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USER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
ComputerBasedTest.com
provides this Internet Application Software and related services
subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions set forth
below. Please read the following information carefully.
IMPORTANT -- READ
CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT:
These terms and conditions
constitute a legally binding agreement between ComputerBasedTest.com
(the Company) and you, the end user. This Agreement governs the
access and use of services for which You register and which are
provided by or through the Company systems. If you have any questions,
we encourage you to seek independent legal advice prior to clicking
on the "ACCEPT" button. By law, clicking on "ACCEPT"
binds you to the terms and conditions of this agreement.
The service is offered
to end users conditioned upon user’s acceptance without modification
of this Agreement.
1. User equipment
a) You are solely responsible
for supplying your own equipment (which may include a personal
computer system, telephone, telephone lines and modem), Internet
communications software and operating system software which conform to the Company's standards for use with the Software, and for
maintaining the equipment in good working order, all at your own
expense.
b) You will only
copy and use the Software on a machine at which you are the
primary user. You represent and warrant that you possess the
necessary skills to operate the equipment and software. The
Company will not provide support or assistance relating to any
hardware or any software other than the Software which provided
by the Company.
2. User name and password
a) You are solely responsible
for all use of ComputerBasedTest.com’s services through your user
name, password and/or personal identification number, whether
authorized or not. You will not permit others to use ComputerBasedTest.com’s
service through your user name, password, and/or personal identification
number.
b) You are responsible
for the security of your user name, password and personal identification
number.
c) You will be solely
liable for any losses, damages, costs or expenses from the use
of your user name, password and personal identification number
by others, whether authorized or not.
3. Privacy and personal
information
a) You may be requested
to provide your personal information when you register an account
with the Company software. These may include your username, password,
address and/or payment and billing information which are used
to access the Company Services. The Company reserves the right
to request any additional information necessary to establish and
maintain your account for use of the Services.
b) The Company will
use all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality
of your information data. However, transmissions made by means
of the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be secure. The Company
has no liability for disclosure of such data due to errors in
transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties.
c) You acknowledge
that you will be responsible for any losses to you and the Company
due to untrue information provided by you to the Company.
4. Intellectual property
and use of this site
a) All content generated
by the Company Software or available from the entry point URL
http://www.ComputerBasedTest.com (site) and all related code and
applications within this site are the property of the Company
and/or its affiliates. All material generated by our Software
or on this Site, including (but not limited to) text, images,
illustrations, audio clips and video clips, is protected by copyrights
that are owned or controlled by the Company or by other parties
that have licensed their material to the Company (or posted to
the Site pursuant to a user agreement with the Company). Material
generated by the Company Software or from the Site may not be
copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted
or distributed in any way. Modification of the materials or use
of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of copyright
and other proprietary rights. The use of any such material on
any other Web site or computer environment is prohibited.
b) "ComputerBasedTest.com"
and "EnglishMaster" are trademarks and service marks of ComputerBasedTest.com.
All other trademarks, service marks and logos used on this Site
are the trademarks, service marks or logos of their respective
owners.
c) Access to the
Site and using the Company Software and service does not grant
to you the right to reproduce, copy, or distribute (except as
permitted by the Company) by any means, method, or process whatsoever,
now known or hereafter developed, any of content.
d) The Company has
made every effort to secure appropriate clearances for all proprietary
intellectual properties used by our system. If you believe any
material of our system is infringing, please contact the Company
immediately.
e) You will not copy
or otherwise distribute the Software, and you will be solely
liable for any damages, costs or expenses arising from unauthorized
copying or distribution.
f) You will not reverse
engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify, translate, make any
attempt to discover the source code of the Software, or create
derivative works based on the Software, and you will be solely
liable for any damages, costs or expenses arising from the above.
