Latest Update: September 2024
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Welcome aboard!

These Terms of Service, including any applicable Order Forms (collectively, the “Terms”), constitute a legal agreement between the entity that agrees to these Terms (the “Customer”; “you”) and Operam Technologies Inc., with a place of business at81 Rue Notre Dame O, Thetford Mines, QC G6G 1J4 (“Operam”, “we”, “us”, “our”).

These Terms define the legal relationship between you and us in connection with the Services (as defined below). Please read the following Terms carefully before accessing or using our Services, as they contain important information on your obligations while using the Services. The Terms also inform you of our liability towards you and the warranties or disclaimers that apply to our Services.

If you wish to use our Services, you must accept and agree to be bound by and comply with these Terms. Continued use of any of our Services indicates your continued acceptance of the Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, you shall not use our Services.

If you have any questions related thereto, you can reach us at info@oplan.ca.
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1. Definitions
For the purpose of these Terms:

“Anonymized Data” means any usage data, customer data, user-generated data and other data generated by, or collected through the Services which have been processed through an industry-standard de-identification technique or method and for which it is, at all times, reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances that it irreversibly no longer allows the person to be identified directly or indirectly. For the avoidance of doubts, Anonymized Data does not include personal data or personal information (as defined under applicable laws).

“End Users” means students, employees, teachers, educators and/or administrators, and any other individual who is authorized by Customer to use and access the Services.
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“Intellectual Property” means any and all intellectual property, including, without limitation, works, inventions (whether patentable or not), discoveries, improvements, trade secrets, know-how, scientific formulae, data, information, images, reports, results, analysis, software, models, research and development information, technical information, prototypes, specifications, patterns, drawings, algorithms, products, compositions, processes and protocols, methods, tests, devices, computer programs, trade-marks and any and all proprietary rights provided under patent law, copyright law, trade mark law, design patent or industrial design law, semi-conductor chip or mask work law, or any other statutory provision or civil or common law principle applicable to the protection of intangible proprietary information or rights, including trade secret law, which may provide a right in any of the foregoing as well as any and all applications, registrations or other evidence of a right in any of the foregoing.

“Platform” means the online web-based platform to enable End Users to create and read working plans as well as time management in connection with courses for which they are registered at the Customer’s institution, as further described in the Order Form and provided documentation.

“Services” means the services described in an Order Form, which include the provision and hosting of the Platform, unless stated otherwise.

“Term” means the term of these Terms, which is indicated in the Order Form.

2. Services
Operam shall perform the Services indicated in an order form, subject to the terms and conditions in such Order Form, and these Terms. The order form shall contain a description of the Services (including the number of End User access), the service level agreement, the Services Term, the Services Term Start Date and the payment terms (“Order Form”). The Order Form may only be modified through a change order describing the amendments to the Services, such as the number of additional End Users, and the fees associated with the change (“Change Order”). The Order Form(s) and Change Order(s) are executed and effective upon digital approval or signature by both parties or upon the issuance of a purchase order by Customer corresponding to the Order Form(s), or Change Order(s) issued by Operam.
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In case of a conflict between the respective terms of these documents, the precedence shall be in the following order:
1. Change Order (the most recent through the least recent);
2. Order Form
3. Terms.

You agree and understand that we will need the information indicated in the Order Form to provide access to the Platform to your End Users. You agree and understand that any delays in providing such information is out of our control and not our liability.

You are responsible for understanding the settings, privileges and controls for the Services and for controlling whom you permit to become an End User and what are the settings and privileges for such End User. Operam shall not be responsible for managing End Users, settings and controls of the Platform.

Operam will deploy commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Services are available on a 24/7 basis, except during holidays in Quebec. Students may access the Platform anytime at their convenience. Operam reserves the right to conduct maintenance, whether scheduled or unscheduled. Whenever possible, Operam will advise of maintenance in advance.

