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Terms of Service

Effective Date: April 13, 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of Latimer Energy Academy, operated by Latimer Enterprises LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“we,” “us,” or “LEA”). By creating an account or accessing Latimer Energy Academy (the “Service”), you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

These Terms apply to all users of the Service, including instructors, school administrators, parents, community advisors, and organizational administrators.

Students who join classroom sessions do not create accounts and are not bound by these Terms. Session participation terms are governed by the instructor’s agreement with the school or organization.

2. License Grant

Subject to your compliance with these Terms and payment of applicable fees, Latimer Enterprises LLC grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Service for educational purposes within your licensed tier (school, district, community, or home).

This license does not permit: resale of the Service, redistribution of course content outside your license scope, modification or derivative works of platform content, or use of the Service for commercial instruction outside an agreed partnership arrangement.

All course content, platform code, and branding remains the intellectual property of Latimer Enterprises LLC.

3. Instructor Data Agreement

By creating an instructor account, you represent that you are authorized to act on behalf of your school or organization in deploying the Service to students.

As an instructor, you are responsible for: creating classroom sessions in compliance with your school or organization’s policies, informing parents and guardians about the Service as required by your institution, and ensuring that session data is used only for legitimate educational purposes.

Latimer Energy Academy provides session data (lesson progress, assessment responses) to the creating instructor only. Instructors may not share student session data externally without appropriate authorization.

Schools and districts that require a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) prior to deployment should contact us at privacy@latimerenergyacademy.com. We work with school administrators on a case-by-case basis to address specific data processing and compliance requirements.

4. COPPA School-Operator Consent (§312.5(b)(1))

Latimer Energy Academy does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. Students never create accounts or provide personal information on the platform (see Privacy Policy, Section 2.2).

Where a school deploys the Service to students under 13 in a classroom context, the school acts as the operator under COPPA §312.5(b)(1), having consented on behalf of parents for educational purposes. Instructors using the Service in this way represent that their institution has obtained appropriate parental consent or qualifies for the school-official-as-operator exception.

Parents who wish to review, modify, or delete any data associated with their child’s classroom participation (which is limited to nickname-linked session activity — see Privacy Policy) may contact us at privacy@latimerenergyacademy.com.

5. Prohibited Uses

You may not use the Service to:

  • Create accounts on behalf of students or any unauthorized parties
  • Share login credentials with anyone not explicitly authorized by your school or organization
  • Use the platform to collect personal information from students or create unauthorized student accounts outside the approved privacy-preserving classroom session model
  • Use LEA content — including curriculum text, simulation data, student mission output, or code examples — to train, fine-tune, or otherwise develop any machine learning or AI system
  • Attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, scrape, or extract platform code, data, or curriculum content
  • Collect or harvest personal information from other users
  • Upload, transmit, or distribute malware, viruses, or other harmful code
  • Use the platform for purposes other than K-12 science and engineering education
  • Impersonate any person, educator, or organization
  • Use the Service in violation of applicable law, including COPPA, FERPA, or state student data privacy laws

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

Latimer Energy Academy is provided to you “as-is,” “as-available,” and “with all faults.” We make no guarantees about uninterrupted access, accuracy of content, or fitness for your specific purpose.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, LATIMER ENTERPRISES LLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Latimer Enterprises LLC’s aggregate liability to any account holder for any claim arising from these Terms or your use of the Service is limited to $100 USD or the total amount you paid to Latimer Enterprises LLC in the 12 months preceding the claim, whichever is greater.

In no event will Latimer Enterprises LLC be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, revenue, or data, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

8. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict-of-law provisions. Latimer Enterprises LLC is incorporated in Delaware.

9. Dispute Resolution

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising from or relating to these Terms or your use of Latimer Energy Academy will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect. The arbitration will be seated in Dover, Delaware.

Class action waiver: You and Latimer Enterprises LLC each waive the right to bring or participate in any class action, class arbitration, or representative action. Arbitration will be on an individual basis only.

Small claims court exception:Either party may bring an individual claim in a small claims court if the claim qualifies under that court’s jurisdiction.

Informal resolution first: Before initiating arbitration, both parties agree to attempt informal resolution by exchanging written notice detailing the claim, giving 30 days to seek resolution.

10. Intellectual Property

All content, curriculum, simulations, code, trademarks, and other intellectual property of Latimer Energy Academy are owned by Latimer Enterprises LLC or licensed to us by third parties. The license granted in Section 2 does not transfer any ownership rights.

Latimer Energy Academy includes open-source software components (such as Monaco Editor) governed by their respective licenses (e.g., MIT, Apache 2.0). These components do not restrict your educational use of the platform.

11. AI Training Prohibition

No content from Latimer Energy Academy — including curriculum text, simulation data, student mission output, code examples, or platform source code — may be used to train, fine-tune, evaluate, or otherwise improve any machine learning model or AI system, whether commercial, non-commercial, or otherwise.

If you believe LEA content is being used to train an AI model without permission, contact us at privacy@latimerenergyacademy.com.

12. Third-Party Services

Latimer Energy Academy uses third-party services, each governed by its own terms and privacy policy:

Latimer Enterprises LLC is not responsible for the performance, content, or practices of any third-party service.

13. DMCA Notice and Takedown

If you believe that content on Latimer Energy Academy infringes your copyright, send a written notice to privacy@latimerenergyacademy.com including:

  1. Identification of the copyrighted work you claim is infringed
  2. The specific infringing material and its location on LEA
  3. Your contact information (name, address, phone, email)
  4. A good-faith statement that the use is not authorized
  5. A statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate and you are authorized to act for the copyright owner

We will investigate notices and take appropriate action under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

14. Changes to These Terms

Latimer Enterprises LLC may modify these Terms at any time. For material changes, we will provide at least 30 days’ advance written notice to your registered email address before changes take effect.

Your continued use of Latimer Energy Academy after the 30-day notice period constitutes acceptance of the modified Terms. If you do not agree with the changes, you may close your account and stop using the Service.

15. Contact

Questions about these Terms may be directed to privacy@latimerenergyacademy.com or our contact form.