Khan Academy Terms of Service

This document governs use of Khan Academy's free educational platform and related services, establishing the legal relationship between Khan Academy (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit) and all users including students, teachers, parents, and child accounts, with California law as the governing jurisdiction. The agreement states that users grant Khan Academy a broad, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute any content they submit, and the terms authorize Khan Academy to collect and use personal information as described in its Privacy Policy, including data from child accounts created under parental consent. Notably, the terms include a binding arbitration clause with a class action waiver for users who do not opt out within 30 days of account creation or terms update, a provision that materially limits users' ability to pursue collective legal remedies, though applicable law in certain jurisdictions may constrain its enforceability. The document engages COPPA, FERPA, and CCPA given its explicit treatment of child users (under 13), student data held on behalf of school districts, and California-resident rights respectively; the intersection of a nonprofit educational platform with child users and school-district data relationships creates layered compliance obligations across these frameworks. Compliance teams should note that the agreement separately addresses district-controlled data under a School Agreement, creating a distinct data governance regime for institutional users that may limit Khan Academy's ability to use student data for its standard purposes.