We may, from time to time, develop new modules, versions, functionalities or features to the Services (each an “Upgrade”). Upgrades are generally included with your subscription to the Services, except if we indicate otherwise (the “Excluded Upgrade”). Excluded Upgrades can be added to an Order Form through a Change Order, and may be subject to additional fees and terms and conditions. Excluded Upgrades shall not include security patches and updates that are required for the Services to function substantially as described in these Terms.

You agree to comply with third party terms and conditions when using the Services, including those applicable to websites, sites and applications from third parties made available from time to time to you as part of our Services, including integration partners that may be available through third-party Application Programming Interface (“API”) .You agree and understand that we are not responsible for these third parties, and that you use such third parties at your sole risks. They are not service providers of Operam.

Operam may make available to you APIs that belong to third party services or APIs that are developed by Operam, and which, as between you and us, are Operam’s Intellectual Property, your use of APIs must be in compliance with these Terms and the provided documentation, which may be modified from time to time to account for technical and operational environmental changes. You shall not use the API for any purpose, function, or feature not described in the provided documentation or otherwise communicated to you by us. Due to the nature of the Services, we will update the APIs and related documentation from time to time, and may add or remove functionality.

We reserve our rights to make changes to the Services. In case of a material change, we will notify you. Modifications to the Services shall not materially and adversely affect the performance of the Services in accordance with these Terms.
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3. Acceptable Use
Customer agrees and acknowledges that the use of the Platform is subject to compliance with these Terms, including the requirements for acceptable use in this Section 3. Customer agrees and understands that Operam may suspend or revoke access to End Users who do not comply with this Section 3, and agrees to deploy commercially reasonable efforts to ensure compliance with these requirements and to assist Operam in enforcing such requirements, the whole in accordance with Operam’s Acceptable Use Policy. In case of a problematic behaviour by an End User, Operam will contact Customer, and Customer will be in charge of any discipline directly with this End User, including contacting parents or parental tutors when appropriate.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Customer represents and warrants that it shall not use the Services in a way which results in:
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- Posting or transmitting material that infringes, misappropriates or violates another person’s intellectual property rights;
- Posting or transmitting material that violates End Users and third party’s rights of privacy;
- Using the Platform for purposes of stalking, harassing, threatening, bullying, or other similar behavior;
- Posting or transmitting material that is defamatory, sexual in nature (other than as justified in light of the course content), obscene, offensive or discriminatory;
- Selling, leasing, licensing, sublicensing, loaning, encumbering or otherwise transferring its right to use the Platform to a third party, in whole or in part, except as permitted under these Terms;
- Disclosing access credentials to unauthorized parties or fail to implement reasonable security measures to prevent such an occurrence;
- Compromising the integrity or operation of the Platform or attempting to do so;
- Tampering with, reverse engineering or hacking the Platform, circumventing any security or authentication measures, or attempting to gain unauthorized access to the Platform, related systems, networks, or data
- Using “robots,” “spiders,” “offline readers,” or other automated systems to sends more request messages to the Platform than a human could reasonably send in the same period of time by using a normal browser;
- Making an unreasonable or abusive use of the access provided to the Platform;
- Generating and sending unsolicited commercial communications, advertising chain letters or spam;
- Uploading viruses, bots, worms, scripting exploits or other similar materials;
- Posting or transmitting content that is intended to be inflammatory;
- Using the Platform to recruit or solicit for employment or consulting any of the personnel of Operam;  or
- Otherwise engaging in behaviour that is illegal under applicable laws;
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each, an “Abuse”.

Customer agrees to promptly report any alleged Abuse, by any End User, of which it becomes aware via electronic correspondence so as to enable Operam to investigate such alleged improprieties.

4. Moderation Rights
Customer agrees and understands that Operam reserves its right to moderate the user-generated content. Operam may delete any user-generated content in violation of these Terms, including Operam’s Acceptable Use Policy. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Operam shall be authorized to delete or modify user-generated content as necessary to protect its legal rights and to protect other End Users and their rights. Operam shall communicate any such moderation actions to Customer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Operam is not responsible for moderating the Services. Customer is solely responsible for ensuring compliance with Operam’s Acceptable Use Policy, applicable laws and standards of conduct by its End Users. The parties will collaborate in good faith to ensure the safety of End Users and the appropriateness of the user-generated content given the age of End Users and the nature of the Services.

