TalkingPoints School & District Plan

Data Privacy & Security 

Standard Agreement Terms


This document describes the terms and conditions of the Services (including the TalkingPoints School Plan) offered by TalkingPoints (“TalkingPoints” or “we”) and purchased by you on behalf of your school or organization (the “School”, “you”, or “Customer”). This agreement, along with any applicable Order Form that is mutually executed by the parties and which references this agreement (the “Agreement”) governs the School’s access to and use of the Services and is effective as of (a) the applicable Order Form Effective Date (if the School has entered into an Order Form with TalkingPoints) or (b) the date an authorized representative of the School purchases the Services via our website (the “Effective Date”). If you purchase the Services via our website, you represent and warrant that you are an authorized representative of the School with full power and authority to enter into and bind your School to this Agreement. Any terms used but not defined herein will have the meaning set forth in the Order Form. In the event of any conflict between these terms and conditions and the Order Form, the Order Form will prevail.

Security And Data Transfer

TalkingPoints uses commercially reasonable security standards. TalkingPoints and the third-party vendors TalkingPoints relies upon to process School Customer Data (“Customer Data”) have implemented generally adopted industry standard systems and procedures to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity, and prevent against unauthorized access to or use of Customer Data. To provide the Services, TalkingPoints may transfer, store, and process Customer Data in the United States or any other country in which TalkingPoints or its third-party vendors maintain facilities. By using the Services, your School consents to this transfer, processing, and storage.

Modifications To The Services And Terms

TalkingPoints may make commercially reasonable changes to our Services (including improving the Services with new applications, features or functionality or changing third-party providers). The School will facilitate any commercially reasonable changes to the Services, if necessary. If TalkingPoints makes a material (determined by TalkingPoints in its discretion) change, TalkingPoints will inform the school by posting any change to our website or messaging the School’s designated contact directly. The School will be deemed to have accepted any changes unless the School objects by written notice to TalkingPoints within thirty (30) days after notice of such changes. End Users associated with Customer’s Admin Account must agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy applicable to End Users prior to use of the end user services (“End User Services”). The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy (the “End User Agreements”) may change from time to time as set forth therein and are not governed by or subject to the terms of this Agreement, nor is Customer a third-party beneficiary thereof. The End User Services are separate from the Services.

Customer Obligations

The School will use TalkingPoints’s Services only as permitted under this Agreement. The School will specify one or more Administrators to access and manage the Admin Account(s). The School is responsible for (a) designating those individuals who are authorized to access the Admin Account(s), and (b) ensuring that all activities that occur in connection with the Admin Account(s) comply with the Agreement. TalkingPoints provides a school communication tool, which means we cannot and will not manage the School’s use of the Services or the behavior of the designated Administrators.

End User And Parental Consent And Compliance With Applicable Laws

As Administrators may access, monitor, use, or disclose Customer Data in End User Accounts, the School must obtain all required consents of End Users and their parents or guardians. The School understands and agrees that once an End User has agreed to the End User Agreements, any Customer Data that personally identifies such End User is not Confidential Information of the School, but rather is governed by the End User Agreements, and not by this Agreement. Additionally, the School is solely responsible for, and represents and warrants it is in, compliance with COPPA and FERPA, including by obtaining parental consent for the collection and disclosure of personal information through the Services. Without limiting the foregoing, the School represents and warrants that it will comply with all applicable laws, and further, that its disclosure of any information to TalkingPoints, and/or TalkingPoints’s use of such information subject to the restrictions of this Agreement, does not and will not violate any applicable laws (including COPPA or FERPA). The School will not disclose any information to TalkingPoints that is protected health information (“PHI”) subject to the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”). TalkingPoints complies with applicable laws regarding online advertising and will not serve behaviorally targeted Ads. Advertising by companies other than TalkingPoints is not permitted on the Services.

Restrictions

The School will not allow unauthorized third parties to use the Services and must notify TalkingPoints promptly if the School becomes aware of any unauthorized use. The School will not (and will not allow a third party to): reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, object code or underlying structure, ideas or algorithms of the Services or any software, documentation or data related to the Services (provided that reverse engineering is prohibited only to the extent such prohibition is not contrary to applicable law); modify, translate, or create derivative works based on the Services; use the Services for timesharing or service bureau purposes or for any purpose other than its own internal, non-commercial, educational use; attempt to create a substitute or similar service through use of, or access to, the Services; sell, resell, lease or the functional equivalent thereof, the Services to a third party; or use the Services other than in accordance with this Agreement and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations (including but not limited to any European privacy laws), intellectual property, consumer and child protection, obscenity or defamation).

