Terms of Use

Last Updated: October 17, 2024

Welcome! Thank you for visiting us. Please read these terms and conditions of use (“Terms”) carefully. These Terms are a binding agreement between you and Digital Promise Global, also known as Digital Promise (“we”, or “us”). These Terms govern your use of our websites located at www.digitalpromise.org, www.digitalpromise.net, www.digitalpromiseglobal.org, and any of our other websites, their respective subdomains, and software applications containing a link to these Terms (collectively, our “Sites”).

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, REMEDIES, AND OBLIGATIONS. THESE INCLUDE VARIOUS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS, AND A DISPUTE RESOLUTION CLAUSE THAT GOVERNS HOW DISPUTES WILL BE RESOLVED. BY USING ANY OF OUR SITES, YOU ARE STATING THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY, THESE TERMS (WHETHER OR NOT YOU CONFIRM YOUR AGREEMENT, SUCH AS BY CLICKING “I AGREE”). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO USE ANY OF OUR SITES.

1. 1. Related Agreements and Policies
      
      1. Privacy Policy. You agree that we may use any information we obtain about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which may be found here (the “Privacy Policy”). These Terms incorporate by reference the terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy.
      2. Single Sign-On: Where we allow single sign-on “SSO” for our Sites, you acknowledge and agree that SSO may allow us to authenticate access to our Site through a third-party identity provider, and in such case such third-party identity provider’s terms and conditions to which you agreed when creating such SSO may also apply to your access to our Sites.
      3. Micro-credential Program. The Digital Promise micro-credential ecosystem is subject to its own policies and procedures (the “Micro-credential Terms”) for the development, aggregation and award of micro-credentials, which are described separately from these Terms. Those policies and procedures describe how micro-credentials may be offered, evaluated, and earned within the ecosystem.
      4. Digital Badging. The Digital Promise digital badging initiative is subject to its own policies and procedures (the “Digital Badging Terms”) for the issuance, tracking transfer and use of digital badges associated with micro-credentials and other awards, which are described separately from these Terms. Those policies and procedures describe how micro-credentials may be offered, evaluated, and earned within the ecosystem.
      5. Product Certification. The Digital Promise micro-credential ecosystem is subject to its own policies and procedures (the “Product Certification Terms”) for the development, aggregation and award of product certifications, which are described separately from these Terms. Those policies and procedures describe how micro-credentials may be offered, evaluated, and earned within the ecosystem.
      6. Additional Terms. Some of our Sites, or portions of our Sites, may be subject to additional terms, including the Micro-credential Terms, Product Certification Terms and the Digital Badging Terms (collectively, the “Additional Terms”), which will be described in separate policies posted on the applicable Sites. Those Additional Terms that govern part of our Sites are made a part of this Agreement. Additional Terms may also refer to third-party terms to which you will be subject. For example, content made available through our Sites may be governed by licenses that are separate from these Terms (such as a Creative Commons license or other license), Third Party Services available through our Sites may be governed by terms and policies provided by the applicable provider of such Third Party Services, and applications for membership (such as for the League of Innovative Schools) may be subject to the terms set forth in the application. The Additional Terms will supplement these Terms and will control over any conflict between the Additional Terms and these Terms with respect to the specific Sites, or portions thereof, subject to the Additional Terms.
   2. Access.
      