5. Technical Support
The Services include technical support between 9 AM (ET) and 5 PM (ET), Monday to Friday, except for national holidays in the province of Quebec, Canada. Technical support is offered through email and phone at the contact details provided in the Order Form. We make commercially reasonable efforts to respond to support requests within a reasonable time depending of the issues encountered.

Technical support services do not cover technical issues caused by third party software and hardware, including End Users’ workstations, or network connectivity issues.
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6. Information Security and Privacy
As between the Parties, Customer owns all rights, titles and interests in Customer’s data, including personal information. We process personal information in accordance with your instructions, to provide the Services and for legal purposes, such as to comply with our legal obligations or protect our legal interests. We maintain a Privacy Policy which describes how we process personal information. We do not use personal information for other purposes. We delete personal information upon the termination of these Terms, or we return such personal information, at Customer’s preferences. Customer understands that back-ups are subject to their own automatic retention and deletion policies.

Customer is responsible for obtaining consents from parents or representatives in accordance with the law, such as to allow End Users to use the Services. Customer represents and warrants that it has obtained all consents necessary to allow Operam to perform the Services, the whole in accordance with the law, which may include the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. Operam shall have no responsibility whatsoever for personal information provided without consent to Operam by Customer.

We implement and maintain adequate technical and organizational measures to:
a) Assist you in responding to individuals’ rights requests regarding their personal information;
b) Protect personal information from security incidents;
c) Ensure personnel security, such as through criminal background checks when such personnel have accesses to children’s personal information.
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Operam shall not use any service providers to perform the Services, except if:
a) Operam has entered into an agreement with such service providers requiring provision substantially similar to those contained in these Terms, such as regarding the prohibition on secondary uses of personal information;
b) Operam has conducted reasonable due diligence on this service provider, in accordance with the sensitivity of the personal information accessed, if any, by the service provider;
c) Operam shall remain liable for the acts and omissions of service providers in accordance with these Terms;
d) Operam discloses such service providers to Customer upon request.

In the event of a Security Incident, we will notify you without undue delays, providing you with the following information:
a) The nature and description of the security incident;
b) The types of information assets concerned, if any;
c) The types and number of individuals concerned;
d) A description of potential risks and how to mitigate them.
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‍7. Intellectual Property
Operam owns all rights, titles and interests to the Services. All rights not granted herein are reserved.

You agree that suggestions regarding the Services are the Intellectual Property of Operam, and you hereby assign your moral rights into such suggestions to Operam, or renunciate such moral rights if assignments are not authorized. Customer shall not be authorized to use the Services to create derivative works, including competitive work, by leveraging the confidential information of Operam, and shall not be authorized to provide access to the Services to any third parties for the purpose of building a competitive service.

Customer hereby grants to Operam a royalty-free, sublicensable and perpetual license to aggregate and anonymize the user generated content and any other customer data, including conversations and documents transmitted and/or generated through the Services, which operations may output Anonymized Data.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms, you agree and acknowledge that Operam shall hold all rights, title and interest, including all Intellectual Property rights and ownership title, in the Anonymized Data, which may be used for business intelligence, research and development, and legitimate educational purposes, notably.

The Services may include the provision of templates, reports, tables, graphs or similar outputs (each a “Report”), which are Operam’s Intellectual Property. Unless otherwise set forth in an Order Form, Operam hereby grants to Customer a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, limited license to reproduce, print, download and use all such Reports solely in accordance with these Terms and for your legitimate educational purposes. This license shall survive the Term.

