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Privacy Policy.

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PRIVACY POLICY

1. OVERVIEW

We value our relationship with you and your privacy is important to us. Below we describe information that we may receive for in connection with your use of the Hollywood Film Academy Georgia LLC (I/N: 405407741) (“HFI”) Services (as defined as the Service in our Terms, Policies, and Conditions), how and why we receive it, your options, and the efforts we make to safeguard it all.

By using the HFI Services, you are consenting to the manner in which HFI will receive, use, disclose and otherwise manage your information, as set forth below in this Privacy Policy. Additionally, when you provide information to HFI, you agree to provide only true, accurate, current, and complete information.

2. WHAT THIS PRIVACY POLICY COVERS

This Privacy Policy covers HFI’s treatment of certain information obtained or disclosed by HFI, including information we receive when you use the HFI Services or share information with any of HFI’s third party partners. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with this policy and contact us if you have any questions.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that HFI does not own or control, or to individuals whom HFI does not employ or manage, including any of the third parties from which HFI may obtain or to which HFI may disclose user information as set forth in this Policy. The practices of such third parties are governed by their respective applicable privacy policies, not this Privacy Policy.

3. POLICY CHANGES

This policy replaces all previous disclosures we may have provided you about our information practices. We reserve the right to change this policy, and to apply any changes to information previously collected, as permitted by Georgian legislation. If there are material changes to this policy or our information practices change in the future, we will notify you by posting the policy changes on the Site and/or the App. Your continued use of the Services following any changes to this policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

4. INFORMATION WE RECEIVE ABOUT YOU

We receive information about you when you visit and/or use our Services, including certain personal information about you and certain non-personal information about you. In some cases, we may request that you provide some of the information identified below in order to obtain access certain services that we provide. If you choose not to provide the information we request, you may be unable to access these Services. Our affiliates or certain other third parties also receive certain information about you when you use or access the HFI Services, including the information described below.

We receive certain information about you when you visit and/or use our Services, including personal information, which is information that can be used to personally identify you. This information may be obtained directly by HFI or through any of its third party partners, and includes but is not limited to your first name, last name, birthdate, gender, billing address(es), shipping address(es), e-mail address(es), telephone number(s), payment information (including but not limited to credit card, debit card, gift card, rewards program, or coupon code information), location information (including but not limited to continent, providers, country, region, zip code, city, store vicinity, and others), order and purchase history, search queries, product and service preferences, account preferences, status, and information (including but not limited to username(s), password(s), and settings, and others), contact lists, and others.

We also automatically collect certain non-personal information about your visit to the HFI Services, including the device(s) you use to access our Services. Non-personal information is data in a form that does not, on its own, permit direct association with you, and includes but is not limited to technical information about how you access the Services, including but not limited to browser information, operating system, device information, unique device identifiers, IP address, referring site/application, App version, visit metrics, action metrics, page view metrics, search metrics, and others.

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, aggregated and anonymized personal information is considered non-personal information. If we do combine non-personal information with personal information, the combined information will be treated as personal information for so long as it remains combined.

5. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVE ABOUT YOU

We use and store the information that we receive about you, including your personal information, to necessary to conduct our business and to provide you and other users with the best possible products and services. As some examples, we use and store your information to fulfill orders, to provide you with suggestions and information in which you may be interested (including but not limited to offers related to your purchases through the Services and/or in-store), to measure or understand effectiveness of advertisements you and others see (including but not limited to serving you targeted advertisements), to protect the integrity and operation the Services, and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research and service improvement.

To conduct our business and to best serve you, we may share or provide access to your information, including your personal information, with certain third parties, including but not limited to service providers that provide support services to us or that help us market our products and services. Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we will not share your personal information with third parties unless we have received your permission, given you notice (such as telling you about it in this Privacy Policy, or removed your name and any other personally identifying information from it.

We may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose, including but not limited to providing it to third parties for marketing, advertising, analytics, or other uses.

We may also, in certain instances, disclose your information, including your personal information, when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify you, contact you, or bring legal action to protect your safety or rights or the safety or rights of HFI or others. We may also disclose your information, including your personal information, when you ask us to do so or when we believe it is required by Georgian legislation or as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.

If HFI is sold to or merges with another company, or declares bankruptcy, some or all of the information collected from you may be transferred to a third party as a result of the transfer of assets, subject only to agreement by the acquirer that the information will be subject to the same or substantially similar privacy protections as those established by this Privacy Policy, and without any requirement of a consumer privacy ombudsman. This may include personal information.

We store your information for as long as is necessary to conduct our business and to provide the best possible products and services to you, including for the uses described above.

6. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

Protecting your information is important to us. We use industry standard technology to protect the security of your information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we are committed to protecting your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us. You agree that HFI and our affiliates will have no liability for disclosure of your personal information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties.

7. MAKING PURCHASES

When you place an order with HFI, we ask you to provide Payment Method, Credit Card Account Number and Expiration Date (if applicable), Name (as it appears on credit card), “Bill To” Address (as it appears on your credit card statement), “Ship To” Address (if different from billing address), Daytime Phone Number, Email Address.

