Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

Terms of Use

1. Who runs ASHE

ASHE is run by four Tulane University students: Ava, Ella, Hailey, and Sofia. It isn't a registered company yet. By creating an account, you agree to these terms.

2. Accounts

To create an account you must be a current Tulane University student, and you must sign up with an email address that ends in @tulane.edu. Other email addresses, including other .edu addresses, can't be used. You're responsible for your account and for what you upload under it. You don't need an account to browse and read notes.

3. Content you upload

You keep ownership of what you upload. By uploading, you give ASHE permission to store it and show it to people who use the site, so that ASHE can work. This permission is non-exclusive, worldwide, and free.

By uploading, you confirm that it's your own original work (or that you otherwise have the right to share it) and that it doesn't infringe anyone else's copyright.

You may not upload material that copies, in whole or in large part, someone else's copyrighted work, such as a professor's slides, a textbook, or another student's notes, without their permission. Notes written in your own words, based on a lecture or reading, are fine.

4. What you can't upload

See Guidelines for what's allowed. In short: class notes, syllabi, and study guides only. No exams, quizzes, or graded work. Past exams might be allowed in the future, but only after redaction, the copyright confirmation above, and an academic-integrity confirmation are all in place. That isn't turned on.

5. Academic integrity

ASHE is built for sharing your own notes, the way a study group does. You're still bound by Tulane's Code of Academic Conduct, and that Code, not this page, is the rule that counts. ASHE isn't part of Tulane and can't speak for the Honor Board. If a syllabus or professor says course materials can't be shared, don't upload them.

6. Removing content and accounts

The ASHE team removes content that breaks these terms or the Guidelines, including when the owner of a copyrighted work asks us to. We may suspend or close an account for repeated or clear violations, such as uploading someone else's copyrighted material or a current exam, or for breaking the law.

7. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If we make a big change, we'll announce it on the site. Using ASHE after a change means you accept the updated terms.

8. Governing law

Because ASHE isn't a registered company yet, no governing law has been chosen. We'll update this section when that changes.

Privacy Policy

1. What we collect

• When you sign up: your @tulane.edu email address and a password. Your password is stored encrypted by our account provider; the ASHE team can't see it.
• The first time you upload: your first name.
• With each upload: the course, title, material type, description, and the file itself. You can also add the professor's name; that's optional.
• When you use ASHE while logged in: the courses you request notes for, the notes you mark "This helped me", and any "what this course is like" note you write.

2. How we use it

Only to run ASHE: to log you in, show your notes on the site, and let you see what you've uploaded. We record how visitors use the site and app, to improve it. We don't use advertising trackers, and we don't sell your information.

ASHE runs on outside services that handle this data for us: Supabase (accounts, notes, and files, stored in the United States) and Cloudflare (hosting the site). Pages also load fonts from Google Fonts and code from jsDelivr, which can see your IP address when your browser loads them.

3. Who can see it

• Anyone who visits ASHE, with or without an account, can see and open the notes you upload, along with the course, title, material type, description, upload date, and your first name ("Shared by …").
• Anyone can also see how many students requested notes for a course, how many found a note helpful, and "what this course is like" notes with the writer's first name.
• Only you and the ASHE team can see your email address, the professor's name you entered, and which courses you requested and which notes you marked helpful. The team uses them to run and review the site.
• If the ASHE team removes a note, it's hidden from everyone else. You'll still see it in My Materials, with the reason.

4. Keeping and deleting your data

We keep your account and notes until you ask us to delete them. There's no delete button on the site yet, so email us (below) from your Tulane address and we'll delete your account and your notes within 30 days.

5. Contact

Questions about privacy, or a request to delete your data: ashe2625@gmail.com