Effective Date: November 16, 2026
These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) are a legal agreement between you and Ikan Media Inc. about your use of Explore Top Colleges (exploretopcolleges.com). Where these Terms include Section 20, disputes are resolved by individual arbitration, which you may opt out of within 30 days.
Explore Top Colleges (exploretopcolleges.com) (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Ikan Media Inc., a Florida corporation. Explore Top Colleges is a brand of Ikan Media Inc. Our principal address is 5207 Lake Overlook Ave, Bradenton, FL 34208; mail may be sent to 390 NE 191st St, STE 62202, Miami, FL 33179. “We,” “us” and “our” mean Ikan Media Inc.; “you” means the person using the Site or the Services; the “Services” are the Site, any membership, our communications and everything we provide through them; and a “Member” is a subscriber or membership holder. You accept these Terms when you click the button (for example, “Continue”) that appears directly below a statement on our form saying that clicking it means you agree to these Terms (and, where a form also shows a box beside that statement, check the box), or, if you are already a Member, when you click an acceptance button in a notice we email you. A page with no such box (for example, a business contact form) is still subject to these Terms, which are linked from every page. If you accept before the Effective Date, these Terms apply to you from that moment; Members who joined earlier are covered from the Effective Date. Our Privacy Policy (https://www.exploretopcolleges.com/privacy/) describes our practices; it is incorporated only so that Section 20, where included, applies to disputes about privacy, and creates no contractual promises beyond those the law imposes. The Official Rules of any giveaway and the SMS Terms, where they apply to you, are part of these Terms.
A directory, not a provider. Explore Top Colleges is a free directory of colleges, universities and career-training programs, with guides, tools and email content. We are not a school, contractor, lender, licensing authority or placement service; we do not perform or guarantee any provider’s work, or decide whether anyone admits or approves you; and providers and Partners pay us as described in Sections 9 and 11.
The Services are for U.S. residents 18 or older, and you represent that you meet both requirements. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18 and delete it on notice to [email protected]. You may hold only one membership or account and may not share, sell or transfer it; give accurate information, use only an email address and telephone number you are authorized to use, and keep your email address current. You are responsible for activity under your account and for keeping any access link (and any password, if the Site uses one) confidential, unless our failure to use reasonable security caused the activity.
When you subscribe to Explore Top Colleges, you are asking us for information about the opportunities, content and Offers described in Section 3 and the schools, programs, products, services and offers of our Marketing Partners, and that inquiry and the email address you give us create an ongoing relationship with Explore Top Colleges. You expressly consent, in response to our request at sign-up, to receive commercial email advertisements at that address from Explore Top Colleges, from Ikan Media Inc. and its sister brands (listed on the Marketing Partners page), and from each advertiser listed there by name or category as updated from time to time, sent by Explore Top Colleges on that advertiser’s behalf, plus emails about our own content and giveaways. Our emails are advertisements; you may receive email daily and sometimes more than once a day.
Every email contains an unsubscribe link, and https://www.exploretopcolleges.com/unsubscribe/ always lets you stop all marketing email from Explore Top Colleges; we honor requests within 10 business days. Unsubscribing does not stop a Marketing Partner you separately asked to hear from, and opting out of sales or sharing (Section 14) does not unsubscribe you.
Explore Top Colleges, a brand of Ikan Media Inc., is the sender of every email we send, including emails advertising other companies’ schools, programs, products, services and offers, and we promote our own service in each. Our emails may be sent under, and signed with, a pen name used by our editorial team (for example, a first name at Explore Top Colleges in the From line); the sender is still Explore Top Colleges, Ikan Media Inc., 390 NE 191st St, STE 62202, Miami, FL 33179, and each email identifies Explore Top Colleges, gives that address, links to the Site and includes a working unsubscribe link. Our From line identifies Explore Top Colleges or a pen name our team uses, and our emails are sent from domains we control. Dollar figures in our emails are the advertiser’s stated maximums or examples, not guarantees, job offers or representations that you qualify, and no marketing email from us is a personal reply, account alert or government notice. We maintain written practices reasonably designed to prevent unlawful email, including subject-line review before sending, suppression lists and consent records (Section 23), and require Marketing Partners whose offers we advertise to comply with the CAN-SPAM Act and California Business and Professions Code section 17529.5; report a misleading email to [email protected] with its full headers.
