Legal Center

01 / Privacy

What the site handles

The service may handle account details such as name, email address, Google profile image, saved game progress, role, access status, course access, support reports, and administrative notes. If a user chooses to connect them, it may also handle a private Canvas calendar-feed URL and a GroupMe access token. Course files, transcripts, study materials, and access records are stored to operate the library.

Why the data is used

Data is used to authenticate users, save study-game progress, control private-library access, organize course resources, display schedules, send requested class notifications, investigate reports, secure the service, and maintain continuity between student operators. Personal data is not sold.

Service providers and connected services

The current service relies on Supabase for Google authentication, database services, and file storage; Vercel for hosting; Canvas calendar feeds and GroupMe only when a user connects them; and Open-Meteo for campus weather. Each provider may process the limited data needed to deliver its service under its own terms.

Student and sensitive information

This is not an official university record system. Do not upload grades, patient information, protected health information, clinical records, government identifiers, or confidential records about another student. Users may ask the site operator to review, correct, or delete their account data, subject to legitimate security and record-retention needs.

02 / Terms and acceptable use

Public tools and private-library access

Public games, calculators, and guides may be used without an account. Account-based progress is personal. Access to the separate D1 library is revocable and limited to approved users; an account may not be shared or used to give another person access to restricted material.

Prohibited use

• Do not publicly repost, sell, mass-download, scrape, or redistribute restricted content.
• Do not bypass access controls, probe other accounts, or interfere with the service.
• Do not upload material unless you have the right or authorization to share it here.
• Do not use the service for patient care, diagnosis, grading, harassment, or academic misconduct.
• Do not misrepresent the service as an official university system or communication.

Ownership and suspension

The service does not claim ownership of third-party course material. All rights stay with their respective owners. Access may be restricted or removed to protect users, investigate a report, comply with law, or enforce these rules. The service is provided as available without a guarantee of completeness, accuracy, or uninterrupted access.

03 / Disclaimers and limits

Independent educational tool

Fourth Canal is an independent, student-run study tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or representative of Case Western Reserve University, its School of Dental Medicine, faculty, or any course-material owner. References to a school, course, instructor, or platform identify context only and do not imply an official relationship.

No academic, clinical, or professional advice

Content is provided for study support and general educational information. It is not official course instruction, a clinical protocol, patient-care guidance, legal advice, or a substitute for faculty direction, source materials, professional judgment, or applicable policies. Users must independently verify important information before relying on it.

No warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the service and its content are provided as available and without warranties of accuracy, completeness, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, uninterrupted operation, or continued availability. Links and third-party services remain subject to their own terms.

Responsibility and limitation

Users remain responsible for how they access, upload, share, and use material. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the site owner and student operators are not responsible for decisions, losses, academic consequences, service outages, or other harm arising from reliance on the service or its content. Nothing here excludes a responsibility that applicable law does not allow to be excluded.

04 / Copyright and removal requests

Rights-holder reports

The site respects intellectual-property rights and will review credible removal requests. A report should identify the material, its exact page or course location, the rights claimed, the reporter's authority to act, contact information, and a good-faith statement that the complained-of use is not authorized.

Response process

The site operator may temporarily restrict access while investigating, preserve a minimal audit record, request clarification, remove or replace the material, and notify the person who supplied it when appropriate. Repeated or deliberate violations may result in account removal. A disclaimer does not override an owner's rights.

05 / AI-assisted material

Human review remains required

Study notes, summaries, questions, classifications, and announcements may be drafted with AI. AI output can omit context, invent facts, or misunderstand a source. Every published item should identify its source material, be reviewed by a person, and be corrected when a reliable source conflicts with it.

AI-assisted material is for study support only. It is not clinical advice, an official course instruction, a grade prediction, or a substitute for faculty guidance, textbooks, syllabi, or professional judgment.

06 / Security and governance

Minimum operating safeguards

• Use private storage, signed access, least-privilege accounts, and separate admin roles.
• Never place passwords, access tokens, private feed URLs, or roster data in public pages or source code.
• Record important admin actions and review access when student operators change.
• Disable former operators promptly and transfer ownership without sharing personal credentials.
• Report suspected account compromise, exposed files, or incorrect access immediately.

Policy, contact, retention, and provider details should be reviewed whenever the site adds a new integration or changes ownership.