Terms of Use – Tinker Playground LLC

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Welcome to Tinker Playground.

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the websites, educational services, games, applications, content, and other services provided by Tinker Playground LLC ("Tinker Playground," "we," "us," or "our") (collectively, the "Services").

Please read these Terms carefully. By accessing or using the Services, creating an account, purchasing a subscription, or otherwise indicating your acceptance of these Terms, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy.

If you use Tinker Playground on behalf of a school, school district, educational organization, business, or other entity, you represent that you have authority to act on its behalf with respect to your use of the Services.

1. Eligibility and Accounts

Certain portions of Tinker Playground may be used without an account. Other features require an account created or managed by a parent, guardian, teacher, School, or other authorized adult.

You are responsible for:

• providing accurate information when creating an account;
• maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials;
• activities occurring through your account; and
• notifying us if you become aware of unauthorized access to your account.

Children may use Tinker Playground through parent-, guardian-, or School-authorized experiences as described in our Privacy Policy and COPPA School Consent Notice.

Students using standard classroom accounts may access the Services through classroom credentials established or managed by their teacher or School.

2. Family and School Use

Tinker Playground provides Services for both family and educational use.

Parents and guardians may authorize children to use Tinker Playground through family accounts or other supported experiences.

Schools, teachers, and educational organizations may use Tinker Playground with students for authorized educational purposes.

School use may also be subject to additional agreements, including a Data Processing Agreement, school or district procurement terms, or other written agreements between Tinker Playground and the School.

If an applicable written agreement between Tinker Playground and a School conflicts with these Terms, the written agreement will control with respect to that School's use to the extent of the conflict.

3. Educational Services

Tinker Playground provides educational games, activities, practice, learning paths, progress tracking, and related educational experiences.

Our Services are intended to supplement learning and instruction. They are not intended to replace professional educational judgment, curriculum requirements, teacher instruction, individualized educational services, or other professional educational support.

Educational progress, proficiency, placement, mastery, scores, recommendations, or similar information generated by the Services should be considered educational tools rather than guarantees of a student's ability, performance, academic achievement, or future outcomes.

4. Intellectual Property

The Services and their content, features, functionality, software, designs, graphics, logos, characters, educational materials, questions, activities, audio, video, and other materials ("Content") are owned by or licensed to Tinker Playground and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

Subject to these Terms and any applicable subscription or School agreement, Tinker Playground grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to access and use the Services for their intended purposes.

Family and Individual Use

Parents, guardians, and individual users may use the Services for personal and educational purposes.

School and Educator Use

Teachers, Schools, and educational organizations may use the Services and Content for internal instructional and educational purposes consistent with their subscription or applicable agreement.

Unless we specifically authorize it, you may not:

• sell, sublicense, or commercially redistribute Tinker Playground Content;
• reproduce substantial portions of the Services to create a competing product or service;
• remove copyright, trademark, or proprietary notices;
• reverse engineer or attempt to extract source code except where such restriction is prohibited by law;
• scrape, crawl, or systematically extract Content or data from the Services;
• circumvent technical restrictions or access controls; or
• use Tinker Playground Content to train or develop a competing artificial intelligence, machine-learning, educational, or commercial product without our written permission.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the Services to:

• violate applicable law or regulation;
• provide materially false or misleading information;
• infringe the intellectual-property, privacy, or other rights of another person;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to accounts, systems, networks, or information;
• access another student's or user's information without authorization;
• interfere with or disrupt the operation or security of the Services;
• introduce malware, malicious code, or other harmful technology;
• circumvent access, security, subscription, or usage controls;
• scrape, crawl, or systematically extract information except as expressly authorized by us;
• impersonate another person or misrepresent your authority; or
• use the Services in a manner that could reasonably harm Tinker Playground, our users, or others.

Schools, teachers, parents, and other account administrators are responsible for appropriately managing accounts and credentials under their control.

6. Safety and Adult Supervision

Some Tinker Playground content may involve hands-on educational activities.

Parents, guardians, teachers, and other supervising adults are responsible for determining whether an activity is appropriate for a child's age, abilities, environment, and circumstances.

