Acceptable Use Policy

This Policy applies to anyone who accesses or uses a READTYCH product or service, including:

• Students.
• Educators.
• School and district administrators.
• Institution employees and contractors.
• Parents or guardians with authorized access.
• University and research personnel.
• Government or education department users.
• Pilot participants.
• Technology and support personnel.
• Other users authorized by READTYCH or a participating Institution.

An “Institution” may be a school, school district, charter network, university, government agency, education department, nonprofit, research organization, or another organization using READTYCH.

The READTYCH products and services covered by this Policy are referred to collectively as the “Services.”

READTYCH is responsible for building and maintaining the systems it controls.

An Institution is responsible for deciding who may use its READTYCH environment, assigning suitable permissions, and establishing any additional school or district rules.

Every user is responsible for what they do with their account, device, and access.

The rules in this Policy are a common foundation. An Institution may apply stricter requirements based on student age, educational setting, local policy, or law.

If an Institution’s rule conflicts with this Policy, users should follow the stricter rule unless READTYCH and the Institution agree otherwise in writing.

READTYCH is being developed to support reading, writing, teaching, assignments, assessments, feedback, approved educational applications, institutional administration, and connected learning.

Users may use the Services for authorized purposes such as:

• Reading assigned books and learning materials.
• Writing notes and annotations.
• Completing assignments and assessments.
• Reviewing educator instructions and feedback.
• Preparing and delivering lessons.
• Supporting classroom communication.
• Accessing Institution-approved educational applications.
• Reviewing authorized learning information.
• Managing devices, accounts, and institutional settings.
• Participating in an approved pilot or research activity.
• Receiving implementation, training, or technical support.

A user should not treat an educational account as unrestricted personal storage, an entertainment account, or a way to reach systems and information they have not been authorized to access.

A READTYCH account may provide access to books, notes, assignments, feedback, classes, or institutional information.

Users must take reasonable care of that access.

You must:

• Use your own authorized account.
• Keep passwords, access codes, and authentication details private.
• Avoid leaving an account open on an unattended device.
• Tell an educator, administrator, or READTYCH promptly if you believe an account has been compromised.
• Follow additional authentication steps required by the Institution.

You may not borrow, share, buy, sell, or transfer an account without authorization.

You may not attempt to discover another person’s password or use information saved on a shared device to enter someone else’s account.

If you receive access that appears to belong to another person, stop and report it. Do not explore the account to see what it contains.

READTYCH should remain a place where people can learn and work without being threatened, humiliated, or targeted.

Users may not use the Services to:

• Harass, bully, intimidate, or threaten another person.
• Discriminate against someone based on a protected characteristic.
• Share hateful or degrading content.
• Impersonate a student, educator, administrator, READTYCH representative, or another person.
• Publish another person’s private information without permission.
• Encourage violence, abuse, exploitation, or self-harm.
• Send repeated unwanted messages.
• Create or distribute content intended to embarrass or manipulate another user.

Context matters. A historical document, literary passage, or educational discussion may contain difficult material for a legitimate academic reason. That is different from using the same material to target or harm someone.

Educators and Institutions remain responsible for determining whether learning content is appropriate for their students and educational setting.

Access to student information is based on role and educational need.

An educator may be able to view information about students in their class. A school administrator may have broader access. A technical employee may need limited information to resolve a problem.

Permission to view information does not mean permission to use it for any purpose.

Users may not:

• Open a student record without an authorized educational or administrative reason.
• Share student work, grades, notes, or personal information with an unauthorized person.
• Download or copy institutional information for personal use.
• Post student information on social media.
• Use student information for advertising or unrelated commercial activity.
• Attempt to identify a student from deidentified or aggregated information.
• Move protected information into an unapproved application or personal account.
• Collect more personal information than an authorized activity reasonably requires.

If personal information appears somewhere it should not, report the issue. Do not forward, download, or redistribute it.

Users may not test, probe, damage, disable, overload, or interfere with the Services unless READTYCH has given written authorization for a defined security assessment.

Prohibited activity includes:

• Introducing viruses, ransomware, spyware, malicious code, or harmful files.
• Attempting to bypass authentication or security controls.
• Searching for vulnerabilities without authorization.
• Intercepting data or network traffic.
• Using automated tools to overload the Services.
• Accessing hidden areas, administrative functions, or accounts without permission.
• Turning off security software or device-management controls.
• Concealing malicious activity or falsifying technical information.
• Helping another person gain unauthorized access.
• Using READTYCH infrastructure to attack another system.

