Terms of Service

ScoutPath is an independent Scouting advancement tracking, planning, organization, and troop-support platform.

Depending on account type and available features, ScoutPath may allow users to:

• Import and review advancement information.
• Track rank and merit badge progress.
• Review service-hour and other Scouting activity information.
• Receive personalized advancement recommendations.
• Use AI-assisted features.
• Discover Scouting-related opportunities.
• View advancement analytics and dashboards.
• Participate in ScoutPath troop features.
• Receive troop announcements and events.
• Communicate through available ScoutPath features.
• Allow authorized Troop Leaders to review information associated with Scouts who have joined their ScoutPath troop.

ScoutPath is an independent product.

ScoutPath is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, operated by, or officially associated with Scouting America, Scoutbook, any local council, or any individual troop. References to Scouting organizations, programs, ranks, merit badges, or related terminology are for identification and informational purposes.

ScoutPath does not replace official Scouting systems, records, policies, leadership decisions, or advancement procedures. ScoutPath is intended to help users understand, organize, and review advancement information. Information displayed by ScoutPath may originate from reports uploaded by users, information entered manually, calculations performed by ScoutPath, or other available data.

ScoutPath is not the official authority for Scouting advancement.

A requirement, merit badge, rank, service activity, leadership requirement, or other advancement item appearing as completed in ScoutPath does not mean that it has been officially approved or recorded by Scouting America, Scoutbook, a council, troop, Troop Leader, merit badge counselor, or other authorized leader. Likewise, an item appearing incomplete in ScoutPath does not necessarily mean that it is incomplete in an official Scouting record. Users are responsible for confirming official advancement status with their troop leadership and official Scouting resources. In the event of a difference between ScoutPath and an official Scouting record or determination, the official record or determination controls.

ScoutPath may offer different account types, including Scout and Troop Leader accounts. Scout accounts are designed primarily for individual Scouts to review and organize their own advancement information and use Scout-focused features. Troop Leader accounts may include troop-management and troop-analytics functionality that allows an authorized user to review information relating to Scouts who have joined and been approved within that ScoutPath troop.

Troop Leader accounts do not necessarily include every feature available to Scout accounts. For example, the AI Coach may be available only to Scout accounts. A Troop Leader's ability to view information through ScoutPath does not give the Troop Leader authority to modify a Scout's official advancement record through ScoutPath unless ScoutPath expressly introduces such functionality in the future. Troop Leaders are responsible for using information made available through ScoutPath appropriately and only for legitimate Scouting-related purposes.

You may use ScoutPath only if you are legally permitted to do so and meet the eligibility requirements applicable to your location. Users must provide accurate information when creating and maintaining an account.

Because ScoutPath may be used by minors, additional requirements may apply depending on the user's age and applicable law. Where parental or legal guardian authorization is required, the user may not use the applicable portions of ScoutPath until the required authorization or consent has been obtained. A parent or legal guardian who authorizes a minor's ScoutPath account represents that they have authority to provide that authorization. ScoutPath may establish age-verification, parental-consent, parent-account, or other safeguards when necessary to comply with applicable law. ScoutPath may restrict, suspend, or decline account creation when required for legal, privacy, safety, or security reasons.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your ScoutPath account. You agree to:

• Provide accurate account information.
• Keep your login credentials confidential.
• Use reasonable measures to protect your account.
• Not knowingly permit unauthorized individuals to use your account.
• Notify ScoutPath if you believe your account has been compromised.
• Not impersonate another Scout, Troop Leader, parent, leader, or person.

You are responsible for activity performed through your account to the extent permitted by applicable law. ScoutPath may require email verification or other authentication measures. ScoutPath is not responsible for unauthorized account access caused by a user's intentional credential sharing or failure to reasonably protect their credentials, except to the extent responsibility cannot legally be excluded.

You retain your rights in information and materials you lawfully submit to ScoutPath. Depending on available functionality, this may include advancement reports, rank information, merit badge information, service-hour information, camping or activity information, notes, profile information, troop information, and other information submitted through ScoutPath. By uploading or entering information, you represent that you have the legal right or appropriate permission to provide that information to ScoutPath.

