Acceptable Use Policy

DATED 2018-01-11 · VERSION 20210202_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20210119_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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3Instructure, Inc.'s (and its affiliate(s)) (referenced herein as "Instructure") Acceptable Use Policy rules and guidelines (referenced herein collectively as the "**AUP GUIDELINES**") cover and govern each individual end user's (referenced herein with "you" or with "your") use and access to Instructure's services and websites (referenced herein as the "**SERVICE**"). Instructure's Privacy Policy explains how or whether Instructure (referenced herein with "we" "our" and "us") collects and uses your personally identifiable information. **BY USING OUR SERVICE, YOU'RE AGREEING TO USE THE SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE AUP GUIDELINES, AND TO REVIEW INSTRUCTURE'S PRIVACY POLICY. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THESE AUP GUIDELINES AND THE PRIVACY POLICY ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE REVIEW THE APPLICABLE CURRENT VERSIONS HERE AND HERE [https://www.instructure.com/policies/privacy](https://www.instructure.com/policies/privacy) AND [https://www.instructure.com/policies/acceptable-use](https://www.instructure.com/policies/acceptable-use). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE AUP GUIDELINES OR DISAGREE WITH THE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE PRACTICES, YOU SHOULD AND MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE.**
3Instructure, Inc.'s (and its affiliate(s)) (referenced herein as "Instructure") Acceptable Use Policy rules and guidelines (referenced herein collectively as the "**AUP GUIDELINES**") cover and govern each individual end user's (referenced herein with "you" or with "your") use and access to Instructure's services and websites (referenced herein as the "**SERVICE**"). Instructure's Privacy Policy explains how or whether Instructure (referenced herein with "we" "our" and "us") collects and uses your personally identifiable information. **BY USING OUR SERVICE, YOU'RE AGREEING TO USE THE SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE AUP GUIDELINES, AND TO REVIEW INSTRUCTURE'S PRIVACY POLICY. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THESE AUP GUIDELINES AND THE PRIVACY POLICY ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE REVIEW THE APPLICABLE CURRENT VERSIONS [HERE](https://instructure.com/canvas/privacy) AND [HERE](https://instructure.com/policies/acceptable-use). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE AUP GUIDELINES OR DISAGREE WITH THE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE PRACTICES, YOU SHOULD AND MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE.**
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55**LICENSE GRANT**
66These AUP Guidelines provide to you a personal, revocable, limited, non-exclusive, and non-transferable license to use the Service conditioned upon your continued compliance with these AUP Guidelines. Instructure reserves all rights not granted in the AUP Guidelines.
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88**YOUR CONTENT & YOUR PERMISSIONS**
99When you use our Service, you provide us with things like your files, content, messages, etc. ("Your Content"). Your Content is yours. You represent that you have all necessary right, power, and authority to use the Service and share Your Content and will comply with all applicable laws when doing so. These AUP Guidelines don't give us any rights to Your Content except for the limited rights that enable us to offer the Service. We need your permission to do things like host Your Content, back it up, or share it when you ask us to. This permission extends to our trusted third parties we work with. You therefore give us, and third parties (with whom we work) permission to use, display, host, share, and back up Your Content. By submitting Your Content, you also permit us to identify you by your username and as the contributor of Your Content.
45452. a description of the content you claim is being infringed;
46463. a description or link to the location of the material claim is infringing;
47474. your physical address, telephone number and e-mail address;
48485. a statement that you have a good faith belief that the content is not authorized by the rights owner, its agent or the law;
49496. a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act on behalf of the owner.
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51Contact information for Instructure's designated agent for notice of claims of infringement is as follows: General Counsel; 6330 South 3000 East, Suite 700, Salt Lake City, UT 84121; [\[email protected\]](https://instructure.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8a4adafa9a488a1a6bbbcbabdabbcbdbaade6aba7a5). Instructure may also take any appropriate action in the event it receives a proper counter-notice under the law.
51Contact information for Instructure's designated agent for notice of claims of infringement is as follows: General Counsel; 6330 South 3000 East, Suite 700, Salt Lake City, UT 84121; [\[email protected\]](https://instructure.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d0bcb5b7b1bc90b9bea3a4a2a5b3a4a5a2b5feb3bfbd). Instructure may also take any appropriate action in the event it receives a proper counter-notice under the law.
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5353**TERMINATION & RIGHT TO SUSPEND**
5454You're free to stop using our Service at any time. We also reserve the right to suspend or end the Service at any time at our discretion and without notice. For example, we may suspend or terminate your use of the Service and remove Your Content if you're not complying with these AUP Guidelines, or using the Service in a manner that may cause us legal liability, disrupt the Service, disrupt others' use of the Service or, in our sole opinion, reason, cause harm. All provisions of these AUP Guidelines, which by their nature should survive, will survive termination of the Service.
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5656**SERVICE "AS IS"**
5757INSTRUCTURE AND ITS PARTNERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE SERVICE. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS." IN ADDITION, WE DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. ANY CONTENT DOWNLOADED OR ACCESSED FROM THE SERVICE IS ACCESSED AT YOUR OWN RISK.
6666These AUP Guidelines set forth terms governing your use of the Service, and supersede and replace any other prior or contemporaneous agreements applicable to the subject matter of these AUP Guidelines. These AUP Guidelines create no third-party beneficiary rights. These AUP Guidelines shall inure to the benefit of Instructure and its respective legal representatives, successors, and assigns.
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6868**WAIVER, SEVERABILITY & ASSIGNMENT**
6969Instructure's failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of its right to do so later. You may not assign any of your rights under these AUP Guidelines, and any such attempt will be void. Instructure may assign its rights to any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, or to any successor in interest of any business associated with the Service. If any provision of these AUP Guidelines is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, such provision shall be changed and interpreted so as to best accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent allowed by law and the remaining provisions of these AUP Guidelines will remain in full force and effect.
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7171**MODIFICATIONS**
72We may revise these AUP Guidelines from time to time, and will always post the most current version [HERE](https://www.instructure.com/policies/acceptable-use). If a revision meaningfully reduces your rights, we will provide notice to you (by, for example, sending a message to the email address associated with your account). By continuing to use or access the Service after the revisions come into effect, you agree to be bound by and subject to the revised AUP Guidelines.
72We may revise these AUP Guidelines from time to time, and will always post the most current version [HERE](https://instructure.com/policies/acceptable-use). If a revision meaningfully reduces your rights, we will provide notice to you (by, for example, sending a message to the email address associated with your account). By continuing to use or access the Service after the revisions come into effect, you agree to be bound by and subject to the revised AUP Guidelines.
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7474**NOTICES**
75For any notices relating to these AUP Guidelines, you may contact Instructure by sending an email to [\[email protected\]](https://instructure.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f69a9391979ab69f98858284839582838493d895999b).
75For any notices relating to these AUP Guidelines, you may contact Instructure by sending an email to [\[email protected\]](https://instructure.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ddb1b8babcb19db4b3aea9afa8bea9a8afb8f3beb2b0).