Terms of Service

Version: 2.0.0

Effective Date: July 30, 2026

Last Updated: July 30, 2026

Supersedes: Version 1.0.0, effective March 24, 2026

Welcome to Hands-Off Homeschool, operated by Hands Off Digital LLC, d/b/a Hands-Off Homeschool ("we," "us," "our"). These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of our platform at app.handsoff.school and our website at handsoffhomeschool.com (together, the "Service").

These Terms take effect when you check the box indicating your agreement to them. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. What This Service Does

Hands-Off Homeschool is an AI-powered homeschool curriculum management platform. We generate personalized daily lessons, provide assessment tools, and help parents manage their homeschool program. The Service uses artificial intelligence to create educational content tailored to each student's profile.

Important: We are a curriculum tool, not a school. We do not grant diplomas, certifications, or academic credits. You, the parent, remain solely responsible for your child's education, including compliance with your state's homeschool laws and reporting requirements.

2. Who May Use the Service

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account. Accounts are for parents or legal guardians managing homeschool education for their children. Students do not create their own accounts — parents manage student profiles on their behalf.

By creating an account and adding a student, you represent and warrant that:

• You are at least 18 years old;
• You are the parent or legal guardian of each student whose information you submit or manage through the Service (each, a "Student User");
• You have the authority to provide information about each Student User and to consent, on their behalf, to the processing of their data as described in our Privacy Policy; and
• You are acting as the parent, legal guardian, and agent of each Student User in entering into these Terms.

3. Accounts and Security

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. If you suspect unauthorized access, contact us immediately at support@handsoffschool.com.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, are used fraudulently, or remain inactive for an extended period.

4. AI-Generated Content

Lessons, assessments, quizzes, and other educational content are generated by artificial intelligence. While we design our prompts and systems carefully to produce high-quality, age-appropriate educational material:

• AI-generated content may contain errors, inaccuracies, or gaps.
• Content is not reviewed by a human educator before delivery unless you, the parent, choose to review it.
• You are responsible for reviewing content and determining its suitability for your child.
• We do not guarantee that generated content meets any particular educational standard or state curriculum requirement.

We provide tools (parent dashboard, lesson preview, teacher guide emails) to help you stay informed about what your child is learning.

5. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to do any of the following, and not to permit or assist any person, entity, or automated system to do any of the following:

(a) Scrape, crawl, or harvest. Access, index, or collect any part of the Service or its content by any robot, spider, scraper, crawler, or other automated means.

(b) Use any part of the Service for AI training. Use the Service, its content, its structures, or any output generated for you to train, fine-tune, evaluate, benchmark, distill, or otherwise develop any machine-learning model, large language model, or artificial-intelligence system.

(c) Reverse engineer. Decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, prompts, pipelines, models, or underlying architecture of the Service.

(d) Benchmark or competitively analyze. Use the Service for the purpose of building, marketing, or improving a competing product or service, or to conduct competitive analysis, benchmarking, or performance comparison.

(e) Access by unauthorized means. Access the Service other than through the interfaces we provide, including by using any undocumented API, credential sharing, session replay, or automated client. This does not restrict assistive or accessibility technologies used by you or a Student User to access the Service.

(f) Bulk export. Extract, download, or export content in bulk beyond the export and printing features we provide for your family's own use.

(g) Use the Service for students who are not yours. Generate content for, or provide access to, any person other than the Student Users you are authorized to manage.

(h) Circumvent controls. Evade or attempt to evade usage limits, rate limits, generation controls, or billing.

(i) Share credentials. Share your account credentials or allow others to access your account.

(j) Violate law. Use the Service in any way that violates applicable law.

(k) Misrepresent. Submit false information about a Student User or misrepresent your relationship to a Student User.

