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Our Simulator Terms

Updated 13 November 2026

About These Terms

These terms apply to every Ripyl® simulator, starting with You're the Boss. They sit alongside Ripyl®'s Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and Disclaimer. Where they differ, these terms apply to the simulators.

The simulators are provided by Ripyl® Limited, a New Zealand-owned company, 236 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand.

By creating a teacher account or using a simulator, you agree to these terms. If you are using a simulator on behalf of a school, you confirm you are authorised to do so.

Teacher Accounts

A valid email address is required to create a teacher account. Your email address is how we confirm who you are, send simulator instructions and give you access to the teacher dashboard.

When you create an account, you agree to:

• give accurate details, including your name, school and a school email address where possible

• keep your teacher code private. It works like a password and opens your dashboard

• share only class codes with students, never your teacher code

• take responsibility for activity under your teacher code and class codes

• tell us promptly at hello@ripyl.net if you think your teacher code has been shared or misused

Accounts must not be shared between teachers. We may suspend or replace a teacher code that breaches these terms or appears to be compromised.

Students

Students use the simulators under their teacher or parent’s supervision. Students do not create accounts, and we do not ask for any student's personal information: no email address, full name, date of birth, password or contact details.

To join a class, a student enters a first name or nickname and the class code their teacher gives them. Teachers should tell students not to enter full names or any other personal details, including in their written answers.

Schools and teachers are responsible for:

• deciding the simulator is suitable for their students

• meeting their own school's rules, and any parental consent their school requires

• supervising students while they use the simulator

We never show advertising to students, never send marketing to students, and never sell, rent or use student activity to build profiles of individual students.

What We Collect and Why

We collect only what the simulator needs to run, to show teachers their students' progress and to improve the programme.

Teachers
Name, school, country, email address, teacher code, class names and settings. We collect this to create your account, run your classes, set the right tax and currency, contact you about the simulator and, if you agree, send you Ripyl® news.

Students
First name or nickname, class code, decisions made in the game, written reasoning, scores, badges and an optional one-tap rating. We collect this to show teachers how each student played and why, and to produce results, debriefs and certificates.

Everyone
Basic technical information our hosting providers record automatically, such as browser type and IP address in server logs. We collect this to keep the simulator secure and working.

How the teacher dashboard data is used. Teachers see their own students' activity. Ripyl® also looks at how the simulator is used across all classes, such as which weeks students find hard and how long games take, so we can make the programme better. When we report on this outside Ripyl®, we use combined figures that do not identify any student, teacher or school.

Saved on the device. The simulator keeps a copy of a game in progress in the student's browser so they can carry on if the page closes. It stays on that device and can be cleared by clearing the browser's site data.

We do not use advertising cookies or tracking tools in the simulators.

Storage, Retention and Your Choices

Where it is stored. Simulator data is held by our hosting provider, Netlify, on servers in the United States. Feedback may also be copied to a Google Sheets file that only Ripyl® staff can open. By using the simulator, you agree to your information being stored outside New Zealand and Australia. We choose providers that protect information to standards comparable to the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 and the Australian Privacy Act 1988.

Who can see it. Teachers see only their own classes. Authorised Ripyl® staff can see all simulator data to support teachers and improve the programme. We do not sell, rent or trade any information. We share it only with the providers that run the service, or where the law requires.

How long we keep it. We keep class and student activity for 24 months after a class was last used, then delete it. Teacher account details are kept while the account is active, and deleted on request.

Your choices. A teacher can ask us at hello@ripyl.net to:

• see or correct the information we hold about them

• delete a student's results, a class, or their whole account

• stop receiving marketing emails

We will confirm who you are first and respond within 20 working days. A school or parent who wants a student's results removed can ask the teacher, or contact us with the class code and nickname.

Security. We take reasonable steps to protect information, including access codes and encrypted connections. No online service is completely secure. If a breach is likely to cause serious harm, we will tell the people affected and the relevant privacy regulator as the law requires.

Complaints. Contact us first at hello@ripyl.net. If you are not satisfied, you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand) or the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (Australia).

