Acceptable Use Policy

Protecting young people

Zero tolerance. The following lead to immediate removal and may be reported to police and to Cybertip.ca:

• Any sexual content, or any content that sexualises or exploits a minor.
• Grooming, or attempting to build a relationship with a minor for an inappropriate purpose.
• Asking a student for private photos, personal contact details, their home address, or to move to a private chat or another app.
• Adults posing as students, or anyone lying about their age or about being a parent or guardian.

Respect for others

You must not:

• Bully, harass, threaten, intimidate or shame anyone.
• Post hateful content targeting anyone because of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or any other protected characteristic.
• Post anyone else's personal information, photos or videos without their permission.
• Impersonate another person, school or organisation.

Honest profiles and campaigns

• Only list achievements, awards, activities and experience you genuinely earned.
• Don't create fake profiles or more than one account.
• Don't run misleading or fraudulent scholarship campaigns, or misrepresent how pledged funds will be used.

Prohibited content

• Violent, graphic or self-harm content.
• Content promoting drugs, alcohol, vaping, weapons or gambling.
• Spam, advertising, chain messages or commercial solicitation.
• Content that infringes copyright, trademarks or other rights.
• Anything illegal in Canada or where you live.

Protecting the platform

You must not:

• Scrape, harvest or bulk-collect profiles or personal information, by automated means or otherwise.
• Try to access accounts, data or areas of the site you're not authorised to use, or get around our age, approval or privacy controls.
• Upload viruses or malicious code, or disrupt or overload the service.
• Use ScholarOut to train AI models or build a competing database without our written permission.

Enforcement

We may remove content, restrict features, or suspend or permanently delete accounts that break these rules. Serious violations — especially those involving the safety of a child — will be reported to the appropriate authorities.

Report it

If you see something that breaks these rules, use our Report an Issue page. If a child is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number first.