      1. No Children. Our Sites are not intended for use by children. If you are under thirteen (13), you may not use our Sites.
      2. International Access. Our Sites are controlled and operated by us from our offices within the United States of America and are not intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdictions of any state, country, or territory other than the United States. If you do access and use any of our Sites outside the United States, you are responsible for complying with all applicable local, state, federal, national and provincial statutes, treaties, regulations, rules, orders and other laws (each, a “Law”) of the United States and all other international jurisdictions with respect to such access and use.
   3. Prohibitions. You agree not to use any of our Sites or the content available on our Sites: (a) in violation of these Terms or any Law; (b) for any use other than your own personal and internal business use; (c) to transmit or display any material that is illegal, abusive, tortious, defamatory, discriminatory, obscene, sexually explicit, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or otherwise objectionable, or to harass or harm another individual; (d) to transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional materials; (e) to transmit any material that contains adware, malware, spyware, software viruses, or any other harmful code; (f) to impersonate any person or entity, misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity, or otherwise provide inaccurate or incomplete information as required by the Sites; (g) to interfere with or disrupt any of our Sites or any networks used by us; or (h) disparage or injure the reputation or goodwill of Digital Promise, or any of its donors, officers, directors, or employees.
   4. Site Participation. In connection with particular features of our Sites, you may be required or permitted to provide an email address or login using a social media account (such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, or Disqus). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your social media account password for any of our Sites, and you are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your email address or social media account.
   5. Our Content and Proprietary Rights. As between you and us, we own all content developed or acquired by us (“Our Content”), including but not limited to our selection and arrangement of Third Party Content (as defined below), but excluding Third Party Content itself. Our Content is protected under United States and international copyright Laws and is subject to other intellectual property and proprietary rights and Laws. In addition, the “Digital Promise” name and logo, as well as certain other of the names, logos, and materials displayed in or through our Sites constitute registered and unregistered trademarks, trade names, service marks, or logos (collectively, the “Marks”) of us, our affiliates, content providers, or other entities. Ownership of the Marks and the goodwill associated with them remains with us or those other entities. You are not authorized to use any of Our Content or the Marks other than as expressly provided in these Terms or as expressly licensed to you, such as under a Creative Commons or other license. You must abide by all rights notices, information, or restrictions contained in or attached to any of Our Content and must not remove any trademark, copyright, or other notice from our Sites or any of Our Content.
   6. Third Party Content (Including Your Content).
      1. No Responsibility for Third Party Content. Users of our Sites (including you), and other persons and entities other than us, may pose questions, make comments, post content, or submit material (collectively, “Third Party Content”) to our Sites. We do not control any Third Party Content on our Sites. Any opinions, advice, statements, views, positions, services, offers, or other Third Party Content expressed or made available on our Sites are solely those of the respective authors or distributors, and do not necessarily reflect our opinions, views, or position. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any Third Party Content. You use or rely on Third Party Content at your own risk.
      2. Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination. We have the right, but not the obligation, to: (i) remove or refuse to post any of Your Content for any or no reason in our sole discretion; (ii) take any action with respect to any of Your Content that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that Your Content violates the Content Standards, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of any Site or the public, or could create liability for us; (iii) disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy, or to any authority providing just cause; (iv) take appropriate legal action, including referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of any Site; and (v) terminate or suspend your access to all or part of any Site for any or no reason, including any violation of the Content Standards. However, we cannot and do not undertake to review all material before it is posted on any Site and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.