Where applicable:

• children should receive appropriate adult supervision;
• instructions and safety guidance should be followed;
• appropriate safety equipment should be used; and
• activities should be modified or discontinued when circumstances make them unsafe.

Tinker Playground cannot supervise activities performed outside of our Services and is not responsible for a supervising adult's implementation or modification of an activity.

7. Subscriptions, Orders, and Payments

Certain Tinker Playground Services may require a paid subscription or other payment.

Our order process is conducted by our online reseller Paddle.com. Paddle.com is the Merchant of Record for all applicable orders. Paddle provides customer service for order-related inquiries and handles returns and refunds for transactions processed through Paddle.

For purchases processed through Paddle, you purchase the applicable product or subscription through Paddle, while Tinker Playground provides and licenses access to the applicable Tinker Playground Service.

Purchases processed through Paddle are subject to Paddle's applicable Buyer Terms, as well as the terms and purchase information presented during checkout.

Pricing, subscription periods, included features, renewal terms, and other applicable purchase information will be displayed at or before checkout.

Tinker Playground does not directly collect or store complete payment-card information submitted through Paddle.

Where a subscription automatically renews, the applicable renewal terms and price will be disclosed at or before purchase. You may cancel an applicable subscription using the subscription-management options made available through Paddle or Tinker Playground.

You are responsible for reviewing the applicable pricing, subscription, renewal, and cancellation information before completing a purchase.

8. Cancellations, Returns, and Refunds

For purchases processed through Paddle, subscription cancellations, returns, refunds, and other order-related matters are handled in accordance with:

• the terms presented during checkout;
• Paddle's applicable Buyer Terms and Refund Policy; and
• applicable law.

You may cancel an applicable subscription through Paddle's subscription-management or buyer portal. Cancellation generally takes effect at the end of the applicable current billing period and prevents future renewal, subject to the terms applicable to the transaction.

Cancellation does not necessarily entitle you to a refund for amounts already paid.

Refund eligibility is determined according to Paddle's applicable Refund Policy, applicable statutory rights, and any additional refund rights expressly offered by Tinker Playground.

You may request assistance with an order, cancellation, or refund through Paddle's buyer-support service.

You may also contact Tinker Playground regarding a purchase at hello@tinkerplayground.com. Where appropriate, we will work with Paddle to address your request.

Nothing in these Terms limits any cancellation, refund, warranty, withdrawal, or other consumer right that cannot legally be waived.

9. Children's Privacy

Tinker Playground provides educational Services that may be used by children under age 13.

Our collection and use of children's personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy and applicable children's privacy laws, including the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA").

For School-authorized use, a School may authorize the collection of children's personal information for an educational purpose where permitted by COPPA. Additional information is available in our COPPA School Consent Notice.

We do not sell children's personal information or use children's educational activity for targeted or behavioral advertising.

Parents and guardians may contact us at hello@tinkerplayground.com with questions about children's privacy.

10. Student Data and FERPA

When Tinker Playground is used by a School, student information may be subject to additional privacy protections.

Where applicable, we process education records on behalf of Schools consistent with our FERPA Statement, Data Processing Agreement, and applicable School agreements.

Schools determine which students use the Services and the educational purposes for which Tinker Playground is used.

Additional information about student data, retention, deletion, and School privacy practices is available through our related privacy resources.

11. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, retain, and protect personal information.

School users should also review our:

• FERPA Statement;
• Data Processing Agreement; and
• COPPA School Consent Notice.

Those documents apply where relevant to the applicable use of the Services.

12. Third-Party Services

The Services may rely on, integrate with, or contain links to third-party services.

For applicable purchases, Paddle acts as the Merchant of Record and authorized reseller. Your transaction with Paddle is subject to Paddle's applicable Buyer Terms, Refund Policy, and the terms presented during checkout.

Other third-party services may also be subject to their own terms and privacy policies.

Tinker Playground is not responsible for third-party websites, applications, content, products, or services that are not operated or controlled by Tinker Playground, except for responsibilities that applicable law or an agreement specifically places on Tinker Playground.

13. Service Availability and Changes

We continuously develop and improve Tinker Playground.

We may add, modify, replace, or discontinue features or portions of the Services from time to time.

We do not guarantee that every feature will always be available or that the Services will operate without interruption.