Emails and Marketing

We will email teachers about the simulator itself, for example setup instructions, lost teacher codes, important changes and service notices. These emails are part of the service.

When you create a teacher account, you can choose to receive news, resources and offers from Ripyl® Limited (www.ripyl.net). If you choose this, we may send marketing emails to the address you gave us.

• Every marketing email includes an unsubscribe link. You can also unsubscribe at any time by emailing hello@ripyl.net.

• Unsubscribing does not affect your access to the simulator or your dashboard.

• We never send marketing to students and never pass teacher email addresses to other companies for their marketing.

Feedback

We ask for feedback for two reasons only: to make the simulator better for students, and to make it easier for teachers to see how their students are progressing.

• Giving feedback is optional and does not affect access to the simulator.

• Student ratings are one-tap scores linked only to a nickname and class code, never to a full name.

• By sending feedback, you allow Ripyl® to use it to improve our products, without payment to you.

• We will not publish a teacher's name, school or comments, for example as a testimonial, without asking first.

Educational Use Only

The simulators are learning tools. Businesses, customers, prices, wages, costs, events and results in them are simulated. They are simplified so students can learn, and they do not reflect any real business.

• Tax rates, tax rules, minimum wages and currencies are simplified and may not match current law in any country or state.

• Nothing in a simulator, debrief, score or certificate is financial, tax, legal or business advice. Do not rely on it to make real decisions.

• Scores, badges and certificates show performance in the simulator only. They are not a formal assessment, qualification or NCEA, ACARA or US curriculum credit unless your school decides to use them that way.

• Rip and the other characters are fictional. Any resemblance to a real person or business is unintended.

The information is provided in good faith with no guarantee as to its accuracy or currency.

Acceptable Use

You must not:

• enter offensive, abusive or personal information into a simulator, including in written answers or nicknames

• try to access another teacher's dashboard or class, or guess codes

• copy, resell, reverse-engineer, scrape or overload the simulator, or embed it on another website without written permission

• use the simulator for anything other than education

We may remove content, or suspend a teacher code or class code, that breaches these terms.

Intellectual Property

The simulators, including their software, scenarios, scoring, Rip and all other characters, artwork, debriefs, certificates and teacher materials, are the intellectual property of Ripyl® Limited unless otherwise stated.

Teachers receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the simulators and teacher materials with their own students. Certificates and debriefs may be printed and shared by students and their schools.

Students keep ownership of their own written reasoning. They allow Ripyl® to store it, show it to their teacher, and use it without names to improve the simulator.

Pilot and Availability

The simulators may be offered as a free pilot or early version. During a pilot, features, game lengths and content may change, and some features may be turned on for some teachers only.

We aim to keep the simulators available but do not guarantee they will be uninterrupted or error-free. We may change, pause or end a simulator. If we end one, we will give teachers reasonable notice where we can, so they can download their class results.

Limitation of Liability

The simulators are provided "as is". To the extent the law allows, Ripyl® Limited is not liable for any indirect or consequential loss, or for any loss of data, arising from use of a simulator. Where a simulator is free, our total liability is limited to NZ$100. Where you have paid for it, our liability is limited to the fees paid in the preceding 12 months.

Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, the Fair Trading Act 1986, the Australian Consumer Law or any other law that cannot be excluded. If you use a simulator for school purposes, you agree the Consumer Guarantees Act does not apply, as the law allows for business use.

Changes to These Terms

We may update these terms. We will publish the updated terms on our website and change the date at the top. For significant changes, we will email teachers before they take effect. Continuing to use a simulator after a change means you accept the updated terms.

Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand, subject to mandatory consumer and privacy protections in your country of residence. Any dispute will be handled by the courts of New Zealand.

Contact

Ripyl® Limited 236 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand hello@ripyl.net · www.ripyl.net

Registered address -

Ripyl® Limited
236 Broadway Avenue
Palmerston North, 4410
New Zealand

The trading name Ripyl® Limited will appear on all statements, invoices, and communications.

The business trading name is Ripyl® Limited. This name will appear on all statements and invoices.