Terms of Service

Welcome to Skillsavings, an online learning community to master real-world skills. The Skillsavings website and service including (without limitation) all websites, mobile applications and other interactive properties through which the service is delivered (collectively, the “Service”) are owned, operated and distributed by Skillsavings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (referred to in these Terms of Service as “Skillsavings” or “we” and through similar words such as “us,” “our,” etc.). By accessing any part of the Service, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions described below (“these Terms of Service”), the terms and conditions of our privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) and any other legal notices published by us on the Service (collectively, the “Governing Documents”). If you do not agree to any of these terms, you should not use the Service. These Terms of Service apply to all users, including both users who are simply viewing content available via the Service and users who have registered as members of Skillsavings. If you are a business to business purchaser of Skillsavings for Teams, your access and use of the Service are additionally subject to the Master Services Agreement which is located at http://teams.Skillsavings.com/master-services-agreement/

We may, at our sole discretion, modify these Terms of Service at any time. By accessing the Service at any time after such modifications, you are agreeing to such modifications. These Terms of Service were last modified as of October 28, 2022.

Description of Service

The Skillsavings Service allows students to find classes that they are interested in taking, and allows teachers to find students interested in taking their classes.

We reserve the right to refuse to provide the Service to any person for any reason and/or to discontinue the Service in whole or in part at any time, with or without prior notice.

Account Terms

The following terms apply to your use of the Service and any account that you may open or attempt to open via the Service:

  1. You represent and warrant that you are at least 16 years of age. If you are under age 16, you may not, under any circumstances or for any reason, use the Service.
  2. You must be a human to open an account. Accounts registered by “bots” or other automated methods are not permitted.
  3. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and password. We view any actions taken by your account as taken by you. Skillsavings will not be liable for any loss or damage from your failure to comply with this security obligation.

Changing Fees

We reserve the right, at any time, to change any fees or charges for using any services provided on the Service (or to begin charging fees for any free service), provided that such changes will not apply to fees or charges paid or free services used prior to the time of the change.

Rules for All Users

Skillsavings is a community of millions of learners. When you sign up for the Site, you agree to the following rules:

  1. You will use the Service only for lawful purposes and agree to not use the Service in any way that will infringe upon the use or rights of any other user.
  2. Your use of the Service is subject to all applicable laws and regulations, and you are solely responsible for the substance of your communications through the Service.
  3. You will not upload any copyrighted, trademarked, or proprietary materials on the Service without the expressed permission of the owner. You will not post any content that infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other intellectual property or proprietary right of any party.
  4. You assume full responsibility for the content of the Service offered.
  5. You understand that classes posted are publicly available to be viewed and accessed by any student.
  6. You agree that you will not engage in any behavior that constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk email (also known as “spamming”), chain letters, any other form of unauthorized solicitation, or any form of lottery or gambling.
  7. You will not share content from the Service with anyone who is not properly licensed to access the content.
  8. You will not upload, share, post, distribute or otherwise partake in any behavior that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another’s privacy, tortious, contains explicit or graphic descriptions or accounts of sexual acts (including but not limited to sexual language of a violent or threatening nature directed at another individual or group of individuals), or otherwise violates our rules or policies.
  9. You will not partake in any behavior that victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability.
  10. You will not share software viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functioning of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or to damage or obtain unauthorized access to any data or other information of any third party.
  11. You will not impersonate any person or entity, including any of our employees or representatives.
  12. You will not use your account to breach security of another account or attempt to gain unauthorized access to another network or server. Not all parts of the Service may be available to you or other authorized users of the Service. You shall not interfere with anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the Service. Users who violate systems or network security may incur criminal or civil liability.

Specific Rules for Teachers

When you publish a class on the Site, you agree to the following rules:

  1. You will honor any enrollments through Skillsavings.com at the price and time listed in the Service, and not to refuse enrollments or participation by any student for any discriminatory or other illegal reason.
  2. You grant us the right to place advertisements on your content at our sole discretion.
  3. Any content you submit to the Service will not contain third party copyrighted material, or material that is subject to other third party proprietary rights, unless you have permission from the rightful owner of the material.
  4. You represent and warrant to Skillsavings that you are qualified to teach the classes that you list with the Service and that you will at all times conduct yourself in a professional manner and in compliance with all applicable laws.
  5. You understand that, if you teach a class, your students will have the ability to post a review of this class. We cannot control the contents of any such review and will not be held responsible for any information or opinions that a user may include in any such review.
  6. You may choose to remove content from your class and will continue to own such content, but we will continue to have the right to use that content and to provide it to students who have paid for or enrolled in your class.
  7. You grant us full ownership of any video content that we have filmed for you. It is at our sole discretion to remove, add, or edit that video content.
  8. You agree that you will not submit content to Skillshare that violates the Skillsavings Community and Class Guidelines, which may be occasionally updated.
  9. Skillsavings reserves the right to, but is under no obligation, to delete the listing of any class at any time and for any reason.

Specific Rules for Students

When you enroll in a class on the Site, you agree to the following rules:

  1. You will accept all of the terms and conditions including the cancellation policy listed in the Service when you agree to enroll in or access a class on Skillsavings.
  2. You will follow all reasonable rules set by a teacher with respect to a class, and you will not take any actions to interfere with the teacher or any other students in the class.
  3. You may access class content for your information and personal use only.
  4. You will not copy any materials or techniques for purposes of your own or others’ classes, or for interfering with any class or the teacher’s ongoing relationship with any students participating in such class.
  5. Skillsavings reserves the right to delete or suspend your account if you violate any of our rules, or at any time and for any reason.

Data Policy

When a student takes a class on Skillsavings, we will share the student’s username and profile with the teacher for the purpose of teaching these students on Skillsavings. By enrolling in a class on Skillsavings, a student grants to us permission to share that student’s information with the teacher. The teacher is required to respect the privacy of the student. The teacher has a limited license to use this information only for Skillsavings-related communications or for Skillsavings-facilitated transactions. The teacher may use that personal information for no other purpose, such as sending unsolicited commercial messages or unauthorized transactions. Without express consent from that person, you must not add any Skillsavings misuse any student’s personal information. Remember that you need to comply with all relevant legal rules when you use Skillsavings. This includes applicable data protection and privacy laws which govern the ways in which you can use another Skillsavings user’s information.

Finally, we may collect demographic information about you, such as gender, race and ethnic origin. We usually collect and use this information on an anonymized basis. If you provide demographic information to Skillsavings, you do so voluntarily and Skillsavings will collect, store and use your demographic information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We may use this type of data to analyze trends and assist us in understanding demographic patterns related to our community and new and existing products, programs, or services; to administer, analyze, and improve the content and functionality of the Site and Services; for marketing; and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We utilize unstructured machine learning technologies to understand user behaviors and to provide user-specific recommendations and other personalization of the Site or Services experience.