Suspension

TalkingPoints may, without liability to the School or any End User, suspend the account of any End User who violates the End User Agreements and we may suspend an account in the event of an Emergency Security Issue.

Confidential Information And Personal Information

Neither party will disclose the other’s Confidential Information, except to Affiliates, employees, independent contractors, and agents who need to know it and who have agreed in writing to keep it confidential. Each party may disclose the other party’s Confidential Information solely to the extent required by law or court order but only after it, if legally permissible (a) uses commercially reasonable efforts to notify the other party, and (b) gives the other party the chance to challenge the disclosure.

Intellectual Property Rights And Licenses

Unless explicitly stated, this Agreement does not grant either party any rights, implied or otherwise, to the other’s content or any of the other’s intellectual property. The School owns all Intellectual Property Rights in Customer Data and TalkingPoints owns all Intellectual Property Rights in the Services. The School hereby grants to TalkingPoints a non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up, worldwide, sublicensable and transferable license to use the Customer Data as necessary to fulfill its obligations and exercise its rights hereunder.

Publicity

The School permits TalkingPoints to include the School’s name or Brand Features in a list of TalkingPoints customers, online or in promotional materials, and to verbally reference the School as a customer.

Warranty Disclaimers

Due to the nature of mass notification services, in the event of the Service’s failure to comply with the Agreement, Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be to terminate the Service. Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Service is not intended, nor designed, for use in high-risk activities, or in any situation where failure of the Service could lead to death, personal injury, or damage to property, or where other damages could result if an error or outage occurred. The parties further agree that, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY IN THE AGREEMENT, to the extent not prohibited by Law, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO USE OF THE PRODUCT AND SERVICE. Customer acknowledges and agrees that its primary recourse in the event of any actual or potential threat to person or property should be to contact emergency response services (including without limitation, 911 or equivalent, fire, police, emergency medical, and public health, collectively, “First Responder Services”) and that the Service is not intended to replace such First Responder Services, or to be used for communicating with, or replace notification to, or interoperate directly with, such First Responder Services, which should have already been notified and deployed prior to using the Service.

THE SERVICES, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND ANYTHING ELSE PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED “AS-IS,” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TalkingPoints (AND ITS AGENTS, AFFILIATES, LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS) HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE SCHOOL ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE SERVICES ARE NOT A TELEPHONY SERVICE AND THAT THE SERVICES ARE NOT CAPABLE OF PLACING OR RECEIVING ANY CALLS, INCLUDING EMERGENCY SERVICES CALLS, OVER PUBLICLY SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORKS.

Fees; Payment; Interest Charged For Late Payments

The School will pay Fees for the Services as set forth in an applicable Order Form or as otherwise agreed upon. Unless specified otherwise in the Order Form (if applicable), all Fees are due thirty (30) days from the invoice date. We will charge interest at the rate of one-and-one-half percent per month (or the highest rate permitted by law, if less) from the payment due date for any delinquent payments until paid in full. The School will be responsible for all reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by TalkingPoints in collecting delinquent amounts.

Purchase Orders

If the School requires a Purchase Order number on its invoice, it must inform TalkingPoints and issue a Purchase Order to TalkingPoints. Any terms and conditions on a Purchase Order do not apply to this Agreement and are null and void as to this Agreement. This Agreement in conjunction with our End User Agreements constitute our complete Agreement.

Taxes

The School is responsible for any Taxes and will pay TalkingPoints in full for the Services without any reduction for Taxes. If TalkingPoints is obligated to collect or pay Taxes, the Taxes will be invoiced to the School, unless the School provides TalkingPoints with a valid tax exemption certificate. If the School is required by law to withhold any Taxes from its payments to TalkingPoints, it must provide TalkingPoints with an official tax receipt or other appropriate documentation.

Term

This Agreement will remain in effect for the Term as stated in the Order Form or, if no Order Form exists, until terminated in accordance with this document. Unless the parties agree otherwise in writing, End User Accounts added during any Services Term will have a prorated term ending on the last day of that Services Term. At the end of each Services Term, the Services (and all End User Accounts previously purchased for a Fee) will automatically renew for an additional Services Term of twelve months. If either party does not want the Services to renew, then it must notify the other party in writing at least sixty (60) days prior to the end of the then-current Services Term. This notice of non-renewal will be effective upon the conclusion of the then-current Services Term.