This information is necessary to process your order, and we assure you that your information, including your personal information, is transmitted over the most secure servers available. By making a purchase via the Services, you consent to our providing your information, including your personal information, to third parties as is necessary to process the requested transaction, including but not limited to third parties included credit card processors and banks. We further guarantee you will only pay for authorized items that you have ordered.

You will have the option of saving certain information, including your personal information, in our system for your convenience with respect to future purchases. The information is stored in the form of a "cookie" in your computer. Even though you need cookies to be enabled to make an online purchase, it is not necessary to save information via cookies if you choose not to.

HFI collaborates with government agencies and security organizations to prevent fraud and fraudulent use of your information, including your personal information. During fraud prevention investigations, we may share information, including your personal information, with the agencies that assist us, as permitted and required by Georgian legislation. Usage is strictly assigned to assist and prevent fraud investigations.

By registering an account with HFI, your checkout will be quicker and more efficient, with easy access to your order history, shipping preferences, wish lists, and special offers. If you're not comfortable shopping online and wish to phone in your order, you are welcome to do so.

8. ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIPTIONS

If you sign up for our electronic subscriptions, you'll be the first to hear about up-coming sales, online exclusive discounts, contests and more. For example, you can sign up to receive our HFI email newsletter during check-out and in various locations of the Services.

You'll always be able to unsubscribe from these electronic and catalog subscriptions, and we have a contact preference center where you can manage these subscriptions so you only get what you're interested in. For more information, please contact us.

9. COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

Cookies are data files saved to your computer’s hard drive when you visit a site. A “session cookie” expires immediately when you end your session (i.e., close your browser). A “persistent cookie” stores information on the hard drive so when you end your session and return to the same website at a later date, the cookie information is still available.

We use session and persistent cookies, either directly or through a third party partner, as well as along other tracking technologies (including but not limited to pixel tags and web beacons) to collect information about you in order to conduct our business and to provide you with the best possible services and products. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you turn cookies off, you won't have access to many features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly.

We may also use cookies and other tracking technologies to provide you with enhanced online display advertising tailored to your interests.

We treat information collected by cookies and other technologies as non-personal information. However, to the extent that non-personal information is combined with personal information, we treat the combined information as personal information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy.

10. DISCLOSURE TO THIRD PARTIES

HFI relies on third-party vendors and service providers to provide support and assistance for our Services and products. We may share your personal information with such third parties in order to help us conduct our business and to provide you with the best possible products and services. We may contract with various third-party service providers in furtherance of this goal, including but not limited to payment processors, website hosting partners, banks, cookie providers, and others. We also work with third party advertising, marketing and analytics partners to serve ads on this or other sites, using information collected through the use of industry standard technologies such as cookies and pixel tags. These third parties may receive information about you over time and across different websites when you use or visit the HFI Services.

Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we will not share your personal information with third parties unless we have received your permission, given you notice (such as telling you about it in this Privacy Policy, or removed your name and any other personally identifying information from it. Where we share your personal information with service providers or any other third parties who perform services on our behalf, except as otherwise provided herein, they will be contractually restricted from using your information in any manner other than in helping us conduct our business and to provide you with the best possible products and services.

We may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose, including providing it to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

This Privacy Policy, the relationship between you and HFI, and all related matters will be governed by, and construed and interpreted solely in accordance with the laws of Georgia

11. CHILDREN

The Services are not directed to persons under age 18. Users must be at least 18 years of age to access, use, or register for the Services. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from persons under age 18 without verifiable parental consent. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a user under the age of 18 without first receiving verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible. If you are a parent and you think we have inadvertently collected personal information from your child who is under 18, you may contact us to request that we delete his or her information from our records.

12. DO NOT TRACK

Because we use your information that we collect to conduct our business, as described in this Privacy Policy, our Services do not respond to “Do Not Track” requests or other similar mechanisms.

13. OPTING-OUT, REMOVING, OR MODIFYING YOUR INFORMATION

We offer several ways for you to update your information that is obtained and stored by HFI, including options to change your account preferences, remove your email from e-mail updates, and others.

To modify your account information, please let us know by modifying your preferences in the “My Account” section.

To unsubscribe from electronic updates, please visit your Contact Preference Center, where you can manage your subscriptions so you only get what you're interested in.

You may also contact us.

Please note that due to email production schedules, you may receive emails that are already in production. We may also maintain information about an individual sales transaction in order to service that transaction and for record keeping.

14. CONTACT US

If you have questions regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact us.

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TERMS OF SERVICE

Last Updated: [●] 

Please carefully read these Terms of Service (these “Terms of Service”), which are a binding contract between you and Hollywood Film Academy Georgia LLC (I/N: 405407741) (“HFI”) that governs the use of a HFI account and the products and services available through a HFI account, exempts HFI and other persons from liability, specifies the jurisdiction for the resolution of disputes and contains other important provisions before registering for a HFI account or submitting an order for or using any product or service available through a HFI account.

