Terms of Use

Posted February 20, 2020

This terms of use applies to the following applications offered by the OpenETC.

1. WordPress
2. Mattermost
3. Sandstorm

When you use one of these services offered by the OpenETC you agree to the following terms of use.

Ownership of content

The OpenETC claims no ownership or right to any user generated content on the service and accepts no liability or responsibility for user generated content. User generated content expresses the personal views of users.

If you are a member of a BC post-secondary institution using the OpenETC, you are first and foremost bound by your own institutions policies on copyright and ownership. It is your responsibility to be familiar with these prior to using the OpenETC services.

Limitations on Content

You will not post or knowingly link to any content that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, in breach of confidence, or in breach of privacy.

You will not post content that;

• you have not obtained all necessary licenses and/or approvals and not cleared copyright permissions;
• constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party;
• violates British Columbia FIPPA legislation;
• is technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data);
• could be described as harassment, as defined by the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

You agree not to transmit, post or make publicly available confidential or proprietary material using OpenETC services.

We do recognize that there might be a limited number of scenarios in which material listed above is required to be used or accessed for legitimate academic purposes.

You are responsible for the moderation of any content such as comments posted on a blog.

Misrepresent or impersonate others

You will not impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your relationship with any person or entity

Accessibility

You will ensure the content you add is as accessible as possible for disabled users. You also agree to provide content in alternative formats upon request free of charge and make any other reasonable adjustments for disabled users as required by law.

Temporary access

Access to OpenETC services is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide without notice where necessary. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of OpenETC services, or the entire service, for example where we are conducting maintenance work, or have been asked to consider a takedown request.

OpenETC liability

The OpenETC accepts no liability for any claims, penalties, loss or expenses arising from: any reliance placed on the content of the service; the use or inability to use the service; or any unauthorized access to or alteration to the service. Where there is a technical failure when the service is used to support teaching and learning, the academic contingency procedures of your home institution will be used e.g. assessment submission extensions.

Rights of the OpenETC

The OpenETC has the right to restrict access to, remove, or edit any material or posting you make on OpenETC services if, in our opinion, such material does not comply with the provisions set out above.

Contact us

If you have a question or concern regarding the Terms of Use, please use the form below to contact a member of the administration team of the OpenETC.