Trust & transparency
Plain-language terms for participation in the Boomerang Projects early-access program. A formal Terms of Service will replace this document before general availability.
These Early Access Terms (“Terms”) govern your participation in the Boomerang Projects early-access program (the “Service”). Boomerang Projects is a product of Boomerang Classroom, Inc. (“Boomerang Classroom,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). By signing up for early access, creating an account, or otherwise using the Service, you (“you,” “your,” or the “Early-Access Partner”) agree to these Terms.
If you are using the Service on behalf of a school, district, or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization, and “you” includes that organization.
Boomerang Projects is currently in early access. That means:
Early access exists so that real classrooms shape the product before general release. Your feedback is the point.
You may participate in early access if:
The Service is not intended for use directly by students under 13 without appropriate institutional consent and adult oversight. School-based use is governed by Section 7 (Student Data, FERPA, and COPPA).
To use the Service you must create an account. You agree to:
You are responsible for activity that occurs under your account.
You agree not to:
We may suspend or terminate access for violations of this section, with notice when feasible.
Early access is provided free of charge to invited cohort members for the duration of the early-access period. No payment information is required.
If and when paid plans are introduced, you will be notified in advance and given the option to (a) continue under a paid plan, (b) stop using the Service, or (c) export your data before any transition. No charge will be applied without your explicit opt-in.
You own your data. This includes:
We claim no ownership of your content. We process it only to operate the Service for you. We do not sell, rent, or share your data with advertising networks or data brokers.
You grant us a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, transmit, display, and back up your content solely for the purpose of operating, maintaining, and improving the Service for you and your institution.
Boomerang Projects is built to be student-data-aware:
For the full data-handling description, see the Privacy & FERPA page.
Our IP. The Service — including the software, design, brand marks (“Boomerang Projects,” “Boomerang Classroom,” the boomerang mark, all logos, wordmarks, and trade dress), user interface, documentation, and underlying technology — is owned by Boomerang Classroom, Inc. and protected by U.S. and international intellectual property laws. Nothing in these Terms grants you any right in our IP except the limited right to use the Service.
Your IP. You retain all rights in content you upload. See Section 6.
We may invite you to share feedback, feature requests, ideas, suggestions, or improvements (collectively, “Feedback”). You grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, and incorporate Feedback into the Service without obligation to compensate you or attribute the Feedback to you.
This does not include your content or your student data, which remain governed by Sections 6 and 7.
During early access you may receive information about unreleased features, internal roadmaps, performance data, or product strategy that we mark or describe as confidential (“Confidential Information”). You agree to:
These obligations continue for two (2) years after the end of early access. Confidential Information does not include information that is publicly available, already known to you, independently developed by you, or required to be disclosed by law (with reasonable advance notice to us when feasible).
The Service may interoperate with or link to third-party services (for example, single sign-on providers or document storage). We do not control third-party services and are not responsible for their content, terms, or privacy practices. Your use of third-party services is governed by their own terms.
These Terms begin when you first access the Service and continue until the early-access period ends or your access is terminated, whichever comes first.
On termination: You may export your content for thirty (30) days after termination. After that, we will delete your content from production systems on a reasonable schedule, subject to backup retention and legal-hold requirements. We will return or delete student data in accordance with the DPA and applicable law.
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” DURING THE EARLY-ACCESS PERIOD, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WE EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, AND UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OPERATION, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
You acknowledge that the Service is under active development and may contain bugs, incomplete features, or unexpected behaviors. You should not use the Service for high-stakes assessment, formal grade-of-record entry, or compliance-critical workflows during early access without independent verification.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL BOOMERANG CLASSROOM, INC., ITS AFFILIATES, OR ITS PERSONNEL BE LIABLE FOR:
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATED TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS (US $100) OR (B) THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US FOR ACCESS TO THE SERVICE DURING THE EARLY-ACCESS PERIOD (WHICH IS ZERO UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING).
Some jurisdictions do not allow exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so portions of this section may not apply to you.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Boomerang Classroom, Inc. and its officers, employees, and contractors from any third-party claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of:
We will give you prompt notice of any claim and allow you to control the defense, provided you do so reasonably and do not settle in a way that admits liability on our behalf without our consent.
Boomerang Projects, Boomerang Classroom, and Boomerang Pass are trademarks of Boomerang Classroom, Inc.
Boomerang Projects is an independent product and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the College Board, the International Baccalaureate Organization, or any other educational program owner.
All such marks are used here only descriptively, to identify the kinds of coursework Boomerang Projects can support.
We may update these Terms during early access. If a change is material, we will notify you at the email address associated with your account at least fourteen (14) days before the change takes effect. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. The exclusive venue for any dispute will be the state or federal courts located in Cook County, Illinois, and the parties consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.
Before filing any formal claim, both parties agree to attempt good-faith resolution by emailing drew@boomerangclassroom.com and allowing thirty (30) days for response.
Questions about these Terms? Write to drew@boomerangclassroom.com.
Every early-access inquiry is read by the founder.
