Policies & Notices

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 12, 2024

Welcome to The Educator Summit (theeducatorsummit.com), owned and operated by Parkside Development Partners, LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company. Your use of this website is subject to the following Privacy Policy, which outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

1. Information We Collect:

• Personal Information: The Educator Summit collects minimal information from users participating in forum activities, including a name (real or alias), personal website, and email address.

• Cookies / IP Address Tracking: We utilize cookies to uniquely identify users for log files, commenting, and voting purposes. These cookies do not store personal information and are used solely for computer identification.

2. How We Use Your Information:

• Communication: If, in the future, we send newsletter updates and have your email address on file, you may receive our newsletter. An easy opt-out option will be provided in every newsletter.
• Display on the Site: If you post a comment or message in the forum, your name, email, and website may be displayed to other summit attendees.

3. Information Sharing: We do not share your information with third parties. Your email address may be used to contact you about site-related matters, but an opt-out option will always be provided.

4. Third-Party Advertising: Third-party companies may serve ads or collect anonymous information during your site visits. This information is non-personally identifiable and may include clickstream data, browser type, and ad interaction. For details on opting out of this advertising practice, visit networkadvertising.org.

5. Data Security: We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

6. Access and Opt-Out: You have the right to access, modify, or delete your personal information. Opt-out options are provided for newsletters, ensuring control over your communication preferences.

7. Changes to the Privacy Policy: We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy. Any modifications will be communicated on the website, and the updated policy will be effective upon posting.

For questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, contact us at [email protected].

Thank you for entrusting us with your information. The Educator Summit is dedicated to maintaining the confidentiality and security of your personal data.

Disclaimer

This privacy policy disclaimer ("Privacy Policy") applies to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by The Educator Summit ("we," "us," or "our") through our website theeducatorsummit.com ("Website").

By accessing or using our Website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use our Website.

Please note that this Privacy Policy only applies to information collected through our Website and does not apply to information collected offline or through any other means.

We reserve the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon posting on our Website. Your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at [email protected]. 

Copyright Notice

Copyright © 2024 The Educator Summit. All rights reserved.

The content and materials contained on this website, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, are the property of The Educator Summit or its licensors and are protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of The Educator Summit and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.

Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution of the content and materials on this website is strictly prohibited and may result in civil and criminal penalties. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, distribute, display, or in any way exploit any of the content or materials on this website without the express written permission of The Educator Summit.

For permission requests, please contact The Educator Summit at [email protected].

Terms & Conditions

Welcome to The Educator Summit! These terms and conditions ("Terms") govern your use of our website theeducatorsummit.com ("Website") and any products, services, or content offered by The Educator Summit.

By accessing or using our Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not access or use our Website.

1. Use of Website: You may use our Website for lawful purposes only. You are prohibited from using our Website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair our servers or networks, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of our Website.

2. Intellectual Property: All content and materials on our Website, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, are the property of The Educator Summit or its licensors and are protected by United States and international copyright laws.

3. Limitation of Liability: The Educator Summit shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, arising out of your access to or use of our Website or any products, services, or content offered by The Educator Summit.

4. Governing Law: These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of The United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

5. Changes to Terms: We reserve the right to modify or amend these Terms at any time. Any changes to these Terms will be effective immediately upon posting on our Website. Your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes to these Terms will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

If you have any questions or concerns about these Terms, please contact us at [email protected]. 

Cookie Policy

 The Educator Summit ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies on our website www.theeducatorsummit.com ("Website"). By using our Website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this Cookie Policy.

1. What are Cookies? Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet) when you visit certain websites. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the owners of the site.

2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website.
• Analytical/performance cookies: We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"), to help us analyze how users use our Website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as your IP address, the type of device you are using, your operating system, and your browsing behavior on our Website. This information is used to evaluate your use of the Website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please see Google's help pages and privacy policy.
• Functionality cookies: These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our Website and personalize our content for you, such as remembering your preferences.
• Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

3. Managing Cookies: You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your device and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our Website and some features may not work as intended.

4. Changes to this Cookie Policy: We reserve the right to modify or amend this Cookie Policy at any time. Any changes to this Cookie Policy will be posted on our Website. Your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes to this Cookie Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at [email protected].

Refund Policy

In general, due to the nature of electronic media, and low cost of each event, all sales are final – no refunds.

User License

Purchase of a ticket entitles the purchaser the right to view the intended content for the specified amount of time in accordance with the ticketed course timeline.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Just as we ask others to respect our intellectual property rights, we respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe content located on or linked to by our website violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify us. We will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the offending material or disabling all links to the offending material.  If you suspect such a violation, please send an email to [email protected].

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA)

We comply with the requirements of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA).  We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13; our website is directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.  We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age.