Our Privacy Policy (https://www.exploretopcolleges.com/privacy/), not these Terms, fully describes what we collect, why, with whom we share or sell it, and your rights, and controls on any privacy matter.
During sign-up and on offer pages we may show you Offers from Marketing Partners; each Offer is optional, presented unselected, and declining it does not affect your membership. If you choose an Offer, we transmit the information you entered on that form to the Partner named for that Offer, which may pay us; some state laws call this a “sale.” We sell only information you gave us directly on our Site, never information from other sources. The Marketing Partners who may receive your information are listed by category, legal name and brand name at https://www.exploretopcolleges.com/marketing-partners/; we add a Partner before sending it anything, and the version you saw when you submitted a form governs.
A Partner that receives your information contacts you under the consent you gave on the form that named it and its own privacy policy; Partners are independent companies, not our agents, and although we require them to honor opt-outs and obey the law, we do not control them. To stop hearing from a Partner, use its opt-out or contact it directly, or email [email protected] and we will forward your request to the Partners our records show received your information in the previous 12 months.
A Reward has no cash value unless the Official Rules say otherwise, is not transferable or poolable across accounts, and is taxable to you alone. If the value you receive from us in a calendar year reaches the IRS reporting threshold then in effect, we may require a Form W-9 and proof of identity, age and residence before releasing further Rewards, will file any required return, and may withhold where the law requires.
You agree not to: (a) create or use more than one account or membership, or share, sell or transfer one; (b) give false, incomplete or another person’s information, or use a telephone number or email address you are not authorized to use; (c) use bots, scripts, VPNs or proxies to hide your location, automate interactions, or scrape content; (d) complete surveys, studies or Offers in bad faith (speeding, inconsistent answers, duplicate participation); (e) refer yourself, fake users or paid traffic; (f) submit unlawful, infringing, defamatory, deceptive or harmful content; (g) interfere with the Services, use them unlawfully or against a Partner’s rules, or resell or commercially exploit them without our written permission. If we reasonably determine that you have done any of these, we may suspend or close your account, forfeit, reverse or offset Rewards and entries, and decline to send your information to Partners; you may ask for a written review within 30 days by emailing [email protected]. We may also seek court orders, as Section 20.5 describes where included or as the law otherwise allows, to stop scraping, abuse or infringement.
How we make money. Explore Top Colleges is free to you because advertisers and Partners pay us when you view an ad, click a link, complete a form, sign up for or buy a Partner’s product or service, or let a Partner receive your information; the order, prominence or selection of Offers, listings and links may reflect that compensation. Our emails are advertisements (Section 5). On our websites, paid links and placements are labeled (for example, “Sponsored,” “Partner offer” or “Paid link”) or disclosed where they appear, and you should assume we have a financial relationship with every company we link to.
Third-party content. Studies, Offers, products, services, websites and content provided by Partners and other third parties are theirs; we do not endorse or verify them, and your dealings with any third party are solely between you and it.
Content on the Services is general information, not legal, financial, tax, medical, benefits, home-safety or other professional advice; it may be incomplete or out of date and is no substitute for a qualified professional or the responsible agency. Tools, calculators and quizzes produce estimates based only on what you enter and on public rules that may be outdated or different where you live; a result is not an application, determination, quote or diagnosis, or a promise of any amount, so verify it before acting on it.
Schools, contractors and other providers listed on Explore Top Colleges (“Providers”) are independent businesses, not our agents. Listings may be compiled from public and third-party sources, may be inaccurate or out of date, and are not endorsements; we do not verify any Provider’s licenses, insurance, accreditation, background, pricing or outcomes, so do so yourself before you hire, enroll with or pay anyone, because any agreement you make is solely with that Provider. Providers may pay us for listings, clicks, calls or leads, which may affect which Providers appear and where.
When you submit a request-for-information form, we send its contents to the Providers named on it, and a Provider may pay us for that introduction; some state laws call this a “sale,” and Section 14.3, where included, explains how to opt out of future sales. Separately, an unchecked checkbox asks whether only the Providers you selected on that form, and any company named on it as one that may call or text you, may contact you by telephone and text as described in Section 5.4, where included; that consent is optional, not a condition of any purchase or enrollment, and you may contact a Provider directly instead.