TalkingPoints can revise its rates for Services that the School has purchased for a Fee for the following Services Term by providing the School written notice (which may be by email) at least seventy-five (75) days prior to the start of the subsequent Services Term.

Termination

Either party may suspend performance or terminate this Agreement if: (a) the other party is in material breach of the Agreement and fails to cure that breach within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice; (b) the other party ceases its operations or becomes subject to insolvency proceedings and the proceedings are not dismissed within ninety (90) days; or (c) the other party is in material breach of this Agreement more than two (2) times notwithstanding any cure of such breaches.

The School may terminate this Agreement for any reason (or no reason) with thirty (30) days prior written notice to TalkingPoints, but the School will remain obligated to pay any Fees for Services applicable to the remainder of the then-current Services Term for those Services. TalkingPoints may terminate this Agreement and cease providing the Services if the School fails to pay invoices within a timely fashion.

If this Agreement terminates, then: (a) the rights granted by one party to the other will cease immediately; (b) TalkingPoints will provide the School access to, and the ability to export, the Customer Data for a commercially reasonable period of time at TalkingPoints’s then-current rates, if applicable, for the Services; (c) Customer will be able to use TalkingPoints’s free services, however, if Customer subsequently requests termination of all services and deletion of accounts, TalkingPoints will offer End Users the choice whether to continue using TalkingPoints, and if so, provide each End User with control over his or her TalkingPoints account; (d) after a commercially reasonable period of time and only upon explicit, written request of your School, TalkingPoints will delete Customer Data for those individual accounts that have not been claimed by End Users by overwriting the Customer Data over time; and, (e) upon explicit, written request each party will promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to return, delete (by overwriting over time) or destroy all other Confidential Information of the other party.

Limitation Of Liability

NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR ANYTHING PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES OR ANYTHING OTHERWISE ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS, LOSS OF REVENUE OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR LOST BUSINESS OR LOST SALES, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF THE PARTY KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT SUCH DAMAGES WERE POSSIBLE AND EVEN IF DIRECT DAMAGES DO NOT SATISFY A REMEDY.

THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY), OR OTHERWISE, WILL NOT EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE THE LESSER OF (A) ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR (B) THE AMOUNT PAID OR PAYABLE BY CUSTOMER TO TalkingPoints UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY.

These limitations of liability apply to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, but do not apply to breaches of confidentiality obligations or violations of a party’s Intellectual Property Rights by the other party.

Notices

Unless specified: (a) all notices must be in writing and addressed to the attention of the other party’s legal department or primary point of contact; and (b) notice will be deemed given: (i) when verified by written receipt if sent by personal courier, overnight courier, or when received if sent by mail without verification of receipt; or (ii) when verified by automated receipt or electronic logs if sent by facsimile or email.

Assignment; Change Of Control

The School may not assign or transfer this Agreement in part or in whole without the prior written consent of TalkingPoints. TalkingPoints may freely transfer and assign any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement.

Force Majeure

Neither party will be liable for inadequate performance to the extent caused by a condition (for example, natural disaster, act of war or terrorism, riot, labor condition, governmental action, and Internet disturbance) that was beyond the party’s reasonable control.

No Waiver

Failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver.

Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is found unenforceable, the balance of the Agreement will remain in full force and effect.

Governing Law

  1. For City, County and State Government Entities

If the School is a city, county, or state government entity, then the parties agree to remain silent regarding governing law and venue.

  1. For All other Entities

This Agreement is governed by California law, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. FOR ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE PARTIES CONSENT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN, AND THE EXCLUSIVE VENUE OF, THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

Amendments

Any amendment must be in writing, signed by both parties, and expressly state that it is amending this Agreement.

Survival

The following sections will survive expiration or termination of this Agreement: Confidential Information And Personal Information, Intellectual Property Rights And Licenses (excluding the last sentence thereof), Termination, and Limitation of Liability.

Insurance

TalkingPoints will maintain insurance coverage consistent with generally recognized commercial standards including general liability insurance.

Entire Agreement

This Agreement, and all documents referenced herein, is the parties’ entire agreement relating to its subject and supersede any prior or contemporaneous agreements on that subject.

Addendum A – Definitions

Definitions

“Admin Account(s)” means the administrative account(s) provided to the School by TalkingPoints for the purpose of administering the Services. The use of the Admin Account(s) requires a password, which TalkingPoints will provide to the School.