      3. Your Content. If you pose questions, make comments, post content, or submit material other than for the purposes of obtaining a micro-credential (collectively, “Your Content”) to any of our Sites, you grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display Your Content throughout the world in any media. You grant us and our sublicensees the right to use the name, screen name, city or zip code, and other biographical information that you submit in connection with Your Content, if we or our sublicensees choose. You represent and warrant that: (i) you own or otherwise control all of the necessary rights to Your Content; (ii) Your Content is accurate; (iii) neither Your Content nor your posting or submission of Your Content violates any of these Terms, including without limitation the prohibitions on use of our Sites set forth above, or any United States or other jurisdictions’ Laws; (iv) neither Your Content nor your posting or submission of Your Content will cause injury to any person or entity; and (v) if Your Content is content about a minor, you are the parent or legal guardian of that minor, or you are authorized by the parent or legal guardian of that minor to input, make available, and use Your Content. For example, if any of Your Content contains images or recordings of minors, you must obtain the consent of applicable legal guardians in order to post or submit such images or recordings to our Sites. You agree that you are solely responsible for Your Content and will indemnify us, our affiliates, our sublicensees, and our and their respective content providers, suppliers, distributors, or customers, and any of our and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, representatives, or agents (collectively, the “DP Parties”) for all claims resulting from Your Content, including any breach of your representation or warranty regarding Your Content above. You understand that if you include any personal information in Your Content you post on our Sites, that information may be visible to other users of our Sites, and you hereby authorize us to publish such personal information. Digital Promise encourages you to be careful and sensible about your privacy and the privacy of minors when sharing Your Content. Digital Promise has no responsibility for any of Your Content or the consequences of your sharing any of Your Content with others.
      4. Moderation and Enforcement. We have the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any content from our Sites. We have the right, but not the obligation, to: (i) remove or refuse to post any of Your Content for any or no reason in our sole discretion; (ii) take any action with respect to any of Your Content that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that Your Content violates the “Content Standards”, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of any Site or the public, or could create liability for us; (iii) disclose your identity or other information about you to any third party who claims that material posted by you violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy, or to any authority providing just cause; (iv) take appropriate legal action, including referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of any Site; and (v) terminate or suspend your access to all or part of any Site for any or no reason, including any violation of the Content Standards. However, we cannot and do not undertake to review all material before it is posted on any Site and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.
      5. Micro-credential and Product Certification Submissions. Additional terms and policies apply to content and materials that you submit for the purposes of obtaining a micro-credential or a product certification (“Your Submissions”). For example, we may involve third parties to assess Your Submissions that you have submitted to determine if you have earned the micro-credential. You represent and warrant that: (i) Your Submission is your own work and you own or otherwise control all of the necessary rights to Your Submissions; (ii) Your Submission is accurate; (iii) neither Your Submission nor your posting or submission of Your Submission will cause injury to any person or entity; (iv) you will not upload, publish, display, submit, transmit, share, post, or otherwise provide a student’s personal information in Your Submissions, except that you may post images or recordings of a minor student with the student’s legal guardian’s consent, or of a non-minor student with the student’s consent, in addition to any other authorization required by federal, state, or local law or regulation; and (v) Your Submission will comply with Digital Promise’s micro-credential policies and procedures. In addition, we may share information related to your earned micro-credentials with your school or school district upon their request, if allowed by your privacy settings, and we may use anonymized data resulting from your activities on the Sites to improve the Sites or for other research purposes.
      6. Feedback. If Your Content includes any suggestions, ideas, or other feedback about us, our Sites or our products (your “Feedback“): (i) you grant us all necessary rights to use your Feedback; (ii) you acknowledge and agree that we are free to use and otherwise act on your Feedback with no financial, credit, or other obligation whatsoever to you, but we are not obligated to use your Feedback in any way; (iii) you acknowledge and agree that we are not obligated to keep your Feedback confidential; and (iv) you represent that your Feedback is entirely your original work.