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8. Fees
Customer agrees to pay Operam the fees set forth in the Order Form, along with any taxes applicable pursuant to applicable laws (the “Fees”). Unless otherwise provided otherwise in the Order Form, (a) the Fees are to be paid within thirty (30) days of the receipt of an invoice following the Order Form acceptation; (b) the Fees may be increased by Operam by giving the Customer thirty (30) days’ prior written notice at any point in time and will be applied at the following invoice to be issued to the Customer, and Customer shall have the option of terminating the Terms by providing written notice if it disagrees with the price increase set out in Provider’s written notice, provided this is done no later than at the expiration of the notice period; (c) in the event that Customer adds additional student access during the term, fees associated with such additional accesses shall be payable within thirty (30) days of the end of the term during which they are requested; (d) there are no limits on the number of administrator, educator and teacher End User accesses to the Platform and no charge for such accesses; and (e) all amounts payable under these Terms shall be non-refundable.

Unless otherwise expressly set forth in an Order Form, all prices are expressed in Canadian dollars.
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9. Disclaimer
Customer agrees and understands that Operam has no liability whatsoever for (a) user-generated content and any acts or omissions in relation to the moderation of such content; (b) Customer’s failure to obtain appropriate consents to ensure that Operam may deliver the Services, including by collection, using or disclosing the personal information of End Users as necessary to deliver the Services; and (c) Customer’s failure to comply with these Terms.

Customer agrees and understands that Operam has no liability whatsoever for advices and information given in good faith by Operam’s educative personnel via the Services, such as inaccurate, incomplete or misinformed advice and information given in good faith. Operam’s only liability is to ensure that the educative personnel is appropriately trained to provide the Services. Different perspectives may be applicable to educative content, and certain theories may be privileged by certain personnel over other theories, in accordance with generally accepted methods of teaching. Operam strives to provide objective educative support in accordance with markets’ standards. Customer is responsible for communicating with Operam any educative restrictions and providing feedback to Operam as needed to adjust the Services to Customer’s educative culture, where possible and reasonable.

We are not responsible for any links to third parties’ services, websites or applications provided through our Services.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, “WHERE IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR ACCURATENESS. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR FREE OR WILL MEET END USERS’ REQUIREMENTS.

10. Indemnification
Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and save harmless Operam from any and all losses, liabilities, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsels), claims, liens, damages or other obligations whatsoever resulting from (a) Customer’s failure to obtain appropriate consent for End Users’ access and use of the Services, including the processing of their personal information; (b) user-generated content, including any acts or omissions with regard to moderation; and (c) a breach of Operam’s Acceptable Use Policy. Customer shall not be authorized to accept any settlement unless Operam is freed of liability in any such settlement.
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11. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY, INCLUDING ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, GENERAL, SPECIAL, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL AND/OR INCIDENTAL ARISING OUT OF THESE TERMS, INCLUDING CUSTOMER’S USE OF THE SERVICES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL OPERAM’S LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OR THE USE OF THE SERVICES EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE SERVICES PAID IN THE SIX (6) MONTHS PERIOD PRIOR TO THE CLAIM.

12. Force Majeure
Operam shall not be liable for delays in or failure of performance hereunder due to causes beyond its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, acts of God or public enemy, acts of government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, flood, earthquake or other natural disaster, strike or other labour disputes, acts of war, acts of civil disobedience, denial-of-services and distributed-denial-of-services, ransomware and other cyber-attacks that are not caused or facilitated by negligence (a “Force Majeure”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the parties agree and acknowledge that pandemics such as COVID-19 shall be considered a Force Majeure.

Any delay resulting from a Force Majeure will result in an extension of the corresponding obligation for a period equal to the time lost by reason of such cause. For instance, if the Services are unavailable for a period of two (2) weeks as a result of a Force Majeure, then the Term shall automatically be extended by two (2) weeks.

In the event of a Force Majeure, Operam shall advise Customer without undue delays, providing Customer with reasonable information on the Force Majeure. Operam shall resume performance as soon as possible upon the resolution of the Force Majeure. 

