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Terms of Service — Parent / Guardian (for Child Accounts)

Scope — where this applies. This document covers WhiteKnight Academy as a whole: both the public website at whiteknight.academy and the learning platform at analytics.whiteknight.academy. Where it refers to "the Site", "the Service", or "the Platform", it means both unless a specific one is named.

Effective date: 2026-07-02

§ 0. Summary in plain language (non-binding)

Before you read the full Terms, here is the short version:

  • You are the parent or legal guardian. You are signing this contract. Your child is the user, but not a party to this contract.
  • The service (WhiteKnight Academy) is a chess-education platform run by TheBroda sp. z o.o., a Polish company.
  • We charge nothing during the free beta. Paid plans, when they come, will be clearly priced before you subscribe.
  • You control your child's account: you can see the data, correct it, delete it, or close the account at any time.
  • You agree that your child will use the service respectfully toward coaches and other users.
  • Live lessons are normally not recorded. Recording can be enabled only if you tick the "allow recording" box and a participant explicitly clicks "Start recording" in a session.
  • If something goes wrong, your consumer rights under EU/US/CA law are not weakened by this contract. See § 17 and § 21.
  • You can always write to privacy@whiteknight.academy (privacy) or contact@whiteknight.academy (anything else).

The full binding text is in §§ 1–22.

§ 1. Acceptance of these Terms

By creating an account on behalf of a Child at https://analytics.whiteknight.academy, you confirm that:

  1. You are 18 years old or over.
  2. You are the parent or legal guardian of the Child you are signing up, or are otherwise legally authorised to make decisions about the Child's personal data and online activities.
  3. You have read and agree to these Terms, the Privacy Policy, the Children's Privacy Notice, and the Cookie Policy.
  4. You consent, on behalf of the Child, to the collection and processing of the Child's personal data as described in the Privacy Policy (GDPR Art 8; COPPA 16 CFR §312.5; Quebec Law 25 art. 4.1).

If any of the above is not true, do not create the account. Contact us at contact@whiteknight.academy and we will help you find a route that fits.

§ 2. Parties and definitions

  • "Us" / "we" / "TheBroda" — TheBroda sp. z o.o., ul. Wierna 12, Warszawa, Poland, KRS 0000677402, NIP 5242831345, REGON 367267919.
  • "You" / "Parent" — the adult parent or legal guardian who accepts these Terms.
  • "Child" — the minor user under 16 years of age on whose behalf the Parent accepts these Terms.
  • "Service" — WhiteKnight Academy as delivered via our public site https://whiteknight.academy and the learning platform https://analytics.whiteknight.academy, together with any connected application, API, or email channel.
  • "Content" — any text, chess moves, puzzle solutions, homework submissions, messages, avatars, usernames, or other material submitted to or generated within the Service.
  • "Coach" — an adult professional admitted by us to provide coaching services to users of the Service, governed by a separate Coach Contractor Agreement.

§ 3. The contract between us

These Terms form a binding contract between Parent and TheBroda sp. z o.o. The Child is a beneficiary of this contract. The Parent is responsible for the Child's use of the Service in accordance with these Terms.

§ 4. Account creation and parental consent

4.1. Creating the Child's account

You create the Child's account via the sign-up flow. You supply: your own email address, your relationship to the Child, the Child's first name or nickname, and the Child's date of birth. We use the date of birth to determine whether the parental-consent flow is required (yes, for every Child under 16 — see Privacy Policy § 6.1).

4.2. Parental consent for personal-data processing

Because the Child is under 16, we cannot process their data on the basis of their own consent. You give the consent on the Child's behalf using our "email-plus" verifiable-consent flow (16 CFR §312.5(c)(2); GDPR Art 8(2)): we email you a confirmation link, and 24 hours later we email a second confirmation reminding you of the option to withdraw.

We store: parent email, relationship, consent timestamp, parent IP at consent, consent-text version. This record is kept for 10 years as evidence of lawful consent; it cannot be deleted while we have an active account for the Child.

4.3. Optional recording consent

At account creation you may, separately, tick "Allow WhiteKnight Academy to record lessons when participants explicitly start a recording". This toggle is off by default. When off, no recording can be made on the Child's account even if a Coach presses "Start recording" — our software blocks it. You can toggle this at any time in the account settings.

4.4. Withdrawal of consent

You may withdraw consent at any time (GDPR Art 7(3); COPPA §312.6(a)(2)). Withdrawal stops further processing and, at your choice, deletes the account and all associated personal data. See Privacy Policy § 11 for how.

§ 5. What the Service does

The Service provides, without limitation:

  • A chess-play environment with puzzles, rating tracking, and performance analytics.
  • Homework assignments prepared by Coaches for students.
  • Live video lessons with Coaches via Daily.co (recording opt-in per § 4.3).
  • AI-assisted insights and summaries of the Child's chess performance (no AI training on Child data — see Privacy Policy § 7.2).
  • Optional linking of the Child's public Chess.com or Lichess profile to import their public game archive.

