Terms of Use

1. User Agreement

1.1 These Terms of Use constitute an agreement between you and OYOclass that governs your use of OYOclass.com and all of its services provisioned by its associated platform domains, including OYOhub.com, OYOsite.com, OYOpages.com. Please read these Terms of Use carefully. By using OYOclass you affirm that you have read, understood, and accepted the terms and conditions in the Terms of Use. If you do not agree with any of these conditions, please do not use OYOclass.

1.2 Your privacy is important to us. Please read our Privacy Policy, which identifies how the OYOclass uses, collects, and stores information it collects through the Services. By using OYOclass, you additionally agree that you are comfortable with OYOclass's Privacy Policy.

1.3 OYOclass’ primary business purpose is open to children and adults of all ages, and you should keep this in mind when using our services. OYOclass services a 501(c)(3) non-profit public benefit mission aimed at increasing literacy in the use of technology to produce creative entrepreneurial outcomes.

1.4 OYOclass.com is a platform created by kidOYO, a registered trademark that operates as a D/B/A of the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization NoizIvy.org (EIN: 52-2330471). All correspondence to OYOclass/kidOYO/NoizIvy.org may be sent to help@oyoclass.com.

1.5 OYOclass may update these Terms of Use from time to time. You can always find the latest version of the Terms of Use at https://oyoclass.com/terms. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page. Your continued use of the Services constitutes your acceptance of any changes to or revisions of the Terms of Use.

2. Account Creation and Maintenance

2.1 In order to use some features provided by OYOclass, you will need to register and create an account with OYOclass.com. The default personal account on OYOclass.com is free (zero cost), and provisions a portfolio page to account owners where they can list personal projects, and utilize to store/view badges they earn in affiliated communities supported by OYOclass. When registering for a free personal account on OYOclass, you will be asked to provide certain required personal information, such as your email address, as well as given the opportunity to load additional optional data, such as personal projects. Please see the OYOclass Privacy Policy for our data retention and usage policies.

2.2 You are responsible for keeping your password secret and your account secure. You are solely responsible for any use of your account, even if your account is used by another person. If any use of your account violates the Terms of Use, your account may be suspended or deleted. If you believe your account has been compromised, you may contact us at .

2.3 You may not use another person's OYOclass account without evidence of permission. Doing so may result in your account being deleted, and/or OYOclass pursuing legal recourse against you for breach of these Terms of Use. False impersonation of another person or account is a violation of OYOclass Terms of service, and will result in your removal from this service. At OYOclass our primary responsibility is to the protection of students, their data, and their personal opportunity to learn with OYOclass resources.

2.4 If you have reason to believe that your account is no longer secure (for example, in the event of a loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password), promptly change your password. If you cannot access your account to change your password, notify us at .

3. Rules of Usage

3.1 OYOclass supports freedom of expression. However, OYOclass is intended for a wide audience, and some content is inappropriate for OYOclass. You may not use OYOclass service in any way, that:

  1. Promotes bigotry, discrimination, hatred, or violence against any individual or group;
  2. Threatens, harasses, or intimidates any other person, whether that person is an OYOclass user or not;
  3. Contains foul language or personal attacks;
  4. Contains sexually explicit or graphically violent material;
  5. Provides instructions on how to commit illegal activities or obtain illegal products;
  6. Asks any other user for personally identifying information, contact information, or passwords; or Exposes any others person's personally identifying information, contact information, or passwords without that person's permission.

3.2 Any breach of these Rules of Usage may result in limitations being placed on offending accounts. If repeat offenses occur, OYOclass maintains the right to suspend your account, terminate your account, delete your account, and block you from registering for an account using any OYOclass service.

3.3 You agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations when you use OYOclass. You may not use OYOclass in any unlawful way, including to harass, stalk, or defame any other person.

3.4 You may not impersonate, imitate or pretend to be somebody else for the purposes of defrauding others identity when using OYOclass Services.

3.5 You agree not to post links or data to any protected content, where doing so would violate any part of the Terms of Use, offend someone’s copyright, or break the law. If you see this happen, you agree to inform OYOclass to the best of your ability, for the protection of the entire OYOclass learning platform.

