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The services described below are provided by Lemnis (hereinafter, “Lemnis,” “Wayfinder,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). Wayfinder is a mission-driven division of Lemnis, a nonprofit organization.
The following are the terms of service (“Terms of Service”) that define the relationship between Lemnis through its Wayfinder division and you and govern your use of our services.
We’ve also added summaries below each section that provide short explanations of the legal language in plain English (it starts with “Basically...”) to aid in understanding. These summaries are explanatory only and are not intended to be legal binding or affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
Last Updated: October 16, 2026
Thank you for your interest in Wayfinder, a division of Lemnis. Lemnis owns and operates the services offered on the Wayfinder informational website available at www.withwayfinder.com (“Wayfinder Website”), including the Wayfinder Education Services available at https://app.withwayfinder.com (“Education Services”), and any associated mobile applications or products and services that Company may provide now or in the future (collectively, the “Services”).
These Terms of Service contain general terms that apply to you as a user of Wayfinder Services (“User”), along with additional terms that may apply to you as a User registered as a teacher, school leader, aide, or other similar personnel (“School Personnel”).
By using Wayfinder Services, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions of use (“Terms of Use”) and the Wayfinder Website Privacy Policy available here and Education Services Privacy Policy available here (“Privacy Policies”), incorporated herein by reference. These Terms of Use and the Privacy Policies apply to your use of the Services. Please do not use the Services if you do not agree to be bound by both the Terms of Use and Privacy Policies.
We reserve the right to modify or revise our Terms of Use and/or Privacy Policies in our sole discretion, at any time. Your continued use of the Services indicates your agreement to be bound by any and all subsequent modifications or revisions. We will attempt to notify users whenever we modify or revise the Terms of Use and/or Privacy Policies, however, we reserve the right to make such modifications or revisions without prior notice to you. We recommend that users review the most up-to-date version of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policies periodically here (for our Informational Website) and here (for our Education Services). If you are using the Service on behalf of an institution that has a separate written agreement with us, that agreement governs your use of the Service.
We may discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services for any reason, at our sole discretion, with or without notice to you.
If you are under the age of 18, you represent that your legal guardian has reviewed and agreed to the Agreement. If you don’t get your parent or guardian to read and agree to the Agreement, you don’t have permission to use the Service.
If you are entering into this Agreement on behalf of a company or other legal entity (including if you are School Personnel entering on behalf of your school), you represent that you have the authority to bind such entity to these terms and conditions, in which case the terms “you”, “your” or “User” shall refer to such entity. If you do not have such authority, or if you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must not accept this Agreement and may not use the Service.
Basically, by using or signing up for the Services, you agree to these terms. If you are under the age of 18, your legal guardian or parent will need to review and agree to the Agreement on your behalf.
You represent and warrant that you are capable of entering into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations and warranties as set forth in the Terms of Use and Privacy Policies. Children under the age of 13 years of age are not eligible to use Wayfinder’s Website Services at https://www.withwayfinder.com. Please see our Website Privacy Policy. They can only use our Education Services at https://app.withwayfinder.com with appropriate consent. Please see our Education Services Privacy Policy.
When you sign up to use a Service that requires registration, we ask you to create a username and password and provide certain other personal information (such as your first and last name, and email address). Your personal information will be protected by us in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policies.
Students: if you are a student accessing the Service at the invitation of a teacher or other school official, the following terms apply to you.
(i) Account Creation: Only students who have been given access to the Service by their teacher, school, or district may use the Service. You may not access or use the Service unless you are given access to the Service by a teacher, school, or district who is authorized to give you access to the Service (including creating your student account on your behalf to allow you to login).
(ii) Information Provided to us: We request minimal personal information to be provided from students to use the Service. If you are under 13 years of age, and you want a student account on Wayfinder, you will need to have the student account created at school by your teacher (only after the teacher represents to us that they have obtained any necessary parental consent or acted as the agent of the parent and consented on their behalf).