The feature set evolves during beta. We may add, modify, or remove features; material changes affecting privacy are handled under the Privacy Policy change procedure (§ 18 there).

§ 6. Your responsibilities as Parent

You agree to:

  • provide accurate information about yourself and the Child;
  • keep your account credentials secure; tell us immediately if you suspect compromise at security@whiteknight.academy;
  • supervise the Child's use of the Service in an age-appropriate way;
  • ensure the Child uses the Service respectfully (see § 10);
  • not share your account credentials with anyone else or allow another household member to use the account as a "shared" account — create separate accounts for each child;
  • review our Privacy Policy and Safeguarding Policy and discuss the age-appropriate parts with your Child.

§ 7. Child's use of the Service

While the Child uses the Service, you ensure the Child agrees to:

  • be kind to coaches and other students in messages and live lessons;
  • not share personal information (home address, school name, phone number, photos) in messages or live lessons;
  • not attempt to cheat in puzzles or games by using external chess engines;
  • tell a grown-up right away if anything on the Service makes them uncomfortable — this is explained to them in the Children's Privacy Notice.

§ 8. Your Content and ours

8.1. Our Content

The Service, including its code, design, puzzles we authored, AI-generated outputs, reports, and aggregate statistics, is owned by or licensed to TheBroda. You and the Child are granted a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the Service during the life of the account.

8.2. Your and the Child's Content

You and the Child retain ownership of the Content you submit (chess moves, puzzle solutions, homework submissions, messages).

By submitting Content, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, transmit, and display that Content solely for the purpose of operating the Service for you and the Child and for the audience of that Content (e.g., the Coach you sent a message to). This licence ends when you delete the Content or close the account, except (a) where we must retain it to comply with law (e.g., accounting records), or (b) where the Content has been incorporated into aggregate statistics that no longer identify the Child.

8.3. What we will NOT do with Content

We will not use Content to train AI models, to serve advertising, to sell data to third parties, or for any secondary purpose not covered by the Privacy Policy.

8.4. Lesson recordings

Lesson recordings are treated as Content in addition to being subject to the specific rules in Privacy Policy § 7.3 (opt-in, 30-day retention, limited access).

§ 9. AI-generated insights

The Service uses OpenAI's API (directly, with no aggregator) to generate coaching insights and AI-chat responses based on aggregated chess-performance data. You understand that:

  • AI outputs may contain errors, omissions, or statements that are not factually accurate;
  • AI outputs are not professional coaching advice — they are an aid, reviewed by human Coaches where appropriate;
  • we do not use any other LLM provider (no OpenRouter, no Anthropic, no DeepSeek). OpenAI's API terms forbid training on customer content by default.

§ 10. Acceptable use

You and the Child must not, and must not permit anyone else to:

  • use the Service for any unlawful purpose;
  • harass, bully, threaten, or harm any user or Coach;
  • share or request personal contact information with/from Coaches or other students outside the Service;
  • impersonate another person, a Coach, a parent, or staff of TheBroda;
  • attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape at scale, or interfere with the Service;
  • use automated tools or chess engines to cheat;
  • upload content that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, or that infringes anyone else's rights;
  • circumvent any access control, rate limit, or safety measure;
  • sell or transfer the account to another person.

Violations may lead to suspension or termination under § 13.

§ 11. Recording of lessons

Recording is the exception, not the rule. See Privacy Policy § 7.3 for the full regime. Two things to keep in mind:

  • No recording can be started on your Child's account unless you turned on the "allow recording" toggle (§ 4.3). We verify this server-side.
  • When recording is active, a prominent red "REC" indicator is shown to every participant.
  • Recordings are auto-deleted after 30 days.

§ 12. Safeguarding

We take safeguarding of child users seriously. We maintain a Safeguarding Policy available at https://whiteknight.academy/legal/safeguarding, which describes:

  • our standards for Coach behaviour;
  • the 1-to-1 lesson protocol (including that a Coach must never direct a child off-platform);
  • how to report concerns to us;
  • how we handle reports.

You agree to read the Safeguarding Policy and to report concerns to contact@whiteknight.academy promptly. Where the facts require, we will involve law-enforcement or child-safety authorities in the relevant jurisdiction.

§ 13. Termination

13.1. By you

You can close the Child's account at any time via the account settings or by emailing privacy@whiteknight.academy. Deletion proceeds as described in the Privacy Policy.

13.2. By us

We may suspend or terminate the account for material breach of these Terms or the Acceptable Use Policy (§ 10), for safeguarding reasons (§ 12), or if required by law. Where feasible, we will give notice and an opportunity to cure; for safeguarding emergencies, suspension may be immediate.

13.3. Effect of termination

On termination: your licence to the Service (§ 8.1) ends; Content is deleted per the Privacy Policy retention schedule (accounting records retained per Polish Accounting Act Art 74).

