Acceptable Use Policy

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1	1	_Effective Date:_ 15 March 2025
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3		[View the previous version](https://www.instructure.com/policies/acceptable-use-2018) of this Acceptable Use Policy.
	3	To see the previous version of this Acceptable Use Policy, please click [here](https://www.instructure.com/policies/acceptable-use-2018).
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5	5	Acceptable Use Policy
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7	7	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.
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9	9	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).
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11	11	PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY AND THE [PRIVACY POLICY](https://www.instructure.com/policies/product-privacy-policy) ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
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13		PLEASE REVIEW THE CURRENT VERSIONS IN INSTRUCTURE'S [PRIVACY POLICY](https://www.instructure.com/policies/product-privacy-policy) AND [ACCEPTABLE USE](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.
	13	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.
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15	15	YOUR CONTENT & YOUR PERMISSIONS
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17	17	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.
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19	19	SHARING YOUR CONTENT
90	90	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.
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92	92	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.
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94	94	MODIFICATIONS
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96		This is the most current version of the [Acceptable Use Policy](https://www.instructure.com/policies/acceptable-use), we may revise the policy from time to time.
	96	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).
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98	98	QUESTIONS
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100	100	For any questions relating to this Acceptable Use Policy, you may contact Instructure by sending an email to legal@instructure.com