(iii) Consent: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) prohibits online service providers from knowingly collecting personal information from children under 13 years of age without verifiable parental consent or notice as applicable (“Consent”). Consent may be obtained either by a student’s teacher, school, or district (“School Consent”). Children under the age of 13 are prohibited from using certain features of the Service without Consent, including, without limitation, student accounts. By using a student account on the Service, you promise that, if requested during your use of the Service, you provided your real age and that you are (a) over the age of 13; or (b) your teacher, school, or district has set up your student account or is otherwise allowing you to use the Service. For more information, please see our Education Services Privacy Policy.
Basically, students: if you want to create a Wayfinder account, your account must be set up by a teacher. If you’re under 13, your school must have obtained your parent’s consent or acted as their agent and consented on their behalf.
School Personnel: If you are a School Personnel accessing the Service on behalf of a school, school district, or other similar educational institution (the “Institution”), the following terms apply to you:
(i) Permissions and Authority: You agree that you are acting on behalf of (or have received all necessary permission from) your Institution to enter into this Agreement and to register and use the Service as part of your curriculum. Only School Personnel who are current employees of the Institution may use the Service on the Institution's behalf. The School Personnel is responsible for obtaining any necessary approvals from their school's authorities and administrators before using the Service. Upon termination of a School Personnel or other staff member's employment with the Institution, such individual must return and cease using all login details and student access he or she has in his or her possession. If at any time you learn a User of the Service claims to be affiliated with your Institution who is not, in fact, affiliated with your Institution, you will notify us immediately at privacy@projectwayfinder.com.
(ii) Students under 13: You further understand and acknowledge that COPPA prohibits online service providers from knowingly collecting personal information from children under 13 years of age without School Consent and you understand that we will not let children under the age of 13 use certain features of the Service unless you obtain School Consent. We will not provide use of student accounts or access to the Service to children under the age of 13 if we learn that you have not obtained School Consent. You agree that you will not knowingly create a child’s student account on their behalf or allow the child to use the Service in the classroom until you have obtained School Consent.
(iii) School Consent. You acknowledge and agree that when School Consent must be utilized to allow children under 13 to use the Service, you and/or the Institution will be solely responsible (and hereby agree that we are not responsible) for 1) providing all required notices to parents under COPPA; 2) obtaining parental consent (or if allowed by your Institution’s policy, acting as the agent of the parent and consenting on their behalf) under COPPA; and 3) providing a means for a parent to review any personal information contained in Student Data collected through the Service and refuse to permit its further use as required by COPPA. This includes without limitation, limiting access to the Service to those student Users from whom School Personnel has received valid Consent forms and complying with all parental requests regarding the collection, use and disclosure of such parent’s child’s information. School Personnel or the Institution are responsible for disseminating any required parental consent forms to the parents of potential student Users, for confirming receipt of valid consent forms for each child before granting the student access to the Service, and for retaining such consent forms on file. If a parent User does not consent or rescinds such School Consent, School Personnel or the Institution shall immediately notify us to discontinue that student’s access to the Service and ensure that such student’s information is no longer accessible through the Services. Under no circumstances will we be liable for the School Personnel’s failure to consult their school's authorities and administrators or for failing to obtain School Consent when required. For more information, please see our Education Services Privacy Policy.
You agree to use the Services only for purposes that are permitted by these Terms of Use. You further agree that you shall not do any of the following in connection with your use of the Services: (a) access (or attempt to access) the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by us, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with us; (b) access the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers), and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present as part of the Services; (c) engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are used in connection with the Services); or (d) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, algorithms, or underlying structure of the Services or any software used to provide the Services. You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to material that you may find offensive or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.
You understand and agree that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated with any account you use to access the Services. Accordingly, you will be solely responsible to us for all activities that occur under your account. If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you shall notify us immediately through this website.
Your privacy is extremely important to us, and we take great care to limit what we collect and how we use it, and to enable you to understand our policies. Please read our Privacy Policies which explain how we treat your personal information and protect your privacy when you use our Services and for more information on the administrative, technical and physical safeguards we maintain to protect against unauthorized use, disclosure of or access to personal information. Please see our Website Privacy Policy for details about our informational website. Please see our Education Services Privacy Policy.