   7. Third Party Services and Sites. Portions of our Sites may allow you to use third party products and services, which may include without limitation social networking services, and our Sites may contain links to third party websites or resources (such products, services, websites, and resources, collectively “Third Party Services”). We are not responsible to you for any Third Party Services. Your use of Third Party Services is subject to the license agreements, terms and conditions, privacy policies, and other policies and agreements applicable to such Third Party Services. We do not approve or endorse any Third Party Services, their content, or any views expressed on any Third Party Service, nor are our Sites approved or endorsed by any Third Party Services. The DP Parties have no responsibility to you for any Third Party Services.
   8. Linking to Our Sites. If you wish to link to any of our Sites, you may include an active link on any website you control directing a browser to the applicable page of that Site, provided that you agree to remove the link at any time upon our request. You may not link to or otherwise provide access to any of our Sites in any way that: (a) alters the look, feel, or functionality of any aspect of our Sites; or (b) in any way that disparages our Sites or products or that could injure the reputation or goodwill of the DP Parties or any of their products.
   9. Infringement Claims. We respect the intellectual property rights of others. Accordingly, we have a policy of removing Third Party Content that violates copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property Laws, suspending access to all or any portion of our Sites to any user who uses our Sites in violation of any such Law, and/or terminating in appropriate circumstances access to our Sites and the account (if any) of any user who uses our Sites in violation of any such Law. We have implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed copyright infringement and for processing such claims in accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code, Section 512. If you believe your copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right is being infringed by a user of any of our Sites, please provide written notice to the following agent for notice of claims of infringement:
      Kathryn Petrillo-Smith
      1001 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 935, Washington, DC 20036
      Tel: 202-450-3675
      Fax: 831-306-6353
      Email: dmca@digitalpromise.org
      Your written notice must: (a) contain your physical or electronic signature; (b) identify the copyrighted work, trademark, or other intellectual property alleged to have been infringed; (c) identify the allegedly infringing material in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate that material; (d) contain adequate information by which we can contact you (including postal address, telephone number, and e-mail address); (e) contain a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material, trademark, or other intellectual property is not authorized by the owner, the owner’s agent, or the Law; (f) contain a statement that the information in the written notice is accurate; and (g) contain a statement, under penalty of perjury (in the case of a claim of copyright infringement), that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property right owner.
   10. Disclaimer of Warranties. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT USE OF ANY OF OUR SITES, OUR CONTENT, ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT, OR ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. OUR SITES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. THE DP PARTIES DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, WITH RESPECT TO OUR SITES, OUR CONTENT, ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT, OR ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE, OR TRADE). IN PARTICULAR, THE DP PARTIES DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT ANY INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT OBTAINED OR VIEWED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF OUR SITES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, OR THAT YOUR ACCESS TO THE SITES OR CONTENT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. THE DP PARTIES DISCLAIM ALL EQUITABLE INDEMNITIES.
   11. Limitation of Liability. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL ANY OF THE DP PARTIES BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE) FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PERSONAL INJURY/WRONGFUL DEATH, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, (EVEN IF SUCH PARTIES WERE ADVISED OF, KNEW OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AS A RESULT OF: (A) YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE ANY OF OUR SITES OR (B) ANY OF OUR CONTENT, ANY THIRD PARTY CONTENT, OR ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH ANY OF OUR SITES. SHOULD ANY DP PARTIES BE FOUND TO BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, SUCH LIABILITY WILL NOT EXCEED $100.00 IN THE AGGREGATE.