“Administrators” mean the Customer-designated technical personnel who administer the Services to End Users on the School’s behalf.

“Ads” means online advertisements, excluding advertisements provided by any advertising products that are not part of the Services that the School chooses to use in connection with the Services, displayed by TalkingPoints to End Users.

“Affiliate” means any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party.

“Brand Features” means the trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, and other distinctive brand features of each party, respectively, as secured by such party from time to time.

“Confidential Information” means information disclosed by a party to the other party under this Agreement that is marked as confidential or would normally be considered confidential under the circumstances. Confidential Information does not include information that: (a) the recipient of the Confidential Information already knew; (b) becomes public through no fault of the recipient; (c) was independently developed by the recipient; or (d) was rightfully given to the recipient by another party.

“COPPA” means the United States Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.

“Customer Data” means data, including email and chats, provided, generated, transmitted or displayed via the Services by the School or End Users.

“Emergency Security Issue” means either: (a) the School ‘s use of the Services in violation of the End User Agreements, which could disrupt: (i) the Services; (ii) other End Users’ use of the Services; (iii) the TalkingPoints network or servers used to provide the Services; or (b) unauthorized third party access to the Services; or (c) an actual or suspected security breach.

“End Users” means the individuals that the School permits to use the Services.

“End User Account” means a TalkingPoints-hosted account established through the Services for an End User.

“Fees” means the amounts set forth in an Order Form (if applicable) or the purchase price for the Services invoiced to the School by TalkingPoints for the Services (if applicable) as described in this Agreement.

“FERPA” means the United States Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

“Intellectual Property Rights” means current and future worldwide rights under patent law, copyright law, trade secret law, trademark law, moral rights law, and other similar rights.

“Order Form” means an order form, which is the written document provided by TalkingPoints specifying the Services the School will purchase from TalkingPoints for a Fee under the Agreement. The Order Form will contain: (a) a signature block for the School, or for both the School and TalkingPoints; and (b) Fees.

“Purchase Order” means a Customer issued purchase order.

“Services” means those products, features and functionality provided by TalkingPoints to the School in connection with the Admin Account and described on the applicable Order Form. The Services are described here: TalkingPoints.org. The End User Services are separate from the Services to be provided hereunder.

“Service Commencement Date” is the date upon which TalkingPoints makes the Services available to Customer.

“Services Term” refers to the period from Service Commencement Date to the end of the Term.

“Suspend” means the immediate disabling of all or a portion of access to the Services, or components of the Services, as applicable, to prevent further use of the Services.

“Taxes” means any duties, customs fees, or taxes (other than TalkingPoints’s income tax) associated with the sale of the Services, including any related penalties or interest.

“Term” means the term of the Agreement, which will begin on the Effective Date and continue until the earlier of: (i) the end of the last Services Term (if set forth in an applicable Order form) or (ii) the Agreement is terminated as set forth herein.

Addendum B – Specific Commitments for Certain States and Jurisdictions

If you are a Customer residing in one of the following states or countries, TalkingPoints makes additional commitments that apply to you based on your residence:

California

TalkingPoints agrees that, as per Cal. Edu. Code § 49073.1, commonly known as AB 1584:

  1. pupil records continue to be the property of and under the control of the local educational agency;
  2. TalkingPoints will not use personally identifiable information in individual pupil records for commercial or advertising purposes;
  3. TalkingPoints will not use any information in the pupil record for any purpose other than for the requirements of the contract;
  4. Parents, legal guardians or eligible pupils may review the pupil’s records or correct erroneous information in those records by accessing the TalkingPoints account of the pupil;
  5. TalkingPoints undertakes extensive security training of all employees, including training on security at hire and at least annually thereafter. A, and partial, but not exhaustive description of our data security practices can be provided upon request.
  6. TalkingPoints will comply with the requirements of California law, as set forth at Cal. Civ. Code § 1792.82 et seq., for informing affected parties in the event of an unauthorized disclosure of pupil records;
  7. pupil records will neither be retained nor will TalkingPoints maintain those records in a manner that makes them available (a) upon completion of the terms of the contract; (b) after request for deletion by the contracting party; and, (c) within a commercially reasonable period for deletion; and,
  8. at all times during the pendency of any contract between TalkingPoints and a local educational agency (LEA), TalkingPoints acts solely as a “school official” as that term is defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g (FERPA), and will, therefore, facilitate the LEA’s compliance with FERPA as directed by the LEA.