By using a HFI account or a product or service available through a HFI account, you acknowledge and signify that you have read, understand and agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these Terms of Service, then you may not register for a HFI account or use any product or service available through a HFI account.

1.              Definitions and Interpretation

1.1           Binding Agreement:  These Terms of Service are a binding agreement between you and HFI regarding the use of an Account and Products. By registering for an Account or submitting an order for or using a Product, you acknowledge and signify that you have read, understood and agreed to the most current version of these Terms of Service. If you do not accept and agree to the most current version of these Terms of Service, then you may not register for an Account or submit an order for or use any Product.

1.2           Definitions:  In these Terms of Service, the following terms have the following meanings and other capitalized terms have the meaning set out elsewhere in these Terms of Service:

(a)            “Account” means a valid and subsisting account with HFI for use of Products;

(b)            “Assessment” means an assignment, exercise, quiz or other assessment required to be completed in respect of a Course;

(c)            “Certificate” means a certificate issued by HFI evidencing successful completion of a Course or bundle of Courses;

(d)            “Course” means an online course provided or made available by HFI for use through an Account;

(e)            “Course Materials” means the videos, files, documents and other materials and Assessments provided or made available by HFI in respect of a Course;

(f)             “Products” means the Courses, Course Materials and other products and services that HFI may provide or make available from time to time for use through an Account pursuant to these Terms of Service; and

(g)            “Representatives” means directors, officers, employees, contract workers, agents and other personnel and representatives.

1.3           Other Agreements:  These Terms of Service are in addition to other agreements (collectively, the “Other Agreements”) between you and HFI (collectively the “Parties” and each a “Party”), which are available on HFI’s website at [●] (the “Website”). If there is a conflict or inconsistency between these Terms of Service and the Other Agreements, then the Other Agreements will take priority and govern regarding the specific subject matter to which they apply, and these Terms of Service will take priority and govern regarding all other matters.

1.4           Changes: HFI in its discretion may change these Terms of Service at any time and from time to time, without any prior notice, by posting the changed Terms of Service on the Website. The changed Terms of Service are effective immediately on posting on the Website, unless the changed Terms of Service expressly state otherwise. It is your responsibility to check the “Last Updated” date at the top of these Terms of Service and review any changes since the previous version. By using an Account or submitting an order for or using a Product, you signify your unconditional acceptance and agreement to be bound by the changed Terms of Service. You may not change these Terms of Service in any manner.

2.              Permitted Users/Use

2.1           Permitted Users:  You may not register for an Account or submit an order for any Product if you are a minor in the jurisdiction in which you reside or if you cannot form a legally binding contract. If you are a minor, then your parent or legal guardian may register an Account on your behalf and submit orders for Products on your behalf. You may not register for an Account or submit an order for any Product if you do not accept these Terms of Service or the applicable Other Agreements, if you breach these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements, if you are located in a jurisdiction where access to or use of a Product or the Website is prohibited by law, or if HFI has prohibited you from registering for an Account or ordering a Product. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of these Terms of Service, HFI reserves the right in its discretion and for its sole convenience to refuse to provide Products to you or any other person.

2.2           Permitted Use of Accounts and Products:  Subject to these Terms of Service and all applicable laws, you may only use an Account and Products for your own lawful, personal, non-commercial purposes, in the manner permitted by these Terms of Service and subject to all applicable Other Agreements and applicable laws. Use of an Account or Product for any other purpose or in any other manner is strictly prohibited.

2.3           General Restrictions/Prohibitions:  Without limiting the generality of section 2.2, you will not: (a) use your Account or any Product in a way that interferes with or threatens, damages, disrupts, compromises or degrades the integrity, functionality, operation, performance or security of your Account or the Product or HFI’s systems or data, or to attempt to gain unauthorized access to HFI’s systems or data; (b) index, crawl, catalogue, mirror, frame, scrape, cache or otherwise collect or mine any data from your Account or any Product for any purpose whatsoever, using any technologies, tools or methods (including robots, spiders, crawlers or other automatic devices, programs or methodologies) whatsoever; (c) license, sublicense, grant, sell, share, transfer, assign, pledge, publish, transmit, publicly display or perform, distribute, create any interest in, or otherwise give or make available or permit the use of your Account or any Product to or for the benefit of any other person; (d) alter, attempt to circumvent, destroy, obscure, conceal, modify or remove any notices (including proprietary rights notices), proprietary codes or locks, means of identification, digital rights tools or management information, security or control measures, or agreements on, in or in relation to your Account or any Product; (e) attempt to circumvent the ordinary navigational structure, technical delivery systems or display of your Account or any Product or attempt to access or use your Account or any Product or HFI’s systems or data by any means that is not purposely made available to you by HFI; (f) copy any ideas, features or functions of your Account or any Product or create a product or service using the ideas, features or functions of your Account or any Product; or (g) permit, assist or encourage any other person to do any of the foregoing in this section 2.3.

