Terms of Use

1. Agreement to Terms

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Story Bridge website at thestorybridge.app and the Story Bridge platform (collectively, the “Service”), operated by Story Bridge LLC (“Story Bridge,” “we,” “our,” or “us”).

By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you are accepting these Terms on behalf of a school, district, or other organization, you represent that you have the authority to bind that organization. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. Description of Service

Story Bridge is a platform that enables school counselors, social workers, and educators (“Authorized Users”) to create personalized, therapeutic Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) stories for students in grades K–8. The Service includes:

• Personalized story and illustration generation
• Student reading kiosk with narration, quizzes, and gamification
• Student progress tracking and skill check-in monitoring
• District-wide administration, reporting, and SSO integration
• This marketing website and related informational content

3. Accounts and Access

Access to the Story Bridge platform requires authentication through a supported Single Sign-On (SSO) provider (Google, Microsoft, or ClassLink). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.

Platform access is provisioned through your school or district. Your administrator controls which users have access and at what role level (Creator, Admin, or Super Admin). You agree to use the Service only for its intended educational purpose and within the scope of your assigned role.

You must notify your administrator and Story Bridge immediately if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your account.

4. Acceptable Use

When using the Service, you agree to:

• Use the platform solely for its intended educational purpose: creating and delivering SEL interventions for students
• Enter only accurate student information necessary for the educational service
• Review all AI-generated content for age-appropriateness and therapeutic alignment before making it available to students
• Supervise all student interactions with the platform (kiosk mode)
• Comply with all applicable laws, including FERPA and COPPA
• Not share your account access with unauthorized individuals

You agree not to:

• Use the Service for any purpose other than educational SEL interventions
• Attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or access the source code of the platform
• Circumvent any security measures or access controls
• Use the Service to generate content that is harmful, discriminatory, or inappropriate for students
• Scrape, crawl, or use automated means to access the Service beyond normal use
• Resell, sublicense, or redistribute the Service or any content generated through it

5. Student Data and Privacy

Story Bridge takes student data privacy seriously. Our handling of student data is governed by our Privacy Policy and FERPA/COPPA Compliance Statement.

• Data Ownership: The school or district retains ownership of all student data entered into the platform.
• School Official Status: Story Bridge operates as a “school official” under FERPA, processing student data only for the educational purpose specified by the contracting school.
• No Commercial Use: Student data is never used for advertising, marketing, or any purpose unrelated to the educational service.
• Data Portability: Schools can export their student data at any time using the platform’s built-in export tools.
• Deletion: Upon termination of a school’s subscription, all student data is deleted within 30 days.

Schools may request a Student Data Privacy Agreement (DPA) by contacting privacy@thestorybridge.app.

6. AI-Generated Content

6.1 Nature of AI-Generated Content

The Service uses artificial intelligence (Google Vertex AI / Gemini) to generate story text, illustrations, quiz questions, intervention guides, and related educational materials (“AI-Generated Content”). You acknowledge that AI-Generated Content is produced by automated systems and may not qualify for copyright protection under applicable law, consistent with the U.S. Copyright Office’s position that works generated entirely by AI lack the human authorship required for copyright registration.

6.2 Platform Ownership of AI-Generated Content

All AI-Generated Content produced through the Service is and shall remain the property of Story Bridge LLC. This includes, without limitation, all story text, illustrations, character designs, quiz content, intervention guides, and any other materials generated by the Service’s AI systems, regardless of who initiated the generation or what inputs were provided. To the extent that any AI-Generated Content is or becomes eligible for intellectual property protection under applicable law, you hereby assign to Story Bridge LLC all right, title, and interest in and to such AI-Generated Content.

6.3 License to Use AI-Generated Content

Subject to your compliance with these Terms and your active subscription, Story Bridge grants your school or district a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use AI-Generated Content generated through your account solely for internal educational purposes, including delivering SEL interventions to enrolled students. This license does not include the right to:

• Resell, sublicense, or commercially redistribute AI-Generated Content;
• Use AI-Generated Content to train competing AI models or services;
• Claim copyright or other intellectual property rights in AI-Generated Content; or
• Use AI-Generated Content after termination of your subscription, except for content already delivered to students during the active subscription period.