13. Term; Termination; Suspension
These Terms of Services are effective upon the execution of an Order Form and remain in full force for as long as an Order Form (including any Change Order) is in force (the “Term”). The Services begin at the date indicated in an Order Form (the “Services Start Date”) and continue for the length of time identified in the Order Form (including any Change Orders) (the “Services Term”).

Each party may terminate an Order Form in case of a material breach of these Terms upon written notice to the other party of thirty (30) days, if this party has not cured the material breach by the end of this delay, unless the material breach is uncurable. Operam may terminate the Services for convenience subject to a ninety (90) days prior notice. Upon the termination of an Order Form for any reason whatsoever, the accesses to the Platform will be immediately revoked. Customer agrees and understands that Customer is responsible for extracting any Customer data prior for the termination of an Order Form. Customer agrees and understands that in case of material breach of these Terms, including those relating to payment, Operam may suspend Customer’s access to the Services, in whole or in part, without liability or fault. The Fees continue to accrue during any such suspension.

The following sections shall survive the termination of these Terms for a period of 10 years: 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 13.

14. Changes to these Terms
We may change these Terms from time to time. The latest update date is indicated above. Any modifications to these Terms will not affect active Order Forms which have been signed prior to the modification date.

15. Miscellaneous
Nothing in these Terms shall be construed as making either party the partner, joint venturer, agent, legal representative, employer, contractor or employee of the other. Neither party shall have, nor hold itself out to any third party as having, any authority to make any statements, representations or commitments of any kind, nor to take any action, that shall be binding on the other, except as provided for herein or authorized in writing by the party to be bound. These Terms will be binding on and will inure to the benefit of the legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

Customer shall not sell, transfer or assign any right, title or interest it has in or pursuant to these Terms without the prior written consent of Operam. Any assignment not in accordance with this provision shall be void. Operam may, upon notice to Customer, sell, transfer or assign any right, title or interest it has in these Terms, if such sale, transfer or assignment (a) is part of the sale, transfer or assignment of all or substantially all of its assets or business; or (b) is made to one of its affiliates.

These Terms shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and merges all prior and contemporaneous agreements and communications. Except as expressly provided herein, it shall not be modified except by a written agreement signed by the parties’ authorized representatives.

16. Jurisdiction and Choice of Law
If there is any dispute arising out of these Terms, the parties expressly agree that any such dispute shall be governed by the laws applicable in the Province of Quebec, without regard to its conflict of law provisions, and the parties expressly agree and consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the provincial and federal courts of the Province of Quebec, judicial district of Montreal, for the resolution of any such dispute.


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Latest Update: July 2021
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Hello there! 
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Thank you for using the Oplan planner and time management web app (the “App” or the “Services”)! This Acceptable Use Policy (the “Policy”) sets out our Code of Conduct as well as some housekeeping rules when you access and/or make use of our Services. It also includes some important terms for using our Services and settling disputes. This Policy is between you (“User”, “you”) and Operam Technologies Inc. (“Operam”, “we”, “us”, “our”).

Please read this Policy carefully as it contains your rights and obligations when you use our Services, including our Code of Conduct and Housekeeping Rules which you must follow when using our Services.

This Policy applies to students (and their parents), teachers, employees and school administrators, as well as with any other individuals who use our Services (collectively, “Users”). This Policy is intended for all Users, as well as parents and/or guardians of Users who are 14 years old or younger, as applicable. At Operam, we aim to create a safe environment for learning. To do that, we expect all individuals who use our Services to read and respect our rules.

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can reach us by email at info@oplan.ca or by mail at the following address:

Operam Technologies Inc.
81 Rue Notre Dame O,
Thetford Mines, QC G6G 1J4
Canada
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1. Transparency Notice
All the communications that you send through the Services, like work plans, pictures and messages, may be visible to your teachers, school administrators, parents and to your school. It is important to keep in mind that the App is an educational platform that is like an online school, and all behaviour when you use our Services should be professional and appropriate for an educational setting. For example, do not do or say anything on the App that wouldn’t be appropriate at school! Please see our Code of Conduct for more information on what behaviour is not tolerated on our Services.