3.              User Information

3.1           Accurate Information:  To create an Account or to order a Product, HFI may require that you provide certain information about yourself (including your legal name, residential address, email address, other contact information and in some instances details of your government-issued identification documents) and payment information. You represent and warrant that all information you provide to HFI is true, accurate, current and complete, and that you will update the information from time to time so that it remains true, accurate, current and complete. HFI will rely on the information that you provide. HFI is not under any obligation to verify the truth, accuracy, currency or completeness of any information you provide, but HFI may do so in its discretion, and you hereby consent to HFI making reasonable inquiries as HFI considers appropriate to verify the information you provide. You hereby authorize HFI to create and permanently retain records of all information that you provide to HFI and all communications between you and HFI and to use, retain and disclose that information as reasonably necessary to provide Products and to otherwise perform HFI’s obligations and exercise HFI’s rights under these Terms of Service and applicable Other Agreements. You are solely responsible and liable for all loss, damage and expense that you, HFI or any other person may suffer or incur as a result of your submission of any false, inaccurate, out of date or incomplete information, your failure to promptly update your information if it changes, or any other breach of your obligations under this section 3.

3.2           Communications:  You authorize HFI to: (a) accept communications it receives from you by means of the Website or email as if those communications had been given directly by you in writing and signed by you; (b) disclose your communications to HFI’s affiliates and services providers; and (c) respond to your communications through the Website, by email or other means of communication as HFI considers appropriate. Communications that you send to HFI are not effective unless and until they are processed by the responsible HFI representative. HFI may refuse to process communications that you send to HFI, or may reverse the processing of any communications that you send to HFI, at any time in HFI’s discretion and without any notice or liability to you or any other person, including if HFI believes the communication to be fraudulent or unlawful or defective, inaccurate or incomplete due to a technical malfunction.

3.3           Personal Information Privacy:  By accepting these Terms of Service you consent to the collection, use, retention, disclosure and deletion of your personal information in accordance with Hollywood Film Academy Privacy Policy (online: [●]), as amended from time to time, and as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

4.              Transactions

4.1           Application: This section 4 does applies to all Products provided by HFI. 

4.2           Misprints/Errors:  HFI endeavours to provide current and accurate information on the Website, but misprints, errors, inaccuracies, omissions (including incorrect details for a Product) and other errors may sometimes occur. HFI reserves the right to correct any misprint, error, inaccuracy or omission at any time without prior notice or liability to you or any other person, and change at any time the Products advertised on the Website, the prices, fees, charges and specifications of those Products and any other Website content, all without any notice or liability to you or any other person. If you submit an order for a Product for which incorrect information was displayed on the Website, HFI will provide you with a reasonable opportunity to cancel your order.

4.3           Availability:  Products advertised on the Website may not be available when ordered or thereafter. If you order a Product that is not available, HFI will notify you by email. HFI reserves the right in its discretion to refuse to accept or cancel any order you submit and to limit quantities available for sale or sold to you.

4.4           Prices:  All prices and other amounts appearing on the Website are quoted in US dollars for the users outside of Georgia and in GEL for the users within the Georgian jurisdiction. HFI reserves the right to change prices advertised on the Website at any time. The total price of your order will include the price of the ordered Products plus all applicable delivery charges, handling charges and taxes. The price and applicable taxes and charges will appear on the completed order form, and will be charged to your specified payment service when your order is accepted by HFI or as otherwise set out in your order.

4.5           Orders:  The advertisements on the Website are invitations to make offers to purchase Products and are not offers to sell. Your properly completed and delivered order constitutes your offer to purchase the Products referenced in the order. Your order will be deemed accepted by HFI when HFI processes payment for your order or sends (by email) an order acceptance notice to you, whichever is sooner.

4.6           Order Cancellation:  Because HFI endeavours to complete orders for Products quickly, you may not cancel an order for a Product. 

4.7           Payment:  You may pay for your purchases with the payment methods specified on the Website. HFI or its service providers will obtain payment pre-approval from your payment service when your order is processed. The purchase payment will be charged to your payment service if and when your order is processed or as otherwise set out in your order. Pre-paid fees are not refundable under any circumstances.

4.8           Delivery:  HFI will deliver Products to you electronically, as specified in your applicable accepted order.

5.              Proprietary Rights

5.1           Ownership:  Except for the limited license expressly set out in section 5.2, (a) as between the Parties, HFI will at all times solely own and retain all rights, title and interest (including all intellectual property rights) throughout the world in, to and associated with Products; and (b) neither you nor any other person will acquire any right, title or interest in, to or associated with any Product.

5.2           License:  Subject to the provisions of these Terms of Service and your payment of all applicable fees, HFI hereby grants you a non-exclusive, personal, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, restricted and limited license to access and use each Course Material made available to you in accordance with the restrictions and requirements set forth and referenced in these Terms of Service. You may use Course Materials solely for your personal participation in a Course and not for any other purpose whatsoever. Unauthorized use of Course Materials is strictly prohibited.

5.3           Trademarks:  Hollywood Film Academy®, the HFI logo and other related trademarks and symbols are registered or unregistered trademarks, service marks and trade names owned or licensed by HFI. Any unauthorized use of those trademarks is strictly prohibited, and nothing on the Website or in these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements will be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any of those trademarks and service marks.

