The Terms and Conditions detailed here are effective starting 3 May, 2023.
Throughout these Terms, “we”, “our” or “us” refers to TOUCHSTONE SNAIL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (otherwise referred to as “Touchstone Snails”). We are a Cyprus company with the registration number ΗΕ 250405 and VAT Registration No: [——————–].
Throughout these Terms, “you” refers to any customer of TOUCHSTONE SNAIL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED or any visitor to the website.
Access to our website, herein referred to as the “Website” or “Site”, accessible at [———————] as either a guest or a registered user is subject to the following Terms. Use of the content accessible on the Website is also subject to these Terms.
Website use includes accessing and browsing any part of the Website; registering as a member; and using any functionality and services that are provided by us or others through the Website.
Your continued access to and use of the Website is subject exclusively to the Terms and Conditions documented here. These Terms may be updated by us at any time. By accessing and using this Website and any materials in any format (referred to as “the Content”) that are made available through the Website, you are signifying that you accept these Terms. You will be bound to them for as long as you continue to use this Website and the Content it provides. You must immediately cease using the Website if you do not accept these Terms.
Please review these Terms and Conditions before continuing your use of this Website. By continuing to use this Site, you accept these Terms and Conditions and agree to comply with them. If you do not, you must no longer use this Website.
Changes and Updates to the Terms and Conditions
We reserve the right to modify, amend, or update the Terms and Conditions, at any time of our choosing. By continuing to use this Website, you are accepting any changes made herein. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms and Conditions to be aware of any changes made, and you must cease use of the Website if you do not accept the updated Terms.
For any material changes to the Terms and Conditions, we will take reasonable steps to notify you of such changes, via a banner on the website, email notification, another method, or combination of methods. In all cases, your continued use of the Services after publication of such changes, with or without notification, constitutes binding acceptance of the revised Terms. Any revised Terms shall supersede all previous Terms.
If any competent authority finds any provision within these Terms unable to be enforced effectively or invalid, either in part or in whole, other provisions within the Terms shall remain unaffected.
Changes and Updates to the Website
We reserve the right to modify, enhance, alter, suspend, or discontinue any Content, any part of the Website, or the Website as a whole, at any time and without prior notice. Additionally, we may restrict access or prohibit access at any time and in any way. We do not guarantee that the Website or any Content contained therein will be free from errors or omissions, or that it will be always kept up to date. We are under no obligation to update the Website or its Content at any time.
Account Information and Passwords
Participation in the online courses available on our Website requires each user to register. A registration is limited to a single user. You are not permitted to share your username and password with other persons, nor with multiple users on your network. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account by keeping your password secure.
You may never use another User’s account without permission from the Website. In consideration of your use of the Products, you agree (a) that Your Information will be true, accurate, current and complete, and (b) to maintain and promptly update Your Information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. You are responsible for safeguarding any password that you use to access the Products (including passwords used on other Website products that permit single sign-on to the Products) and for any activities or actions under your password. We encourage you to use “strong” passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper- and lower-case letters, numbers and symbols, and have at least eight (8) characters) with your account. You agree to (a) notify the Website of any unauthorized use of your password or User identification and any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session.
You will be provided with a username and password as part of our registration and security procedure. At that time, you must consider that information to be confidential. It may not be disclosed to third parties, including others within your business, company, or organization.
We retain the right to disable a username and password or other identification code if we believe reasonably that you have not complied with the Terms and Conditions in this document.
If you believe that your password and account details have been obtained by any other individual, you must promptly notify us at info@touchstonesnail.com.
In order to create an account, you must be at least 14 years old. Anyone under 14 must have a parent or guardian open an account and oversee your actions on the Website. If you are under the age of consent for online services, you may not register for an account or use the Website. We will terminate any account that violates this policy. (Commented [RD1]: This is the age of consent for online services in Cyprus. Users must be >14)
Security
We care about the security of our users. While we work to protect the security of your account and related information, the Website cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security measures. Please notify us immediately of any compromise or unauthorized use of your account by emailing us.
User Accounts
In order to create a user account, you must provide your full name, an email address, your country or region of residence, a public username, and a user password. You agree that you will never divulge or share access or access information for your user account with any third party for any reason. In setting up your user account, you may be prompted to enter additional optional information (e.g., your year of birth). You represent that all information provided by you is accurate and current. You agree to maintain and update your information to keep it accurate and current.
We care about the confidentiality and security of your personal information. Please see the Privacy Policy for more information about the collection and use of data on our Site.
Paid Services
The website offers paid Services for a fee. Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted in Euros. You are responsible for paying all fees charged by or for the Website and applicable taxes in a timely manner with a payment mechanism associated with the applicable paid Services. If your payment method fails or your account is past due, we may collect fees using other collection mechanisms. Fees may vary based on your location and other factors, and the Website reserves the right to change any fees at any time at its sole discretion. Any change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting through the relevant Services.
Third party websites
Any link to a third-party website from our Website is not covered by these Terms. Links to any third party are solely provided for convenience. When you use this links to visit a third- party site, you have left our Website. We do not review the content on third-party sites, and are not responsible for any content on these sites or their availability. We do not endorse or represent them, their content, or any results you may obtain from those sites. Accessing any third party website via a link from our Website is at your own risk. We will not be held liable for any content or operation of any third-party website or the content, goods, and services they provide. We are not responsible for incorrect links to external, third-party websites. You may not frame or link our Website without receiving express written permission from us.
