Peda.net terms of use
Terms of use
Version 2, published on 7th April, 2025
SUMMARY OF THE TERMS OF USE
(AI has been used to compile the summary)
Peda.net is a website run by the University of Jyväskylä. It is mostly for schools, teachers, and students, but other groups can use it too. When you sign up or use the peda.net, you have to follow peda.net´s user terms. If you don't accept the user terms, you can't use peda.net. Peda.net follows the law when handling your personal information.
You can only have one account and you need to give peda.net your real information when you sign up. If you are 13 or older, you can sign up by yourself. If you are younger than 13, you need permission from your parent or guardian. Peda.net will send an email to your parent or guardian to ask for permission. Your username must be in accordance with good manners. Username and password are personal, and they should not be given to outsiders.
You can save things on peda.net´s server, but peda.net does not promise that it will stay there. You should make a copy of important things you want to keep safe.
You are responsible for everything you put on peda.net. You can't put on peda.net things that break the law or insult other people. You also can't use peda.net to sell things or services. If you see anything illegal, inappropriate for children or contrary to good manners on peda.net website, you should tell peda.net's admins.
Peda.net can change its user terms anytime. You will be told when the user terms change. Peda.net tries to make the website work all the time, but sometimes it might not work. Peda.net can make changes to its website or stop it completely.
If you break the user terms, peda.net can delete your account. If you don't use your account for a long time, peda.net can also delete it. If you have a problem or an argument with peda.net, you can contact the admins or make a complaint. If that doesn't work, you can go to court in Finland.
TERMS OF USE
1. SERVICE CONTENTS AND TERMS OF USE.
The Peda.net service (referred to as “Service” in these terms of use), administered by the University of Jyväskylä (referred to as “Service Provider” in these terms of use), is a centrally administered web service, which is used with a web browser. The Service is mainly to be used by educational institutes and individual students and teachers. The service can also be used by associations and companies. These terms of use are applied for the use of this Service. The terms of use regulate the relationship between the Service Provider and the Service Users (referred to as “Users” in these terms of use). The rights of this Service are owned by the Service Provider and the Users are granted the right to use this Service according to these terms of use. The Service includes, for example, a personal user profile “OwnSpace” (“OmaTila” in Finnish), an online learning environment for educational institutes, and a homepage service for educational institutes. OwnSpace cannot be used for teaching purposes unless the user’s organisation has a valid peda.net membership.
By registering for this Service or by using the Service the User accepts these terms and agrees to obey them. If the User does not approve of these terms, they cannot use the Service. The Users are also obliged to obey the Finnish law and other applicable regulations.
2. PRIVACY PROTECTION.
The Service Provider obeys the Finnish law when handling personal information. The detailed information on handling personal information can be found in the privacy notice, which has to be read by the User when registering for the service.
3. REGISTRATION AND USERNAME.
Each User can only have one User Account. When registering for the service, the User needs to provide personal information requested in the registration form. The Username cannot include expressions that are offensive or encourage to take part in criminal activities. The Username must comply with the terms of use and good manners.
A person who has turned 13 is allowed to create a Username and complete the registration alone.
A person under 13 years of age needs to have a permission from their guardian or a trustee to use the service. To obtain the permission, a person under 13 years of age has to provide their guardian’s or trustee’s email address when registering for the service. The Service Provider sends an email including the terms of use and other information needed when registering to the provided email address. Before granting the permission, the guardian/trustee has to go through the terms of service with care with the User. The guardian/trustee also has a right to prohibit the use of Service by notifying the Service Provider. In this case, the guardian/trustee has to provide proof that they are the guardian of the individual whose Username is to be removed.
When registering for the Service and when using it, the User has to provide truthful information. The Service Provider may use their right to remove a User Account if the User has, for example, provided a false email address of a guardian/trustee, as clarified in section 11.
The Users are responsible for their actions performed with their User Account. The Username and password are personal and they should not be given to outsiders. If the password or Username are discovered by outsiders, the User has to immediately notify the Service Provider.
4. STORING OF INFORMATION AND BACKUP.
The User can save and store material on the server of the Service Provider. However, the Service Provider does not guarantee that the saved information will remain on the server, nor are they responsible for the harm that might be caused if information changes, disappears, is destroyed or deleted. In order to keep the information safe, the User is responsible for creating a back-up for important information they wish to remain safe.
5. RESPONSIBILITY OF USING THE SERVICE AND USER CONTENT.
The User is responsible for all the material they save in the Service and/or provide for other Users of the Service to be available (e.g. by uploading material into the Service, by using different linking methods, and other possible ways). The Service Provider does not actively go through the material the Users are providing for the Service and therefore does not answer for the contents of the material. The following material cannot be provided or saved in the Service:
- Material that violates outsiders’ (third parties’) copyrights or other rights, material that violates, degrades, harasses, or threatens someone, material that interferes with the service usability, material that contains adult entertainment or other material unsuitable for children, material that is against the Finnish law or otherwise unethical.
