Website Terms and Conditions of use
These terms and conditions govern your access to and use of the Website. By accessing and using the Website you agree that you have read and accept these terms and conditions and that they shall apply to your use. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, please leave the Website.
1. Contact details
1.1 This Website is operated by Learning Consortium BVBA (Learning Consortium), a company registered in Leuven, Belgium. Its registered office is at Ambachtenstraat 20, 3210 Lubbeek, Belgium, registered VAT number BE 0880975279.
1.2 Through the Website you may gain access to the commercial products and services of Learning Consortium. In addition to these terms and conditions the provision of such products and services will be governed by such additional terms and conditions as you may be made aware of at the time of ordering.
1.3 If you have any queries relating to your registration with and use of the Website, please email web support.
2. Data protection and privacy
2.1 Learning Consortium recognises that your privacy is important to you. Any information you submit will be kept confidential and secure once it reaches our server. The information will be processed (by means of a computer database or otherwise) by Learning Consortium or on its behalf under strictly regulated conditions in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection legislation.
2.2 Any personal information provided by you to Learning Consortium through your use of this Website will only be used for the following purposes:
(i) compiling information relating to your use of Learning Consortium products and services and defining areas of interest to you;
(ii) handling orders, delivering products and services, processing payments, communicating with you about orders, products and services and generally maintaining your account;
(iii) advising you of other products and services which may be of interest.
2.3 Learning Consortium will not make this information available to outside organisations except for purposes (i), (ii) and (iii) above.
2.4 This data protection and privacy policy statement relates solely to the information provided by you on the Website.
3. Intellectual Property
3.1 All intellectual property rights in the design and layout of the Website and the material and information published on the pages of the Website, including, but not limited to, copyright and rights in registered and unregistered trade marks, are owned by or licensed to Learning Consortium.
3.2 Save as may be incidental to you obtaining authorised access to the content on the Website, you must not reproduce, download, transmit or retransmit, manipulate or store on paper, electronic (including, but not limited to any database or any part of the Internet), CD Rom or other offline product on any other format in whole or in part the design and layout of the Website or the information or material published on the pages of it, nor hypertext or otherwise link to it, without the prior written consent of Learning Consortium, such permission to be given or withheld at Learning Consortium’s absolute discretion.
4. Disclaimer
4.1 The material and information contained on the Website is for general information only and does not constitute any form of offer for sale, advice or recommendation by Learning Consortium. You should not rely on the material or information on the Website as a basis for making any business, legal or other decisions. You should seek appropriate independent advice before making any such decisions.
4.2 Learning Consortium does not warrant or represent and excludes all warranties or representations that the material and information, including advertising material, on the Website is accurate, true or complete or that it is free of viruses or that it does not contain any material which is defamatory, obscene or illegal in any way.
4.3 In no circumstances will Learning Consortium be liable to you or any other third parties for any loss or damage (whether direct or indirect, including loss of profits, loss of opportunity or any consequential loss) resulting from or in any way connected with your use of the Website or its content, whether caused by negligence, misrepresentation, breach of any statutory duty, or breach of contract or otherwise. Learning Consortium does not limit or exclude its liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence.
4.4 You may access other websites via hypertext links from the Website. You use such links and other websites entirely at your own risk. Such websites are provided by independent third parties and Learning Consortium accepts no responsibility for the availability, content or use of such websites or information contained on them.
5. Indemnity
5.1 You agree to indemnify and to keep Learning Consortium indemnified from and against any costs, claims, demands, expenses and liabilities suffered or incurred by Learning Consortium arising from or which is directly or indirectly related to your access to and/or use of the Website and/or any other person or entity’s use of the Website where such person or entity was able to access the Website using your password.
6. General
6.1 Learning Consortium reserves the right to assign or transfer all or any of its rights and obligations under these terms and conditions to any other third party. In the event of assignment or transfer, notification will be posted on the Website.
6.2 Failure by Learning Consortium to exercise or enforce any right conferred upon it shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such right nor operate so as to bar the exercise or enforcement of that or any other right on any later occasion..
6.3 Learning Consortium reserves the right to vary these terms and conditions from time to time. Such changes will be notified to posted on the Website. Changes in this manner shall be deemed to have been accepted if you continue to use the Website after a period of 2 (two) weeks from the date of posting on the Website.
6.4 These terms are governed by and will be interpreted in accordance with Belgian law. The Belgium courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any claim or dispute which may arise out of or in connection with these terms and conditions..
Learning Consortium BVBA
January 2007