Terms and conditions

These terms govern your use of DSEC Notebook (“Notebook”), a student-run community resource at notebook.dsec.club. By creating an account or using Notebook, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

About Notebook

Notebook is an independent community project for Deakin University students. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Deakin University. Unit codes, unit names, and similar course details are used only to organise student-shared material.

Eligibility

Contributing (creating an account, posting, voting, or commenting) is limited to people with a valid @deakin.edu.au email address. You must be able to receive email at that address to verify your account. Browsing public content does not require an account.

Accounts

• You are responsible for the accuracy of the details you provide.
• You must keep your password confidential and not share your account.
• You are responsible for activity that happens on your account. Tell us if you think someone else has used it.
• We may suspend or remove accounts that break these terms, including accounts that are not genuine Deakin student accounts.

Your content

You keep ownership of the notes, questions, comments, and other material you post. By posting, you give DSEC Notebook a non-exclusive licence to store, display, and distribute that content on the service so other students can read it.

You confirm that:

• you have the right to post the content
• it does not infringe someone else’s copyright or other rights
• it is not unlawful, harassing, or misleading

Content you post is public. Do not include personal information you would not want others to see, such as student IDs, private correspondence, or unpublished assessment material that is not yours to share.

Academic integrity

Notebook is for sharing study notes and asking questions. It is not a place to commission, sell, or request completed assignments, exam answers, or other work that would breach Deakin’s academic integrity rules. You remain responsible for following Deakin’s policies. Using material from Notebook in assessed work without proper acknowledgement may constitute academic misconduct.

Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• harass, threaten, or abuse other users
• post spam, malware, or content that is illegal
• attempt to access other accounts or disrupt the service
• scrape or copy the site in a way that overloads or undermines it
• misrepresent your identity or affiliation

Moderation

We may edit, hide, or delete content, and we may restrict or delete accounts, when we consider it necessary to protect the community or the service. We are not obliged to review every post before it appears.

No warranty

Notebook is provided as a volunteer community resource, “as is”. Study notes and answers are written by students and may be incomplete or incorrect. We do not guarantee that the service will always be available, secure, or error-free, or that content is suitable for any particular unit, assessment, or exam.

Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by law, DSEC and the people who maintain Notebook are not liable for loss arising from your use of the service or from reliance on content posted by users. This does not exclude any rights you cannot waive under Australian consumer law.

Changes and termination

We may change these terms, or change or discontinue Notebook, at any time. The “Last updated” date at the top will change when the terms are revised. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised terms. You may stop using Notebook at any time.

Privacy

How we handle personal information is described in our Privacy policy.

Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent through the DSEC Discord at discord.dsec.club.