Latest Update: July 2021
Welcome aboard!
These Terms of Service, including any applicable Order Forms (collectively, the “
Terms”), constitute a legal agreement between the individual who agrees to these Terms (the “
Customer”;“
you”) and Operam Technologies Inc., with a place of business at 1995 Frank-Carrel, Suite 316, Québec (Québec) G1N 4H9 (“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 or by mail at the following address:
Operam Technologies Inc.
1995 Frank-Carrel, Suite 316
Québec (Québec) G1N 4H9
Canada
1. DefinitionsFor the purpose of these Terms:
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Anonymized Data” means any usage data, customer data, user-generated data and other data generated by the Services which have been processed through an industry-standard de-identification technology or method and which, as a result, does not relate anymore to an identified or identifiable natural or moral person. For the avoidance of doubts, Anonymized Data does not include personal data or personal information (as defined under applicable laws).
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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 formulas, 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, semiconductor 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.
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Platform” means the online web-based platform to enable you to create and read working plans as well as time management in connection with courses for which you are registered, as further described in the Order Form and provided documentation.
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Services” means the services described in an Order Form, which include the provision and hosting of the Platform, unless stated otherwise.
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Term” means the term of these Terms, which is indicated in the Order Form.
2. ServicesOperam 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, 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 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.
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. You agree and understand that any delays in providing such information is out of our control and not our liability.
Operam will deploy commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Services are available on a 24/7 basis, except during holidays in Quebec. 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.
3. Housekeeping RulesWhen 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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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;
- 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.
- 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;
- 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;
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 (each, an “Abuse”), including without limitation, possible infringement of any intellectual property rights and possible security breaches, to the fullest extent of the law.
4. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- No Harassment. We will not tolerate any harassment, whether sexual or otherwise. This means no sexualised language or images, or 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.
- 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 Services, or if a teacher has an issue with a student on the Services, 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 Services by reading our Privacy Policy.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Housekeeping Rules or our Code of Conduct (any such breach, an “Abuse”), 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.
Customer agrees to promptly report any alleged Abuse, by any User, of which it becomes aware via electronic correspondence so as to enable Operam to investigate such alleged improprieties.
5. Moderation
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. 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 Users and their rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Operam is not responsible for moderating the Services. Customer is solely responsible for ensuring compliance with these Terms, applicable laws and standards of conduct.
6. 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 or network connectivity issues.7. Information Security and PrivacyAs 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 represents and warrants that it has obtained all consents necessary to allow Operam to perform the Services, the whole in accordance with applicable laws, which may include the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.
We implement and maintain adequate technical and organizational measures to:
- Respond to individuals’ rights requests regarding their personal information;
- Protect personal information from security incidents;
- Ensure personnel security, such as through criminal background checks when such personnel have accesses to children’s personal information.
Operam shall not use any service providers to perform the Services, except if:
- 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;
- 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;
- Operam shall remain liable for the acts and omissions of service providers in accordance with these Terms;
- 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:
- The nature and description of the security incident;
- The types of information assets concerned, if any;
- The types and number of individuals concerned;
- A description of potential risks and how to mitigate them.
8. Intellectual PropertyOperam 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 owns all rights, titles and interests in the user generated content, such as the personal information, conversations and documents transmitted through the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything to the contrary in these Terms, you hereby grant us a revocable (but only pursuant to these Terms), fully-paid, non-exclusive, royalty-free, limited and worldwide licence to aggregate, reproduce, and otherwise use and display the customer data and user generated content as may be necessary for us to provide the Services or to exercise our rights and obligations under these Terms.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms, you agree and acknowledge that Operam shall hold all rights, title and interest in Anonymized Data, which may be used for business intelligence 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.
9. FeesCustomer 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) in the event that Customer adds additional functionalities during the Term, fees associated with such additional functionalities shall be payable within thirty (30) days of the end of the Term during which they are requested; and (c) all amounts payable under these Terms shall be non-refundable, unless otherwise required under applicable laws.
Unless otherwise expressly set forth in an Order Form, all prices are expressed in Canadian dollars.
10. DisclaimerCustomer 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 as necessary to deliver the Services; and (c) Customer’s failure to comply with these Terms.
We are not responsible for any links to third parties’ services, websites or applications provided through our Services.
The following does not apply to Quebec consumers.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 YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
11. 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 in the context of your 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) any Abuse. Customer shall not be authorized to accept any settlement unless Operam is freed of liability in any such settlement.
12. Limitation of LiabilityThe following does not apply to Quebec consumers.TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY, INCLUDING ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENS 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.
13. Force MajeureOperam 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.
14. Term; Termination; SuspensionThese 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) are 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”).
Customers may at any time terminate for convenience these Terms of Services and/or an Order Form for convenience. Operam 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 incurable. 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 a 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: 1, 5, 7, 8 and 10 to 17.
15. Changes to these TermsWe may change these Terms from time to time. If we make changes to these Terms, we will provide, 30 days before we make such changes, notice setting out exclusively the new clause, or the amended clause and the clause as it read formerly and the date of the coming into force of the amendment. Such notice will be provided through the Platform or by email. If you are not happy with those changes, you will be bound by the version of these Terms in force at the moment when you give us your consent. If any term, condition or any change to the Terms is not acceptable to you, you must discontinue the use of the Website immediately.
16. MiscellaneousNothing 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.
17. Jurisdiction and Choice of LawIf 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.