You grant ScoutPath a limited right to process, store, organize, display, analyze, and otherwise use submitted information only as reasonably necessary to provide, maintain, secure, and improve the Service, subject to the ScoutPath Privacy Policy and applicable law. You must not knowingly upload information belonging to another person unless you have authorization to do so.

ScoutPath may allow a Scout to request to join a ScoutPath troop using a troop code or similar mechanism. A Scout is not connected to a Troop Leader merely by entering a troop code. Where ScoutPath uses an approval process, the appropriate Troop Leader must approve the request before the Scout becomes part of that ScoutPath troop. After approval, the Troop Leader may be permitted to view certain Scout information and analytics made available through ScoutPath.

Troop Leader access is intended for legitimate Scouting-related purposes. Troop Leaders must not misuse, improperly disclose, sell, publish, or exploit information they access through ScoutPath. ScoutPath troop membership exists only within ScoutPath and does not itself establish or verify official membership, leadership authority, troop registration, or any other official Scouting status.

Certain Scout accounts may have access to an AI Coach or other automated recommendation features.

AI-generated information is provided for informational and planning purposes only. AI-generated content may be incomplete, inaccurate, outdated, or based on an incorrect interpretation of advancement information. It may not reflect current Scouting policies. AI-generated content does not constitute official advancement guidance or official approval of any requirement, merit badge, rank, or other advancement item.

Users should independently verify important advancement information with official Scouting resources and appropriate troop leadership. ScoutPath does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of AI-generated recommendations. AI Coach availability and usage may be subject to account type, subscription status, usage allowances, technical availability, safety restrictions, and other limitations.

ScoutPath currently offers paid Scout and Troop Leader subscriptions at a base price of $3.99 per month, plus applicable taxes. Unless otherwise clearly disclosed before purchase, the same base subscription price applies to Scout and Troop Leader accounts. Features may differ between account types — for example, Troop Leader subscriptions may include troop-management and troop-analytics functionality while not including Scout-only AI Coach functionality. The exact features included with a subscription will be presented within ScoutPath and may evolve over time.

Eligible new customers may receive a one-time introductory period consisting of one week of ScoutPath access for $1.00, plus applicable taxes. This is a paid introductory offer, not a free trial. The $1.00 charge is made when the customer begins the introductory period. Before purchase, ScoutPath will disclose that the subscription will automatically continue at the regular monthly subscription price unless canceled before the introductory period ends. If the customer does not cancel before the introductory period expires, the payment method on file will be charged the then-applicable monthly subscription price, currently $3.99 plus applicable taxes, and recurring monthly billing will begin.

Each email address is eligible for the $1 introductory week only once. After an email address has used the introductory offer, that email address is permanently recorded as having used the offer. Deleting an account, canceling a subscription, or allowing an account to be permanently deleted for non-payment does not restore introductory-offer eligibility. If a former customer later creates a new ScoutPath account using an email address that previously received the introductory offer, that account will begin at the then-current regular subscription price without another introductory week.

ScoutPath does not currently attempt to determine whether different email addresses belong to the same individual for purposes of introductory-offer eligibility. Therefore, a separately registered email address may qualify for its own introductory offer, subject to these Terms and any future anti-abuse policies. ScoutPath reserves the right to refuse promotional eligibility in cases of fraud, abuse, or manipulation of the Service, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

ScoutPath subscriptions automatically renew until canceled. After any applicable introductory period, the customer's payment method will be charged the then-current monthly subscription price, plus applicable taxes, at the beginning of each billing period. By purchasing a recurring subscription, you authorize ScoutPath and its payment processor to charge the payment method associated with your subscription for recurring subscription fees, applicable taxes, and other purchases you expressly authorize. You remain responsible for canceling the subscription if you do not want it to renew.

Advertised subscription prices may not include applicable sales, use, transaction, or similar taxes. Where required, applicable taxes may be calculated based on information such as the customer's billing address and added to the amount charged. Taxes collected from customers are separate from ScoutPath's base subscription price.

ScoutPath may use a third-party payment processor, such as Stripe, to process subscription payments and other purchases. Payment information may therefore be provided directly to the payment processor rather than stored directly by ScoutPath. Use of payment-processing services may also be subject to the payment processor's applicable terms and privacy practices. ScoutPath does not guarantee that every payment method will always be supported.

