Terms of Service

Last updated August 25, 2026

These Terms of Service govern your use of the GradePath website, iOS app, and related services provided by Groves Holdings LLC, doing business as GradePath ("GradePath," "we," "us," or "our").

1. The service

GradePath is a private-first academic memory and study service. It lets a student keep class recordings, transcripts, notes, and Tutor activity private, then separately choose whether to submit an eligible reviewed derivative to an exact-course Course Commons. Course Commons material is supplemental student material. It is not official instructor, course, or institution content.

You must be at least 13 to use GradePath. If you have not reached the age of majority where you live, you may use it only with permission and supervision from a parent or legal guardian.

2. Recording consent and classroom permission

You may not record secretly, bypass a recording restriction, misstate that another person consented, or use GradePath to surveil anyone. You must stop or delete a recording when required. The app's microphone permission or an on-screen acknowledgment does not create consent from an instructor, classmate, institution, or any other person.

3. Private Content

"Private Content" includes private notes, recordings, raw audio, raw and capture transcripts, private derived notes, Tutor prompts and responses, citations, and uploaded study materials. Private Content belongs to you or the person who otherwise owns it. Saving or processing it does not make it a Course Commons contribution.

You grant GradePath a limited service license to host, copy, transmit, secure, transcribe, format, index, retrieve, and otherwise process Private Content only as reasonably needed to provide the features you request, maintain the service, prevent abuse, and meet legal obligations. This limited license does not permit GradePath to advertise with, sell, publicly display, or place your Private Content in Course Commons.

4. Exact-course Commons derivatives

An "exact-course Commons derivative" is a separate note or study artifact that you deliberately review and submit for a verified institution, course, section, and term. Submission can require a rights attestation, immutable source and revision lineage, and trust and moderation review. Uploading or creating Private Content does not automatically submit a derivative.

You must never publish or submit raw audio or a raw transcript, including a capture transcript, to Course Commons. You also must not submit exam questions or answers, answer keys, copied instructor slides or course materials, another person's work, personal information, or anything your instructor or institution prohibits sharing.

For an eligible Commons derivative you deliberately submit, you grant GradePath a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license limited to hosting, reproducing, formatting, moderating, displaying, and distributing that derivative to authorized members of its exact-course scope, allowing those members to save it for personal study, maintaining attribution and provenance, and operating safety and dispute processes. You retain ownership. These Terms do not grant GradePath a right to sell your contribution, use it in advertising, or distribute it to the general public.

Unpublishing stops new active Course Commons access after processing, but it may not delete copies another authorized user already saved. GradePath may retain limited rights, provenance, revision, report, moderation, takedown, and appeal records for safety, dispute resolution, and legal purposes.

5. Your promises about content

You promise that you have the rights and permissions needed for content you upload or submit, that your rights attestation is accurate, and that your content does not violate privacy, publicity, copyright, contract, academic-integrity, or other rights. Recording permission does not by itself give you permission to publish a recording, transcript, or derivative.

6. Prohibited use

• Cheating, plagiarism, submitting AI or another person's work as your own, or evading course or institution rules.
• Sharing restricted assessments, answer keys, stolen or copied course content, personal information, or nonconsensual recordings.
• Harassment, threats, impersonation, fraud, spam, scraping, unauthorized access, malware, or interference with the service.
• Manipulating referrals, helpful activity, contribution impact, rank, eligibility, moderation, or purchase state.
• Using GradePath or its output for an emergency, medical, legal, financial, or other safety-critical decision.

The Acceptable Use Policy and Academic Integrity Policy provide additional rules and are incorporated into these Terms.

7. Reports, blocks, moderation, and removal

GradePath can receive reports, apply blocks, restrict access, unpublish or remove content, suspend accounts, preserve evidence, and review appeals. We may act when content creates a rights, privacy, safety, fraud, or academic-integrity risk. We do not promise that every contribution is accurate, lawful, permitted by a course, or reviewed before another authorized user sees it. For copyright notices, see the DMCA Notice and Takedown Policy.

8. Tutor and AI output

Tutor and other AI features can be incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated. Citations show the source material used, not that the answer is correct. Verify important output against your instructor and authorized course sources. You remain responsible for following academic-integrity and AI-use rules. More detail appears in the AI Disclosure.

9. Subscriptions, cancellation, and refunds

Subscription price, billing period, renewal terms, and any eligibility-based acquisition price must be shown before purchase and on the receipt. GradePath does not offer a free trial. Subscriptions renew until canceled. Canceling normally preserves access through the end of the paid period and does not delete your account or content.

If Apple billed the purchase, you manage or cancel it through Apple Subscriptions and request any refund from Apple. GradePath cannot issue an Apple-billed refund. If GradePath billed a direct web subscription processed by Stripe, use the GradePath billing portal or contact support. The purchase channel and receipt control. See the Refund and Cancellation Policy.

10. Referrals and contribution activity

GradePath may record referrals and how authorized classmates use a reviewed Course Commons contribution. A referral or contribution does not create cash value, a balance, or a right to payment.

11. Privacy, retention, and deletion

The Privacy Policy explains data handling and current retention boundaries. Raw audio and transcripts remain private even while retained. Deleting the app does not delete your server account or billing subscription. Use available deletion controls or contact [email protected] for an account or data deletion request.

12. GradePath intellectual property

GradePath and its software, design, branding, and service content are owned by Groves Holdings LLC or its licensors. These Terms grant you a limited, personal, non-transferable right to use the service while your account remains authorized. They do not transfer GradePath intellectual property to you.

13. Service and academic disclaimers

GradePath is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis to the extent permitted by law. We do not promise uninterrupted service, complete transcripts, error-free AI output, accurate peer material, a particular academic outcome, continued availability of any feature, or that using GradePath is permitted by your instructor or institution. Your institution's official records and policies control over GradePath.

Nothing in these Terms limits a right that cannot lawfully be limited.

14. Changes, termination, and contact

We may change or discontinue features, restrict or terminate access for misuse, and update these Terms. The date at the top identifies the current version. Questions, disputes, and legal notices can be sent to [email protected].