Colorado

TalkingPoints complies with all applicable requirements of Colorado’s Student Data Transparency and Security Act, C.R.S. 22-16-101, et seq.

Connecticut

As an operator, as defined by Connecticut Public Act 16-189, TalkingPoints will:

  1. implement and maintain security procedures and practices that meet or exceed industry standards and that are designed to protect student information, student records and student-generated content from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure;
  2. delete any student information, student records or student-generated content within a reasonable amount of time if a student, parent or legal guardian of a student or local or regional board of education who has the right to control such student information requests the deletion of such student information, student records or student-generated content;
  3. facilitate access to, and provide a means of correction of erroneous information within, a student’s record, student’s information or student-generated content by the student, parent, or legal guardian; and
  4. at all times during the pendency of any contract between it and a local or regional board of education, act solely as a “school official” as that term is defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g (FERPA), and will, therefore, facilitate the local or regional board of education’s compliance with FERPA as directed by the local or regional board of education.

TalkingPoints agrees that:

  1. student information, student records and student-generated content are not the property of or under the control of TalkingPoints;
  2. the laws of the State of Connecticut will govern this contract and the rights and duties of TalkingPoints and a local or regional board of education;
  3. if any provision of this agreement is ruled invalid, the invalidity of that provision does not affect other provisions or applications of this contract

TalkingPoints will not knowingly:

  1. engage in (a) targeted advertising on TalkingPoints’s Internet web site, online service or mobile application, or (b) targeted advertising on any other Internet web site, online service or mobile application if such advertising is based on any student information, student records, student-generated content or persistent unique identifiers that TalkingPoints has acquired because of the use of TalkingPoints’s Internet web site, online service, or mobile application for school purposes;
  2. collect, store and use student information, student records, student generated content or persistent unique identifiers for purposes other than the furtherance of school purposes;
  3. sell, rent or trade student information, student records or student-generated content unless the sale is part of the purchase, merger or acquisition of an operator by a successor operator and the operator and successor operator continue to be subject to the provisions of this section regarding student information;
  4. disclose student information, student records or student-generated content unless the disclosure is made (A) in furtherance of school purposes of the Internet web site, online service or mobile application, provided the recipient of the student information uses such student information to improve the operability and functionality of the Internet web site, online service or mobile application and complies with subsection (a) of Sec. 3 of Connecticut Public Act No. 16-189; (B) to ensure compliance with federal or state law or regulations or pursuant to a court order; (C) in response to a judicial order; (D) to protect the safety or integrity of users or others, or the security of the Internet web site, online service or mobile application; (E) to an entity hired by the operator to provide services for the operator’s Internet web site, online service or mobile application, provided the operator contractually (i) prohibits the entity from using student information, student records or student-generated content for any purpose other than providing the contracted service to, or on behalf of, the operator, (ii) prohibits the entity from disclosing student information, student records or student-generated content provided by the operator to subsequent third parties, and (iii) requires the entity to comply with subsection (a) of Sec. 3 of Connecticut Public Act No. 16-189; or (F) for a school purpose or other educational or employment purpose requested by a student or the parent or legal guardian of a student, provided such student information is not used or disclosed for any other purpose; or
  5. retain or make available student information, student records or student-generated content beyond the expiration of the contract period unless a student, their parent or legal guardian chooses to maintain a contract with TalkingPoints.

If TalkingPoints discovers a breach of security that results in the unauthorized release, disclosure or acquisition of student information, student records or student-generated content, TalkingPoints will notify the students, parents or guardians of any affected student within the statutorily-mandated time period.

Idaho

TalkingPoints will, as per the Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2014, codified at Idaho Code 33-133:

  1. only use aggregated data or student’s data for secondary uses after receiving written permission from the student’s parent or guardian; and
  2. notify customers and seek express, written parental consent if TalkingPoints materially changes TalkingPoints’s use of student data for sales, marketing or advertising.