Customers may cancel a recurring ScoutPath subscription at any time using the available subscription-management functionality, which may include a secure third-party billing portal. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, ordinary subscription cancellation takes effect at the end of the customer's current paid billing period. After cancellation:

• The customer retains paid subscription access through the end of the current billing period.
• The subscription will not renew for another billing period.
• The payment method will not be charged another recurring subscription fee unless the customer later resubscribes.
• Cancellation does not automatically delete the ScoutPath account.

Canceling a subscription and deleting an account are separate actions. Except where required by applicable law or expressly stated otherwise by ScoutPath, subscription charges and one-time purchases are non-refundable once charged. Canceling during a paid billing period does not ordinarily result in a prorated refund for unused time. This policy does not limit any refund, cancellation, charge-dispute, or other rights that cannot legally be waived. If ScoutPath determines that a billing error occurred, ScoutPath may issue an appropriate correction or refund.

If ScoutPath cannot successfully collect a recurring subscription payment, the subscription enters a payment-failure process. A failed payment does not immediately delete or restrict the account. For the first 24 hours following the original failed payment, the customer retains full access to ScoutPath. Starting approximately 24 hours after the failed payment, ScoutPath will send a one-time email and in-app notification asking the customer to update their billing information. Access remains available during this grace period.

Customers have five full days from the original failed payment to resolve the payment issue. If payment remains unresolved after five full days, the account becomes payment-restricted. During this restricted state, the customer cannot use the normal ScoutPath product and will instead be directed to resolve the billing issue or delete the account. The customer may be permitted to:

• Review the payment problem.
• Update billing information.
• Retry or resolve the unpaid invoice.
• Access required legal or account information.
• Delete the account.

Updating billing information may occur through ScoutPath's payment processor. Successfully resolving the outstanding payment restores normal account access.

If the failed payment remains unresolved for 30 days after the date of the original failed charge, ScoutPath may automatically and permanently delete the account and associated account data in accordance with the Privacy Policy and applicable law. The 30-day non-payment countdown begins with the original failed payment. Logging into the account does not reset, extend, or pause the countdown. Merely viewing payment notices does not reset the countdown. If permanent deletion occurs because of unresolved non-payment, the account cannot be restored.

Certain minimal records may nevertheless be retained where reasonably necessary or legally permitted for fraud prevention, billing records, tax and accounting obligations, legal compliance, dispute resolution, or enforcement of the one-introductory-offer-per-email policy.

An email address associated with an account permanently deleted following unresolved non-payment may later be used to create a new ScoutPath account unless ScoutPath has separately restricted the email address for security, fraud, abuse, or legal reasons. The new account is a new account. Previously deleted advancement information and account data will not be restored. If that email address previously used its $1 introductory week, the new account is not eligible for another introductory week. The regular subscription price will apply immediately upon the new subscription.

Account deletion is different from subscription cancellation.

A customer may voluntarily request deletion of their ScoutPath account through available account settings or other deletion functionality. When a customer voluntarily deletes their account:

• The active subscription is canceled.
• Access to ScoutPath ends immediately.
• The account enters a 30-day recovery period.
• The customer's underlying account information and data may be retained during the recovery period so the account can be restored.

Because access ends when the account is voluntarily deleted, the customer does not retain subscription access through the remainder of the billing period. Except where required by applicable law, voluntarily deleting an account does not create an entitlement to a prorated refund for unused subscription time.

A voluntarily deleted account may generally be recovered for 30 days following deletion. If the customer logs back into ScoutPath during this period, ScoutPath may allow the customer to restore the account and associated data. Restoring an account does not restore eligibility for the $1 introductory offer. If the customer restarts their subscription during the 30-day restoration period, the customer will be charged the then-current regular monthly subscription price, currently $3.99 plus applicable taxes, rather than receiving another introductory week.

If the customer does not restore the account within the 30-day recovery period, ScoutPath may permanently delete the account and associated data in accordance with the Privacy Policy and applicable law. After permanent deletion, restoration is not available.

Scout subscriptions may include a monthly AI Coach usage allowance. The applicable allowance will be disclosed within ScoutPath. Included AI usage generally resets at the beginning of each new subscription billing period. Unused included monthly AI usage does not necessarily carry forward into future billing periods unless ScoutPath expressly states otherwise. AI usage limits may be implemented to manage operating costs, system capacity, safety, abuse prevention, or service availability.