5.4           Feedback:  If you give to HFI any feedback (including any review, comments, ideas or suggestions for corrections, enhancements or improvements) regarding a Product or Account or the Website, then HFI and its successors, assigns and licensees may use the feedback for any and all purposes (including to support, maintain and improve Products, Accounts and the Website) without providing any compensation or attribution to you or any other person. HFI may in its discretion modify your feedback (e.g. for grammar and spelling) prior to use.

5.5           Reservation:  All rights not expressly granted by these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements are reserved by HFI.

6.              User Content

6.1           User Content:  In these Terms of Service: (a) “Content” means text (including notes, questions, comments and reviews), information, graphics, photographs, images, audio, video, and other materials and forms of data or communication, and includes Templates; (b) “Template” means a business template distributed through the Website; and (c) “User Content” means Content (including Templates) posted, submitted, contributed, transmitted or provided by you to the Website, discussion forums and other HFI functionalities generally made available to you.

6.2           Acknowledgement:  You acknowledge that User Content may be made available to other users of Products or publicly available on the Website, and that User Content might be copied, disclosed, shared or otherwise made available to other persons. HFI has no responsibility or liability for or control over the use of User Content by other users of Products or the Website or any other person.

6.3           Responsibility/Compliance: Without limiting the generality of any other provision of these Terms of Service, you are solely responsible and liable for User Content. You will ensure that User Content: (a) complies with all applicable laws and community standards (including the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are located); (b) does not infringe, violate or misappropriate the rights of any person; and (c) does not contain, reference or distribute any information, messages, images or other materials that are abusive, contain nudity, deceptive, defamatory, derogatory, discriminatory, false, fraudulent, harassing, harmful, hateful, indecent, objectionable, obscene, offensive, pornographic, profane, racist, sexist, sexually explicit, threatening, violent, vulgar or otherwise objectionable, or which depict, encourage or tend to incite any unlawful activities. HFI is not obligated to screen or verify User Content, and does not guarantee the accuracy, veracity or completeness of any User Content. You are solely responsible and liable for your selection and use of User Content shared by other users and your interactions with other users. HFI may remove User Content at any time and for any reason without notice or liability to you or any other person.

(a)            Content License/Waiver:  You hereby grant and agree to grant HFI and its affiliates, suppliers, service providers and licensees a non-exclusive, world-wide, unrestricted, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use and exploit (including access, view, store, copy, reproduce, combine with other works, distribute, transmit, display and perform) User Content in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, using any form, media or technology now known or later developed, without providing any compensation or attribution to you or any other person, without any liability whatsoever, and free from any obligation of confidence or other duties. You hereby grant to each other user of Products and the Website a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, restricted and limited license to use User Content made available by you for the sole purpose of the user’s lawful, internal business purposes. You hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waive and agree to waive in favour of HFI and its affiliates, suppliers, service providers and licensees and all other users all moral rights and rights of authorship and attribution that you have or may have in, to or associated with User Content (the “Content License/Waiver”).

6.4           Representation/Warranty:  You represent and warrant to HFI and all other users of Products and the Website that: (a) you own User Content or otherwise have all requisite rights, licenses, permissions, consents, powers, authorizations, approvals and waivers to use User Content and grant the Content License/Waiver; (b)  the creation, possession and use of User Content does not and will not violate or infringe the rights (including intellectual property, privacy and personality rights) of any other person, breach any duty or obligation (contractual or otherwise) owed by you to any other person, or violate any applicable laws; and (c) to the best of your knowledge, the information contained in User Content is true, accurate, current and complete. If you becomes aware that any information in User Content is untrue, inaccurate or incomplete, you will promptly contact HFI.

6.5           Review/Removal and Deletion:  HFI is not obligated to monitor, review, screen, police, edit or remove User Content, although HFI reserves the right to do so in its discretion and without any notice or liability to you or any other person. HFI reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any User Content, in whole or in part, that HFI in its discretion considers to be unacceptable, undesirable or in violation of these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements, without any notice or liability to you or any other person. You acknowledge that you may not be able to remove User Content from the Website and copies of User Content might continue to exist and be accessible by other persons through the Website or otherwise (including by persons who have previously downloaded, copied, received or otherwise obtained User Content). HFI is not responsible or liable for any removal or deletion of User Content.

6.6           Authorization/Consent:  You acknowledge that HFI may in its sole discretion report any information regarding unlawful conduct, including information regarding unlawful conduct contained in User Content, to applicable law enforcement agencies at any time without any notice or liability to you or any other person.

6.7           Retention by HFI:  For greater certainty, and notwithstanding the foregoing in this section 6 or any other provision of these Terms of Service, HFI may include copies of User Content in HFI’s archives and back-up systems and may permanently retain copies of User Content for legal compliance and administrative purposes.