Basically, in addition to these terms, please read our Informational Website and Education Services Privacy Policies which outline our practices towards handling any personal information that we may collect.
We understand that it is important that our partner schools comply with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) and related regulations. Certain information that may be provided to us by School Personnel that is directly related to a student and maintained by an Institution, may be considered an education record (“Education Record”) under FERPA. Additionally, certain information, provided to us by School Personnel about a student, such as student name and grade level, may be considered directory information under FERPA (“Directory Information”) and thus not an Education Record. Please see our Education Services Privacy Policy for more information regarding FERPA, our commitments to help Institutions comply with FERPA, and Institution’s obligations with respect to FERPA. We are not in a position to provide legal advice regarding whether the school's existing FERPA disclosures are sufficient. To the extent that School Personnel have questions regarding these issues, they should consult the school's own legal counsel for more information.
Basically, FERPA gives parents and students certain rights over their education records. FERPA requires schools to not share personally identifiable information in education records without either meeting an exemption or obtaining parental permission. So, if a teacher provides student information to us, the school must either meet an exemption or obtain the appropriate permission in advance.
If you decide to use a Linked Account to register for a Project Wayfinder account through an authentication service (such as Google Accounts, Microsoft Accounts, Facebook Connect, or Clever) (“Authentication Service”) you give us the permission to store and use certain information already associated with your Authentication Service consistent with our Education Services Privacy Policy. The current list of Authentication Services that we use is listed here. You may revoke our access to your account on any Authentication Service at any time by updating the appropriate settings in the account preferences of the respective Authentication Service. You should check your privacy settings on each Authentication Service to understand and change the information sent to us through each Authentication Service. Please review each Authentication Service’s terms of use and privacy policies carefully before using their services and connecting to our Service. Your use of Linked Accounts and Authentication Services is subject to the applicable third-party terms and privacy policies.
Basically, if you want to use third-party services through your Wayfinder account (e.g., Google Log-in or Clever), we’ll help you connect your account to those services so you can use them, and you are giving us permission to store and use certain information already associated with your authentication service. You can revoke our access to this account by updating your settings in your authentication service account.
You acknowledge that we retain ownership of all rights, titles and interests in and to any curricula, games, training materials, assessment tools, reference documents, and other materials (collectively, “Materials”), and in and to the software platform through which the Services are provided, including its source code, algorithms, databases, data models, application programming interfaces, user interfaces, documentation, and other underlying technology (collectively, the “Platform”). We may make Materials available in various ways, including, without limitation, through presenting Materials at training or consultation sessions, enabling you to download Materials from our websites and file-sharing sites, and providing you with access to interactive websites. You acknowledge that we retain all intellectual property rights in and to the Materials and Platform (including without limitation, all patent rights, design rights, copyrights and trade secret rights) subject to the limited license granted to you in Section 11 and/or any written agreement between you (and/or your educational organization) and us. You agree that, except as expressly permitted by the limited license in Section 11, you will not (i) copy, modify, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or make derivative works based upon the Materials or Platform, or use the Materials or Platform to develop any products, without our prior written approval, or (ii) sell, license, rent, transfer, or otherwise distribute the Materials, Platform, or any adaptations or derivatives thereof to any third party. In all events, you may not distribute any adaptations or derivatives of Materials outside your educational organization.
You further acknowledge: (a) you have no interest in our logo and other marks; (b) we will remain the sole owner of all rights and interests in our marks; and (c) all goodwill in our marks will inure solely to the benefit of Lemnis. If you are a school or are acting for an educational organization, We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use and display our logos and other marks solely in connection with your authorized use of the Services. Any such use is subject to any trademark guidelines we may provide from time to time.