Troop Leader accounts do not receive AI Coach access unless ScoutPath expressly changes this feature in the future. Scout users who reach their included AI Coach allowance may be offered optional additional AI usage credits. AI credit purchases are optional, separate from the recurring ScoutPath subscription, one-time purchases, and charged in addition to the monthly subscription price. Purchased AI credits do not modify the customer's recurring subscription price. Purchased credits do not expire merely because a monthly billing period ends, unless different terms are clearly disclosed before purchase.

Except where required by law or expressly stated otherwise, purchased AI credits are non-refundable. ScoutPath may establish reasonable restrictions regarding AI credit usage, transferability, abuse, or account termination. AI credits have no cash value and may not be redeemed for cash.

You agree not to:

• Upload malware or malicious files.
• Attempt unauthorized access to ScoutPath or another user's account.
• Probe, scan, or test ScoutPath for vulnerabilities without authorization.
• Circumvent security controls.
• Circumvent subscription or AI usage limits.
• Interfere with ScoutPath's operation.
• Use automated systems to abuse or overload the Service.
• Reverse engineer ScoutPath except where applicable law expressly permits it.
• Use another person's account without permission.
• Impersonate another person.
• Upload information you do not have authority to provide.
• Harass, threaten, exploit, or harm another user.
• Use ScoutPath to facilitate unlawful conduct.
• Attempt to manipulate promotional eligibility fraudulently.
• Resell ScoutPath access without written authorization.

ScoutPath may investigate suspected misuse and take reasonable protective action.

Troop Leader features may provide access to information relating to minors. Users of Troop Leader accounts agree to use that access responsibly and only for appropriate Scouting-related purposes. A Troop Leader must not use ScoutPath to exploit or harass a Scout, improperly disclose Scout information, obtain Scout information for unrelated commercial purposes, circumvent applicable Scouting youth-protection requirements, or misrepresent themselves as having official authority they do not possess.

ScoutPath does not independently certify that every person who creates a Troop Leader account is officially registered, trained, authorized, background-checked, or otherwise approved by Scouting America or a particular troop unless ScoutPath expressly states that such verification has occurred. Official organizations remain responsible for their own leader verification and youth-protection requirements.

ScoutPath may send transactional or service-related communications necessary to operate the Service. These may include email verification, security alerts, billing notices, failed-payment notices, account-deletion notices, subscription information, important service announcements, event notifications, and account-related messages. Where required by law, marketing communications will be treated separately from essential transactional communications. Users are responsible for maintaining an accurate email address.

ScoutPath depends on third-party services that may include hosting providers, database providers, authentication services, payment processors, mapping providers, AI providers, email-delivery services, and other infrastructure. Third-party services may experience interruptions, errors, changes, or outages outside ScoutPath's control. ScoutPath does not guarantee the uninterrupted availability of third-party systems. The ScoutPath Privacy Policy describes relevant third-party processing of personal information.

ScoutPath is provided on an "as available" basis. ScoutPath may add, modify, or remove features; change interfaces; perform maintenance; temporarily suspend portions of the Service; modify technical requirements; or introduce new account types or subscription options. ScoutPath does not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation. Where required by applicable law, material changes affecting paid subscriptions will be communicated appropriately.

ScoutPath may change subscription prices in the future. Price changes will not be applied retroactively to amounts already paid. Where required, customers will receive advance notice before a new recurring price applies. Continued subscription after an effective price change may constitute acceptance of the new price where permitted by law and after any legally required notice or consent.

ScoutPath and its original software, source code, user interface, visual designs, branding, logos, graphics, databases, workflows, documentation, written content, and analytics implementations are owned by ScoutPath or its applicable licensors and are protected by intellectual-property laws. These Terms do not transfer ownership of ScoutPath intellectual property to users.

You may not copy, reproduce, sell, redistribute, publicly exploit, or create unauthorized derivative works from protected ScoutPath materials except as permitted by law or with written permission. Nothing in these Terms claims ownership over intellectual property belonging to Scouting America or other third parties.