4. Payment Processing

4.1 Payment processing services for customers on OYOclass are provided by Stripe and are subject to the Stripe Connected Account Agreement, which includes the Stripe Terms of Service (collectively, the “Stripe Services Agreement”). By agreeing to this agreement or continuing to operate on OYOclass, you agree to be bound by the Stripe Services Agreement, as the same may be modified by Stripe from time to time. As a condition of OYOclass enabling payment processing services through Stripe, you agree to provide OYOclass accurate and complete information about you and your business, and you authorize OYOclass to share it and transaction information related to your use of the payment processing services provided by Stripe for the legal integrity of all transactions.

4.2 OYOclass will not store any credit card data on its servers. All payment processing services used by OYOclass are provided by Stripe, and governed by its service agreements detailed in section 4.1 of this Terms of Use agreement.

4.3 Purchase receipts are displayed by OYOclass for all purchase transactions initiated by joining any of its cost-based learning communities (such as kidoyo.com/join). Purchase receipts are also emailed to the registered email address of account owners, or to the customer making a purchase with a registered email address. All learning community receipts are accessible by parent accounts only at oyoclass.com/settings/order. On this page, parent account owners will see billing address data, last 4 digits of credit card, and link to view original receipt generated by purchase and sent via email. This data is not saved on OYOclass servers, but is provided by calling the Stripe API for the benefit and convenience of account owners only.

5. AI Function Access and Use (Artificial Intelligence)

5.1 AI Use By Schools, By Parent Consent

OYOclass offers services utilizing newly advancing artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies and builds custom AI functions for school-use, and parent-consented use, that are at an early stage of development, and will continue to be refined over time, as well as provides access to advanced learning opportunities, curriculum resources, internships, and other patterns of use in support of public-benefit Education in an effort to grow computer science engineering skills and general knowledge while interacting with AI functions. These AI functions may be sourced and provided from locally hosted large language model (LLM) technologies, self-hosted and cloud provisioned LLM sources, and/or via API access, according to the Terms of service for such use. [1] [2]

It is your obligation to educate yourself and your authorized users on responsible use of AI in general and generative AI specifically when using OYOclass AI functions. Data security, privacy protections, and informed use via instruction with professional teachers and certified mentors is our highest priority in advancing AI functions for public use. Special handling of data Inputs generated by use of OYOclass AI functions enables users to block use of personally identifiable information (“pii”) in user content prompts prior to it being sent for processing by large language models (LLM) in use by AI functions, and allows for context-based instruction to be provided to learners in personal methods when needed. Parent consent is a requirement for all AI function use by minors under 18 years of age using OYOclass. Use of OYOclass AI functions are supported by audit log displaying incremental use of AI functions by all approved users in order to aide in ethical use and instruction in classrooms or at home, or to provide a personal repository documenting use.

5.2 AI User Content and Ownership

OYOclass services include features that allow users to post and/or publish questions, comments, notes, images, and other audio-visual materials and communications, and create, post, or modify computer code, and provide input to OYOclass AI functions (AI Input), and receive output generated and returned by AI functions based on the AI Input (AI Output). You understand that whether or not such user content is published, OYOclass does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any user posting and user code submissions. Consistent with Applicable Law, as between OYOclass and you, you retain all ownership rights you have in any user content you post or publish to OYOclass services, and OYOclass does not claim any ownership rights in or to such user content. To the best of its ability, OYOclass provides access to user content by account owners for download and portability purposes, enabling users to retain copies of their own data for personal use locally.

OYOclass reserves the right in its sole discretion, but does not have any obligation, to determine whether any AI content violates acceptable use terms, and can refuse, remove, or edit such AI content, and may remove access to the services at any time for non-compliance with these terms. You acknowledge that due to constraints of machine learning and the technology powering AI functions, your AI Output may not be unique, and the same or similar AI Output may be provided to other users using their own AI Input to generate AI Ouput. You are responsible for the AI content that you and your authorized users generate, including for ensuring that you have rights to submit the AI Input and that your use of AI Input does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others or violate any applicable law or these Terms.