Where a change materially affects a paid Service, we will provide notice where reasonably appropriate or required by applicable law or agreement.

14. User Feedback

If you provide suggestions, ideas, comments, feedback, or recommendations regarding Tinker Playground or the Services ("Feedback"), you grant Tinker Playground permission to use that Feedback to develop, improve, operate, and promote the Services without restriction or compensation to you.

This does not give Tinker Playground ownership of personal information, student education records, or content you provide through the Services for purposes other than Feedback.

15. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE."

TINKER PLAYGROUND DISCLAIMS WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

We do not warrant that:

• the Services will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free;
• all Content will always be accurate, complete, or current;
• use of the Services will produce any particular educational result; or
• defects or errors will always be corrected.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you.

16. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TINKER PLAYGROUND LLC AND ITS OFFICERS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TINKER PLAYGROUND'S TOTAL LIABILITY FOR CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF:

1. THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE APPLICABLE SERVICE DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM; OR
2. $100.

These limitations do not apply to liability that cannot legally be limited or excluded.

Separate agreements with Schools or other organizations may establish different limitations of liability.

17. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by applicable law, if you use the Services on behalf of a business or organization, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Tinker Playground LLC and its officers, members, employees, contractors, and agents from third-party claims, damages, liabilities, and reasonable expenses arising from:

• your organization's material violation of these Terms;
• your organization's unlawful use of the Services; or
• content or information your organization provides through the Services that infringes another person's rights.

This section does not apply to individual consumers to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

Schools and public educational institutions are subject to this provision only to the extent permitted by applicable law and any applicable written agreement.

18. Suspension and Termination

You may stop using the Services at any time.

We may suspend or terminate access to the Services if we reasonably determine that:

• these Terms have been materially violated;
• use of the Services creates a security or legal risk;
• an account is being used fraudulently or without authorization;
• continued use could harm Tinker Playground or other users; or
• suspension or termination is required by law.

Where reasonably practicable, we will provide notice before terminating a paid account unless immediate action is reasonably necessary to protect users or systems or comply with applicable law.

School accounts may be subject to additional termination provisions contained in an applicable School agreement.

19. Force Majeure

Tinker Playground will not be responsible for delays or failures in performance caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including natural disasters, acts of government, war, terrorism, labor disruptions, widespread internet or telecommunications failures, utility failures, epidemics, pandemics, or failures of third-party infrastructure providers.

20. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms as our Services, business, or legal requirements change.

If we make material changes, we will provide reasonable notice through the Services, our website, email, or another appropriate method.

The "Last updated" date at the top of these Terms indicates when they were most recently revised.

Your continued use of the Services after revised Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.

21. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.

Unless applicable law or a separate written agreement provides otherwise, disputes between you and Tinker Playground arising from these Terms or the Services will be subject to the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts serving Santa Clara County, California.

This provision governs your relationship with Tinker Playground LLC. Transactions processed by Paddle may be separately subject to the governing-law and dispute provisions contained in Paddle's applicable Buyer Terms.

Nothing in this section limits rights or remedies available under applicable consumer-protection law.

Schools and educational organizations may be subject to different governing-law or venue provisions under an applicable written agreement.

22. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law or modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.

The remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

23. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any additional terms or agreements applicable to your use of the Services, constitute the agreement between you and Tinker Playground regarding the Services.

For Schools or organizations with a separately executed agreement, that agreement will control to the extent it conflicts with these Terms.

Purchases processed through Paddle are additionally subject to Paddle's applicable Buyer Terms and other terms governing the applicable transaction.

24. Contact Us

Questions about these Terms or the Tinker Playground Services may be directed to:

Tinker Playground LLC
2108 N Street, Suite N
Sacramento, CA 95816 USA
Email: hello@tinkerplayground.com

For order-related inquiries, cancellations, returns, or refunds for purchases processed through Paddle, you may also contact Paddle Buyer Support.

Related Policies

Privacy Policy — How we collect, use, share, retain, and protect information.
FERPA Statement — How we handle education records for School-authorized use.
Data Processing Agreement — Our commitments regarding School and student data.
COPPA School Consent Notice — How children's personal information is handled during School-authorized use.

Last updated: September 24, 2026