“You and/or the Institution assume responsibility for obtaining any consents required from Parents, and for providing appropriate disclosures to Student Users and their Parents...”
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Khan Academy transfers legal and compliance responsibility for parental consent and disclosure obligations to school personnel and institutions rather than retaining it itself.
Interpretive note: The excerpt does not specify which laws or regulations define the required consents or disclosures; the nature of 'appropriate disclosures' is not defined in the quoted text.
Schools and their personnel, not Khan Academy, bear the burden of ensuring parents have consented and that students and parents have received required disclosures.
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"You and/or the Institution assume responsibility for obtaining any consents required from Parents, and for providing appropriate disclosures to Student Users and their Parents...Excerpt from Khan Academy's Terms of Service
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Khan Academy transfers legal and compliance responsibility for parental consent and disclosure obligations to school personnel and institutions rather than retaining it itself.
Schools and their personnel, not Khan Academy, bear the burden of ensuring parents have consented and that students and parents have received required disclosures.
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