We hereby grant to you, and you accept, a limited, revocable, non-transferable, non-exclusive license, coterminous with your authorized access to the Services, to access and use the Services and Platform during the term of your authorized access, and to use, copy, adapt, and distribute the Materials solely for purposes of program implementation that is expressly the subject of these Terms of Use and/or any written agreement between you (and/or your educational organization) and us. You may not use the Materials or Platform for any other purpose without our prior written approval, including sharing any part of the Materials for non-commercial purposes with other schools, districts, teachers, and the like (such as at workshops or conferences). Under no circumstances may you distribute any Materials for any purposes intended or directed toward commercial advantage or monetary compensation, or distribute outside your educational organization any user-created adaptations, derivatives, or revisions of any Materials. The licenses granted in this Section 11 are expressly revocable by us and terminate automatically when your authorized access to the Services terminates or expires.
With the exception of any of your Confidential Information (as such term is defined below) or pre-existing intellectual property, and work produced as part of Wayfinder student projects, you acknowledge that we shall solely and exclusively own all intellectual property rights it develops, whether alone or jointly with others, in connection with the Services and/or under any written agreement between you (and/or your educational organization) and us along with all derivative works thereof (the “Work Product”). You hereby assign to us, all right, title and interest (including, without limitation, all patent rights, design rights, copyrights and trade secrets) in any modifications or improvements to Materials which you may propose or make as part of the Services. To the extent you grant us the right to use any pre-existing intellectual property or content owned by you in the Work Product, you grant to us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual license for use of such intellectual property and/or content in the Work Product. You acknowledge that you have no rights to Materials provided to you or to the Work Product other than with respect to their separate use as limited by these Terms of Use and/or any written agreement between you (and/or your educational organization) and us.
Feedback. You agree that any suggestions, ideas, recommendations, bug reports, product requests, or other feedback concerning the Services or Platform that you provide to us (collectively, “Feedback”) is not Confidential Information and may be used by us without restriction. You hereby assign to us all right, title, and interest in and to Feedback, including related intellectual property rights, and, to the extent any such rights cannot be assigned, grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up, transferable, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, create derivative works of, distribute, display, perform, and otherwise exploit Feedback for any purpose. Feedback excludes student work product and teacher-created content, lesson adaptations, and other uploads covered by the User Content license below.
User Content. You retain ownership of teacher-created content, lesson adaptations, and other content you or your educational organization upload or submit in connection with the Services, excluding student work product (collectively, “User Content”). You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, fully paid-up license to host, store, reproduce, modify, adapt, display, perform, transmit, and otherwise use User Content solely as necessary to provide, maintain, support, secure, and improve the Services, including to develop and improve the Platform. We will not use User Content for any purpose beyond those described in this paragraph except with your permission or as required by law. You represent that you have all rights and permissions necessary to grant this license.
Student Work Product. Students retain all ownership rights in student products they create using the Services as part of the Wayfinder curriculum (“Student Work Product”). We do not claim any ownership interest in Student Work Product. When a student submits or creates Student Work Product through the Services, we are authorized to host, store, display, and transmit that Student Work Product solely as necessary to provide the Services to the student and their educational organization, subject to the Consent obtained from the student’s parent, guardian, or School Personnel, as applicable. We will not use Student Work Product for any other purpose, including marketing, product development, or sharing with third parties, except as required by law or with the express consent of the student’s parent, guardian, or School Personnel, as applicable.
“Confidential Information” shall include, by way of example but without limitation, business plans, data, know-how, financial information, artwork, formulas, algorithms, processes, designs, sketches, photographs, plans, drawings, product concepts, specifications, samples, reports, vendor, customer and distributor names, pricing information, market definitions, inventions, and ideas. The parties agree that the following information shall be included, without limitation, in the definition of Confidential Information: (A) schematics, techniques, development tools and processes, computer printouts, computer programs, design drawings and manuals, and improvements; (B) information about costs, profits, markets, and sales; (C) plans for future development and new product concepts; and (D) all documents, books, papers, drawings, models, sketches, and other data of any kind and description, including electronic data recorded or retrieved by any means, that have been or will be given to you by us (or any affiliate of it), as well as written or verbal instructions or comments. Confidential Information does not include student projects created as part of the Wayfinder curriculum. Similarly, we do not claim ownership of any intellectual property rights or any other proprietary interests associated with such student projects.
