Terms and Conditions
ASW2 Terms and Conditions for use of ASW2 Website
ASW2 Ltd. provides the ASW2 World Wide Web site ( www.asw2.net, the "Site" ) for your educational and informational purposes. Your access to and use of our Site, including registration and/or access to ASW2 online classrooms, is subject to the following terms and conditions and all applicable laws. By accessing the Site, you agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use.
Conduct
You agree to access and use the Site only for lawful purposes. You are solely responsible for the knowledge of and adherence to any and all laws, statutes, rules and regulations pertaining to your use of the Site, including any ASW2 classroom or ASW2 interactive or collaborative areas.
By accessing the Site, you agree that you will not:
1. Use the Site to commit a criminal offense or to encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to a civil liability, or otherwise violate any UK local or country or international law or regulation, including, but not limited to, export control laws and regulations
2. Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, libelous, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, profane, or otherwise objectionable content or content that is either prohibited by law or pursuant to these Terms and Conditions of Use
3. Use the Site to impersonate ASW2 personnel or other parties or entities
4. Use the Site to cause the distribution of any content that contains a software virus, worm, time bomb, "trojan horse" or any other computer code, files or programs that may alter, damage or interrupt the functionality of the Site or the hardware, software, programs or content of any other person, entity or organization, whether or not such other person, entity or organization uses the Site or is a direct target of your actions
5. Upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any materials that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under a contractual or fiduciary relationship (e.g., inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of an employment relationship or under a non-disclosure agreement)
6. Alter, damage or delete any content or other communications that are not your own
7. Disrupt the normal flow of communication in any ASW2 classroom or ASW2 interactive or collaborative areas
8. Claim a relationship with or to speak for any business, association, institution or other organisation for which you are not authorized to claim such a relationship or speak
9. Post or transmit any advertising, promotional materials, or other forms of solicitation to other users
10. Post any material that infringes or violates the intellectual property rights of another
11. Collect or store personal information about other users
By accessing the Site, you agree that you will not:
1. Use the Site to commit a criminal offense or to encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to a civil liability, or otherwise violate any UK local or country or international law or regulation, including, but not limited to, export control laws and regulations
2. Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, libelous, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, profane, or otherwise objectionable content or content that is either prohibited by law or pursuant to these Terms and Conditions of Use
3. Use the Site to impersonate ASW2 personnel or other parties or entities
4. Use the Site to cause the distribution of any content that contains a software virus, worm, time bomb, "trojan horse" or any other computer code, files or programs that may alter, damage or interrupt the functionality of the Site or the hardware, software, programs or content of any other person, entity or organization, whether or not such other person, entity or organization uses the Site or is a direct target of your actions
5. Upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any materials that you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under a contractual or fiduciary relationship (e.g., inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of an employment relationship or under a non-disclosure agreement)
6. Alter, damage or delete any content or other communications that are not your own
7. Disrupt the normal flow of communication in any ASW2 classroom or ASW2 interactive or collaborative areas
8. Claim a relationship with or to speak for any business, association, institution or other organisation for which you are not authorized to claim such a relationship or speak
9. Post or transmit any advertising, promotional materials, or other forms of solicitation to other users
10. Post any material that infringes or violates the intellectual property rights of another
11. Collect or store personal information about other users
Privacy
Your privacy and the privacy of others are important to ASW2. We believe that a vibrant learning community depends on maintaining a trusted user environment. As such, ASW2 is committed to providing a clear and specific description of its policies to protect the privacy of its users. ASW2 will follow all of the laws of the United Kingdom on privacy. Any material changes to our policy will be reflected on our Privacy Policy.
Termination
ASW2, in its sole discretion, may terminate or suspend your access to and use of the Site without notice and for any reason. ASW2 may discontinue operating the Site and terminate these Terms and Conditions of Use without notice at any time for any reason in its sole discretion.
Links
Some links on the Site and in ASW2's courses lead to sites posted by independent site owners. ASW2 does not review independent sites or control their content, but merely provide these links to users for their convenience. These links are not an endorsement of products, services, or information provided by such sites. ASW2 is not responsible for the accuracy, operation, quality or reliability of these sites or any products and services offered thereon. In no event shall ASW2 be liable to any person or entity, either directly or indirectly, with respect to any materials from third parties accessed through the Site. You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of any third-party web site and the Internet generally. ASW2 disclaims any and all responsibility for content contained in any third-party materials provided through links from the Site.
Further, the inclusion of these links to other sites does not imply that the other sites have given permission for inclusion of these links, or that there is any relationship between ASW2 and the linked sites. Nor do the owners of the linked sites endorse any of our courses or ASW2. ASW2 Ltd. is an independent operating company and references to other companies do not imply any partnership, joint venture, or other legal connection where ASW2 would be responsible for the actions of their respective owners or operators.
