Crux Planner – Terms of Service

1. About Crux Planner

Crux Planner ("Service") is an online course-planning utility designed for students of any university. The Service is operated by Kalan Roye ("we", "us", or "our").

Contact: legal@kalanroye.com

We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to any university. Course data comes from publicly available sources and may be incomplete or outdated. Always verify requirements and schedules in the official Academic Calendar or equivalent.

2. Accepting These Terms

By creating an account, accessing, or using Crux Planner, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy (collectively, the "Agreement"). If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

3. Eligibility

1. Institutional e-mail. Registration requires a valid university or college-issued e-mail address. Accounts created with other addresses will be rejected.
2. Academic status. The Service is intended only for current or prospective university or college students who plan to enrol in university or college courses.

4. Accounts & Security

You agree to:

1. Provide accurate, current information.
2. Maintain the confidentiality of your login credentials.
3. Promptly notify us of any unauthorized use.

We may suspend or terminate your account at any time for breach of the Agreement or to protect the Service or its users.

5. User-Generated Content ("UGC")

"UGC" means comments, reviews, files, or any other content you contribute.

1. Your rights. You retain all ownership of your UGC.
2. Your licence to us. You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable licence to host, store, display, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, and distribute your UGC, and to sublicense those rights to our service providers, solely to operate, provide, and improve the Service.
3. No scraping. Except as expressly allowed by us, you may not copy or extract UGC from Crux Planner for external use.
4. Acceptable use. You may not upload or share UGC that is unlawful, hateful, harassing, infringing, or otherwise objectionable. We reserve the right (but have no obligation) to moderate, remove, or disable UGC at our sole discretion.

6. Acceptable Use of the Service

You agree not to:

1. re-engineer, decompile, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service or its data;
2. use automated scripts, bots, or scraping tools;
3. interfere with, damage, or disrupt the Service or servers;
4. engage in any activity that violates applicable law or another user's rights.

7. Intellectual Property

1. Our IP. Crux Planner, including the name, logo, design, and all proprietary content, is our intellectual property. Except for the limited licence granted herein, no rights are transferred to you.
2. Third-party data. Course information remains the property of the university. Use is subject to their own terms and accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

8. Privacy & Data Security

Personal data we collect (university, e-mail, name, student ID, faculty, major, academic year) is encrypted in transit and at rest on Supabase (US-East, North Virginia). Cookies and analytics tools (Vercel Analytics, Supabase Auth session cookies) are used as described in our Privacy Policy. By using the Service, you consent to the processing and transfer of your information to the United States and other jurisdictions where our or our providers' systems are located.

9. Disclaimers

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available." We disclaim all warranties, whether express, implied, or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

1. Accuracy. Crux Planner is provided "as is." We do not warrant that course data is complete, current, or error-free. Always cross-check with your own sources.
2. Availability. We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access.
3. No professional advice. Information on Crux Planner is for planning purposes only and does not constitute academic counselling.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event will we be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, revenues, data, or goodwill, arising out of or relating to the Service or this Agreement, whether based in contract, tort, or any other legal theory, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Our aggregate liability for all claims arising out of or relating to the Service or this Agreement will not exceed CAD $100.

11. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claims, damages, or expenses arising out of your use of the Service or UGC, or your breach of this Agreement.

12. Account Termination & Data Retention

1. Voluntary deletion. You may delete your account at any time from the Settings page or by e-mailing the contact above.
2. Forced termination. If we terminate your account for breach, we may retain associated data indefinitely for security, auditing, and legal purposes.

13. Changes to the Service or Terms

We may update these Terms or the Service at any time. We will notify you via e-mail or in-app notice. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

14. Governing Law & Disputes

The Agreement is governed by the laws of Ontario, Canada, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute will be resolved exclusively in the courts of Ontario.

15. General

If any provision is found unenforceable, it will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force. Our failure to enforce any right shall not be deemed a waiver.

16. Third-Party Services

The Service may rely on or interoperate with third-party services and providers (including hosting, authentication, analytics, and content delivery networks). We are not responsible for their availability, security, or performance. Your use of third-party services may be subject to their own terms and policies.

17. IP Complaints

We respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with applicable law. Notices should include: (1) identification of the copyrighted work and the material claimed to be infringing, (2) contact details of the complaining party, and (3) a statement of good-faith belief and accuracy under penalty of perjury. Send notices to legal@kalanroye.com. We may remove content and terminate repeat infringers in our discretion.

18. Security and Research

You may not access or search the Service by any means other than our publicly supported interfaces, or probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service or any system without our prior written consent. We welcome good-faith reports of vulnerabilities at legal@kalanroye.com.

19. Feedback

If you provide feedback, suggestions, or ideas, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, copy, modify, create derivative works from, and exploit the feedback for any purpose without restriction.

20. Electronic Communications

You consent to receive service-related notices and communications electronically (including by e-mail and in-app notices). We may also send you transactional communications related to your use of the Service.

21. Force Majeure

We will not be liable for any delay or failure to perform due to events beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, internet or utility failures, labour disputes, governmental actions, or third-party service disruptions.

22. Assignment

You may not assign or transfer this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, without our prior written consent. We may assign or transfer this Agreement in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

23. Survival

Sections regarding intellectual property, UGC licence, acceptable use, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnity, governing law and disputes, account termination, and this survival clause will survive termination of the Agreement.

24. Beta or Pre-release Features

From time to time we may make beta or pre-release features available. Such features are provided as-is, may be unstable, and may be modified or discontinued at any time.

25. No Benchmarking or Competitive Use

You may not access the Service to build a competing product or service, or to benchmark, test, or publish performance information about the Service without our prior written consent.