You keep ownership of content you submit or post and grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable (so our service providers can host it) license to use it to operate, promote and improve the Services; you represent that you have the rights to grant it and that it violates no law or right of others. Nothing in these Terms limits your right to post honest reviews or complaints about us or the Services anywhere; we impose no non-disparagement obligation and never pay for or condition any benefit on a positive review or selectively hide negative ones, though we may remove content that violates these Terms or the law.
Our content. The Services and their content and brand names are owned by us or our licensors and protected by copyright, trademark and other laws; you may use them only for personal, non-commercial purposes and may not copy, scrape, frame, sell or create derivative works from them except as the law allows or we agree in writing.
Copyright complaints. If you believe content on the Services infringes your copyright, send our designated agent, Mark Phaneuf, President, Ikan Media Inc., 5207 Lake Overlook Ave, Bradenton, FL 34208, telephone (407) 374-9719, [email protected], a written notice meeting 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3): your physical or electronic signature, identification of the copyrighted work and of the infringing material and its location, your contact details, a statement of your good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized, and a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the notice is accurate and you are authorized to act for the owner. If we remove content you posted because of a notice, we will tell you, and you may send a counter-notice meeting Section 512(g)(3); we may restore the material unless the notifying party files a court action within the time the law allows. We terminate repeat infringers’ accounts in appropriate circumstances.
Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California users are entitled to this consumer rights notice: Explore Top Colleges is provided by Ikan Media Inc., 390 NE 191st St, STE 62202, Miami, FL 33179, telephone (407) 374-9719, email [email protected], and is free to use. For complaints or further information about the Services, contact us there, or contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834, by telephone at (800) 952-5210 (TTY (800) 735-2929), or online at https://www.dca.ca.gov. This notice is available at all times at https://www.exploretopcolleges.com/terms/.
Do Not Sell or Share. To the extent described in our Privacy Policy, we sell personal information to Marketing Partners and Providers and share it with advertising networks for cross-context behavioral advertising (ads based on your activity across other sites and apps). Opt out at any time by clicking “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” in the footer of every page (https://www.exploretopcolleges.com/privacy/#do-not-sell) or by emailing [email protected]. We treat an opt-out preference signal such as Global Privacy Control as a valid opt-out for that browser or device and for any profile or account we associate with it (including your membership if you are signed in or otherwise known to us), show on the page that the signal was honored, and act on opt-outs within 15 business days. An opt-out does not unsubscribe you from our emails or recall information already delivered. Our Privacy Policy also carries our Shine the Light disclosure and our Notice of Financial Incentive for giveaway and referral entries (https://www.exploretopcolleges.com/privacy/#financial-incentive).
You agree that we may provide all notices, disclosures and other communications about the Services, including changes to these Terms, electronically (by email to the address on your account, by text if you opted in, or by posting), and that electronic communications satisfy any requirement that a communication be in writing or signed. You may request a free paper copy of any communication, or withdraw this consent (which, because we operate only online, ends any membership at no fee), by emailing [email protected]. You need an internet-connected device, a current browser and PDF software; by accepting these Terms electronically you confirm you can access communications this way, and we will tell you if those requirements change materially. A notice we email is effective when delivered to the mail server for the address on your account; a bounce means it was not delivered, and we will re-send it to any other address you have given us.
You may end your membership at any time by unsubscribing or emailing [email protected]. We may suspend or end your membership or access if you breach these Terms, if we reasonably suspect fraud or abuse (Section 8), if the law requires it, or if we discontinue the Services, and we may deactivate a membership whose email address bounces or shows no activity for an extended period. Rewards are forfeited when a membership ends for breach; otherwise earned entries stay in their drawing and any prize already won is still delivered. Sections 7.3, 8, 12, 13, 17 through 21 and 23 survive termination.
THE SERVICES, AND ALL CONTENT, TOOLS, LISTINGS, EMAILS AND OFFERS, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. We do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, secure or error-free; that content is accurate, complete or current; that any Offer or opportunity will be available, select you or pay you; or that any Partner will perform. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, Ikan Media Inc. AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, DATA, REWARDS OR OPPORTUNITIES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES, OUR COMMUNICATIONS OR ANY PARTNER OR OFFER, UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100) OR (B) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.