6. Liquidated Damages for Prohibited Access

You and we agree that a breach of Section 5(a) through 5(f) causes us harm that is genuine but inherently difficult to measure at the time these Terms are entered into. Our generated curriculum, assessments, and pedagogical structures derive their value from being available only to subscribing families. Once extracted at scale that value cannot be restored, and the resulting loss — displaced future subscriptions, diminished competitive position, and the cost of detecting, investigating, and remediating the extraction — cannot be calculated with precision in advance. The parties therefore agree that the amounts below represent a reasonable estimate of that harm, agreed at the outset, and are not a penalty.

For each breach of Section 5(a) through 5(f), you agree to pay, at our election and in lieu of actual damages, the greater of:

1. $5,000 per violating account or per incident of prohibited access; or
2. Three times the then-current annual subscription value of all accounts whose content was accessed, extracted, exported, or used in violation.

Electing liquidated damages does not limit our right to injunctive or other equitable relief under Section 10.

7. Our Intellectual Property

The Hands-Off Homeschool platform — including its software, source code, prompts, generation pipelines, orchestration logic, curriculum structures, assessment methodologies, designs, user interfaces, and written content — is owned by Hands Off Digital LLC and protected by intellectual property law.

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and use the Service, and the content generated for you, solely for the personal, non-commercial homeschool education of your own Student Users.

Generated content. You may print, save, and use generated lessons, assessments, and records for your family's homeschool program, including for submission to your state or district where required. You may not redistribute, resell, publish, or commercially exploit generated content.

We do not claim copyright in raw AI output. Content produced by artificial intelligence without meaningful human authorship is generally not subject to copyright protection, and we make no representation that we hold copyright in it. The license above is a contractual permission covering your use of the Service and its output; it is not a warranty of ownership. The software, prompts, pipelines, designs, and human-authored materials that produce that output remain our property.

All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

8. Your Content

"Your Content" means everything you or a Student User submits to the Service, including student writing, uploaded or photographed work, parent notes, curriculum preferences, and profile information.

You keep it. You retain all rights you hold in Your Content. We claim no ownership.

The license we need. You grant us a limited, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, transmit, display, and process Your Content solely to operate and provide the Service to you — for example, to store an uploaded photograph of handwritten work, transmit it to our grading pipeline, generate feedback and scores, and incorporate the results into your student's records and future lesson planning. This license exists so we can run the Service you asked for, and for no other purpose. It ends when you delete the content or your account, subject to the retention periods in our Privacy Policy.

What this license is not. It does not permit us to sell Your Content, share it for anyone else's commercial purposes, use it for advertising, or use it to train machine-learning models. Our data commitments in the Privacy Policy govern and are not overridden by this Section. Where this Section and the Privacy Policy could be read to conflict, the Privacy Policy controls as to how we handle your data.

9. Feedback

If you send us suggestions, ideas, feature requests, or other feedback about the Service, you assign it to us and we may use it without restriction, attribution, or compensation. This applies only to feedback about the Service — never to Your Content or your student's work.

10. Enforcement and Injunctive Relief

You acknowledge that a breach or threatened breach of Section 5(a) through 5(f), or of Section 7, would cause us irreparable harm for which monetary damages alone would be an inadequate remedy. In that event we are entitled to seek injunctive relief, specific performance, or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction without posting bond and without first proceeding under Section 18, in addition to any other remedy available.

11. Subscriptions and Payment

If you subscribe to a paid plan, you agree to pay the applicable fees. Subscription details, pricing, and billing cycles are presented at the time of purchase.

• Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled before the renewal date.
• You may cancel at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period.
• We do not offer refunds for partial billing periods.
• We may change pricing with at least 30 days' notice. Price changes apply to the next billing cycle after notice.
• If payment fails we will retry. After repeated failures your account may be downgraded to read-only access. We will never delete your data because of a failed payment.

12. Service Availability

We aim to keep the Service available and reliable, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted access. Lesson generation depends on third-party AI services that may experience downtime or changes outside our control.

We will make reasonable efforts to notify you of planned maintenance or known outages. We are not liable for missed lessons, late generation, or service interruptions.

13. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law:

• 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 are not liable for any educational outcomes, test scores, academic results, or determinations by any school, district, or state authority.
• We are not liable for decisions you make based on AI-generated content or assessments.
• We are not liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages.
• Our total liability for all claims arising from or relating to the Service is limited to the greater of (i) the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (ii) $100.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations, so parts of this Section may not apply to you.

14. Children's Privacy

Our Service is designed so that parents — not children — provide all personal information. Students do not create accounts or enter personal information directly. See our Privacy Policy for full details on how we handle children's data.

As the parent or legal guardian, you consent to our use of information about your child solely to deliver the educational service. You may review, modify, or request deletion of your child's information at any time through the parent dashboard or by contacting us.

15. Data and Privacy

Your use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which describes what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights. The Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

16. Termination

You may delete your account at any time by contacting us at support@handsoffschool.com. Upon account deletion:

• Your family data, student profiles, and generated lessons are permanently deleted within 30 days.
• Data already processed by third-party AI providers cannot be recalled from those providers.

We may terminate or suspend your account if you violate these Terms. We will provide notice where possible, unless the violation requires immediate action.

Sections 5 through 10, 13, and 18 survive termination.

17. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time.

Changes apply prospectively only. No modification will apply to any dispute, claim, or breach that arose before the modification's effective date.

The version you accepted keeps governing until you accept a new one. We will not change the terms of our agreement with you by posting a new version, by sending you a notice, or by your continued use of the Service. For any material change, we will ask you to affirmatively accept the updated Terms, and until you do, the version you last accepted continues to govern your relationship with us. We will give you reasonable advance notice through the Service before asking you to accept a material change, and we may limit or suspend access to the Service until you accept.

Non-material changes — corrections, clarifications, and updates that do not affect your rights or obligations — may be made by publishing an updated version with a new version number and date, without notice or re-acceptance.

We maintain a version number and effective date on this document so you can always tell which version you agreed to.

18. Dispute Resolution, Arbitration Agreement, and Class Action Waiver

Please read this Section carefully. It affects how disputes between you and us are resolved.

For purposes of this Section, "Dispute" means any dispute, claim, or controversy between you and us arising out of or relating to these Terms, your account, or your use of, payment for, or our provision of the Service — whether based in contract, tort, statute, or any other legal theory. It does not extend to any matter unrelated to these Terms, your account, or the use, payment for, or provision of the Service.

18.1 Informal Resolution First

Before either of us starts an arbitration or files a claim in court, the party raising the Dispute must send the other a written Notice of Dispute. You send yours to support@handsoffschool.com; we send ours to the email address on your account.

The Notice of Dispute must describe the nature of the claim, the facts it rests on, and the relief sought, and must include the account email address. Both of us then have 30 days from receipt to try to resolve the matter informally, and we agree to engage in good faith during that period. Either of us may proceed after 30 days. This requirement is mutual and is limited to 30 days; it is not a precondition that either party may extend unilaterally.

18.2 Agreement to Arbitrate

Except as provided in Section 18.3, you and we agree that any Dispute not resolved informally will be resolved by binding individual arbitration rather than in court. This agreement is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act.

18.3 Exceptions — What Stays Out of Arbitration

The following are not subject to arbitration and may be brought in court:

(a) Small claims. Either of us may bring an individual claim in small claims court if it qualifies.

(b) Intellectual property. Any claim arising from actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of either party's patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other intellectual property rights, including any breach of Section 5(a) through 5(f) or Section 7.

(c) Injunctive relief. Either of us may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in court as described in Section 10, without first proceeding under this Section.

18.4 Arbitration Rules, Fees, and Location

Rules. Arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, and, where applicable by their own terms, its Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules, each as in effect when the arbitration is commenced. Those rules are available at adr.org. If AAA is unavailable or unwilling to administer the arbitration consistent with this Section, the parties will agree on a substitute administrator or one will be appointed by a court.