If you voluntarily provide suggestions, ideas, bug reports, feature requests, or other feedback about ScoutPath, you permit ScoutPath to use that feedback to improve and develop the Service without an obligation to compensate you. This does not transfer ownership of your personal Scout information or advancement data to ScoutPath.

ScoutPath may suspend, restrict, or terminate access when reasonably necessary because of violation of these Terms, fraud, payment failure, security threats, abuse of ScoutPath systems or other users, unlawful activity, attempts to compromise the Service, or legal or regulatory requirements. Where appropriate, ScoutPath may provide notice or an opportunity to correct the issue. Serious security, fraud, safety, or legal situations may require immediate action. Termination does not eliminate payment obligations that arose before termination.

ScoutPath does not guarantee that using the Service will result in completion of any requirement, earning any merit badge, advancement to any rank, reaching Eagle Scout, approval by a Troop Leader or counselor, acceptance of any activity by Scouting America, or participation in any particular event or opportunity. ScoutPath is an organizational and planning tool. Official advancement decisions remain with authorized Scouting leaders and organizations.

ScoutPath may display information concerning camps, classes, merit badge opportunities, volunteer activities, events, locations, businesses, organizations, or other third-party opportunities. ScoutPath does not necessarily organize, operate, endorse, supervise, inspect, or control those activities. Users and parents or guardians are responsible for independently evaluating the accuracy, availability, eligibility, safety, cost, transportation, supervision, registration requirements, youth-protection requirements, and suitability of third-party opportunities. Third-party information may change without notice.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, ScoutPath is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. ScoutPath does not warrant that the Service will always be available or error-free, that all imported information will be interpreted correctly, that all advancement calculations will be accurate, that all third-party information will remain current, that AI-generated content will be accurate, or that ScoutPath will satisfy every user's particular needs. Some jurisdictions do not permit certain warranty disclaimers, so portions of these disclaimers may not apply to every user.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, ScoutPath and its owners, developers, operators, affiliates, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages arising from or relating to use of or inability to use the Service. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where doing so is prohibited by applicable law. Consumer rights that cannot legally be waived remain unaffected.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, users agree to be responsible for losses, liabilities, claims, or expenses arising from their unlawful misuse of ScoutPath, violation of these Terms, infringement of another person's rights, or unauthorized submission or misuse of another person's information. This provision does not require a user to indemnify ScoutPath for conduct for which indemnification cannot legally be required.

Use of ScoutPath is also governed by the ScoutPath Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy explains personal information ScoutPath collects, how information is used, service providers that process information, AI-related processing, payment-related processing, children's privacy, security practices, data retention, account deletion, and applicable user and parental rights. These Terms and the Privacy Policy serve different purposes and should be read together.

ScoutPath may update these Terms as the Service changes or as necessary for legal, operational, security, or regulatory reasons. The "Last Updated" date will identify the latest revision. Where appropriate or required by law, ScoutPath will provide notice of material changes. If applicable law requires affirmative consent to a particular change, ScoutPath will request that consent rather than relying solely on continued use. Otherwise, continued use after revised Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.

These Terms are governed by the laws applicable to ScoutPath's legal operator and the jurisdiction specified by ScoutPath, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where applicable consumer law requires otherwise.

If a provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, invalid, or unlawful, the remaining provisions will remain in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law. The affected provision will be interpreted or modified only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable where legally permitted. ScoutPath's failure to enforce a provision of these Terms does not permanently waive ScoutPath's right to enforce that provision or any other provision later.

These Terms, together with the ScoutPath Privacy Policy and any additional terms presented for a specific purchase or feature, constitute the agreement governing use of ScoutPath to the extent permitted by applicable law. If additional terms expressly conflict with these Terms regarding a particular feature or transaction, the more specific terms will control for that feature or transaction.

Questions regarding these Terms, subscriptions, billing, account deletion, or ScoutPath may be submitted through the ScoutPath Contact page or through the official ScoutPath Support contact information displayed on the Service. For legal or privacy requests, users should use the designated contact information provided in ScoutPath's legal and privacy pages.

ScoutPath is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Scouting America. ScoutPath does not replace Scoutbook, official Scouting records, troop leadership, merit badge counselors, council policies, or official advancement procedures. Users should verify advancement decisions and important Scouting information through appropriate official resources.