If the Company finds any evidence or has any suspicion that
you have tampered with the Software in any way, in addition
to any other remedies available to it, the Company may terminate
your account at any time.
g) You will not modify,
copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish,
license, create derivative works from, frame in another web
page, use on any other Web site, transfer, or sell any information,
software, lists of users, databases or other lists, products
or services provided through or obtained from the Service other
than for use in creating a Web site in accordance with this
Agreement. This means, among other activities, that you agree
not to engage in the practices of "screen scraping", "database
scraping", or any other activity with the purpose of obtaining
lists of users or other information. You agree that you will
not use the Service in any manner that could damage, disable,
overburden, or impair the Service or interfere with any other
party's use and enjoyment of the Service. You may not obtain
or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any
means not intentionally made available or provided for through
the Service. Except with the written permission of Active, You
agree that you will not access or attempt to access password
protected, secure or non-public areas of the Service. If you
attempts to access prohibited areas of the Service, You may
be subject to prosecution.
h) You will use the
Company Software and services for your own personal study only,
and not for any business or commercial purpose. You will not
use the Service, in whole or in part, for any purpose that is
unlawful or prohibited by this Agreement.
5. Charges and Billing
a) You hereby authorize
the Company to charge your credit card in advance for all applicable
fees incurred by you in connection with your chosen Service and
your account. You hereby acknowledges that in most cases, the
Company will be charging your designated credit card in accordance
with the payment schedule of the Service for which You have registered,
but some charges may accumulate on Your credit card account before
they are charged to Your credit card account. You further acknowledge
that it is Your responsibility to notify the Company of any changes
to Your credit card or if Your credit card has expired otherwise
Your access to the Service may be disconnected or interrupted.
All fees shall be paid in U.S. dollars or Canadian dollars.
b) Other than credit
cards, the Company may also accept payment in international
money orders, US and Canadian bank checks up to the satisfactory
of the Company.
c) The Company reserves
the right to change the fee schedule or billing methods at any
time, provided, however, that such modifications shall not take
effect earlier than thirty (30) days after the Company posts
such modification on the Company Web Site. The Company also
has the right to collect applicable taxes and impose premium
surcharges for some areas of the Service and these surcharges
may apply immediately after You register for the Service. You
may cancel any Service Upgrades or Your Account at any time,
but the Company will not refund any remaining portion of Your
pre-paid fees.
d) You agree to pay
Your Account balance on time. You also agree to pay any taxes,
including sales or use taxes, resulting from Your use of the
Service. Amounts not paid by You to the Company when due will
be assessed an additional 1.5% per month if Your payment is
more than thirty (30) days past due. That amount is also due
immediately. You are responsible and liable for any fees, including
attorney and collection fees, that the Company may incur in
its efforts to collect any remaining balances due from You.
You must notify the Company of any billing problems or discrepancies
within sixty (60) days after they first appear on Your credit
card account statement. If You do not notify the Company within
sixty (60) days, You waive any right to dispute such problems
or discrepancies.
6. Modification of
the Service
a) The Company reserves
the right, at its sole discretion, to, at any time, modify, or
discontinue the Service, temporarily or permanently, (or any part
thereof), including the imposition of limits on certain features
and services or restriction of access to parts or all of the Service,
with or without notice.
b) You agree that
the Company shall not be liable to You or to any third party
for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
c) If You do not
agree to any such modifications, Your sole and exclusive remedy
is to cancel Your Account.
7. Termination/Cancellation
of You Account
a) You understand and
agree that the cancellation of Your Account is Your sole right
and remedy with respect to any dispute with the Company.
b) Additionally,
the Company, in its sole discretion, may terminate your account
or your use of the Service for any reason, including, without
limitation, (i) if You breaches this Agreement, (ii) if the
Company is unable to verify or authenticate any information
that You provides to the Company, or (iii) if the Company believes
that You have violated or acted inconsistently with the spirit
of this Agreement. If the Company terminates Your Account pursuant
to (i), (ii) or (iii) above, You will forfeit all credits, pre-paid
fees, and any other amounts accruing to You, if any, and the
Company shall not be required to refund, redeem, or pay amounts
to You upon such termination.
c) Upon termination
of Your Account for any reason, You shall remain liable for
and the Company reserves the right to (a) collect all charges,
fees, commitments and obligations incurred or accrued by You;
(b) prohibit Your access to Your Account, including without
limitation by deactivating Your password; and (c) refuse You
future access to the Service. In no event shall the Company
be required to refund, redeem, or pay amounts to You upon termination
of Service.
d) You may cancel
Your Account by sending an email to the Company. You will receive
a cancellation confirmation via email after the Company processes
Your cancellation request. The Company reserves the right to
collect fees, surcharges or costs incurred before You cancel
Your Account in addition to the applicable cancellation fee(s),
if any.
e) You will give
the Company 10 working days to process your cancellation request.
