Acceptable Use Policy

DATED 2025-08-12 · VERSION 20260729_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20250801_rev01

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+_Effective Date:_ 15 March 2025
+_Effective Date: 12 August 2025_
 To see the previous version of this Acceptable Use Policy, please click [here](https://www.instructure.com/policies/acceptable-use-2018).
+**Acceptable Use Policy**
+Instructure, Inc.'s (and its affiliate(s), collectively "Instructure", "we" "our" or "us") Acceptable Use Policy covers and governs each individual end user's ("you" or "your") use and access to Instructure's services and websites (the "Service"). Instructure's [Privacy Policy](https://www.instructure.com/policies/product-privacy-policy) explains how or whether Instructure collects and uses your personally identifiable information.
+Instructure, Inc.'s (and its affiliate(s), collectively "Instructure","we" "our" or "us") Acceptable Use Policy covers and governs each individual end user's ("you" or "your") use and access to Instructure's services and websites (the "Service"). Instructure's [Privacy Policy](https://www.instructure.com/policies/product-privacy-policy) explains how or whether Instructure collects and uses your personally identifiable information.
 **BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO USE THE SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY, AND TO REVIEW INSTRUCTURE'S** [**PRIVACY POLICY**](https://www.instructure.com/policies/product-privacy-policy)**.**
+**PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY AND THE** [**PRIVACY POLICY**](https://www.instructure.com/policies/product-privacy-policy) **ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.**
+**PLEASE REVIEW THE APPLICABLE CURRENT VERSIONS** [**HERE**](https://www.instructure.com/policies/product-privacy-policy) **AND** [**HERE**](https://www.instructure.com/policies/acceptable-use)**. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE POLICIES OR DISAGREE WITH OUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION** **COLLECTION AND USE PRACTICES, YOU SHOULD NOT AND MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE**.
 **YOUR CONTENT & YOUR PERMISSIONS**
 When you use the 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. This Acceptable Use Policy does not give us any rights to Your Content except for the limited rights that enable us to offer the Service.
 **SHARING YOUR CONTENT**
 The Service may let you share Your Content with others, so please think carefully about what you share. By using the Service, you agree to do so responsibly and to not misuse the Service or help or encourage anyone else to do so.
+This includes, but is not limited to, not doing or trying to do any of the following in connection with the Service:
+This includes, but is not limited to, not doing or trying to do any of the following in connection with the Service (or assisting, enabling, authorizing, or encouraging a third party to):
+- use or access the Service in a way that is not authorized by the party that has provided you with access to the Service (such as your school or your employer);
+- use or access the Service in a way that is not authorized or is prohibited by the policies, rules, or procedures of the party that has provided you with access to the Service (such as your school's academic integrity policy or your employer's ethics policies);
+- share your API tokens, login, password, or other access credentials for the Service with any third party;
 - store, transmit or create libelous, obscene, deceptive, defamatory, pornographic, racist, sexual, hateful, unlawful, tortious or otherwise objectionable content (except as necessary for legitimate instructional purposes, but in all cases in compliance with applicable laws and regulations);
 - modify, translate, adapt, merge, make derivative works of, disassemble, decompile, reverse compile or reverse engineer any part of the Service except to the extent the foregoing restrictions are expressly prohibited by applicable law;
 - harm, harass, threaten, or impersonate any person or violate the rights of any third party;
 - probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network;
 - interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service;
 - attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service or its related systems or networks;
 **NO WARRANTIES AND NO LIABILITY**
 As between Instructure and you, we do not make any warranties (whether express or implied) about the Service. The Service is provided "as is" and any content downloaded or accessed from the Service is accessed at your own risk.
 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.
+YOU EXPRESSLY ABSOLVE AND RELEASE INSTRUCTURE FROM ANY CLAIM OF HARM RESULTING FROM A CAUSE BEYOND INSTRUCTURE'S CONTROL. YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL INSTRUCTURE AND ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF USE, DATA BUSINESS, PROFITS OR ANY OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES. THIS WILL BE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT INSTRUCTURE OR ANY OF ITS PARTNERS HAS BEEN WARNED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ADDITIONALLY, INSTRUCTURE'S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE LIABILITY SHALL BE NO MORE THAN $50. MOREOVER, INSTRUCTURE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE LOSS OR FAILURE TO STORE YOUR CONTENT, AND YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION RELATED TO USE OF THE SERVICE OR BREACH OF THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY.
 **MODIFICATIONS**
+We may revise this Acceptable Use Policy from time to time, and will always post the most current version [**HERE**](https://www.instructure.com/policies/acceptable-use).
+This is the most current version of the Acceptable Use Policy, we may revise the policy from time to time.
 **QUESTIONS**
+For any questions relating to this Acceptable Use Policy, you may contact Instructure by sending an email to legal@instructure.com
+For any questions relating to this Acceptable Use Policy, you may contact Instructure by sending an email to [legal@instructure.com](mailto:legal@instructure.com)