§ 14. Warranty disclaimer — to the fullest extent permitted by law

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available". Except as required by mandatory consumer-protection law (see § 17), we do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or meet specific educational outcomes.

This disclaimer does not limit any warranties that cannot be waived by contract under Polish, EU, US, or Canadian consumer-protection law — including the warranty of conformity under Directive (EU) 2019/770, California Civil Code §§ 1790 et seq. (Song-Beverly), or PIPEDA-equivalent provincial law.

§ 15. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, TheBroda's total aggregate liability to you and the Child under or in connection with these Terms shall not exceed the greater of (a) the amounts paid by you to us in the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to liability, or (b) EUR 100.

Exceptions — no cap applies to:

  • liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
  • liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
  • liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law (Polish Kodeks cywilny Art 473 § 2; EU consumer-protection law; California Civil Code § 1668; Quebec CCQ art. 1474);
  • liability for damages we cause through willful misconduct or gross negligence.

§ 16. Indemnification (limited)

You agree to hold us harmless from third-party claims arising from:

  • the Child's breach of § 10 (Acceptable Use) caused by conduct within your control, or
  • your breach of § 6.

This clause does not apply:

  • where the underlying conduct is attributable to us, a Coach, or another user;
  • to any claim brought by the Child against us as a data subject (GDPR / COPPA / PIPEDA rights are exercised by you on behalf of the Child, without penalty);
  • to any claim brought by a regulator.

§ 17. Consumer rights (EU / EEA / Poland)

You are a consumer within the meaning of Directive 2011/83/EU and Polish Kodeks cywilny Art 22¹. Nothing in these Terms limits rights conferred on you by those laws.

17.1. Right of withdrawal (free beta: not applicable; paid plans: applies)

During the free beta you pay nothing, so the 14-day withdrawal right does not apply. For paid subscriptions (Phase 2), you have 14 days to withdraw from a digital-services contract (Ustawa o prawach konsumenta Art 27). If you ask us to start providing the Service immediately within that period, and we do, and you then withdraw, you pay pro-rata for use until withdrawal (Art 35).

17.2. Unfair terms (Polish Kodeks cywilny Art 385)

If any clause of these Terms would, under Polish law, be considered an unfair term, that clause is null and void in your case; the rest of the Terms remain in force.

17.3. Complaints

You may complain to us first (§ 22). You may also lodge a complaint with:

§ 18. Consumer rights (United States)

Nothing in these Terms waives or diminishes any non-waivable statutory rights you or the Child have under U.S. federal law (including COPPA), California law (including CCPA/CPRA, Song-Beverly), or the law of any other state in which you reside.

18.1. Arbitration and class-action clause — explicitly NOT included

These Terms do not contain a mandatory arbitration clause or a class-action waiver. You may bring claims in court in accordance with § 20.

§ 19. Consumer rights (Canada)

Nothing in these Terms waives rights under PIPEDA or applicable provincial law (Quebec Law 25, BC/Alberta PIPA, Ontario Consumer Protection Act 2002). For Quebec residents: if there is any inconsistency between the English version of these Terms and the required French version, the French version prevails for Quebec-resident users (Charter of French Language art. 55).

§ 20. Governing law and forum

20.1. For users residing in the EU / EEA (including Poland)

These Terms are governed by Polish law. Disputes may be brought in the courts competent for the Parent's residence or at the seat of TheBroda (Warszawa). Nothing in this clause prevents a consumer from exercising rights under Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 (Brussels I recast) to bring claims in the court of their domicile.

20.2. For users residing in the United States

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Either party may bring claims in the courts of competent jurisdiction at the Parent's residence.

20.3. For users residing in Canada

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and applicable federal Canadian law, except for Quebec residents, whose contracts are governed by Quebec civil law under CCQ art. 3111.

§ 21. Changes to these Terms

We may amend these Terms. For material changes we will:

  • post the updated version at the publication URL;
  • email you at least 15 days before the change takes effect;
  • for changes materially affecting the Child's data processing, obtain fresh parental consent (COPPA §312.5(a)(2)).

If you do not agree with a material change, you may close the Child's account before the change takes effect; refunds, where applicable, are handled under § 17.1.

§ 22. Contact

§ 23. Miscellaneous

  • Entire agreement. These Terms + Privacy Policy + Children's Privacy Notice + Cookie Policy + Subprocessor List + Safeguarding Policy form the entire agreement between you and us.
  • Severability. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remainder continues in effect; a consumer-favourable reading is preferred (Polish Kodeks cywilny Art 385 § 2).
  • No assignment by you. You may not assign the account or contract without our written consent; we may assign to a successor company (group restructuring), with notice.
  • Waiver. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of the right to do so later.
  • Languages. English is the master version; Polish (required for PL residents) and French (required for QC residents, Law 25 / Charter art. 55) translations are equally binding in their respective jurisdictions.
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