The Service cannot be used for marketing purposes.
A User who notices that there has been material added to the Service that is against these terms of use or a User who observes behaviour that violates these terms of use is required to notify the Service Provider immediately.
6. RIGHTS OF USER CONTENT.
These terms of use do not affect the intellectual property rights of the material provided for the Service. The property rights remain with their original authors. Based on these terms of use the Service Provider does not have any other rights for the provided material, except for the rights they need to carry out the Service according to these terms of use.
An example: A photo uploaded to the Service is shared either in its original form or in an edited form to other Service Users with pre-determined publicity settings. The different versions of the photo can, if necessary, be prepared and shared through third parties’ proxy servers in order to improve performance.
Furthermore, the Service Provider may use their rights clarified in section 11 (“Consequences for behaviour violating these terms of use or law”). These include, for example, removing the material violating these terms of use from the service.
7. CHANGING THE TERMS OF USE.
The Service Provider has a unilateral right to change these terms of use at any point. The changes are notified in a manner considered appropriate. The User accepts the changed terms of use when they use the Service after being informed about the changes.
8. ADMINISTRATION AND UPDATES OF THE SERVICE.
The Service Provider aims to produce as reliable a Service as possible. By default, the Service is usable 24 hours a day. However, the Service Provider does not guarantee the functionality or features of the Service.
The Service Provider aims to constantly develop the Service and this is why there might be changes made to the Service. The User understands and approves that the developments, changes, a partial or complete shutdown of the Service, and the decisions related to these are made only by the Service Provider.
9. SERVICE BREAKS.
The Service Provider is not responsible for the damage caused by technical issues, maintenance work, updates, interruptions in telecommunications network or internet connections, or other possible issues resulting in service breaks.
10. NOTIFYING OF MATERIAL AGAINST THE TERMS OF USE OR LAW.
Users have a possibility to notify the Service Provider if they have noticed material against the terms of use or any law in the Service. If the person who has made a notification has given their electronic contact information, the Service Provider sends an acknowledgement of receipt using the given contact information.
The Service Provider handles the received notifications without delay. The content of the notification is always assessed by a natural person. In cases open to interpretations, the Service Provider may request additional information from the notifying person before the matter is resolved.
The Service Provider may, after giving advance notice, refuse to handle repeated and manifestly unfounded notifications from the same source.
11. CONSEQUENCES FOR BEHAVIOUR VIOLATING THE TERMS OF USE OR LAW.
The Service Provider has a right to remove material from the service or prohibit material that the Service Provider considers to violate the rules and principles listed in these terms of use or to be against the law. Moreover, the Service Provider has a right to remove a User Account of Service User temporarily or, in serious cases, permanently.
A User Account is removed completely when
• the User clearly seeks to make use of the Service against its purpose, materially violates the terms of use of the Service or submits material that is manifestly illegal to the Service.
• the User repeatedly commits minor violations of the terms of use.
After assessing the suspected violation, the Service Provider will take any action it deems necessary. The Service Provider’s decision and reasons for it are submitted electronically for information to the object of the decision of restriction. If the decision is based on a notification received by the Service Provider, the Service Provider also forwards the decision for information to the notifier if they have given their contact information. The right to lodge a complaint in accordance with section 12 is indicated in the same connection.
12. APPEALING AGAINST A DECISION OF THE SERVICE PROVIDER
A decision made by the Service Provider under section 11 may be appealed free of charge. An appeal can be made by a user who has been subject to a restriction on the use of the service or by a user who has made a notification about the content.
Appeals must be submitted to the Service Provider by email to the address info@peda.net. An appeal must be made no later than within six months from the day the notifier or the person subject to a restriction was informed of the decision of the Service Provider.
The Service Provider handles complaints received in a timely, non-discriminatory, careful and non-arbitrary manner. The Service Provider will change its decision if it proves to be unfounded following an appeal.
The Service Provider may, after giving advance notice, refuse to handle repeated and manifestly unfounded notifications from the same source.
13. REMOVING THE USER ACCOUNT FOR OTHER REASONS THAN VIOLATING THE TERMS OF USE.
In addition to the reasons listed in section 11, the Service Provider has a right to remove a User account/Username if the following conditions are filled:
- The User has not logged into their User Account/used their Username in 12 months and the User has been notified of this by sending an email to the email address they have provided and by asking to answer the message accordingly, and the User does not answer the message within 90 days.
14. APPLICABLE LAW AND DISPUTES
The Finnish law is applied to these terms of use. Disputes caused by these terms are aimed to be solved by negotiating. If negotiations do not solve the issue, the dispute will be solved in the Central Finland District Court.
