TERMS OF SERVICE
Welcome to EDUGRADE. Please read these terms of service (“TOS”) and the EDUGRADE privacy policy prior to using any portion of the EDUGRADEONLINE website (the “Site,” which consists of all content and pages located within the EDUGRADEONLINE.COM web domain), including accessing any course material, chat rooms, or other electronic services.
These TOS and the privacy policy are Agreements (the “agreements”) between you and EDUGRADE. By using the Site, you accept and agree to be legally bound by the Agreements, whether or not you are a registered user. If you do not understand or do not wish to be bound by the terms of the Agreements, you should not use the Site.
EDUGRADE reserves the right to modify these TOS at any time without advance notice. Any changes to these TOS will be effective immediately upon posting on this page, with an updated effective date. By accessing the Site after any changes have been made, you signify your agreement on a prospective basis to the modified TOS and all of the changes. Be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of these TOS.
RULES TO USE THE SITE
Copyright on the EDUGRADE Site and all materials included in it is owned by or licensed to EDUGRADE and all rights are reserved. You must abide by all copyright notices and restrictions contained on the EDUGRADE Site. You may not copy, distribute, enter into a database, display, perform, create derivative works of, transmit, or otherwise use any materials from the EDUGRADE Site (including computer programs or other code) (“Site Materials), except that you make a reasonable number of machine-readable copies of the Site Materials only for personal, non-commercial use, and only if you do not alter the text or remove any trademark, copyright, or other notice displayed on the Site Materials. Unless otherwise expressly stated on the Site, the texts, exams, video, images and other instructional materials provided with the courses offered on this Site are for your personal use in connection with those courses only.
Certain reference documents, digital textbooks, articles and other information on the Site are used with the permission of third parties, and use of that information is subject to certain rules and conditions, which will be posted along with the information. By using this Site you agree to abide by all such rules and conditions.
TRADEMARKS
Use of EDUGRADE, names, logos, and seals are trademarks (“Trademarks”) of the EDUGRADE. You may not use any of these trademarks, or any variations thereof, without the owner’s prior written consent. You may not use any of these trademarks, or any variations thereof, for promotional purposes, or in any way that deliberately or inadvertently claims, suggests or, in these institutions’ sole judgment, gives the appearance or impression of a relationship with or endorsement by these institutions.
All Trademarks not owned by EDUGRADE, if any, are the property of their respective owners through the written consent of the owners. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of the owner of the applicable trademark.
COURSE FEES AND PAYMENTS
When you register for a course, you agree to pay the applicable course fee and any associated taxes. You consent to the receipt of an invoice or a statement of course fee, which shall be sent to you in an electronic format, to the email address that you provided upon registration. The price of courses will be reflected in INR-INDIAN NATIONAL RUPEE unless otherwise stated. If you select a part payment plan, you agree and authorise us to charge your card on the payment due date(s) for the amount(s) due.
If you fail to make payment for a Course by the due date for payment (as agreed during registration and recorded in your invoice/statement of course fee), then we may suspend your participation in the Course. In such cases you will not be permitted to access the course.
At our discretion, we may permit you to resume access to the course, provided the outstanding payment has been paid by you before the course end date. You hereby acknowledge and consent to us contacting you in relation to payments due by you, by way of email, text message, telephone calls, or other means as determined by us.
If you do not pay your fees in accordance with the agreed payment terms, you will not receive your final result for your Course, and this may impact your course completion. You will not be issued a certificate until all fees have been paid in full and you have completed the required course work.
DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF LIABLITY
The Site and any information, content or services made available on or through the Site are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranty of any kind (express, implied or otherwise), including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement, except insofar as any such implied warranties may not be disclaimed under applicable law.
EDUGRADE and the Founding Academic Institutions (as hereinafter defined) do not warrant that the Site will operate in an uninterrupted or error-free manner, that the Site is free of viruses or other harmful components, or that the courses or content provided will meet your needs or expectations. EDUGRADE and the founding academic institutions also make no warranty about the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or quality of the Site or any courses or content, or that any particular courses or content will continue to be made available.
Use of the Site, and the content and services obtained from or through the Site, is at your own risk. Your access to or download of information, materials or data through the Site or any reference sites is at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your property (including your computer system) or loss of data that results from the download or use of such material or data, unless otherwise expressly provided for in the EDUGRADE Privacy policy.
Neither EDUGRADE nor any of the EDUGRADE participants endorse any user postings or any opinion, recommendation or advice expressed therein. Neither EDUGRADE nor any of the EDUGRADE participants have any obligation to monitor any user postings or any other user communications through the Site.
However, EDUGRADE reserves the right to review user postings and to exercise its sole discretion to edit or remove, in whole or in part, any user posting at any time and for any reason, or to allow the EDUGRADE participants to do so. Without limiting the foregoing, upon receiving notice from a user or a content owner that a user posting allegedly does not conform to these TOS, EDUGRADE may investigate the allegation and determine in its sole discretion whether to remove the user posting, which it reserves the right to do at any time and without notice.
LINKS AND HYPERLINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The Site may include hyperlinks to sites maintained or controlled by others. EDUGRADE and the EDUGRADE participants are not responsible for and do not routinely screen, approve, review or endorse the contents of or use of any of the products or services that may be offered at these sites. If you decide to access linked third-party websites, you do so at your own risk.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that neither EDUGRADE nor any of the EDUGRADE participants will be liable to you for any loss or damages, either actual or consequential, arising out of or relating to these terms of service, or your (or any third party’s) use of or inability to use the Site, or your placement of content on the Site, or your reliance upon information obtained from or through the Site, whether your claim is based in contract, tort, statutory or other law.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to defend, hold harmless, and indemnify EDUGRADE and the EDUGRADE participants, and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, faculty, students, fellows, governing board members, agents, and employees from and against any third-party claims, actions, or demands arising out of, resulting from or in any way related to your use of the Site, including any liability or expense arising from any and all claims, losses, damages (actual and consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs, and attorneys’ fees, of every kind and nature. In such a case, EDUGRADE or one of the EDUGRADE participants will provide you with written notice of such claim, suit, or action.
TERMINATION |DISCONTINUATION OF COURSE AND CONTENT
You agree that EDUGRADE, in its sole discretion, may terminate your use of the Site or your participation in it, for any reason or no reason, upon notice to you. It is EDUGRADE’s policy to terminate in appropriate circumstances the accounts of users of the Site who are repeat copyright infringers.
EDUGRADE and the EDUGRADE participants reserve the right at any time in their sole discretion to cancel, delay, reschedule or alter the format of any course offered through EDUGRADE, or to cease providing any part or all of the Site content or related services, and you agree that neither EDUGRADE nor any of the EDUGRADE participants will have any liability to you for such an action. If you no longer desire to participate in the Site, you may terminate your participation at any time. The rights granted to you hereunder will terminate upon any termination of your right to use the Site, but the other provisions of these TOS will survive any such termination.
Entire agreement. These TOS and the privacy policy together constitute the entire agreement between you and EDUGRADE with respect to your use of the Site, superseding any prior agreements between you and EDUGRADE regarding your use of the Site.
GOVERNING LAWS
This user agreement will be governed by the laws of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India applicable to contracts made and performed there without regard to its conflicts of law principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts sitting in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India and waive any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts.
Effective date: 05 January 2016