8. Notice
Statements, notices
and other communications to You may be made by mail, email, postings
in the Company Web Site.
9. Information transmitted
over the Internet.
Neither the Company,
its respective licensees, distributors, parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, nor their officers, directors or employees will be
liable for any damages which may be caused by the interception,
alteration or misuse of any information transmitted over the Internet.
10. Third Party Content
a) For Your convenience,
this web site may contain products, services, content and information
from third party providers (which includes advertisers and affiliates)
and/or links to their Web sites ("Third Party Content"). Such
Third Party Content is not under the control of the Company and
the Company is not responsible for such content, including, without
limitation, any link contained in such content, or any changes
or updates to such content.
b) The Company is
under no obligation, but does reserve the right to pre-screen
Third Part Content available on the Service and does not assume
any responsibility or liability for the content provided by
others.
c) The Company is
providing such Third Party Content to You only as a convenience,
and the inclusion of such content does not imply endorsement
by the Company of such content or the affiliate or advertiser.
You may be subject to additional and/or different terms, conditions,
and privacy policies when using third party products, services,
content, software, or sites. The Company does reserve the right
to remove content that, in the Company's judgment, does not
meet its standards, but the Company is not responsible for any
failure or delay in removing such material.
d) The Company is
not and will not be responsible for (i) the terms and conditions
of any transaction between You and any third party, (ii) any
insufficiency of or problems with any such third party's background,
insurance, credit or licensing, or (iii) the quality of services
performed by any such third party or any other legal liability
arising out of or related to the performance of such services.
e) In the event that
You have a dispute with any such third party, You releases the
Company (and its affiliates, suppliers, agents and employees)
from any and all claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential)
of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected,
disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected
with such disputes.
11. Termination.
The Company may, in
its absolute discretion, terminate this agreement at any time
without prior notice.
12. Entire agreement.
a) This Agreement sets
forth the entire understanding and agreement between the Company
and You with respect to the subject matter hereof. It supersedes
any prior understandings, agreements or commitments, whether written
or oral, between you and the Company.
b) The section and
subsection titles in the Agreement are for convenience only
and have no legal or contractual effect.
c) The relationship
between you and the Company is a business relationship and shall
not at any time be construed as a fiduciary relationship.
d) Each party is
an independent contractor and not an agent or representative
of any other party. No party shall have any right or authority
to create any obligation or make any representation or warranty
in the name or on behalf of any other party. This Agreement
shall not be interpreted or construed to create an association,
joint venture or partnership between the parties or to impose
any partnership obligation or liability upon any party.
e) The parties acknowledge
and agree that this Agreement may be entered into electronically,
and without the necessity of written signatures.
13. Governing language
The original text of
this agreement is in English and any interpretation of this agreement
will be based on the original English text. If this agreement
or any documents or notices related to it are translated into
any other language, the original English version will prevail.
14. Violations
Please report any violations
of this Agreement to our customer support group
15. Amendment of terms
a) The Company reserves
the right to modify, restate or amend the terms and conditions
of this agreement, from time to time, without notice. The Company
shall use all reasonable efforts to post, for no less than ten
(10) days prior to the effective date of any change, a copy of
the change, modification, restatement or amendment on the Company
Web Site.
b) If you commence
or continue to use the Company’s service after the effective
date of the modification, restatement or amendment to the terms
and conditions of this agreement, or of the change or modification
to the Company’s service, or modification, restatement or amendment
to the rules of the Company’s service, you will be deemed to
have accepted the change.
c) A copy of this
agreement, as updated from time to time, is available for your
review at any time on the Company’s service's Internet web site
at www.ComputerBasedTest.com. It is your own responsibility
to review the Company Web Site frequently on the terms and conditions
of usage.
16. Independent Review
YOU ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL RELATED SITE SCREENS
REFERENCED AND INCORPORATED IN THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT YOU AGREES
TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED
ALL ASPECTS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE DESIRABILITY OF ENTERING
INTO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED IN THIS AGREEMENT AND IS NOT
RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN
THOSE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
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