‍2. Housekeeping Rules
When using our Services, we insist that you follow some housekeeping rules to help us maintain our Services. If you do not follow these rules, we may restrict or block your access to the Services This restriction could be temporary, or it could last for a long period of time.
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a) No reverse engineering. Reverse engineering means to take something apart to figure out how it is made, and to try to recreate it. We ask that you do not take apart, reverse engineer, investigate, change, try to create a new Service from our Service, or otherwise access any interfaces within the Services that are not intended for Users;
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b) Keep your password secret. You should not share your password with anyone, and that if you lose your password, or if it is known by someone else, you should change it immediately and advise us.
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c) Don’t access the Services without permission. Do not attempt to gain access to the Services without permission, or try to go around any software protection or monitoring mechanisms of the Services;
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d) Don’t copy our ideas. Do not access the Services in order to build a similar service or to build a system that would compete with ours, or copy any ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Services or to copy, modify, reproduce, republish, distribute, display, or transmit for commercial, non-profit or public purposes all or any portion of the Services;
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e) Respect Intellectual Property. Intellectual property means rights that someone has in an idea that they created like art, a sign, and other creations of the mind. Do not use our Services to transfer, disseminate or share content, information, data, software or any material that violates third party intellectual property rights.
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f) Don’t pretend to be another person. Do not pretend to be someone else when using the Services. This also means you cannot use the account of another student to use our Services.
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g) Don’t break the law when using our Services. Do not use the Services in a way that breaks applicable laws, including sending messages without permission, promotions or advertisements, or to spam other users of the Services. Also, do not use the Services in any abusive way that goes against the intended use, or to Operam’s reasonable instructions.
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h) Don’t use your cyber skills to disrupt our Services.
i. Don’t use the Services in any way that will disrupt other Users or their enjoyment of our Services. This would include automated, constant and repeated requests for data otherFasthan as intended for the Services to perform in a normal manner such abnormal usage that overloads servers or causes portions of our network to be blocked (e.g. denial-of-services (DoS) and distributed-denial-of-services attacks (DDoS));
ii. Don’t use spiders, scrappers and other technologies to “scrap” data, especially personal information of other Users. We respect our Users’ right to privacy, and we would like you to do the same when using our Services.
iii. Don’t create accounts in bulk or use bots to try to break into another Users’ account.
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i) Do not hack us! This means that you can’t scan, probe or test the vulnerabilities of our Services, introduce malicious software, or deploy denial-of-services attacks.

We have the right to investigate and to punish violations of any breach of our housekeeping rules, including without limitation, possible infringement of any intellectual property rights and possible security breaches, to the fullest extent of the law.

Operam may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who violate this Policy. You acknowledge that, although Operam has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the Services, it has the right to do so for the purpose of operating the Services, to ensure that you follow this Policy, or to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency, or other governmental body.

3. Code of Conduct
At Operam, we want to create a platform for learning that is both welcoming and conducive to learning. Our Code of Conduct is more than just a statement of rules, it also establishes our values like trust, inclusivity and privacy. This Code of Conduct explains how we expect you to behave when you use our Services. Our mission is to provide an inclusive environment in which everyone feels welcomed to join in and learn. We ask that you help maintain that environment by respecting our Code of Conduct. If you are in breach of our Code of Conduct, we may suspend your access to the Services, or send you a written notice, depending on the severity of your actions.

