitation, any actual or threatened suit, demand, or claim made against The NROC Project and/or its affiliated entities, independent contractors, licensors, service providers, employees, directors, or consultants, arising out of or relating to the your conduct, your violation of these Terms of Use, or the Privacy Policy, as each may be amended from time to time, or your violation of any law(s), regulation(s), or the right(s) of any third party.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE NROC PROJECT, ITS DIRECTORS, AFFILIATES, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE), EQUITY OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITES OR THE NROC MATERIALS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DAMAGES CAUSED BY OR RESULTING FROM RELIANCE BY USER ON ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE NROC PROJECT, OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR EMAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS, VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE UNIVERSITY'S RECORDS, PROGRAMS, OR SERVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE NROC PROJECT, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, WHETHER ACTIVE, PASSIVE, OR IMPUTED), PRODUCT LIABILITY, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHER THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITES OR THE NROC MATERIALS, EXCEED ANY COMPENSATION YOU PAY, IF ANY, FOR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITES.

Applicable Law and Venue

Except in cases where applicable law may be different for an institutional version of EdReadyTM, these Terms of Use and your use of the Sites and the NROC materials shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California applicable to agreements made and to be entirely performed within the State of California, without resort to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use (except as may be provided with respect to third party copyright complaints) shall be filed only in the state and federal courts located in Santa Clara County, California and you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts over any suit, action, or proceeding arising out of these Terms of Use.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, or about any other aspect of the Sites and NROC, please contact us:

The NROC Project

P.O. Box 28818

Scottsdale AZ 85255-0163

866-591-1431 (fax)

info@nroc.org