+ Draft notice — remove before publishing
+ This document contains only the clauses specific to this product. Sections marked
+ as placeholders below are standard boilerplate to be pasted in from a reviewed
+ standard Terms of Service and adapted (provider is an individual based in Michigan;
+ governing law Michigan). The whole document, and especially the eligibility /
+ minors provisions, should be reviewed by a lawyer and checked against the IRB
+ protocol before it goes live.
+
+
+
+ Boilerplate — Introduction & acceptance of terms
+ Standard opening: who "we" are, that these Terms govern use of the Add-in, and
+ that by using the Add-in the user agrees to them. Include the relationship to the
+ Privacy Policy (incorporated by reference).
+
+
+
Eligibility
+
You may use the Add-in if you are 18 or older and can form a binding agreement.
+
If you are under 18, you may use the Add-in only where your school or educational
+ institution has entered into an agreement with us and has authorized your use. In
+ that case, your school is responsible for obtaining any parental or guardian consent
+ required by law before you use the Add-in, and your use is also subject to your
+ school's own policies.
+
We do not knowingly allow children under 13 to use the Add-in except through a
+ participating school that has provided the consent required under the Children's
+ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) on behalf of a parent or guardian. If we learn
+ that a child under 13 has used the Add-in without such consent, we will delete their
+ information.
+
+
Review note: this clause presumes a written school agreement exists before any
+ minor uses the product (the standard COPPA "school consent" path), and that the
+ Privacy Policy has a corresponding minors section. Until those exist, effective
+ eligibility is 18+. Confirm the IRB protocol covers minors before enabling K-12
+ use. Remove this note before publishing.
+
+
+
+ Boilerplate — Accounts & registration
+ Standard account terms: accurate information, responsibility for account security
+ and activity, one account per person, notify us of unauthorized use. Sign-in is via
+ Google (see the Privacy Policy for what account data we receive).
+
+
+
+ Boilerplate — Description of the service / license to use
+ Standard grant of a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to
+ use the Add-in, and note that it runs inside Microsoft Word and Google Docs subject
+ to those platforms' own terms.
+
+
+
AI-generated suggestions
+
The Add-in uses artificial intelligence to generate writing suggestions. You are
+ interacting with an automated system, not a human.
+
Suggestions are generated automatically and may be inaccurate, incomplete,
+ misleading, or unsuitable for your purpose. We do not review suggestions before you
+ see them and we do not guarantee they are correct, original, or fit for any
+ particular use. You are responsible for reviewing, editing, and deciding whether to
+ use any suggestion before relying on it. Any decision you make based on a suggestion
+ is your own.
+
+
Your content and AI suggestions
+
You keep all rights to the text you write and provide ("Your Content"). We do not
+ claim ownership of Your Content.
+
As between you and us, you own the suggestions the Add-in generates for you, and to
+ the extent we hold any rights in those suggestions, we assign them to you. We make no
+ promise that AI-generated text qualifies for copyright or any other legal protection,
+ and whether it does is outside our control.
+
+
How we use Your Content
+
We send the relevant part of Your Content to our AI provider only to generate the
+ suggestion you request, as described in our Privacy
+ Policy. We do not otherwise use Your Content, except that if you choose a
+ study-logging level and agree to our separate research study consent, we may retain
+ and analyze the data described in that consent for the research study. What we store
+ is always governed by the logging level you choose. We do not use Your Content to
+ train general-purpose AI models.
+
+
Academic integrity
+
If you use the Add-in for schoolwork, you are responsible for following your
+ school's or institution's academic-integrity rules. You are responsible for how you
+ use the suggestions the Add-in provides. The Add-in is a writing aid; it is your work
+ and your responsibility.
+
+
+ Boilerplate — Acceptable use
+ Standard restrictions: no unlawful use, no reverse engineering, no interference with
+ or overloading the service, no abuse or attempts to circumvent access controls, no
+ infringing or harmful content.
+
+
+
+ Boilerplate — Our intellectual property
+ Standard clause: we (and our licensors) own the Add-in, its software, name, and
+ branding; nothing in these Terms transfers those rights to the user.
+
+
+
+ Boilerplate — Third-party services
+ Standard clause noting reliance on third parties (AI provider, Google, Microsoft,
+ analytics) each governed by their own terms; cross-reference the Privacy Policy for
+ data handling.
+
+
+
+ Boilerplate — Disclaimer of warranties
+ Standard "as is / as available," no warranties of any kind, no guarantee of
+ availability or uptime. (The AI-specific accuracy disclaimer is already stated above
+ under "AI-generated suggestions.")
+
+
+
+ Boilerplate — Limitation of liability
+ Standard limitation/cap on liability, exclusion of indirect and consequential
+ damages, to the extent permitted by law.
+
+
+
+ Boilerplate — Indemnification
+ Standard user indemnification for misuse or violation of these Terms (consider
+ softening for a free / academic tool).
+
+
+
+ Boilerplate — Termination
+ Standard clause: we may suspend or terminate access for violations; what happens on
+ termination; data handling on termination defers to the Privacy Policy.
+
+
+
+ Boilerplate — Changes to these Terms
+ Standard clause: we may update these Terms and will notify users of material changes
+ through the Add-in or by email.
+
+
+
+ Boilerplate — Governing law & disputes
+ Governing law: State of Michigan, USA. Standard venue / dispute-resolution language.
+
+
+
+ Boilerplate — Contact
+ Contact address for questions about these Terms.
+
+
+
+
Note: These Terms apply specifically to our AI Writing Assistant Add-in and not to
+ other products or services we may offer.