You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for your user content and the consequences of posting, creating, or publishing such user content. AI content is intended for personal use, and use in educational settings, and not to generate content for automatic publication. It is your responsibility to review AI Output and double check AI Output with reputable sources prior to sharing. You may choose to share AI content you generate for any legal, personal, non-commercial purpose, under the following conditions: (i) the role of AI in formulating the content is clearly and prominently disclosed; (ii) the content is attributed to your name or organization, as applicable; (iii) topics of the content do not violate our terms of service; and (iv) you directly review the AI content to ensure compliance with these Terms. It is your sole responsibility to review AI Output and double check AI Output with reputable sources prior to sharing with others.

5.3 AI Enabled Services

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT AI OUTPUT FROM OYOCLASS AI-ENABLED SERVICES , DESPITE BEST ENGINEERING EFFORTS AND PRACTICES, MAY INCLUDE ERRORS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION MATH ERRORS), MAY REFLECT BIASED, INCOMPLETE OR INCORRECT INFORMATION, MAY PROVIDE OBJECTIONABLE OR OFFENSIVE RESPONSES, MAY NOT ACCOUNT FOR EVENTS OR CHANGES TO UNDERLYING FACTS OCCURRING AFTER THE AI LLM WAS TRAINED, AND HAVE OTHER LIMITATIONS. YOU SHOULD NOT RELY ON THE FACTUAL ASSERTIONS IN AI OUTPUT WITHOUT INDEPENDENTLY FACT CHECKING ACCURACY IN ALL CASES. AI OUTPUT MAY APPEAR ACCURATE DUE TO ITS DETAIL OR SPECIFICITY BUT CONTAIN MATERIAL INACCURACIES. OYOCLASS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY DATA, USER CONTENT, AI FUNCTIONS, OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION OFFERED ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, OR FREE OF ERRORS OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, AND DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY OF THE FOREGOING WILL BE CORRECTED. REPORTING METHODS ARE ADVANCED TO IMPROVE AND PROTECT USERS BY HUMAN ADMINISTRATION METHODS. OYOCLASS MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT OYOCLASS OFFERINGS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS, OR BE TO YOUR LIKING, OR WILL BE TIMELY, ACCURATE, FREE FROM ERRORS OR LOSS, OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR CONTAIN OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED. SOME FEATURES MAY BE NEW OR EXPERIMENTAL AND MAY NOT BE SUPPORTED ONGOING BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM USERS.

5.4 Early Releases: No Guarantees; No Representation or Warranties

OYOclass may provide a limited permission for You to access our early releases of AI functions intended for educational-use, prototypes or experimental features, pilot programs, limited release access, trials, or time-bounded evaluation permissions, each an early release offering. Some of these early release features may still be in-testing, known to make errors and provide incorrect information at times, and may have other bugs. Early releases may not become fully developed or generally available. OYOclass does not commit to maintaining any early releases and may change (or remove) such releases at any time. You understand that OYOclass is not obligated to provide support for early releases ongoing. Access to early releases is being offered “as-is” solely for the purposes of OYOclass testing, evaluating, and improving such features and their educational applications, including by collecting customer feedback, or for customer evaluation on-the-job. OYOclass reserves the right to select participants, modify terms of participation, suspend access to early releases, or terminate early releases in its sole discretion. If you wish to stop using an early release, you may do so at any time by contacting help@oyoclass.com, or by using tools provided for direct administration by OYOclass. Ceasing to use early releases will have no affect on your continued use of OYOclass services generally, and only specifically as applied to early release features.

6. Limitation of Liability

OYOclass shall not be liable to you or any third parties for any direct, indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages of any kind, regardless of the type of claim or the nature of the cause of action, even if OYOclass has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

7. No Waiver

No waiver of any parts of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a furtherance or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and OYOclass failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

8. Entire Agreement

This document constitutes the entire Terms of Use and supersedes all previous agreements with OYOclass relating to the use of OYOclass. Revision date: 09 February 2024