Privacy & Content Ownership
Last updated 2026
Who created and hosts this platform
The WALK™ Learning Design Partner is created, hosted, and maintained by T M Stafford LLC, built for St. Thomas University. Direct all questions — privacy, access, data handling, or platform support — to info@ruinstitute.com.
Faculty own their content
All content uploaded, pasted, or generated by a faculty member through their own work in this platform — assignments, discussion prompts, capability targets, design records, student-facing AI prompts, and final design packages — is wholly owned by that faculty member. T M Stafford LLC claims no ownership of faculty work product and does not sell, license, or transfer it to any third party.
What we store
- Your university account email and role, used only to grant access to the platform.
- Usage events — sign-ins, stage progress, messages sent, packages generated and exported — used only to understand how the platform is being used and to improve it.
- Your active design session, stored in your own browser so your work survives a reload.
Access
Access is restricted to @stu.edu accounts. Administrators can see the faculty roster and aggregate usage analytics; they do not have a facility to browse the contents of another faculty member's design work. To request deletion of your account or usage record, email info@ruinstitute.com.