6.8           Third Party Content:  You acknowledge that Content may be submitted, posted, displayed, transmitted or provided to or through the Website by other users (whether to other users of Products or publicly available on the Website) (“Third Party Content”). HFI does not guarantee the accuracy, veracity or completeness of any Third Party Content. HFI has no responsibility or liability for or control over the conduct of other users of Products or the Website or any Third Party Content. You are solely responsible for your selection and use of Third Party Content, and you access and use Third Party Content entirely at your own risk. You will not make any claim against HFI arising from, connected with, or relating to your use of any Third Party Content.

7.              Accounts

7.1           Credentials:  You must use a valid user name and password for your Account that complies with HFI’s technical requirements and policies (collectively “Credentials”).

7.2           Restrictions/Requirements:  You may have only one (1) Account. Except as expressly set forth in sections 7.7 and 8: (a) you may not create an Account for any other person; and (b) your Account and Credentials are personal to you and may not be shared with or use by any other person. You are fully responsible and liable for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account and Credentials and for any and all use and misuse of your Account and Credentials (including all transactions using your Account or Credentials) and for all resulting loss and damage.

7.3           Linked Accounts:  HFI may permit you to register for an Account through an account you hold with a third party social media site (such as LinkedIn). By registering for an Account using a third party social media site, you agree that HFI may access information related to your account with the third party social media site and you agree to comply with all terms and conditions of the third party social media site regarding your use of an Account through the third party social media site. Your use of, and interactions with, a third party social media site as a result of accessing an Account through the third party social media site are at your own risk. Third party social media sites are independent from HFI, and HFI does not endorse, and has no responsibility or liability for or control over, third party social media sites.

7.4           Notices:  You will immediately notify HFI by email to [●] if you discover any unauthorized use of your Account or if you know or suspect that your Credentials have been lost or stolen or become known to or used by any other person.

7.5           Reliance/Verification:  HFI may act upon any communication that is given through your Account or by using your Credentials. HFI is not under any obligation to verify the actual identity or authority of any person using your Account or Credentials, but HFI in its discretion may at any time require verification of the identity of any person seeking to access your Account and may deny access to and use of your Account if HFI is not satisfied with the verification.

7.6           Cancellation/Suspension/Termination:  HFI in its discretion may cancel or suspend your Account or reject, revoke or require that you change or renew your Credentials at any time without notice or liability to you or any other person, including if your Account is inactive. If your Account is suspended, cancelled or terminated by HFI, you may not create another Account without HFI’s express prior written consent.

7.7           Accounts for Children:  You may create an Account for a child for whom you are the parent or legal guardian, and in those circumstances you and your child are jointly and severally responsible and liable for the Account and related Credentials.

8.              Authorized Representatives

8.1           General:  HFI in its discretion may permit you to use procedures prescribed by HFI to appoint another person or legal entity (an “Authorized Representative”) to act as your agent and representative in all dealings with HFI, including for purposes of creating, administering and using your Account, submitting and processing your orders for Products and related transactions, and exchanging on your behalf documents and information (including your confidential information, personal information and test scores) with HFI.

8.2           Authorization/Responsibility:  By appointing your Authorized Representative in accordance with HFI’s prescribed procedures, you authorize HFI to deal with your Authorized Representative as your authorized agent and representative for all purposes unless and until your appointment of your Authorized Representative is terminated as set forth in section 8.3. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing in this section 8.2, you hereby acknowledge and agree that: (a) your Authorized Representative may accept and agree on your behalf to all of HFI’s applicable customer agreements and policies (including these Terms of Service and all applicable Other Agreements), as amended from time to time; and (b) you are bound by, and fully responsible and liable for, all acts and omissions (including wrongful conduct and use of your confidential or personal information or your Account) by or on behalf of your Authorized Representative.

8.3           Termination:  You or your Authorized Representative may terminate the Authorized Representative’s status at any time by sending an email to [●]. A termination request submitted by you or your Authorized Representative will not be effective unless and until the request is actually received and processed by HFI’s personnel. HFI in its discretion may terminate your Authorized Representative’s status at any time without any prior notice to you or the Authorized Representative. If your Authorized Representative’s status is terminated, then you alone will have control over your Account (in accordance with applicable procedures prescribed by HFI in its discretion from time to time) and HFI will no longer accept your Authorized Representative’s orders or requests on your behalf.

9.              Courses, Course Materials and Certificates

9.1           Course Registration: Your registration for a Course or bundle of Courses is specific to the particular Course or bundle of Courses for which you have registered. You may not cancel your registration for a Course or change the Course specified in your registration. 

9.2           Changes to Courses and Course Materials: Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms of Service, HFI may at any time cancel or otherwise make unavailable or modify any Course or any Course Material, including any Assessments.

9.3           Assessment Integrity:  You acknowledge that Assessments are designed to measure a user’s proficiency or other skills based upon spontaneous, unassisted, original answers provided by the user. If you complete an Assessment, you will provide spontaneous, unassisted answers to the Assessment, and you will not give answers that are memorized or copied from other sources (including answers of another user). You will not encourage or assist any other person to cheat on an Assessment or encourage, engage in or assist any act or omission that might compromise the security of an Assessment or impair the integrity of any Assessment.

