BAMS Academy Terms of Service

Welcome to BAMS Academy! These Terms of Service ("Agreement") govern your access to and use of the BAMS Academy Learning Hub, available at academy.bamstech.com and any related apps (collectively, the "Service"). The Service is a K-12 practice platform covering Math, Science, English, Social Studies, and Computer Science. By creating an account or otherwise using the Service, you agree to this Agreement. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

This Agreement is specific to BAMS Academy and governs the Learning Hub product only. It is separate from, and does not incorporate, the general Terms of Service published at bamstech.com, which apply to BAMS Technology Group's other websites and products.

WHO CAN USE THE SERVICE

The Service is designed for students from kindergarten through grade 12 and their parents or guardians. Kindergarten content is currently available in Math and Science; the other subjects begin at grade 1.

A student cannot create their own account. Only a parent or legal guardian, who must be an adult (18 or older), can register. They then create each child's account from their parent dashboard, and in doing so they accept this Agreement on that child's behalf. This is deliberate: it is how we make sure a responsible adult is informed and in control before we collect anything about a child.

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY AND YOUR CONSENT (COPPA & CPRA)

BAMS Academy is used by children, so we hold ourselves to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). We have written our notices to say plainly what we collect about your child, who it goes to, and what you can do about it — and we have built the product so those promises are enforced by the software rather than only described in a policy.

Before you create a child's account we show you a notice describing exactly what we collect and why, and ask you to accept it. We record that agreement — which notice you were shown, when, and how we confirmed it was you — and we keep that record as evidence that we asked you first. If we materially change what we collect, we will ask you again rather than assume your earlier agreement still covers it.

We ask for your child's date of birth and use it for one purpose only: to determine which protections apply to their account. A grade level cannot tell us that, since a 5th grader may be 9 or 12.

We do not sell your family's personal information, we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising, and we never permit it to be used to train AI models.

At any time, from your parent dashboard, you may see everything we hold about your child, download a copy of it, correct it, turn the AI tutor off, permanently delete the account and its history, or withdraw your consent altogether. We will never treat you differently for exercising any of these rights. Full detail is in our Privacy Policy.

ACCOUNTS

To use the Service, you must register for an account and provide accurate information, including a name, email address, and (for student accounts) a grade level. You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and for all activity under your account. Notify us immediately at support@academy.bamstech.com if you suspect unauthorized use of your account.

A parent account may be linked to one or more student accounts, either by the student adding a parent email in their profile settings or by the parent sending an invite. Linked parents get read-only visibility into that student's practice activity and progress — not the ability to answer questions or otherwise act as the student.

FREE TRIALS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

New accounts may start a free trial with full access to the Service, as described at the time of signup. No credit card is required to start a trial. After the trial ends, continued access to unlimited practice questions, the AI tutor, and advanced analytics requires an active paid subscription (Student Basic, Student Pro, or Family Plan, as described on our Subscription page), billed monthly or annually through our payment processor. Free accounts retain limited access (a fixed number of practice questions per subject/difficulty). You may cancel a subscription at any time; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and we do not provide prorated refunds for partial periods except where required by law.

ACCEPTABLE USE

The Service is for personal, non-commercial educational use by students and their families. You agree not to: share your account credentials with anyone outside your household, attempt to circumvent usage limits or paywalls, scrape or bulk-extract questions or explanations from the Service, use the Service to harass or harm another user, or use the AI tutor to generate content unrelated to educational practice. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate this Agreement.

CONTENT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All practice questions, explanations, curriculum mappings, software, and other materials made available through the Service (the "Materials") are owned by or licensed to BAMS Academy and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Materials solely for personal educational use while your account is active. You may not copy, resell, redistribute, or create derivative works from the Materials without our written permission.

AI TUTOR

The Service includes an AI-powered tutor that provides hints, explanations, and practice recommendations. AI-generated responses are provided for educational support and may occasionally be incomplete or contain errors; they do not replace instruction from a teacher and should not be relied on as the sole source of academic guidance.

The AI tutor requires its own, separate permission. It works by sending what your child types to our AI provider so it can answer, which means sharing your child's words with another company. We therefore ask for your permission for it separately, rather than bundling it into your agreement to these Terms, and you can withdraw that permission at any time. Our AI provider is contractually barred from using what it receives to train models.

For a child under 13 the AI tutor is off by default and stays off until you enable it. Everything else in BAMS Academy works normally whether it is on or off.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT USE OF THE SERVICE WILL RESULT IN ANY PARTICULAR ACADEMIC OUTCOME.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BAMS ACADEMY AND ITS AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR $100, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.

PRIVACY

Our BAMS Academy Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect information on the Service, including student data, and is incorporated into this Agreement by reference.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We may update this Agreement from time to time. If we make a material change, we will notify account holders (and, for student accounts under 13, their linked parent) by email or an in-app notice before the change takes effect. Continued use of the Service after a change takes effect means you accept the updated terms.

GOVERNING LAW

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut, without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

CONTACT US

Questions about these terms? Contact us at support@academy.bamstech.com.