These limits do not apply to liability for fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, to any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law, or to statutory damages, civil penalties or attorneys’ fees that a consumer-protection, privacy, telephone-marketing or email statute lets you recover, and they do not affect any non-waivable rights under the laws of your state. This Section is separate from any arbitration agreement: if any part of it is held unenforceable as to a claim, that part will not apply to that claim, with no effect on Section 20.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Ikan Media Inc. and its officers, directors, employees and contractors from third-party claims, losses and reasonable attorneys’ fees arising from your breach of these Terms, content you submit, your violation of law or of another person’s rights, or fraud or referral abuse through your account, except to the extent caused by our own negligence or willful misconduct; we may assume the defense at our expense, and you agree to cooperate.
PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS. IT REQUIRES INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES INSTEAD OF COURT, INCLUDES A CLASS ACTION WAIVER AND A JURY TRIAL WAIVER, AND GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION WITHIN 30 DAYS (SECTION 20.9). IT DESCRIBES ARBITRATION AS IT IS; WE DO NOT CLAIM IT IS BETTER OR WORSE FOR YOU THAN COURT.
“Dispute” means any claim or disagreement between you and us arising out of or relating to the Site, the Services, your membership, our content, giveaways, referral program or communications, the information you submit and our handling of it, our referral of you to Partners or Offers, or these Terms, under any legal theory, subject to the questions Section 20.5 reserves for a court; claims that accrued before you accepted these Terms are covered only as Section 20.13 provides. In this Section “we,” “us” and “our” include Ikan Media Inc.’s affiliates, successors, assigns, officers, directors, employees and agents. This Section does not cover your claims against a Partner, which these Terms do not waive; for California residents it applies only to Disputes about the use, payment or provision of the services Explore Top Colleges provides to you.
Before starting an arbitration or court case, the party raising the Dispute must send the other a written “Notice of Dispute,” signed by that person or that person’s lawyer, stating the person’s name, contact details and Site email address, the facts and the relief requested: yours by email to [email protected] (subject “Notice of Dispute”) or by mail to 390 NE 191st St, STE 62202, Miami, FL 33179, Attention: Legal; ours to the email address on your account. We will not contest a Notice that gives us enough information to investigate. For 60 days after a complete Notice is received, you and we will try in good faith to resolve the Dispute, and limitations periods and filing deadlines are paused. A demand or filing made before this process is complete will be paused, or dismissed in a way that lets it be refiled, until it is complete; that is the only consequence of skipping a step. Nothing requires you to keep the Dispute confidential.
If a Dispute is not resolved within those 60 days, YOU AND WE AGREE THAT IT WILL BE RESOLVED EXCLUSIVELY BY FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION BEFORE A SINGLE NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR, AND NOT BY A JUDGE OR JURY, except as Sections 20.5 and 20.9 provide. This agreement is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce.
The American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) administers the arbitration under its Consumer Arbitration Rules and, where applicable, its Mass Arbitration Supplementary Rules, as in effect when the arbitration is initiated (the “AAA Rules”), as modified by this Section, which controls over any conflicting AAA Rule; the AAA Rules are at www.adr.org or from us on request. If the AAA cannot or will not administer, JAMS will under its consumer rules and minimum standards (www.jamsadr.com); failing that, a court appoints an administrator under Section 5 of the Federal Arbitration Act.
Either of us may (a) bring an individual claim in small-claims court in the county where you live if it qualifies and stays there on an individual basis; (b) seek provisional relief from a court in aid of arbitration where applicable law allows (for example, California Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.8), including an order to stop unauthorized access, scraping, infringement or conduct causing you irreparable harm, with the merits still decided in arbitration; and (c) complain to a government agency. A court, not the arbitrator, decides (i) whether a contract to arbitrate was formed, (ii) whether the Class Action Waiver in Section 20.7 is valid or enforceable as to a particular claim, and (iii) whether a request for public injunctive relief must be decided by a court under Section 20.8. Otherwise the arbitrator alone decides the interpretation, applicability, enforceability and scope of this Section, including whether a Dispute is covered, whether any condition to arbitration has been satisfied, and whether it has been waived.