9.4           Assessment Confidentiality:  To ensure the continued integrity of Assessments, you will maintain the confidentiality of the questions contained in an Assessment and your answers to those questions, and you will not disclose any of those questions or your answers to any other person.

9.5           Assessment Requirements – Computer Skills:  You acknowledge that Assessments are administered by computer and require basic computer skills (using a mouse and typing), and you will not be entitled to retake an Assessment or receive a refund of fees if you lack the computer skills required to take an Assessment or if your lack of required computer skills adversely affects your performance on the Assessment.

9.6           Assessment Answers:  You hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grant and agree to grant to HFI a non-exclusive, world-wide, unrestricted, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use and exploit (including copy, reproduce, publish, republish, translate, upload, post, publicly display, transmit, communicate or make available to the public, or otherwise disclose or distribute), and authorize other persons to use and exploit, your Assessment answers (without disclosure of your name or other identifying information) in any manner and using any and all forms, media and technologies now in existence or developed in the future for any and all purposes, including to advertise, promote and market HFI’s products and services, all without any compensation or attribution to you, and you hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waive and agree to waive in favour of HFI and its successors, assigns and licensees all moral rights and rights of authorship and attribution that you have in, to, or associated with your Assessment answers.

9.7           Irregularities:  HFI may in its discretion refuse to score an Assessment, release your results on an Assessment or invalidate your completion of an Assessment if HFI believes that the security of the Assessment or the integrity of your completion of the Assessment have been impaired or compromised for any reason whatsoever, including as a result of administrative errors or cheating or other misconduct by you.

9.8           Certificates:  Following your successful completion of the requirements (including all applicable Assessments) for a Course or a bundle of Courses, as determined by HFI in HFI’s sole discretion and subject to these Terms of Service, HFI will grant you a Certificate in respect of the Course or the bundle of Courses. HFI will send or cause to be sent an electronic copy of your Certificate to the email address you provided to HFI. HFI may make additional copies of your Certificate available to you in hard copy or other format for an additional fee.

9.9           Disclosure of Certificate:  If you submit a copy of one or more of your Certificates to an institution, association, organization or entity, including a current or potential employer (each an “Authorized Organization”), or if you authorize HFI to disclose a copy of one or more of your Certificates to an Authorized Organization, or if you authorize an Authorized Organization to obtain a copy of one or more of your Certificates from HFI, then you unconditionally and irrevocably consent to HFI disclosing to the Authorized Organization your name and other personal information and a copy of the Certificate, and you agree that HFI is not responsible or liable for the Authorized Organization’s use or disclosure of the disclosed information and the copy of the Certificate.

9.10         No Other Certification: A Certificate granted to you in respect of a Course or a bundle of Courses evidences your successful completion of that Course or bundle of Courses only. Unless otherwise explicitly stated by a credit-granting institution, participation in or completion of a Course or a bundle of Courses does not confer any academic or continuing education credit or any other designation or certification on you.

9.11         Consequences of Breach/Misconduct:  Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms of Service, if you breach these Terms of Service or any Other Agreement then, in addition to all other lawful remedies, HFI may in its discretion: (a) cancel your registration for any and all pending Courses; (b) refuse to score an Assessment completed by you; (c) refuse to accept your registration for any future Courses; (d) invalidate your completion of an Assessment or a Course; and (e) invalidate any Certificate you received in respect of a Course.

10.           Other Matters

10.1         General Representations/Warranties:  You represent and warrant to HFI that you have the right, power, capacity and authority to lawfully enter into these Terms of Service and lawfully perform your obligations and exercise your rights under these Terms of Service.

10.2         Technical Requirements:  You are solely responsible and liable for obtaining, provisioning, configuring, maintaining, paying for, and protecting from loss and damage, all equipment (including mobile computing devices and personal computers), software and services (including Internet access) necessary for your use of your Account and Products (including transmission of data to and from HFI).

10.3         Notifications:  You will promptly notify HFI if you know of or suspect any unauthorized access to or use of a Product, and on request by HFI you will cooperate with and assist HFI to investigate and respond to the unauthorized access or use (as applicable).

11.           Disclaimers, Liability Exclusions/Limitations and Indemnity

11.1         General Disclaimer: You are solely responsible for the use of your Account and the selection and use of Products to achieve your intended results, and you use your Account and Products at your own risk. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Accounts and Products are provided “as is”, “as available” and “with all faults”, and without any representations, warranties, conditions or guarantees of any nature or kind whatsoever, whether express, implied or statutory, or arising from custom or trade usage or by any course of dealing or course of performance, including any representations, warranties, conditions or guarantees of or relating to: accuracy, accessibility, availability, completeness, durability, errors, fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, non-infringement, lack of viruses or other disabling or harmful code, performance, quality, results, suitability, security, timeliness, title, truthfulness, quiet enjoyment, uninterrupted service or workmanlike effort; all of which are hereby waived by you and disclaimed by HFI Group to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, HFI does not represent or warrant that any Product will meet your requirements. No oral or written information or advice given by or on behalf of HFI will create any legally binding or effective representation, warranty, condition or promise.