Illinois

TalkingPoints complies with all applicable requirements of the Illinois Student Online Personal Information Privacy Act (IL SOPIPA), codified at 105 ILCS 85/5, and agrees that:

  1. this document constitutes the written agreement mandated by that Act, and that this document, which incorporates TalkingPoints’s Privacy Policy available at https://talkingpts.org/privacy/, states the:
    1. categories or type of information to be provided to TalkingPoints, the operator; and
    2. service being offered to the contracting party.
  2. pursuant to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, TalkingPoints is acting as a school official with a legitimate educational interest and is performing an institutional service or function for which the contracting party would otherwise use employees, under the direct supervision of the school, with respect to the use and maintenance of covered information, and is using the covered information only for an authorized purpose and may not redisclose it to third parties or affiliates, unless otherwise permitted by the IL SOPIPA, without permission from the contracting party or pursuant to court order;
  3. TalkingPoints will be liable for costs associated with the investigating and remediating a breach for which it is the sole and proximate cause;
  4. TalkingPoints will either delete or return, within a commercially reasonable period of time but not to exceed 60 days, all covered information upon the expiration of any agreement when requested to do so by notification from the contracting party;
  5. TalkingPoints will require the contracting party to publish notice of this agreement on any relevant website, if any, maintained by the contracting party;
  6. In the case of a breach, TalkingPoints will notify the contracting party, within the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, but no later than 30 days after the breach has occurred of any breach of the students’ covered information; and,
  7. TalkingPoints maintains a list of those third parties or affiliates with which it shares covered information, which may be provided upon request.

Louisiana

TalkingPoints will, as per Louisiana’s Student Privacy Law, codified at R.S. 17:3914:

  1. limit access to student information solely to authorized TalkingPoints employees and subcontractors who agreed to abide by equally stringent privacy practices pursuant to a data security plan;
  2. employ privacy practices that meet or exceed industry standards regarding student data including, but not limited to: (a) privacy compliance requirements; (b) regular privacy and security audits; (c) written breach planning, notification and remediation action guides; (d) policies limiting data collection and storage coupled with clear policies limiting data retention and establishing set timeframes for post-contract disposition and data disposal; and,
  3. return all student data not deleted as per agreement to the relevant city, parish or local school board.

Montana

TalkingPoints complies with all applicable requirements of the Montana Pupil Online Personal Information Protection Act, codified at 20-7-13, MCA and TalkingPoints agrees that:

  1. Pupil records continue to be the property of and under the control of the school district;
  2. Pupils may retain possession and control of their own content and may transfer pupil-generated content to a personal account by utilizing TalkingPoints’s features;
  3. TalkingPoints prohibits third parties from using any information in pupil records for any purpose other than those required or specifically permitted by contract;
  4. A parent, legal guardian, or eligible pupil may review personally identifiable information in the pupil’s records and correct erroneous information by using tools made available by TalkingPoints;
  5. TalkingPoints’s commitments to data privacy and data security outlined in its Privacy Policy and, in part, at https://talkingpts.org/privacy/ are incorporated into this agreement. Further, TalkingPoints will:
    1. implement and maintain security procedures and practices that meet or exceed industry standards and that are designed to protect student information, student records and student-generated content from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure;
    2. limit access to student information solely to authorized TalkingPoints employees and subcontractors who agreed to abide by equally stringent privacy practices pursuant to a data security plan;
    3. employ privacy practices that meet or exceed industry standards regarding student data including, but not limited to: (i) privacy compliance requirements; (ii) regular privacy and security audits; (iii) written breach planning, notification and remediation action guides; (iv) implementing policies limiting data collection and storage coupled with clear policies limiting data retention and establishing set timeframes for post-contract disposition and data disposal;
  6. If TalkingPoints discovers a breach of security that results in the unauthorized release, disclosure or acquisition of student information, student records or student-generated content, TalkingPoints will notify the students, parents or guardians of any affected student within the statutorily mandated time period;
  7. At all times during the pendency of any contract between TalkingPoints and a local educational agency (LEA), TalkingPoints acts solely as a “school official” as that term is defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g (FERPA), and will, therefore, facilitate the LEA’s compliance with FERPA as directed by the LEA; and,
  8. TalkingPoints will not use information contained in pupil records to engage in targeted advertising.

Nevada

TalkingPoints agrees, as per N.R.S. 388.272, that:

  1. TalkingPoints’s commitments to data privacy and data security outlined in its Privacy Policy and, in part, at https://talkingpts.org/privacy/ are incorporated into this agreement; and,
  2. TalkingPoints faces potential liability as a penalty for intentional or grossly negligent noncompliance with this contract, including termination of the contract and monetary damages for any breach of the terms of this contract that cause actual harm to the contracting party.