Acceptable Use Policy & Legal Matters

This website may provide users with the ability to post comments, messages, and participate in online voting. Responsibility for what is posted on any interactive feature on the website lies with each user – you alone are responsible for the material you post or send. We do not control the messages, information or files that you or others may provide through the website. It is a condition of your use of the website that you do not:

• Use the website to post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law.
• Use the website to post or transmit any information, software or other material that violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including material that is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights or that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or rights holder.
• Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the website.
• Use the website to impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
• Interfere with or disrupt any servers or networks used to provide the website or its features, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of the networks we use to provide the website.
• Use the website to instigate or encourage others to commit illegal activities or cause injury or property damage to any person.
• Gain unauthorized access to the website, or any account, computer system, or network connected to this website, by means such as hacking, password mining or other illicit means.
• Use the website to post or transmit any information, software or other material that contains a virus or other harmful component.
• Use the website to post, transmit or in any way exploit any information, software or other material for commercial purposes, or that contains advertising.
• Use the website to advertise or solicit to anyone to buy or sell products or services, or to make donations of any kind, without our express written approval.
• Gather for marketing purposes any email addresses or other personal information that has been posted by other users of the website.

Any user failing to comply with the Acceptable Use Policy or the Terms of Service may be expelled from and refused continued access to the interactive features on the website.

Company has no obligation whatsoever to monitor any of the content or postings on the interactive features on the website. However, you acknowledge and agree that we have the absolute right to monitor the same at our sole discretion. In addition, we reserve the right to alter, edit, refuse to post or remove any postings or content, in whole or in part, for any reason and to disclose such materials and the circumstances surrounding their transmission to any third party in order to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request and to protect ourselves, our clients, business partners, users and visitors.

You agree and understand that you may be held legally responsible for damages suffered by other members or users of our website as the result of your remarks, information, feedback or other content posted or made available on the website that is deemed defamatory or otherwise legally actionable. Under the Federal Communications Decency Act of 1996, Company is not legally responsible, nor can it be held liable, for damages of any kind, arising out of or in connection to any defamatory or otherwise legally actionable remarks, information, feedback or other content posted or made available on the website.

You acknowledge that Company has the right but not the obligation to use and display any comments, postings or other contributions of any kind made by a user, and that Company may elect to cease the use and display of any such user submission (or any portion thereof), at any time for any reason whatsoever.

Accuracy of Information Disclaimer

Although we have made every effort to ensure that the information on this website was correct at the time of publication, the Company does not assume and hereby disclaims any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause.

While a reasonable effort will be made to keep content up to date and accurate, please note that any of the content on our website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it. We do not guarantee that our website, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.  If you find any omissions or errors, please notify us at [email protected].

No warranty expressed or implied is made regarding accuracy, adequacy, completeness, legality, reliability or usefulness of any information on this website. This disclaimer applies to both isolated and aggregate uses of the information. The Company provides this information on an “AS IS” basis. All warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, freedom from contamination by computer viruses and non-infringement of proprietary rights ARE DISCLAIMED.

Virus Disclaimer

While we take precautions to keep our website virus-free, we do not guarantee that our website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.  You should use your own virus protection software. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, mobile devices or programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our website or to your downloading of any content from it, or on any website linked to it.

Limitations on Linking and Framing

You may establish a hypertext link to our website so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of your site by us or by our website. However, you may not, without our prior written permission, frame or inline link any of the content of our website, or incorporate into another site or other service any of our material, content or intellectual property.

Third Party Products

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may provide links to third party products or services on our website. We do not control, and are not responsible for, the content or practices of these third party websites.  We are not responsible for the quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability or any other aspect of these products and services. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our website and welcome any feedback about these third party products or services.

The inclusion of any links to third party websites does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorsement of such sites, or the information, views, products or services offered through them. 

 Affiliates

The Educator Summit is a participant in the Courses4Teachers affiliate CEU program. Courses4Teachers is an organization, in affiliation with University of the Pacific, which provides an additional opportunity for educators to earn graduate-level professional development semester units/credits for the professional development received by The Educator Summit.  However, our opinions and product discussions are our own.

Limitation of Liability

Neither the Company nor its contributors shall be held liable for any improper or incorrect use of the information described and/or contained on the website, and Company assumes no responsibility for anyone’s use of the information. In no event shall the Company or its contributors be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages (including, but not limited to: procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, tort (including negligence or otherwise), or any other theory arising in any way out of the use of this website or the publications, even if advised of the possibility of such damage. This disclaimer of liability applies to any damages or injury, whether based on alleged breach of contract, tortious behavior, negligence or any other cause of action, including but not limited to damages or injuries caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, and/or theft, destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of any record.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless, the Company, its contributors, affiliates officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of the use of the website by you.

Legal Matters

These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions. 

You agree that any dispute, of any nature whatsoever, between you and the Company arising out of or relating to the website, our products, or these Terms of Service, shall be decided by neutral, binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules. A final judgment or award by the arbitrator may then be duly entered and recorded by the prevailing party in the appropriate court as final judgment. The arbitrator shall award costs (including, without limitation, the arbitration fee and reasonable attorneys’ fees) to the prevailing party.

Whenever possible, each provision of these Terms of Service shall be interpreted so as to be effective and valid under applicable law.  If any provision of these Terms of Service is held to be prohibited by, or invalid under, applicable law, any other application of such provision and the remainder of these Terms of Service shall not be affected thereby.

Customer Service

If you have questions or comments regarding the Company, the website, these Terms of Service, or any of its products or services, please email us at [email protected].

Business Address

The Educator Summit, LLC  P.O. Box 2003 Castle Rock, CO 80104

email: [email protected].