DRAFT — pending legal counsel review. This is a working draft prepared by the CelebIsland team. It has not been reviewed by qualified legal counsel, is not final, and may change. Items marked [COUNSEL TO CONFIRM] are open questions for counsel.
1. Scope
This policy applies to CelebIsland's education features — courses, campus spaces, academies, security training, cyber ranges, certificates and skills records — for learners, instructors and institutions.
2. Instructors and institutions
- Instructors must have the right to teach the material they publish and must not misrepresent their qualifications.
- Course descriptions must accurately describe content, level, duration and any prerequisites.
- Institutions that onboard learners are responsible for having the authority and any consents required to do so.
3. Certificates and credentials
- Certificates show that a learner completed the stated course on CelebIsland. Unless explicitly stated, they are not accredited academic qualifications.
- [COUNSEL TO CONFIRM: any accreditation claims and required wording.]
- Certificates obtained by cheating, impersonation or sharing answers may be revoked.
4. Academic integrity
Learners must do their own work. Sharing assessments, using another person to complete a course, or tampering with progress records is prohibited.
5. Learner records and privacy
- We keep records of enrolment, progress, assessment results and certificates to provide the service and verify credentials.
- Instructors and institutions can see the records of learners in their own courses only.
- Learner data is handled under the Privacy Policy. [COUNSEL TO CONFIRM: retention period for learner records and transcripts.]
6. Safeguarding learners under 18
- Educators working with learners under 18 must follow the Children & Teens Policy.
- One-to-one private messaging between an adult educator and a minor learner should take place only in course spaces visible to the institution. [COUNSEL TO CONFIRM and engineering to implement.]
7. Hands-on security labs
Practical security exercises may only be performed inside the lab environments CelebIsland provides. Using techniques learned to attack real systems without authorisation is prohibited and may be illegal — see the Penetration-Testing Authorization Policy.
8. Paid courses
Paid courses are subject to the Payments Terms and Refund Policy. [COUNSEL TO CONFIRM: course-specific refund window.]