SUMMARY OF THE TERMS OF USE
(AI has been used to compile the summary)
Peda.net is a website run by the University of Jyväskylä. It is mostly for schools, teachers, and students, but other groups can use it too. When you sign up or use the peda.net, you have to follow peda.net´s user terms. If you don't accept the user terms, you can't use peda.net. Peda.net follows the law when handling your personal information.
You can only have one account and you need to give peda.net your real information when you sign up. If you are 13 or older, you can sign up by yourself. If you are younger than 13, you need permission from your parent or guardian. Peda.net will send an email to your parent or guardian to ask for permission. Your username must be in accordance with good manners. Username and password are personal, and they should not be given to outsiders.
You can save things on peda.net´s server, but peda.net does not promise that it will stay there. You should make a copy of important things you want to keep safe.
You are responsible for everything you put on peda.net. You can't put on peda.net things that break the law or insult other people. You also can't use peda.net to sell things or services. If you see anything illegal, inappropriate for children or contrary to good manners on peda.net website, you should tell peda.net's admins.
Peda.net can change its user terms anytime. You will be told when the user terms change. Peda.net tries to make the website work all the time, but sometimes it might not work. Peda.net can make changes to its website or stop it completely.
If you break the user terms, peda.net can delete your account. If you don't use your account for a long time, peda.net can also delete it. If you have a problem or an argument with peda.net, you can contact the admins or make a complaint. If that doesn't work, you can go to court in Finland.
TERMS OF USE
1. SERVICE CONTENTS AND TERMS OF USE.
The Peda.net service (referred to as “Service” in these terms of use), administered by the University of Jyväskylä (referred to as “Service Provider” in these terms of use), is a centrally administered web service, which is used with a web browser. The Service is mainly to be used by educational institutes and individual students and teachers. The service can also be used by associations and companies. These terms of use are applied for the use of this Service. The terms of use regulate the relationship between the Service Provider and the Service Users (referred to as “Users” in these terms of use). The rights of this Service are owned by the Service Provider and the Users are granted the right to use this Service according to these terms of use. The Service includes, for example, a personal user profile “OwnSpace” (“OmaTila” in Finnish), an online learning environment for educational institutes, and a homepage service for educational institutes. OwnSpace cannot be used for teaching purposes unless the user’s organisation has a valid peda.net membership.
By registering for this Service or by using the Service the User accepts these terms and agrees to obey them. If the User does not approve of these terms, they cannot use the Service. The Users are also obliged to obey the Finnish law and other applicable regulations.
2. PRIVACY PROTECTION.
The Service Provider obeys the Finnish law when handling personal information. The detailed information on handling personal information can be found in the privacy notice, which has to be read by the User when registering for the service.
3. REGISTRATION AND USERNAME.
Each User can only have one User Account. When registering for the service, the User needs to provide personal information requested in the registration form. The Username cannot include expressions that are offensive or encourage to take part in criminal activities. The Username must comply with the terms of use and good manners.
A person who has turned 13 is allowed to create a Username and complete the registration alone.
A person under 13 years of age needs to have a permission from their guardian or a trustee to use the service. To obtain the permission, a person under 13 years of age has to provide their guardian’s or trustee’s email address when registering for the service. The Service Provider sends an email including the terms of use and other information needed when registering to the provided email address. Before granting the permission, the guardian/trustee has to go through the terms of service with care with the User. The guardian/trustee also has a right to prohibit the use of Service by notifying the Service Provider. In this case, the guardian/trustee has to provide proof that they are the guardian of the individual whose Username is to be removed.
When registering for the Service and when using it, the User has to provide truthful information. The Service Provider may use their right to remove a User Account if the User has, for example, provided a false email address of a guardian/trustee, as clarified in section 11.
The Users are responsible for their actions performed with their User Account. The Username and password are personal and they should not be given to outsiders. If the password or Username are discovered by outsiders, the User has to immediately notify the Service Provider.
4. STORING OF INFORMATION AND BACKUP.
The User can save and store material on the server of the Service Provider. However, the Service Provider does not guarantee that the saved information will remain on the server, nor are they responsible for the harm that might be caused if information changes, disappears, is destroyed or deleted. In order to keep the information safe, the User is responsible for creating a back-up for important information they wish to remain safe.
5. RESPONSIBILITY OF USING THE SERVICE AND USER CONTENT.
The User is responsible for all the material they save in the Service and/or provide for other Users of the Service to be available (e.g. by uploading material into the Service, by using different linking methods, and other possible ways). The Service Provider does not actively go through the material the Users are providing for the Service and therefore does not answer for the contents of the material. The following material cannot be provided or saved in the Service:
- Material that violates outsiders’ (third parties’) copyrights or other rights, material that violates, degrades, harasses, or threatens someone, material that interferes with the service usability, material that contains adult entertainment or other material unsuitable for children, material that is against the Finnish law or otherwise unethical.