You understand and acknowledge that we have developed our Confidential Information through the expenditure of substantial time and money, that we desire to retain the same in trust and confidence and to withhold access thereto from third parties, and that the commitments set forth herein are a condition precedent to your use of the Services.
(a) Nondisclosure.
(b) Exceptions
If you believe that your work has been copied and posted on our website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information:
Notice of claims of copyright infringement should be sent to legal@lemnis.org or the following address:
Lemnis
500 SW 116th Ave., Suite 178
Beaverton, OR 97225
The software that you use may automatically download and install updates from time to time from us. These updates are designed to improve, enhance and further develop the Services and may take the form of bug fixes, enhanced functions, new software modules and completely new versions. You agree to receive such updates (and permit us to deliver these to you) as part of your use of the Services.
We control and operate the Services from our offices in the United States of America. We do not represent that materials which are part of the Services are appropriate for use in other locations. Persons who choose to access the Services from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. The laws of the State of Oregon will govern these Terms of Use, as well as any claim that might arise between you and Lemnis, without regard to any conflict of law provisions. Any claim or dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or your use of the Services will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in Oregon, and you and Lemnis each consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Lemnis, its affiliates, and its and their directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising in any way from your use of the Services, including the forums, any content or other material you contribute as part of the Services, or your breach or violation of the law or of these Terms of Use, and/or the Privacy Policies. Lemnis reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with Lemnis’s defense of such claim.
(a) The Services, including, without limitation, all content, functions and materials contained or available thereon, are provided “as is,” “as available”, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranty for information, data, data processing services, uptime or uninterrupted access, availability, accuracy, usefulness, or content of information, and any warranties of title, non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. We hereby disclaim any and all such warranties, express and implied. We also assume no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to or use of the Services or your downloading of any materials from the Services. If you are dissatisfied with the Services, your sole remedy is to discontinue using the Services.
(b) We make third-party opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other third-party information or content available as part of the Services (“Third-Party Content”). All Third-Party Content is the responsibility of the respective authors thereof and should not necessarily be relied upon. We do not: (i) guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any Third-Party Content which may be part of the Services, or (ii) adopt, endorse or accept responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made by any party that appears as part of the Services. Under no circumstances will we or our affiliates be responsible or liable for any loss or damage resulting from your reliance on information or other content posted on or available from any part of the Services.
NEITHER PARTY NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, OR ANY OF THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR CONTENT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS (INCLUDING MODERATORS OR ADMINISTRATORS) (COLLECTIVELY, THE “PROTECTED ENTITIES”) WILL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE SERVICES, EVEN IF SUCH PROTECTED ENTITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. LEMNIS’S TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE SERVICES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, WILL NOT EXCEED THE FEES ACTUALLY PAID TO LEMNIS BY YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE TERMS OF USE REFLECT THE ALLOCATION OF RISK SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS OF USE AND THAT THE PARTIES WOULD NOT ENTER INTO THESE TERMS OF USE WITHOUT THESE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN USERS TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
We may freely assign or transfer these Terms of Use, in whole or in part, without your consent, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets. You may not assign, delegate, or transfer these Terms of Use or any rights or obligations under them without our prior written consent. Any attempted assignment, delegation, or transfer by you without that consent is void.
Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms of Use remain in full force and effect.
We may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Services at any time. We may restrict, suspend or terminate your access to the Services if we believe you are in breach of our Terms of Use, Privacy Policies or applicable law, or for any other reason without notice or liability. Additionally, we may terminate the privileges of users who are repeat infringers of intellectual property rights. Upon any termination or expiration of these Terms of Use, or upon termination of your access to the Services, you must immediately stop using the Services and return or destroy all Materials, Confidential Information, and copies thereof in your possession or control, except to the extent retention is required by law. The provisions concerning intellectual property and ownership, licenses granted to us, feedback, assignment of modifications, confidentiality, disclaimers, indemnification, limitation of liability, governing law and jurisdiction, and any other provisions that by their nature should survive termination will survive.