   12. Exclusions and Limitations. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations and disclaimers may not apply to you. To the extent that we may not, as a matter of applicable Law, disclaim any implied warranty or limit our liabilities, the scope and duration of such warranty and the extent of liability of the DP Parties will be the minimum permitted under such applicable Law.
   13. Refusal of Service; Modification of Sites; Termination. We reserve the right to refuse service, disable or prohibit logins, remove or edit content (including Third Party Content), limit access to content, or modify or discontinue any of our Sites in our sole discretion. We may terminate, suspend, or modify your access to all or part of any of our Sites, without notice, if you violate these Terms or you engage in any conduct that we, in our sole and absolute discretion, believe is in violation of any applicable Law or is otherwise harmful to the interests of us, any other user of any of our Sites, or any third party.
   14. Modifications to Terms. We may update or change any of the terms and conditions contained in these Terms at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting on the “Terms of Use” page of our Sites or emailing to you at the email address you provided to us a change notice or a revised set of Terms. If any modification is unacceptable to you, your only recourse is to terminate your use of our Sites. Your continued use of our Sites following our posting or emailing of a change notice or revised Terms as provided in this section will constitute your binding acceptance of the change.
   15. Disputes. These Terms and the relationship between us will be governed by the Laws of Washington, D.C. and the Federal Arbitration Act. If any controversy or claim between you and us arises out of your use of the Sites or these Terms that is not resolved through direct discussions or mediation, the dispute shall be resolved by final and binding confidential arbitration before a single neutral arbitrator administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its consumer arbitration rules or subsequent versions thereof (“AAA Rules,” available at www.adr.org) or, if the claims qualify, in small claims court. In arbitration there is no judge or jury, and court review of an arbitration award may be limited. However, an arbitrator can award on an individual basis the same damages and relief as a court. To begin an arbitration proceeding, the party bringing a claim must send a letter to the other party requesting arbitration that describes the claim. We will send the letter to the address you have provided us. You must send the letter to us at: Digital Promise, 1001 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 830, Washington, DC 20036, Attention: General Counsel. The AAA Rules for selection of an arbitrator shall be followed, except that the arbitrator shall be experienced and licensed to practice law in Washington D.C. You may choose to have the arbitration conducted by telephone, based on written submissions or in person in the county where you live or at another mutually agreed location. We each agree that the statute of limitations for asserting any claims arising out of use of the Sites or these terms shall be a period of one year from your last use of the Sites. We each agree that any and all disputes, claims, and causes of actions arising out of or connected with these Terms or the Sites shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class, consolidated, or representative action. If for any reason a claim proceeds in court rather than in arbitration, we each waive any right to a jury trial. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either of us may bring suit in court to enjoin infringement or other misuse of confidential information or intellectual property rights..
   16. Electronic Communications Notice. When you use our Sites or send emails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receiving communications from us electronically. We may communicate with you by email or posting notices on the applicable Site. You may update your information for notice purposes by logging in to Your Account. You agree that all agreements and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. In order to access any such communications, you must have a computer or other Internet-enabled device. In order to retain copies of any such communications, you must have a printer or data storage device. If you have a printer, you may print paper copies of any such communications for your own use. If you wish to withdraw your consent for us to communicate with you electronically, you must terminate Your Account (if any) and you may not use our Sites.
   17. Miscellaneous. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any Additional Terms constitute the entire and exclusive agreement between us with respect to their subject matter, and govern your use of our Sites, superseding any prior agreements or negotiations between us with respect to that subject matter. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, you nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to our intentions as reflected in the provision, and that the other provisions of these Terms remain in full force and effect. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 7, 2024

This privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is between you and Digital Promise Global, also known as Digital Promise (“we”, or “us”), and describes how we collect, use, and share information we obtain about you through your use of our websites located at www.digitalpromise.org, www.digitalpromise.net, www.digitalpromiseglobal.org, and any of our other websites, their respective subdomains, and software applications containing a link to these Terms (collectively, our “Sites”).

By using any of our Sites, you are consenting to the collection, use, and sharing of your information in accordance with the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Please do not use our Sites if you do not agree with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not govern our use of any information you provide to us when you call us, write to us, or communicate with us in any manner other than through the Sites.

1. 1. Collection of Personal Information
      We collect personally identifiable information (such as first and last name, email address, zip code, occupation, and organizational affiliation) (“Personal Information”) provided to us voluntarily through our Sites, as well as through services offered by third parties on our Sites. For example, if you submit a request for our electronic newsletter, sign up for updates, participate in our micro-credential or product certification program, participate in our forums (including logging in, posing questions, making comments, and subscribing to forums), use social media features offered by Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Disqus, or other third parties on our Sites, or request information (including media requests) through our Sites, we (or a third party service provider) will collect your email address and other Personal Information. In addition, we collect Personal Information you choose to send to us in other ways, such as if you send a message through the “Contact Us” link on our Sites. We do not intentionally collect any government identification numbers, payment or other banking information, religious affiliation or medical information. Please do not submit your Personal Information to us if you do not want us to collect, use, and share it under the terms of this Privacy Policy.
   2. Use of Personal Information
      We may use your Personal Information to provide you with information and services related to the micro-credential platform or the product certification platform or otherwise (for example, to assess your submission for a micro-credential and to issue you a micro-credential or to assess your submission for a product certification and to issue you a product certification), to send you newsletters, updates, promotional materials, and notices (for example, in the form of email messages or mailings), and otherwise to respond to your requests. We also may use your Personal Information (both on an individual basis and in the aggregate) to enhance the operation of our Sites, improve our marketing and promotional efforts, statistically analyze use of our Sites, update and enhance our records, maintain and improve our Sites, and for other purposes identified on portions of our Sites where information is collected. We also may use Personal Information to contact you regarding us or our Sites, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, and enforce and investigate your compliance with our agreements with you, including the Terms of Use, for any of our Sites. We will not provide your personal information to unaffiliated marketers.
   3. Sharing of Personal Information.
      We share the Personal Information we collect among our affiliates and, as described below, with certain non-affiliated entities (“third parties”).• Third Party Service Providers. From time to time, we may enter into relationships with third-party service providers to help with certain aspects of our operations, which may require disclosure of your Personal Information to them. For example, we may use a third party to: (a) send information to you or otherwise communicate with you (via telephone, email, or mail) about us or our Sites, such as in our newsletters; (b) help us collect data relating to your use of our Sites; or (c) provide portions of the services on our Sites or to otherwise perform other work that we may need to outsource.• Micro-credential Program. We may disclose your Personal Information to third parties as part of your participation in the micro-credential and/or digital badging programs. For example, we may disclose your Personal Information to third parties we have approved to issue micro-credentials (“MC Issuers”), the persons that such MC Issuers engage to evaluate your submissions for micro-credentials (“MC Assessors”), other persons or entities that we may authorize to research, review, analyze, or evaluate your submissions, or the particular school, school district, college, university, professional organization, or other institution or organization that may have provided you registration to the micro-credential program, or to persons or entities to whom you disclose a digital badge.• Product Certification Program. We may disclose your Personal Information to third parties as part of your participation in the product certification and/or digital badging programs. For example, we may disclose your Personal Information to third parties we have approved to issue product certifications (“PC Issuers”), the persons that such PC Issuers engage to evaluate your submissions for product certifications (“PC Assessors”), other persons or entities that we may authorize to research, review, analyze, or evaluate your submissions, or the particular school, school district, college, university, professional organization, or other institution or organization that may have provided you registration to the product certification program, or to persons or entities to whom you disclose a digital badge.• Legal Obligations. We may disclose your Personal Information to law enforcement and other government authorities, and to other third parties when compelled to do so by any government authorities or as otherwise required or permitted by law, including in response to court orders and subpoenas. We may also disclose your Personal Information in the event that we have reason to believe someone is causing or threatening to cause injury to or interfere with our rights or property (including by enforcing and investigating your compliance with our agreements with you, including the Terms of Use, relating to any of our Sites), the rights or property of others, the operation of our Sites, Site users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities; as well as to protect against fraud.• Transfers. We may disclose your Personal Information in the event that we undergo (or are in discussions regarding) an acquisition, merger, sale, reorganization, consolidation, termination, dissolution, winding up, liquidation, or sale of assets that results in a third party’s acquisition of us or our assets, and your Personal Information may be among the transferred assets in such a transaction.
   4. Automatically Collected Usage Information.
      We may, by using “cookies,” pixel tags, Flash cookies, and other technologies, collect information relating to the way you use and access our Sites, such as what pages you visit, what type of browser you are using, your IP address, your location, the information for which you search, the domain name of the website from which you came. Although in most cases this “usage” information is not identifiable to you personally, in certain cases it could also be considered Personal Information.• An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the internet.
      • A “cookie” is a small data file stored on your computer, not on our Sites, that enables our systems to recognize your browser and store information (such as log-in credentials); you are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but in that case, some portions of our Sites may not operate properly.• A Flash cookie (also called a local shared object) is also stored on your computer, not on our Sites, and enables our systems to recognize your computer and store information about your activities and preferences; you can learn more about Flash cookies and how to manage them at www.adobe.com.A pixel tag (also called a web beacon) is an invisible tag on portions of our Sites that, when those portions are accessed, generates a notice with information about the visit, such as the IP address of your computer, the time and date of your visit, and the URL of the website page on which the pixel tag was viewed.We use the information we automatically collect to operate and improve our Sites. For example, we may use such data to identify which Sites especially interest our users as a group, to better understand the demographics of our users, and to analyze other trends that can help us improve the quality of our Sites.