Finding a possible weakness does not give a user permission to investigate it further.

Stop, preserve what you already know, and report the issue responsibly.

Report a Security Concern →

A READTYCH Digital Book may belong to a student, family, Institution, or READTYCH, depending on the purchasing or pilot arrangement.

Users must follow the care and safety instructions provided with the device.

Unless expressly authorized, users may not:

• Open or dismantle the device.
• Attempt an unapproved repair.
• Replace internal components.
• Remove ownership or identification labels.
• Disable device-management controls.
• Install unauthorized operating systems or software.
• Alter the device to avoid institutional restrictions.
• Use the device in unsafe environmental conditions.
• Sell, lend, or transfer a loaned or Institution-owned device.

Lost, stolen, damaged, or malfunctioning devices should be reported promptly through the process established by the Institution or READTYCH.

Reasonable everyday wear is different from deliberate damage, reckless handling, or unauthorized alteration.

READTYCH may allow an Institution to provide approved educational applications, content, or connected services.

Users may access only the applications and integrations made available to them.

Users may not:

• Install an unapproved application.
• Connect a personal service to an institutional account without permission.
• Authorize an application to receive information it does not need.
• Transfer student or institutional information into an unapproved tool.
• Use an approved application for an unauthorized purpose.

A third-party service may have its own terms and privacy practices. Approval by an Institution does not remove a user’s responsibility to use that service appropriately.

Institution administrators should review the permissions and information involved before enabling an integration.

READTYCH is developing AI-assisted features that may support handwriting recognition, grading suggestions, feedback preparation, pattern identification, or educational resource recommendations.

These tools can help organize work and reduce repetitive tasks. They can also make mistakes.

Users must not treat AI-generated output as automatically accurate, complete, fair, or appropriate.

Educators must review AI-assisted suggestions before using them in a meaningful academic decision.

AI output may not become the sole basis for:

• A final grade.
• Disciplinary action.
• Student placement.
• Eligibility for a program.
• Access to an educational opportunity.
• A conclusion about a student’s ability or potential.

Students must follow their educator’s and Institution’s rules regarding AI-assisted work. If an assignment requires original work without AI assistance, using AI to produce the answer may violate this Policy and the Institution’s academic integrity rules.

Users may not use READTYCH AI features to generate harmful, unlawful, deceptive, sexually exploitative, discriminatory, or privacy-invasive content.

Users may not attempt to extract another person’s information from an AI feature or submit sensitive information that the feature was not approved to process.

AI assists. Educators decide.

READTYCH is intended to help students learn, not create a more sophisticated way to avoid learning.

Users may not use the Services to:

• Submit another person’s work as their own.
• Copy an answer when independent work is required.
• Obtain or distribute unauthorized assessment materials.
• Change or attempt to change a grade without authorization.
• Falsify attendance, activity, completion, or submission records.
• Create a false identity to complete work for another student.
• Use AI or another digital tool in a way prohibited by the educator or Institution.
• Help another person commit academic misconduct.

Collaboration is not automatically cheating. Educators and Institutions should explain when collaboration, research assistance, calculators, reference materials, or AI tools are permitted.

When the rules for an assignment are unclear, students should ask before using a tool.

Books, lessons, software, illustrations, videos, assignments, and other educational resources may be protected by copyright, trademark, patent, license, or other rights.

Access to content through READTYCH does not automatically give a user permission to copy, publish, sell, or distribute it elsewhere.

Users may not:

• Upload material they do not have permission to use.
• Remove copyright or ownership notices.
• Distribute licensed books or course materials outside the authorized group.
• Copy READTYCH software, product designs, or protected interface elements.
• Use the Services to infringe another person’s intellectual property.

Students continue to hold any rights they may have in their original work. Using READTYCH does not transfer ownership of that work to READTYCH.

Unless READTYCH and the Institution have given written approval, users may not use the Services to:

• Sell products or services.
• Run unauthorized advertisements.
• Collect student information for marketing.
• Build commercial profiles about users.
• Mine information for resale.
• Operate an unrelated business.
• Resell or sublicense READTYCH access.