6.4 Shared Content Library

You acknowledge and agree that Story Bridge may use AI-Generated Content, in whole or in part, to:

• Build and maintain a shared library of educational stories and illustrations available to other subscribers of the Service;
• Improve, refine, or enhance the Service’s content generation capabilities;
• Create derivative or adapted works based on AI-Generated Content for use across the platform; and
• Display AI-Generated Content in marketing, demonstrations, or research materials.

AI-Generated Content reused in the shared library will be de-identified and will not contain any student personally identifiable information (PII) or information that could identify the originating school or district.

6.5 Distinction Between User Inputs and AI Outputs

These Terms distinguish between:

• User Inputs: Information you provide to the Service, including student names, grade levels, behavioral themes, character preferences, educational goals, and counselor instructions. User Inputs containing student data remain the property of the school or district as set forth in Section 5 and are governed by FERPA.
• AI-Generated Content: Materials produced by the Service’s AI systems in response to User Inputs. AI-Generated Content is the property of Story Bridge LLC as set forth in Section 6.2.

Story Bridge will never use User Inputs containing student PII for any purpose other than generating the specific content requested by the Authorized User. Student PII is stripped before any AI-Generated Content enters the shared library or is used to improve the Service.

6.6 Human Review Required

All AI-Generated Content must be reviewed by an Authorized User before being made available to students. You are responsible for ensuring content is age-appropriate and therapeutically suitable. Story Bridge does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of AI-Generated Content.

6.7 No Guarantee of Uniqueness

AI-Generated Content may be similar to content generated for other subscribers of the Service. Story Bridge does not guarantee that AI-Generated Content will be unique or exclusive to your school or district.

6.8 No PII in AI Processing

Student personally identifiable information is not sent to AI models. Story generation uses only themes, character descriptions, and educational goals provided by the counselor. Student names are excluded from AI prompts.

7. Intellectual Property

The Service, including its design, features, functionality, algorithms, AI models, code, documentation, and branding, is the property of Story Bridge LLC and is protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, and other intellectual property laws. All AI-Generated Content constitutes Platform Intellectual Property as set forth in Section 6. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works of any part of the Service.

Content on this marketing website (articles, research briefs, images) is owned by Story Bridge LLC. You may share links to our content but may not reproduce it without written permission.

8. Subscription and Payment

Access to the Story Bridge platform is provided through school or district subscriptions. Subscription terms, pricing, story quotas, and payment schedules are specified in the separate service agreement or purchase order between Story Bridge and the subscribing school or district.

Story Bridge reserves the right to modify pricing for future subscription periods with at least 60 days’ written notice.

9. Termination

Either party may terminate the subscription in accordance with the terms of the service agreement. Upon termination:

• The school may request an export of all student data before the termination date
• All student data will be deleted within 30 days of termination
• Educator accounts will be deactivated
• Encrypted backups containing deleted data will be purged within 98 days

10. Disclaimers

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” STORY BRIDGE MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE SERVICE, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

Story Bridge is a supplemental educational tool. It is not a substitute for professional clinical services, therapy, or medical treatment. Authorized Users should exercise their professional judgment when using Story Bridge content in student interventions.

While we strive for high availability, we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation of the Service.

11. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, STORY BRIDGE LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID BY YOUR SCHOOL OR DISTRICT FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Story Bridge LLC, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising from: (a) your violation of these Terms; (b) your misuse of the Service; or (c) your violation of any applicable law or regulation, including FERPA and COPPA, to the extent caused by your actions.

13. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Any dispute arising from or relating to these Terms or the Service shall first be attempted to be resolved through good-faith negotiation. If negotiation fails, the dispute shall be resolved through binding arbitration in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association.

14. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be communicated to subscribing schools at least 30 days before they take effect. The “Last updated” date at the top indicates the most recent revision. Continued use of the Service after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

15. Contact Us

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