New York

TalkingPoints complies with all applicable laws of the State of New York, and this contract includes the following information to comply with student privacy and security laws, commonly referred to as New York State Education Law § 2-d (“New York Ed. 2-d), and Section 121 of New York regulations that implement that law and related law.

New York’s Parents Bill of Rights for Data Privacy and Security is incorporated into this agreement and TalkingPoints agrees that:

  1. TalkingPoints will not sell or release a student’s personally identifiable information for any commercial purpose;
  2. Parents have the right to inspect and review the complete contents of their child’s education record that is shared with or collected by TalkingPoints;
  3. TalkingPoints complies with all applicable state and federal laws that protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable information, and employs data security safeguards associated with industry standards and best practices, including but not limited to, encryption, firewalls, and password protection, both when data is stored at rest or is transferred;
  4. TalkingPoints maintains a publicly available list in its Privacy Policy of all student data elements collected by TalkingPoints;
  5. TalkingPoints will promptly address any complaints about possible breaches of student data emailed to privacy@talkingpts.org or mailed to: TalkingPoints, 995 Mission St. 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94103
  6. TalkingPoints will exclusively utilize the student data, teacher data, or principal data to provide account holders with the TalkingPoints service;
  7. All subcontractors for TalkingPoints that may access personally identifiable information of students, teachers, principals or other faculty are contractually required by TalkingPoints to employ data privacy and security practices that provide at least a commensurate level of protection for that data as does TalkingPoints;
  8. TalkingPoints will either delete or return, within a commercially reasonable period of time but not to exceed 45 days, all personally identifiable information upon the expiration of any agreement when requested to do so by notification from the contracting party;
  9. Any parent, student, eligible student, teacher or principal may correct inaccurate student data or teacher or principal data that is collected; and
  10. All student data or teacher or principal data will be stored on cloud servers within the United States and protected with industry standard and best practices procedures, including encryption when stored at rest.

North Carolina

TalkingPoints agrees, as per NC General Statutes § 115C-402.5(b)(6):

  1. TalkingPoints’s commitments to data privacy and data security outlined in its Privacy Policy and, in part, at https://talkingpts.org/privacy/ are incorporated into this agreement; and,
  2. TalkingPoints faces potential liability as a penalty for intentional or grossly negligent noncompliance with this contract, including termination of the contract and monetary damages for any breach of the terms of this contract that cause actual harm to the contracting party.

TalkingPoints makes the following additional commitments:

  1. JESSICA LUNSFORD ACT – TalkingPoints certifies that none of its employees or agents performing services are or will at any point during the Term of this Agreement be listed as a sex offender on the North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program, the Sexually Violent Predator Registration Program and/or the National Sex Offender Registry.
  2. ELIGIBILITY OF EMPLOYMENT – TalkingPoints reviews the eligibility for employment of every TalkingPoints employee.
  3. IRAN DIVESTMENT – TalkingPoints certifies that it is not listed on the Final Divestment List created by the State Treasurer pursuant to N.C.G.S. §147-86.58, the Iran Divestment Act of 2015 (S.L. 2015-118).
  4. DEBARMENT CERTIFICATION – TalkingPoints certifies that neither TalkingPoints nor its principals are suspended or debarred from doing business with the state of North Carolina or the federal government.

Oklahoma

TalkingPoints agrees, as per the Oklahoma Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013, codified at 70 OK Stat § 70-3-168 (2014) that:

  1. TalkingPoints’s commitments to data privacy and data security outlined in its Privacy Policy and, in part, at https://talkingpts.org/privacy/ are incorporated into this agreement; and,
  2. TalkingPoints faces potential liability as a penalty for intentional or grossly negligent noncompliance with this contract, including termination of the contract and monetary damages for any breach of the terms of this contract that cause actual harm to the contracting party.

Texas

TalkingPoints commits, as per Tex. Gen. Gov. § 2270.002, that TalkingPoints:

  1. does not boycott Israel; and
  2. will not boycott Israel during the term of the contract.

West Virginia

TalkingPoints agrees, as per the West Virginia Student Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act, codified at W.V. Code § 18-2-5h that:

  1. TalkingPoints’s commitments to data privacy and data security outlined in its Privacy Policy and, in part, at https://talkingpts.org/privacy/ are incorporated into this agreement; and,
  2. TalkingPoints faces potential liability as a penalty for intentional or grossly negligent noncompliance with this contract, including termination of the contract and monetary damages for any breach of the terms of this contract that cause actual harm to the contracting party.
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