Fees. For any arbitration you initiate seeking less than $10,000, we will pay all AAA filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees in excess of the amount you would have paid to file the same claim in a court of competent jurisdiction. We will not seek our attorneys' fees or costs from you unless the arbitrator finds your claim was frivolous or brought for an improper purpose.

Location and format. Arbitration will be conducted on the documents alone, or by telephone or videoconference, unless the arbitrator determines an in-person hearing is necessary. If an in-person hearing is necessary, it will take place in the federal judicial district where you reside — you will never be required to travel to New York for a hearing.

Authority. The arbitrator may award any relief a court could award on an individual basis, and may not award relief on a class or representative basis. The arbitrator's award is final and binding, and judgment on it may be entered in any court with jurisdiction.

18.5 Claims Involving Student Users

You represent that you are at least 18 years old and are the parent or legal guardian of each minor Student User whose information you submit or manage through the Service. You agree, on your own behalf and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of each such minor as their parent, legal guardian, and agent, that any Dispute — including any such Dispute asserted by or on behalf of a minor Student User who is a third-party beneficiary of, and who accepts and receives the direct benefits of, these Terms — will be resolved in accordance with this Section 18.

A minor who accepts the benefits of the Service may not simultaneously disclaim the obligations of these Terms.

Nothing in this Section purports to waive any substantive right or claim of any minor. It selects the forum and procedure for resolving Disputes only.

If applicable law requires court approval or otherwise limits a parent's authority to agree to arbitration on a minor's behalf — including under N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1209 — this Section 18.5 applies to the maximum extent permitted, and the remainder of this Section 18 remains in full effect as to the account holder.

18.6 Class Action Waiver

You and we agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims and may not preside over any form of class or representative proceeding.

Non-Severability of Class Action Waiver. Notwithstanding Section 18.7, if this Section 18.6 is found to be unenforceable or invalid as to any claim or request for relief, then that particular claim or request for relief will be severed from arbitration and will proceed exclusively in the state or federal courts located in New York. In no event will any class, collective, consolidated, or representative claim be arbitrated. All other claims will continue to be resolved in individual arbitration under this Section 18.

18.7 Severability

If any term, clause, or provision of this Section 18 is held to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, that term will be severed, this Section 18 will be construed and enforced as if the severed term had never been included, and the remaining terms will remain in full force and effect and will be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law, so as to give effect to the parties' intent to resolve Disputes by individual arbitration. This severability provision does not apply to Section 18.6, which is governed by its own terms.

18.8 Your Right to Opt Out of Arbitration

You may reject this arbitration agreement. To do so, send us written notice at support@handsoffschool.com within 30 days of the date you first accept these Terms, stating your account email address and that you are opting out of the arbitration agreement in Section 18.

Opting out affects nothing else. The rest of these Terms continue to apply, your account is unaffected, and we will not retaliate in any way. If you opt out, Disputes between us will be resolved in the courts identified in Section 19.

If you accepted a previous version of these Terms and are accepting this version as an update, your 30-day window runs from the date you accept this version.

19. Governing Law and Forum

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles.

For any Dispute not subject to arbitration — whether by exception under Section 18.3, by operation of Section 18.6, or because you opted out under Section 18.8 — you and we agree to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state or federal courts located in New York, and each of us waives any objection to that venue. This does not affect your right to bring a qualifying claim in small claims court.

20. General

Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service, and supersede any prior agreements.

Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, or to an affiliate.

Severability. If any provision outside Section 18 is held unenforceable, it will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will stay in effect.

No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.

Notices. We may send you notices by email to the address on your account. You send us notices at support@handsoffschool.com.

Force majeure. Neither party is liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond its reasonable control.

21. Contact

Hands Off Digital LLC

d/b/a Hands-Off Homeschool

Email: support@handsoffschool.com

Website: handsoffhomeschool.com

Platform: app.handsoff.school