The arbitrator is selected under the AAA Rules from the AAA’s consumer roster, and hearings are by video or telephone unless the arbitrator requires an in-person hearing in the county where you live. If you start the arbitration, your share of the filing fee will not exceed the AAA consumer fee (currently $225); we pay all other administrative, hearing and arbitrator fees within 30 days after the administrator’s invoice is due, as California Code of Civil Procedure sections 1281.97 and 1281.98 require where they apply; if we start it, we pay all of it; if you qualify for a fee waiver, you pay nothing. We will not seek attorneys’ fees or costs from you unless the arbitrator finds your claim frivolous or brought for an improper purpose; you may seek them from us whenever the law allows. The arbitrator applies the same substantive law and limitations periods a court would, allows the information exchange reasonably needed to present each side’s case, may award any individual relief a court could award (including statutory damages, attorneys’ fees and injunctive, declaratory or public injunctive relief where the law allows), and issues a written, reasoned decision that any court with jurisdiction can enforce. Nothing in this Section shortens any limitations period, imposes any discovery or page limit beyond those the AAA Rules and the arbitrator set, caps your remedies, or requires you to keep a Dispute confidential.
YOU AND WE EACH AGREE THAT ALL DISPUTES WILL BE RESOLVED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS ONLY. NEITHER OF US MAY BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, IN ARBITRATION OR IN COURT, AND THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS OR PRESIDE OVER ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. Administrative coordination of individual arbitrations under the AAA Rules does not change their individual nature. In court, this waiver applies only to claims carved out by Section 20.5 or severed under Sections 20.7 or 20.8 while this agreement to arbitrate otherwise remains in effect between you and us; it does not apply if you opt out under Section 20.9 or if a court holds this agreement to arbitrate wholly unenforceable as to you, and it does not waive a request for public injunctive relief (Section 20.8). If a court finds this waiver unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief, that claim or request alone is severed to court under Section 20.11 and stayed pending individual arbitration of all other claims; class or representative arbitration is never permitted.
Nothing in this Section waives your right to seek public injunctive relief (a court order stopping a practice for the public at large) where the law gives you that right; if the law requires a court to decide such a request, it alone is severed to court and stayed until arbitration of your other claims is complete. Nothing in these Terms waives any non-waivable right, including under the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act.
You may reject this agreement to arbitrate by emailing [email protected] with the subject line “Arbitration Opt-Out,” or by mailing 390 NE 191st St, STE 62202, Miami, FL 33179, Attention: Legal, Arbitration Opt-Out, within 30 days after you first accept these Terms or, if you were a Member before the Effective Date, within 30 days after the Effective Date stated in our notice email, whichever is later (or, for a change to this Section, within 30 days after we notify you of it). Your message needs only your name, your Site email address and a statement that you want to opt out. Opting out changes nothing else about your membership or these Terms, carries forward to every later version, and is recorded on your subscriber record; Disputes then go to court under Section 20.11, and Sections 20.7 and 20.12 do not apply to you. If you timely reject a change to this Section, the version you previously accepted continues to apply; if you had never accepted any version, rejecting it means you have opted out of arbitration.
Any Dispute that is not subject to arbitration, including Disputes with people who opted out, claims severed under Section 20.7 or 20.8, and claims held not to be arbitrable, will be brought exclusively in the state courts in Manatee County, Florida, or the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, to whose personal jurisdiction and exclusive venue you and we consent, except that (a) either of us may bring a qualifying individual claim in small-claims court in the county where you live; (b) nothing here takes away a right applicable law gives you to sue in the courts of your home state; and (c) if you live in California, you may bring any claim arising in California that is not subject to arbitration in a California state or federal court, and Section 20.12 does not apply to that proceeding.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AND WE EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY COURT PROCEEDING ABOUT THE USE, PAYMENT OR PROVISION OF THE SERVICES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS, THE SITE OR THE SERVICES. This mutual waiver does not apply if you opt out of arbitration under Section 20.9, where applicable law prohibits pre-dispute jury waivers (for example, in California state courts), or to a proceeding described in Section 20.11(c); if it is unenforceable, the rest of this Section 20 still applies.
If we change this Section 20, we will email the address on your account at least 30 days before the change takes effect and post the updated Terms with a new Effective Date. A change does not apply to any Dispute noticed, demanded or filed before it takes effect, or to claims that accrued before then, unless you affirmatively accept the updated Terms after notice, and you may reject it under Section 20.9. If you are accepting these Terms for the first time and already have a claim against us, this Section covers that claim only if the acceptance screen or notice you accepted said so. If you became a Member under earlier Terms, this Section 20 applies to you only after you affirmatively accept these Terms by clicking an acceptance button in our notice email or by clicking the button beneath an acceptance statement on one of our forms; it then covers claims that accrue after that acceptance and, only if our notice said so and you accepted anyway, claims that accrued earlier; until you accept, the dispute terms of the version you previously accepted (if any) continue to apply.
