This is a translation of the French original. In case of difference, the French version prevails.
These terms govern the use of Ardoisia, the educational application platform published by Ardoisia (“the publisher”). By creating an account or using an application, you accept them. If you use Ardoisia on behalf of a school, you declare that you are authorised to do so.
1. The service
Ardoisia gives access, from a browser, to applications intended for learning and teaching (reading help, tools for teachers, etc.). Access is by account, with a code received by e-mail or with a Google account. Depending on your situation, access is opened by your school's licence, by a subscription, or granted by the publisher for a fixed period.
The applications are available online only: they are not installed on a device.
2. Your account
- You must be of legal age, or use the service under the responsibility of a parent, a teacher or your school.
- You provide an accurate e-mail address that you can use. Sign-in codes are personal: do not give them to anyone.
- An account is individual. You may not share it or resell access.
- You can ask for your account to be deleted at any time (see the privacy policy).
3. Acceptable use
You agree not to: bypass access or quota protections; copy, extract or redistribute the code, texts, images, voices or content of the applications, by any means, including automated ones (scraping, bots); decompile, disassemble or attempt to reconstruct the source code; resell, rent or share your access; try to disrupt or overload the service; use the service for unlawful content or content that infringes the rights of others; or enter sensitive information about third parties without being authorised to do so.
4. Artificial intelligence
Some features use third-party artificial intelligence services (text recognition, transcription, voice). Their results may contain errors: they are an aid and replace neither the teacher nor your own checking. These services are used with an access key: your school's, the one you provide, or, where this option exists, credits included in your plan. When you provide your own key, its use may be billed by the provider according to your plan, at your expense.
4 bis. Published links and content made public
Some applications let you publish a link to content you have prepared (for example a video sequence with its questions and subtitles). Anyone who has the link's address can then view this content, without an account, read-only. By publishing a link, you declare that you have the right to do so and you remain responsible for the published content: it must contain no confidential information, no personal data of third parties (pupils included) without authorisation, and no unlawful content. Videos remain hosted by their original platform (for example YouTube) and subject to its terms; if their owner removes them, they can no longer be played. A link is kept for five years at most, within a limit of one hundred links per person; you can delete it at any time from the application, and deleting it makes it immediately inaccessible. The publisher may remove a link that is reported to it as unlawful or contrary to these terms.
4 ter. Live sessions with the pupils
Some applications (Algo Class) let a teacher open a session that pupils join without an account, with a QR code. The teacher (and their school) remains responsible for the educational use of the session and for informing pupils and their families; they undertake not to enter in a session any data other than their class's first names, and not to use the sound meter or the help queue to punish or individually assess a pupil. The QR code contains the session key: it must be shown only to the class. The publisher may close a session in the event of abuse.
5. Availability
The publisher endeavours to keep the service accessible, but cannot guarantee continuous availability: interruptions may occur for maintenance, updates or technical reasons or reasons beyond its control (a provider's outage, for example). The applications evolve: features may be added, changed or removed.
6. Intellectual property
The applications and their elements belong to the publisher or its licensors (see the legal notice). All rights reserved: any reproduction, representation, adaptation, translation or extraction, in whole or in part, of these elements without the publisher's written authorisation is prohibited and may constitute infringement. You are granted a personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable right of use for the duration of your access. In the event of a breach of these rules, the publisher may suspend or close access without notice or refund, without prejudice to any action to enforce its rights. The content you enter or import remains yours; you only authorise its technical processing necessary for the requested service.
7. Personal data
The processing of your data is described in the privacy policy.
7 bis. School members: quota and personal credits
If you access Ardoisia through your school's licence, your school may set a monthly usage quota. Once this quota is reached, the artificial intelligence services are suspended until the following month, unless your school has authorised the purchase of personal credits. In that case, you can buy credits at your own expense: the use of these credits is then handled with the publisher's account at its artificial intelligence providers, and not with your school's. An artificial intelligence call that does not fit in the quota you have left is refused and not counted. A minor may buy personal credits only with the consent and payment of a parent or legal guardian. Personal credits belong to you, remain attached to your account even if you leave the school, and are governed by the terms of sale applicable at the time of purchase.
8. Suspension and end of access
The publisher may suspend or close access in the event of a breach of these terms (for example account sharing, abuse or fraud), after informing you where possible. Access granted for a fixed period ends on its end date; a school's licence ends at its term or if it is suspended. You may stop using the service and ask for your account to be deleted at any time.
9. Liability
The publisher is liable for damage resulting directly from its faults, within the limits permitted by law. It cannot be held liable for indirect damage, loss of data or revenue, or for the consequences of a use of the service that does not comply with these terms or of the unavailability of third-party services. Nothing in these terms limits the rights that the law mandatorily grants to consumers.
10. Changes to the terms
The publisher may change these terms, for example to take account of a change in the service or in the law. The date of the last update appears at the bottom of the page; in the event of a significant change, you will be informed before it applies.
11. Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by French law, without prejudice to the mandatory consumer-protection provisions of the country where you live. In case of difficulty, first contact contact@ardoisia.com: we will look for an amicable solution. Failing that, the competent courts will be those determined by law.