11.2         Liability Exclusions/Limitations:  Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements, and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (a) in no event and under no circumstances will HFI be liable to you or any other person for any personal injury, emotional distress or any damage or loss (including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive or exemplary damage or loss, loss of profit, loss of revenue, loss of data or information, loss of use, loss of privacy, loss of business, loss of opportunity, loss of productivity or any other commercial damage or loss) arising form, connected with or relating to Accounts or Products (including your use or inability to use your Account or Products) or any related matter; and (b) if notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements HFI Group is liable to you or any other person, then in no event and under no circumstances will HFI Group’s total aggregate liability arising from, connected with, or relating to Accounts or Products or any related matter ever exceed the fees that you actually paid to HFI during the three (3) months immediately before the date on which the liability arose. This section 11.2 applies to loss and damage however caused and to liability under any theory (including contract, tort, statute and strict liability), regardless of any negligence or other fault or wrongdoing (including fundamental breach or gross negligence) by HFI or any person for whom HFI is responsible, even if other remedies are not available or do not adequately compensate you or any other person for the loss or damage or the stated remedy fails of its essential purpose, or HFI knew or should have known of the possibility of the loss or damage being incurred.

11.3         Exceptions:  The laws in some jurisdictions prohibit or limit the disclaimer of certain warranties and conditions or the exclusion or limitation of certain liabilities, and so the disclaimers and liability exclusions and limitations in these Terms of Service might not apply to you.

11.4         Indemnity:  You will defend, indemnify and hold harmless HFI Group from and against any and all losses, damages, costs, expenses (including legal fees), claims, complaints, demands, actions, suits, proceedings, obligations and liabilities (including legal fees and expenses and settlement payments) arising form, connected with or relating to your use of an Account or Products or your negligence, misconduct or breach of these Terms of Service or any applicable Other Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, HFI Group retains the right to participate in the defense of and settlement negotiations relating to any third party claim, complaint, demand, action, suit or proceeding with counsel of their own selection at their sole cost and expense.

11.5         Definition: In this section 11, “HFI Group” means HFI and each of HFI’s corporate affiliates, licensors, suppliers and service providers, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, contractors, agents, shareholders, distributors and representatives, jointly and severally.

12.           Suspension/Termination

12.1         Suspension:  HFI in its discretion may immediately suspend or restrict your Account and your permission to order Products at any time without notice or liability to you or any other person.

12.2         Termination:  These Terms of Service as they apply to you are effective unless and until terminated as set forth in this section 12.2. You may terminate these Terms of Service as they apply to you by permanently closing/deactivating your Account. HFI in its discretion may for its sole convenience terminate these Terms of Service at any time by giving a notice of termination to you or by permanently closing/deactivating your Account.

12.3         Consequences of Termination:  Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms of Service, the obligations and liabilities you incur prior to termination of these Terms of Service will survive termination, and sections 1.3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.6, 8.2, 9, 11, 12.3 and 13 of these Terms of Service (and all other provisions of these Terms of Service necessary to their interpretation or enforcement) will survive termination and continue to apply and be binding upon you and HFI.

13.           General Matters

13.1         Governing Law:  These Terms of Service, the Other Agreements, Products, the relationship between you and HFI, and all related matters will be governed by, and construed and interpreted solely in accordance with the laws of Georgia. 

Disputes:  The courts of Georgia will have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any and all disputes arising from, connected with or relating to these Terms of Service, the Other Agreements, Accounts, Products, the relationship between you and HFI or any related matter (each a “Dispute”), and you and HFI each hereby unconditionally and irrevocably submit and attorn to the original and exclusive jurisdiction of those courts regarding those disputes. 

13.2         Force Majeure:  Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements, HFI will not be liable for any delay in performing, or failure to perform, any of its obligations under these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements to the extent performance is delayed or prevented due to any cause or causes that are beyond HFI’s control. Any delay or failure of that kind will not be a breach of these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements by HFI, and the time for HFI’s performance of the affected obligation will be extended by a period that is reasonable in the circumstances.

13.3         Miscellaneous:  You and HFI are non-exclusive, independent contracting parties, and nothing in these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements or done pursuant to these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements will create or be construed to create a partnership, joint venture, agency, employment or other similar relationship between you and HFI. Upon request by HFI, you will execute all further documents and instruments and do all further things as may be reasonably necessary to implement and carry out the provisions and intent of these Terms of Service and applicable Other Agreements. No consent or waiver by HFI to or of any breach by you of these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements will be effective unless the consent or waiver is confirmed in a document that is signed by HFI or will be deemed or construed to be a consent to or waiver of a continuing breach or any other breach by you. HFI’s rights and remedies under these Terms of Service and the Other Agreements are cumulative and not exhaustive or exclusive of any other rights or remedies to which HFI may be lawfully entitled under these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements or at law, and HFI will be entitled to pursue any and all of its rights and remedies concurrently, consecutively and alternatively. If any provision of these Terms of Service or any Other Agreements is held by a court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, then the provision will be deemed severed from these Terms of Service or the Other Agree