The Service cannot be used for marketing purposes.
A User who notices that there has been material added to the Service that is against these terms of use or a User who observes behaviour that violates these terms of use is required to notify the Service Provider immediately.
6. RIGHTS OF USER CONTENT.
These terms of use do not affect the intellectual property rights of the material provided for the Service. The property rights remain with their original authors. Based on these terms of use the Service Provider does not have any other rights for the provided material, except for the rights they need to carry out the Service according to these terms of use.
An example: A photo uploaded to the Service is shared either in its original form or in an edited form to other Service Users with pre-determined publicity settings. The different versions of the photo can, if necessary, be prepared and shared through third parties’ proxy servers in order to improve performance.
Furthermore, the Service Provider may use their rights clarified in section 11 (“Consequences for behaviour violating these terms of use or law”). These include, for example, removing the material violating these terms of use from the service.
7. CHANGING THE TERMS OF USE.
The Service Provider has a unilateral right to change these terms of use at any point. The changes are notified in a manner considered appropriate. The User accepts the changed terms of use when they use the Service after being informed about the changes.
8. ADMINISTRATION AND UPDATES OF THE SERVICE.
The Service Provider aims to produce as reliable a Service as possible. By default, the Service is usable 24 hours a day. However, the Service Provider does not guarantee the functionality or features of the Service.
The Service Provider aims to constantly develop the Service and this is why there might be changes made to the Service. The User understands and approves that the developments, changes, a partial or complete shutdown of the Service, and the decisions related to these are made only by the Service Provider.
9. SERVICE BREAKS.
The Service Provider is not responsible for the damage caused by technical issues, maintenance work, updates, interruptions in telecommunications network or internet connections, or other possible issues resulting in service breaks.
10. NOTIFYING OF MATERIAL AGAINST THE TERMS OF USE OR LAW.
Users have a possibility to notify the Service Provider if they have noticed material against the terms of use or any law in the Service. If the person who has made a notification has given their electronic contact information, the Service Provider sends an acknowledgement of receipt using the given contact information.
The Service Provider handles the received notifications without delay. The content of the notification is always assessed by a natural person. In cases open to interpretations, the Service Provider may request additional information from the notifying person before the matter is resolved.
The Service Provider may, after giving advance notice, refuse to handle repeated and manifestly unfounded notifications from the same source.
11. CONSEQUENCES FOR BEHAVIOUR VIOLATING THE TERMS OF USE OR LAW.
The Service Provider has a right to remove material from the service or prohibit material that the Service Provider considers to violate the rules and principles listed in these terms of use or to be against the law. Moreover, the Service Provider has a right to remove a User Account of Service User temporarily or, in serious cases, permanently.
A User Account is removed completely when
• the User clearly seeks to make use of the Service against its purpose, materially violates the terms of use of the Service or submits material that is manifestly illegal to the Service.
• the User repeatedly commits minor violations of the terms of use.
After assessing the suspected violation, the Service Provider will take any action it deems necessary. The Service Provider’s decision and reasons for it are submitted electronically for information to the object of the decision of restriction. If the decision is based on a notification received by the Service Provider, the Service Provider also forwards the decision for information to the notifier if they have given their contact information. The right to lodge a complaint in accordance with section 12 is indicated in the same connection.
12. APPEALING AGAINST A DECISION OF THE SERVICE PROVIDER
A decision made by the Service Provider under section 11 may be appealed free of charge. An appeal can be made by a user who has been subject to a restriction on the use of the service or by a user who has made a notification about the content.
Appeals must be submitted to the Service Provider by email to the address info@peda.net. An appeal must be made no later than within six months from the day the notifier or the person subject to a restriction was informed of the decision of the Service Provider.
The Service Provider handles complaints received in a timely, non-discriminatory, careful and non-arbitrary manner. The Service Provider will change its decision if it proves to be unfounded following an appeal.
The Service Provider may, after giving advance notice, refuse to handle repeated and manifestly unfounded notifications from the same source.
13. REMOVING THE USER ACCOUNT FOR OTHER REASONS THAN VIOLATING THE TERMS OF USE.
In addition to the reasons listed in section 11, the Service Provider has a right to remove a User account/Username if the following conditions are filled:
- The User has not logged into their User Account/used their Username in 12 months and the User has been notified of this by sending an email to the email address they have provided and by asking to answer the message accordingly, and the User does not answer the message within 90 days.
14. APPLICABLE LAW AND DISPUTES
The Finnish law is applied to these terms of use. Disputes caused by these terms are aimed to be solved by negotiating. If negotiations do not solve the issue, the dispute will be solved in the Central Finland District Court.