      We may share aggregated data concerning our users with partners or potential partners and others interested in how our Sites are used. By using our Sites, you consent to our automatic collection, use, and sharing of information as described above.

      When third parties help us to collect data relating to your use of our Sites, they also may collect information automatically, using your IP address, or through cookies, pixel tags, Flash cookies, and similar technologies. These third parties collect this data to help us analyze usage of our Sites and better manage content on the Sites by giving us information about the usage and popularity of our content and features. These third parties may collect information (which may be considered Personal Information) about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use our Sites. Collection, use, and sharing of information by these third parties are governed by the privacy policies of those third parties, not this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties.

      Our Sites do not currently respond to “do not track” signals or other mechanisms that provide an individual user with the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of that user’s Personal Information involving online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services.

   5. Security.
      We have implemented measures to help protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access or disclosure. However, no security system can guarantee against unauthorized access and we therefore cannot fully eliminate security risks with respect to your Personal Information. You should be mindful of these security limitations when you submit Personal Information to us. If applicable law imposes any non-disclaimable duty with respect to your Personal Information, you agree that the standard used to measure our compliance with that duty will be one of intentional misconduct.
   6. Other Websites or Applications.
      Our Sites may contain links to other websites or may allow you to use third party services (such as payment processing services or social networking services). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any other websites or service providers. Information you submit to those websites and service providers is subject to the privacy policies of those websites and service providers, not this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these other websites and service providers before you submit any information to them.
   7. Marketing Emails.
      If you have provided us with your email address to subscribe to our newsletter, we may periodically send you emails that promote or otherwise contain information relating to our organization. When you receive emails from us, you may indicate a preference to “opt out” of, and thus to stop receiving, further emails from us by following the “unsubscribe” instructions provided in the email(s) you receive. Even if you request not to be contacted by us, we may use your contact information to send you crucial information about our Sites, including information about changes to this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use.
   8. Accessing, Updating or Deleting Your Personal Information.
      You may request that we update or delete your Personal Information at any time by contacting us at the email address listed in Section 12 below. If you are legally entitled to receive a copy of the Personal Information we have about you, you may request a copy of such Personal Information and we will comply with such request as required under applicable Law. We will use reasonable efforts to fulfill your request to change or delete or provide a copy of your information in a timely manner. We may keep a record of all information that is changed or deleted, and we may determine what may be changed or deleted. For example, if we are required to keep track of certain kinds of transactions, you may be prevented from changing or deleting information relevant for those transactions. Even if we delete or change your information from our ‘live’ database, it may still be stored on other databases (including those kept for archival purposes). Please note that if you delete certain information, you may be required to re-submit that information in order to use certain features of our Sites in the future. We are not responsible for changing or deleting information about you from the databases of any third parties.
   9. International Users.
      Because the Internet is global, information about you that we collect or that you submit may be transferred to, processed in, and held in countries (including the United States) other than the one in which you reside. WHEN YOU SUBMIT INFORMATION TO US THROUGH THE SITES, THAT INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION) WILL BE PROCESSED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE DATA PROTECTION AND OTHER PRIVACY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES MAY NOT AFFORD THE SAME LEVEL OF PROTECTION AS THE LAWS OF CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES. BY USING ANY OF THE SITES FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, YOU EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO THE TRANSFER AND PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, AS COLLECTED BY THE SITES AND USED, PROCESSED, AND DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, TO THE UNITED STATES.
   10. Privacy of Children.
       Our Sites are not directed at minors. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from, or maintain any Personal Information regarding, persons under the age of 13.
   11. Updates to Our Privacy Policy.
       We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. We will post notice of such changes on our Sites or will email notice of such changes to you at the email address we have on file for you. If you continue to use our Sites after a change is made, your use indicates your agreement that you have read, understood, and accepted the changed Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to any change to this Privacy Policy, you should stop using our Sites and request removal of your information from our databases.
   12. Questions about this Privacy Policy.
       If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
       • Mail:
         Digital Promise
         1001 Connecticut Ave., NW , Suite 935
         Washington, DC 20036
       • Phone: 202-450-3675
       • Online: contact@digitalpromise.org

Content Standards

Last Updated: October 17, 2024

These content standards apply to any and all of Your Content and uses of our Sites. Your Content must in its entirety comply with all applicable Laws. Without limiting the foregoing, Your Content must not:

• Contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.
• Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age.
• Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person.
• Violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms or our Privacy Policy.
• Be likely to deceive any person.
• Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote, or assist any unlawful act.
• Be intended to cause annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm, or annoy any other person without any other redeeming intended value.
• Impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or organization.
• Involve commercial activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes, and other sales promotions, barter, or advertising.
• Give the impression that they emanate from or are endorsed by us or any other person or entity, if this is not the case.