Terms and Conditions
Welcome to ELA Alcove!
These Terms and Conditions explain how you may use the ELA Alcove website and the resources you purchase from our store. By visiting our site or buying our products, you agree to follow these rules. Please read this page carefully so you understand how you can use our digital materials, how refunds work, how we use cookies and protect your information, and what to do if you have questions or concerns. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the website or purchase resources from ELA Alcove.
ELA Alcove is owned and operated by Encourage Elementary Education Services, a sole proprietorship registered in San Jose, CA, USA ("we," "us," or "our"). These Terms and Conditions explain how you may use the ELA Alcove website (https://elaalcove.com) and the resources you purchase from our store.
Refunds:
Our refund practices are described in our Refund Policy, which is part of these Terms. Please review the Refund Policy before making a purchase.
How you can use our digital resources:
Digital download resources purchased through our store can be used for your personal home use and/or in your own classroom only. They are not for resale, redistribution, or sharing with other teachers, schools, or organizations.
When you purchase a digital resource from ELA Alcove, we grant you a non-transferable license to use that resource for your own personal use and/or with students in your own classroom. You may not share, resell, redistribute, or publicly post our resources (including within shared drives, school-wide repositories, or online platforms) without our prior written permission. If you wish to share a product on social media, please link to its product page and encourage others to purchase it from us.
Cookies:
We use essential cookies to help our website function properly, and optional/marketing and analytics cookies to understand how visitors use the site and to improve our content. Essential cookies are required for the website to work and do not require your consent. You can choose whether to allow optional cookies in your browser settings or in the cookie settings provided on our site. For more details about how we use cookies and how we handle your personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.
All Rights Reserved:
Unless otherwise stated, ELA Alcove and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on the ELA Alcove website. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from ELA Alcove for your personal use, subject to the restrictions set out in these terms and conditions.
You must not:
Copy or republish material from ELA Alcove
Sell, rent, or sub-license material from ELA Alcove
Reproduce, duplicate, or copy material from ELA Alcove (with the exception of items you have purchased for your own or your classroom use; see "Digital Products/Classroom Use" above)
Redistribute content from ELA Alcove
This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.
Comments & Community Guidelines:
Parts of this website allow users to post and exchange opinions and information in specific areas. ELA Alcove Store does not filter, edit, publish, or review Comments before their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of ELA Alcove, its agents, and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who posts their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, ELA Alcove shall not be liable for the Comments or any liability, damages, or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.
ELA Alcove reserves the right to monitor all Comments and remove any Comments that can be considered inappropriate, offensive, or cause breach of these Terms and Conditions. We may, at our discretion, remove comments and/or restrict access to users who violate these guidelines or applicable laws.
You warrant and represent that:
You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;
The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including, without limitation, copyright, patent, or trademark of any third party;
The Comments do not contain any hate speech, harassment, defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent, or otherwise unlawful material, which is an invasion of privacy.
The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.
You hereby grant ELA Alcove a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit, and authorize others to use, reproduce, and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats, or media.
Links to Our Site:
The following organizations may link to our Website without prior written approval:
Government agencies;
Search engines;
News organizations;
Online directory distributors may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses; and
System-wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups, which may not hyperlink to our website.
These organizations may link to our home page, to publications, or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.
We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:
Commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources;
Dot.com community sites;
Associations or other groups representing charities;
Online directory distributors;
Internet portals;
Accounting, law, and consulting firms; and
Educational institutions and trade associations.
We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavorably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of ELA Alcove Store; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.
These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.
If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by emailing Beth@EncourageEducation.net. Please include your name, your organization's name, contact information, as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-3 weeks for a response.
Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:
By use of our corporate name, or
By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
Using any other description of our Website that makes sense within the context and format of the linking party's site.
No use or linking of ELA Alcove's logo or other artwork is permitted without a trademark license agreement.
Limits of Our Responsibility:
We shall not be held responsible for any content that appears on your Website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims arising on your Website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene, or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third-party rights.
Reservation of Rights:
We reserve the right to request that you remove all links to our Website or any particular link. You agree to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and our linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.
Removal of links from our website:
If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact us at any time. We will consider requests to remove links, but we are not obligated to do so or to respond to you directly.
We do not guarantee the accuracy of the information on this website. We do not warrant its completeness or accuracy, nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.
Disclaimer:
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:
Limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury;
Limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
Limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
Exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort, and for breach of statutory duty.
As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.
These Terms are governed by the laws of San Jose, California, United States of America, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of San Jose, California.
Contact us about these Terms
If you have questions about these Terms, you can contact us at Beth@EncourageEducation.net. We aim to respond within 10–15 business days.