Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using AccredLeap ("the Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you are using the Service on behalf of an institution, you represent that you have authority to bind that institution to these terms.

2. Service Description

AccredLeap provides AI-powered accreditation document preparation tools for higher education institutions. The Service includes AI-guided interviews, narrative generation, collaborative editing, faculty analytics, document management, and export capabilities.

The Service is designed to assist with accreditation document preparation. AccredLeap does not guarantee accreditation outcomes. All generated content should be reviewed and approved by qualified institutional personnel before submission to accrediting bodies.

3. User Accounts

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials. Institutional administrators are responsible for managing team member access and permissions. You must notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to your account.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of applicable regulations.
• Upload malicious content, viruses, or harmful code.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to other users' institutional data.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Service.
• Use the Service to generate fraudulent accreditation documents or misrepresent institutional information.

5. Intellectual Property

Your content: You retain full ownership of all documents, data, and content you upload to or create using the Service. This includes interview responses, uploaded documents, faculty data, and all generated accreditation narratives. AccredLeap claims no ownership over your institutional content.

Our platform: AccredLeap retains ownership of the Service itself, including our software, AI models, user interface designs, and documentation. Your use of the Service does not grant you ownership of any AccredLeap intellectual property.

6. Data Handling

Your institutional data is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Key commitments include: institutional data isolation through row-level security, encryption at rest and in transit, and the right to export your data at any time.

7. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, AccredLeap shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including loss of data, revenue, or accreditation outcomes. Our total liability shall not exceed the amount paid by you for the Service in the twelve months preceding the claim.

AccredLeap provides AI-generated content as drafts for human review. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of generated content for any specific accreditation standard or accrediting body.

8. Termination

Either party may terminate this agreement at any time. Upon termination, you may request export of your institutional data within 30 days. After 90 days, your data will be permanently deleted in accordance with our data retention policy.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms, with notice where practicable.

9. Changes to Terms

We may update these terms from time to time. Material changes will be communicated via email to institutional administrators at least 30 days before taking effect. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

10. Contact

For questions about these terms, please contact us at legal@accredleap.com.