Legal

Terms of Service

Last updated: July 2026 Effective for all CEL users Governs all schools, teachers, students, and parents

⚠️ COPPA Notice

CEL is designed for use by students in grades K–12. We comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Schools act as the authorized agent collecting student data on behalf of parents. No student data is sold or used for advertising — ever.

Section 01

Who We Are

Creativity Excellence Learning ("CEL," "we," "us") is an educational technology platform providing a gamified learning experience for K–12 students. CEL is operated by a Florida-based educational technology company. The fictional game world is set on Celoria — a made-up island with no connection to real-world locations or people.

Section 02

Who Can Use CEL

Schools and Districts: Must have a registered account and an active agreement.
Teachers: Must be employed by a registered CEL school.
Students: Access is granted through their school. Students under 13 may only use CEL through a school that has agreed to these terms on behalf of parents under the FERPA school official exception.
Parents: May access a read-only view of their child's progress via a share code. No account required.

Section 03

Student Data & COPPA Compliance

We collect only the minimum data needed to operate the platform:

We collect

Student name or pseudonym, grade level, school affiliation, quiz responses, XP and progress data, city-building game state, login credentials (password is bcrypt-hashed — we cannot read it)

We never collect

Real names if the school assigns pseudonyms, photos, GPS or location data, behavioral advertising data, social security numbers, health information

Data deletion

Schools may request complete deletion for any student via the admin dashboard. We process deletions within 5 business days.

Section 04

FERPA

CEL operates as a "school official" under FERPA with a legitimate educational interest. Student education records are used solely to provide the CEL service to the contracting school. We do not disclose student records to third parties except as required by law.

Section 05

Data Security

All data is transmitted over HTTPS/TLS encryption
Passwords are stored using bcrypt one-way hashing
Student data is stored in Supabase (SOC 2 Type II certified infrastructure)
All payment processing is handled by Stripe — we never store card data
Cloudflare provides DDoS protection and SSL termination

Section 06

Payments & Billing

CEL charges schools on an annual, per-student basis. Pricing depends on each student's grade and how many subjects their class has enabled — not total enrollment size.

per student / year
K-2 mini-games only

per student / year
Full platform, 1 subject

$11.50

per student / year
Full platform, all 4 subjects

Each subject beyond the first is +$1.50/student/year. Kindergarten and 1st grade are always billed at the mini-games rate; 2nd grade is billed at the mini-games rate only if the school keeps that class on the mini-games hub instead of the full city builder.

Payment is invoiced annually via ACH bank transfer. Purchase orders are accepted. The first month is free — we invoice at the end of the pilot period. No refunds after the school year begins unless there is a documented service failure on our part.

Section 07

Acceptable Use

CEL is for educational use only — it may not be resold or sublicensed
Schools are responsible for appropriate and supervised student use
Attempting to reverse-engineer, scrape, or abuse the platform is prohibited
Students may not share login credentials with other students
No content that harasses, bullies, or threatens other students may be submitted through any CEL interface

Section 08

Termination

Either party may terminate the agreement at the end of a billing period with written notice. Upon termination, schools may request a full data export. All student data is permanently deleted within 90 days of the final billing period.

CEL may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms, engage in fraud, or fail to pay after a 30-day grace period following written notice.

Section 09

Limitation of Liability

CEL is provided "as is." We are not liable for service interruptions, data loss from events outside our control, or consequential damages. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the total amount paid by the school in the 12 months prior to the claim.

Section 10

Contact

For privacy requests, data deletion requests, COPPA inquiries, or any questions about these terms:

Privacy & Data Requests

privacy@cel.app

General Support

hello@cel.app