Copyright

Trademark

Disclaimer and Terms of Use

Privacy Policy

Copyright

All images, text, programs, and other materials found in the ReadWriteThink Website ("Website") are protected by the United States copyright laws and are owned or licensed by the International Reading Association or the National Council of Teachers of English. Educators may use and make a limited number of copies of the Website images, text, programs, and other materials for non-commercial, classroom and instructional use and in support of the program: Thinkfinity (see below). All other rights are reserved. Except as set forth above, no part of the Website images, text, programs, and other materials may be used, reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior permission in writing from the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English..
Thinkfinity Field Trainers and Certified Trainers are permitted to conduct training sessions on ReadWriteThink content and to use ReadWriteThink training materials, provided they meet certain conditions. Trainers also must register in the Thinkfinity/Rusticello database. Participants who have completed a Verizon Foundation-approved “Thinkfinity Certified Trainer Program” and have agreed to the quality assurance guidelines and oversight required for Thinkfinity Certified Trainers may be designated as a “Thinkfinity Certified Trainers.” Additional information is available from the Thinkfinity Professional Development page.

Under no circumstances may any individual or organization charge for the use of ReadWriteThink images, text, programs, and other materials, including Professional Development resources, without prior written permission from the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English.
Resale of ReadWriteThink images, text, programs, and other materials, including printed materials ordered from Thinkfinity and/or the Verizon Foundation, is not permitted.
For more information, please write to us using the Contact Us page.

Trademarks

The names, logos, and taglines identifying ReadWriteThink's images, text, programs or materials are proprietary marks of the International Reading Association or the National Council of Teachers of English. Use, reproduction or modifications to any such names, logos or taglines associated with ReadWriteThink are strictly prohibited.

Disclaimer and Terms of Use

The International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers and English, with support from the Verizon Foundation, and in association with the Thinkfinity consortium (the “parties”), make available this Website and the images, text, programs and other materials contained herein in furtherance of their nonprofit and tax-exempt purposes. While the parties make every effort to present accurate and reliable information on this Website, they do not endorse, approve or certify any information on this Website, nor guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, or timeliness of such information. Use of such information is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review by qualified experts. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process or service does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or preference by any of the parties.

The Website is provided on an "As Is" and "As Available" basis. The International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of English and their affiliates do not make any expressed or implied warranty as to the accuracy or merchantability of any images, text, programs or other materials on the Website, or any implied warranties of fitness or non-infringement.

At certain places on this Website, live "links" to other websites can be accessed. Such external sites contain information created, published, maintained, or otherwise posted by institutions or organizations independent of the parties. The parties do not endorse, approve, certify, or control these external sites and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, or timeliness of information located at such sites. Use of any information obtained from such sites is voluntary, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after an independent review by qualified experts. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process or service does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the parties.

The parties assume no responsibility for consequences resulting from use of the information contained on the Website, or from use of the information obtained at linked sites, or in any respect for the content of such information. The parties are not responsible for, and expressly disclaim all liability for, damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, reliance on, or performance of such information.

Privacy Policy

The International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English respect your privacy. This document outlines the ways that the ReadWriteThink website may collect information from you.

Browsing the Site

Generally speaking, you can visit the pages of the ReadWriteThink Website without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information. To learn more about who visits our site, we may track Internet domain addresses (that is, from where you are connecting to the website, for instance from aol.com or from vt.edu). While we log this address information, you will remain anonymous. We do not access or record such information as your login name at aol.com, and we use the information that is recorded for statistical purposes only.

There are portions of the ReadWriteThink Website that do request personal information:

• Contact Us
• Lesson Feedback
• Take Our Survey

You may choose whether to enter this personal information. You are not required to do so. However, if you choose not to provide the information that we request, we may be unable to respond to your request. Any and all personal information provided will not be distributed or sold to any third party.

Links to Other Sites

The ReadWriteThink Website includes links to other websites. The parties are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites. You should always read the privacy policy at a website before revealing any personal information.

Policy Changes

The parties reserve the right to make changes to the web policies of the Website at any time. Those changes will go into effect on the date posted. The new policy will apply to everyone using our Website and will replace any prior policies.