‍a) Respect and Inclusivity. We expect you to respect everyone else who uses the platform and to use a respectful language in your interactions with others. This means that we expect both language and conduct to be inclusive of others. You must be respectful of other points of view and opinions, even if you disagree with them. This is not an excuse to use violent or disrespectful language. Constructive criticisms are welcome and should be received in a graceful manner.
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b) No Discrimination. We can’t insist enough on this. We will not allow any discrimination, for any reasons. Gender, age, origins, race, physical or mental disabilities, language and political affiliations are no reason to discriminate.
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c) No Harassment. We will not tolerate any harassment, whether sexual or otherwise. This means no sexualized language or images, or unwelcomed sexual attention or advances. We ask that you be patient, and if you do not get the answer that you expect in due time, please raise your concerns with us—as opposed to harassing another User. It is important that all Users feel safe when using our Services. If you are involved in criminal harassment, we may report you to the authorities.
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d) Respect Privacy. We will not accept that you spy or intrude on the private life of other Users. You cannot use the personal information of other Users, or publish them online, or use them for commercial purposes, unless they consented for you to do so. You should not stalk other Users, and you may not engage in defamation, which means no saying things to hurt their reputation. If you are not satisfied with a teacher’s use of the App, or if a teacher has an issue with a student on the App, you should bring these concerns to Operam. Users should not use the Services to ask for personal information from other Users, except if that information is related to providing the Services. Please learn more about privacy on the App by reading our Privacy Policy.
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e) Appropriate content: All content, including images and messages, that are shared on the Services must be appropriate for an educational setting. Content that is violent, degrading, discriminatory or inappropriate should not be shared through the Services.
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f) Appropriate behaviour. All users need to maintain appropriate professional relationships for an educational setting. All Users, you included, are expected to maintain professional behaviour for the length of the Services.
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g) Public Opinions and Comments. If you use our Services to comment publicly, such as to leave reviews or comments on our blog, you agree to use professional language and avoid “trolling” others, or us. This means that you should take responsibility for your own words and comments, not say anything online you would not say in person or treat others unfairly, including insulting or otherwise attacking their opinions. We respect freedom of speech and diversity of opinions, and we expect you to do the same when using our Services. If you do not respect these rules, we may also delete your comments, at our sole discretion.

If you feel that another User has breached our Code of Conduct, we encourage you to notify us immediately by writing to info@oplan.ca. We will investigate the issue and protect your anonymity whenever possible. We will take the appropriate actions for you to feel secure when using our Services.

4. Intellectual Property
Operam owns all titles, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the Services. Our trademarks, logos, products and Services, along with any underlying technologies and related content, are our intellectual property. Except as otherwise permitted by law, please do not use or display in any manner our trademarks without obtaining our consent first. We reserve all rights not granted here. You cannot reproduce any portion of the Services in any form or by any means, except if we give you our consent in writing to do this.

For example, you cannot copy our logo and pass it off as your own or use it without our consent, like by copying and pasting it in documents.

5. Third-Party Materials
Our Services may include third-party content, services and applications. These include links to other websites, access to integration partners such as services that your organization has decided to link with our Services and the use of connection partners such as Google to connect to our Services. We provide these third-party content, services and applications for informational and convenience purposes, and we are not responsible for them. It is always a good idea to read their privacy policy and terms of services before you use these third parties!
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6. Dispute Resolution Procedure
In case of a dispute in relation to this Policy, including between you and another User or between you and us (a “Dispute”), you agree to follow this dispute resolution procedure. It does not prevent you from using courts or make complaints, but we will deploy our best efforts to help you resolve the Dispute amicably.

a) If a Dispute occurs, you agree to write to us at info@oplan.ca, and provide us with a detailed explanation of the Dispute, along with any evidence.
b) If we cannot find a solution that works for both sides within thirty (30) days, you may use the legal proceedings available to you under applicable laws and this Policy. Disputes between Users of the Service or disputes can be reported to Operam. When disputes are settled by Operam, we will do our best to resolve the situation.
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‍7. Termination and Suspension.
If you breach this Policy, we may terminate your right to access the Services, or suspend it for as long as we deem necessary. We will provide you with a notice when we do so, and we will give you the chance to explain yourself. How we react in case of a breach of this Policy also depends on our arrangement with your school or employer, as the case may be. Schools, employers and their respective administrators (as applicable) may also enforce this Policy.
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8. Changes and Updates to this Policy
We may modify this Policy over time, such as by adding new rules. If we make a change, we will let you know, such as by sending an email or by adding a banner in the Services.

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