Institution-approved fundraising, educational marketplaces, publisher services, or application partnerships may be permitted when covered by an appropriate agreement.

Users may not upload, create, request, store, or distribute content that:

• Sexually exploits or endangers a child.
• Encourages terrorism or violent criminal activity.
• Contains malicious code.
• Violates another person’s privacy.
• Facilitates fraud, identity theft, or unauthorized access.
• Promotes illegal sale or distribution of controlled substances or weapons.
• Creates a credible threat to a person or Institution.
• Is otherwise unlawful in the context in which the Services are being used.

READTYCH may preserve and report information where required by law or reasonably necessary to address an immediate safety concern.

Users may not use bots, scrapers, crawlers, scripts, or other automated methods to access the Services unless READTYCH has authorized that activity in writing.

This restriction does not prevent:

• Accessibility tools used by an authorized user.
• Institution-approved integrations.
• Search engine activity permitted by READTYCH.
• Testing expressly authorized by READTYCH.
• Automated functions built into the Services.

Users may not use automated methods to collect student information, copy protected content, overload the Services, or reproduce the READTYCH platform.

READTYCH and participating Institutions may collect technical and account information needed to operate, secure, support, and administer the Services.

This may include login activity, device status, system events, feature use, and information needed to investigate suspected misuse.

Monitoring will be connected to legitimate educational, administrative, security, support, or legal purposes.

Authorization to monitor the Services does not create permission for unrelated surveillance of students or educators.

The Institution is responsible for providing any notices required for its monitoring and administrative practices.

READTYCH’s handling of personal information is explained further in the Privacy Policy, Student Data Privacy Notice, Children’s Privacy Notice, and applicable Data Processing Agreement.

Users should report:

• A compromised account.
• A lost or stolen device.
• Suspected unauthorized access.
• Exposure of student information.
• Harassment or threatening behavior.
• Harmful or unlawful content.
• A possible security weakness.
• Misuse of an AI-assisted feature.
• Another serious violation of this Policy.

Students may begin by contacting an educator, school administrator, parent, guardian, or another trusted adult.

Institutions may contact READTYCH through the designated support or institutional contact process.

A report should include enough information to understand the concern without unnecessarily repeating or distributing sensitive content.

A person who makes a genuine report in good faith should not be punished merely because the concern is ultimately found to be mistaken.

Report Misuse or a Safety Concern →

READTYCH or the Institution may investigate suspected violations of this Policy.

Depending on the situation, a response may include:

• Asking the user for more information.
• Warning the user.
• Removing or restricting content.
• Resetting credentials.
• Limiting a feature.
• Suspending an account.
• Turning off a compromised device.
• Preserving information needed for an investigation.
• Referring the matter to the Institution.
• Terminating access.
• Reporting conduct where required by law.

A response should be proportionate to the seriousness of the concern, the risk involved, the user’s age, the educational context, and whether the behavior was accidental or deliberate.

Where practical, READTYCH will coordinate with the Institution before taking action that materially affects an institutional user.

READTYCH may act immediately when waiting would create a serious security, safety, privacy, or legal risk.

The Institution remains responsible for applying its own disciplinary, employment, academic integrity, and technology-use policies.

READTYCH does not determine student discipline, employment consequences, or final academic outcomes.

READTYCH may provide relevant technical information to an authorized Institution representative when permitted by law and the applicable agreement.

Technical information should be considered in context. A system event alone may not explain who was responsible or why an activity occurred.

READTYCH may update this Policy as the Digital Book, education platform, available features, security risks, or legal requirements change.

The date at the beginning will show when the Policy was most recently updated.

READTYCH will provide reasonable notice to participating Institutions before a material change takes effect during an active agreement.

A material change will not retroactively turn previously permitted educational information into information used for an unrelated commercial purpose.

Questions about this Policy or the appropriate use of READTYCH may be submitted through the READTYCH Contact page.

Please include “Acceptable Use Policy” and the name of the Institution in the message.

Contact READTYCH About Acceptable Use →

Related documents:

• Institutional and District Terms
• Data Processing Agreement
• Student Data Privacy Notice
• Children’s Privacy Notice
• Privacy Policy
• Software End User License Agreement
• Product Warranty and Returns Policy
• Trust Center