This Section survives the end of your membership and of these Terms. Except as stated in Sections 20.7, 20.8 and 20.12, if any part of this Section is found unenforceable, that part is severed and the rest remains in effect.
Any agreement to arbitrate in these Terms is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. Except as the next sentence provides, these Terms, and any dispute about the use, payment or provision of the Services, are governed by Florida law without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and nothing in these Terms deprives you of a non-waivable consumer protection of your home state. If you live in California, California substantive law governs any claim of yours that arises in California, any arbitration of that claim takes place in California or by video or telephone, and nothing in Sections 20 or 21 requires you to bring that claim outside California (California Civil Code Section 1799.208); the same rule applies to residents of any other state whose law prohibits an out-of-state forum or law for consumer disputes. Any claim these Terms do not require to be arbitrated, or that is held not to be arbitrable under Section 20 where included, must be brought exclusively in the state courts in Manatee County, Florida, or the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, except for a qualifying individual small-claims case in the county where you live and any right applicable law gives you to sue in your home state’s courts.
We may update these Terms. A change is material if it touches Sections 5, 6, 14, 18 through 22, the definition of Marketing Partners, any consent language, or any right or obligation of yours. For a material change we give at least 30 days’ notice before it takes effect by emailing the address on your account and posting the updated Terms with a new Effective Date and a Site notice; non-material changes take effect when posted. Changes apply only going forward: they do not apply to any dispute of which either party gave written notice, or to any claim that accrued, before the change took effect, unless you affirmatively accept the updated Terms after notice; a change to Section 20, where included, is also governed by Section 20.13. Where practical we will ask you to confirm material changes with a fresh acceptance statement at your next form submission; if you do not agree, unsubscribe and stop using the Site before the change takes effect. Using the Site after the effective date of a change we have emailed you (for example, submitting a form or clicking through from one of our emails) means you accept it; merely remaining on our email list does not.
Entire agreement. These Terms and, where they apply to you, the Official Rules and the SMS Terms are the entire agreement about the Services and replace earlier terms; Official Rules or SMS Terms control for their program, except that Section 20 controls over any dispute-resolution provision in them.
Assignment; third parties; force majeure. We may assign these Terms to an affiliate or a successor; you may not assign them or your membership. No third party may enforce these Terms, except that those covered by Sections 18, 19 and 20.1 may rely on those Sections. We are not responsible for delay or failure caused by events beyond our reasonable control.
Severability; survival; waiver; numbering. If any provision is held unenforceable by the decision-maker to which Section 20 assigns that question (or, where these Terms do not include Section 20, by a court), it will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted and the rest remains in force, subject to Sections 18 and 20. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver, and headings and the Summary are for convenience only. Section numbers are the same across every website that uses this form of Terms; if a number is skipped, that Section does not apply to this Site and a cross-reference to it has no effect. The Services are operated from the United States for U.S. residents, and nothing in these Terms waives any non-waivable right (including under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and the California Consumers Legal Remedies Act), waives any claim you may have against a Partner, or limits our responsibility for our own emails, lead postings or other conduct where the law makes us responsible.
Notices to us. Except for a Notice of Dispute (Section 20.2) or an arbitration opt-out (Section 20.9), send notices to [email protected] or by mail to 390 NE 191st St, STE 62202, Miami, FL 33179, Attention: Legal; we send notices to you as described in Section 15.
Records of acceptance. We keep records of sign-ups and form submissions (such as the date and time, IP address, device and browser information, page address and the version of the Terms and consent language then in effect) and archive dated copies of our sign-up screens, partner lists and these Terms; those business records are evidence that you agreed to these Terms and gave the consents they show.
Automated assistants; pen names; accessibility; prior versions. We label automated chat or email responses as automated; emails sent under a pen name are written or approved by our team, and a pen name is not the name of an employee. Report an accessibility barrier to [email protected] (our Accessibility Statement warrants no technical conformance), and request prior versions of these Terms at [email protected].
Questions about these Terms or the Services: [email protected] or https://www.exploretopcolleges.com/contact/. Legal notices, Notices of Dispute and arbitration opt-outs: [email protected]. Privacy requests: [email protected]. Mail: Ikan Media Inc., 390 NE 191st St, STE 62202, Miami, FL 33179. Telephone: (407) 374-9719.
Explore Top Colleges Terms of Use, effective November 16, 2026.