Opinions of Experts, Faculty and Other Students
Our courses and this Site may include text transcripts, audio and video clips of experts, discussions, conversations or chats initiated or joined by ASW2 faculty members, other ASW2 staff or other students (collectively, "Opinions"). As such, these Opinions are those of the individual expressing them, and are not the Opinions or beliefs of ASW2 or it's owner, ASW2 Ltd. No representation is made that any such Opinions are accurate or complete. ASW2 and its affiliates will not be responsible or liable for claims relating to the Opinions and neither ASW2 or its affiliates make any express or implied representations or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of the Opinions, or for statements or errors contained therein, or omissions from them.
Policy on Spamming
You specifically agree that you will not utilize e-mail addresses obtained through using ASW2's services or equipment to transmit the same or substantially similar unsolicited messages to 10 or more recipients in a single day unless such message specifically pertains to coursework and is communication to your teacher, faculty members or other students.
Login ID and Passwords
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of all your login identification including email address and password. You must immediately notify ASW2 of any unauthorized use of your login information. Sharing your login information with others is a criminal act (theft of services) and will result in termination of services for which you have contracted and forfeiture of fees paid. It may also result in criminal prosecution at our discretion.
Use of Content and Copyrights
ASW2 has the right to monitor the content that you provide by means of the Site, but shall not be obligated to do so. The contents of the Site and ASW2 courses are protected by copyright as individual works, collective work and/or compilations, pursuant to United Kingdom and foreign copyright laws. You agree to abide by all copyright notices and other restrictions contained in the Site and in the course materials. Access to, and use of, the Site is solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You may copy and download content from the Site solely for your personal, educational and non-commercial use. Accessing, using, displaying, performing, distributing, copying or downloading content from the Site for other than your own personal, educational, and non-commercial use is expressly prohibited without prior written consent of ASW2 or the individual copyright owner identified in any copyright notice.
Indemnification
By accessing the Site, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless ASW2 and their officers, directors, shareholders, employees, affiliates and agents ("Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all liabilities and costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising from any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions of Use. You further agree to cooperate as fully as may be reasonably required in the defense of any such claim. ASW2 reserves the right to assume, at its own expense, the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and you shall not in any event settle any matter without the written consent of ASW2.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE, INCLUDING ANY ASW2 CLASSROOM OR ASW2 INTERACTIVE OR COLLABORATIVE AREAS, IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. NEITHER ASW2 NOR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES OR AGENTS WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SITE. THE CONTENT AND FUNCTION OF THE SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ABSENCE OF VIRUSES AND DAMAGING OR DISABLING CODE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, ASW2 SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INTERRUPTION OF OR ERROR IN PROVIDING SERVICES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OR ANY VIRUSES OR DAMAGING CODE TRANSMITTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE OR ANY ASW2 COURSES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ASW2’s NEGLIGENCE OR THE NEGLIGENCE OF ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES OR AGENTS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE INTERNET, THE SITE MAY NOT BE ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES AND THAT INFORMATION TRANSMITTED OVER THE INTERNET MAY BE SUBJECT TO THIRD PARTY INTERCEPTION AND MODIFICATION. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS THE PRECEDING EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL ASW2 OR ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, SHAREHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (EVEN IF ASW2 HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUE OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOST BUSINESS, LOST DATA, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR LOSSES. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS ASW2’s LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED.
Modification of these Terms and Conditions of Use
ASW2 maintains the right to modify these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time and may do so by posting notice of such modifications on this page. Any modification is effective immediately upon posting the modification on the relevant Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of any modification signifies your acceptance of such modification and your willingness to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of Use as modified. Thus, you will be bound by such revisions and should periodically visit this page to review the current Terms and Conditions of Use.
General
By using the Site, you agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use. These Terms and Conditions of Use shall be construed solely in accordance with the laws of the United Kingdom. You hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the United Kingdom, and you waive any jurisdictional, venue, or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. In any action to enforce these Terms and Conditions of Use, the prevailing party will be entitled to costs and reasonable attorney fees. In the event that any provisions of these Terms and Conditions of Use are held to be unenforceable, such provisions shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms and Conditions of Use shall otherwise remain in full force and effect. These Terms and Conditions of Use, together with the agreements entered into in connection with taking a course, constitute the entire understanding between the parties pertaining to use of the Site, and any prior written or oral agreements between the parties are expressly canceled.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions of Use, the practices of the Site, or your dealings with the Site, please contact:
ASW2 Webmaster
c/o Southbank International School
63-65 Portland Place
London W1B 1QR
England