Prohibited uses of the Website
Our Website may only be used for lawful purposes. Prohibited uses of our Website include:
- Any use that is prohibited by any applicable local, national, or international laws or regulations;
- Any use that is unlawful or fraudulent, or results in fraudulent or unlawful effects;
- Transmitting or obtaining unsolicited content, advertising, or solicitation (typically known as “spam”);
- Using, downloading, uploading, receiving or sending any materials that is not in compliance with our Content standards;
- Any use that results in harm or attempted harm to minors in any fashion;
- Transmitting information or material that contains harmful computer code, such as trojan horses, worms, viruses, spyware, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, adware, or any other software that is designed to impede the intended operation of any computer software or hardware.
- Any of your contractual obligations or fiduciary duties;
- Share your password, let anyone besides yourself access your account, or do anything that might put your account at risk;
- Attempt to access any other user’s account;
- Reproduce, transfer, sell, resell, or otherwise misuse any content from our Services, unless specifically authorized to do so;
- Access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of our system, unless specifically authorized to do so;
- Break or circumvent our authentication or security measures or otherwise test the vulnerabilities of our systems or networks, unless specifically authorized to do so;
- Try to reverse engineer any portion of our services;
- Use our Services or any functionality of the Website for anything other than for completing online courses or for pedagogical purposes;
- Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
Rules of Online Conduct
You agree that you are responsible for your own use of the Website and for your User Postings. “User Postings” means all content submitted, posted, published, or distributed on the Website by you or other users of the Website, including but not limited to all forum posts, wiki edits, notes, questions, comments, videos, and file uploads. You agree that you will use the Website in compliance with these Agreements, and all applicable local, state, national and international laws, rules and regulations, including copyright laws, any laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from your country of residence, and all European export control laws.
As a condition of your use of the Website, you will not use the Website in any manner intended to damage, disable, overburden, or impair any Website server or the network(s) connected to any Website server or to interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, other accounts, computer systems, or networks connected to any Website server through hacking, password mining, or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information stored on the Website, its servers, or associated computers through any means not intentionally made available through the Website. If you are a registered user, you will not share your password or let anyone else access or compromise your account.
Furthermore, you agree not to scrape, or otherwise download in bulk, any Website content, including but not limited to a list or directory of users on the system, User Postings or user information, online textbooks, course materials, or trademarks and logos. You agree not to misrepresent or attempt to misrepresent your identity while using the Website.
Feedback
We welcome your suggestions, ideas, comments, and other feedback regarding the Services (“Feedback”). By submitting any Feedback, you grant us the right to use the Feedback without any restriction or any compensation to you. By accepting your Feedback, the Website does not waive any rights to use similar or related Feedback previously known to the Website, developed by our employees, contractors, or obtained from other sources.
User Postings Representations and Warranties.
By submitting or distributing your User Postings, you affirm, represent, and warrant (1) that you have the necessary rights, licenses, consents, and/or permissions to reproduce and publish the User Postings and to authorize the Website and its users to reproduce, modify, publish, and otherwise use and distribute your User Postings in a manner consistent with the licenses granted by you below, and (2) that neither your submission of your User Postings nor the exercise of the licenses granted below will infringe or violate the rights of any third party. You, and not the Website, are solely responsible for your User Postings and the consequences of posting or publishing them.
License Grant to the Website and the Members.
By submitting or distributing your User Postings, you hereby grant to the Website a worldwide, non-exclusive, transferable, assignable, sub licensable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to host, transfer, display, perform, reproduce, modify, distribute, redistribute, relicense, and otherwise use, make available, and exploit your User Postings, in whole or in part, in any form and in any media formats and through any media channels (now known or hereafter developed).
Breaches of These Terms and Conditions
Breaches of these Terms and Conditions will be determined by us, at our full discretion, based on your use of our Website. If we determine that a breach of these Terms has occurred, we may choose to take action against you by means we deem are appropriate, given the specifics of the breach.
A failure to comply with these terms will be seen as a material breach of the Terms under which you are permitted to access and use this Website. A breach may result in us taking any or all of the following actions against you:
- Immediate withdrawal (temporary or permanent) of your right to access and use our Website;
- Immediate removal (temporary or permanent) of any material or post uploaded or sent by you to our Website;
- Issuance of a warning to you making you aware of conduct that breaches these Terms;
- Initiation of legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs incurred on an indemnity basis that are a result of the breach, including, but not limited to, all resulting legal costs and administrative costs;
We may also take further legal action against you, and we shall cooperate fully with law enforcement authorities and any court order that requests us to disclose the identity or location of anyone who has engaged in the posting of inappropriate material.
We exclude any and all liability for our actions that are taken in response to breaches of these Terms. The responses outlined here are not exhaustive, and we have the right to take any reasonable action that we deem necessary and appropriate based on the details of the given situation.
Privacy
Our Privacy Policy governs any personal information that you submit to TOUCHSTONE SNAIL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED and that personal information will be handled accordingly. The Privacy Policy is considered to be part of these Terms and Conditions. By accepting these Terms and continuing to use this Website or communicating with us, you acknowledge that you are consenting to the requirements of the Privacy Policy.
Intellectual property rights
All intellectual property rights for this Website and the Content contained therein are licensed or owned by us. The Website and its Content are protected by copyright laws and treaties that are applicable throughout the world. All rights are reserved.
You may bring the Content on our Website to the attention of other people within your organization.
You may not separate any accompanying text from illustrations, photographs, video, audio, or graphics and use these items on their own.
We and any contributors identified on the Website must always receive acknowledgement as the authors of any Content.
No part of the Content from the Website may be used for commercial purposes without obtaining the proper license from us our licensors.
Printing, copying, or downloading any Content or part of the Website in a manner that constitutes a breach of these Terms will result in a revocation of your access to and use of the Website. You will be required to return or destroy any copies of the materials as we require.
No part of our Website may be copied, reproduced, or stored in another website or any electronic retrieval service or system, public or private, without first obtaining written permission.
We reserve any rights that are not expressly granted within these Terms.
License to Use the Website
When you use this Website, we are granting you a non-exclusive, non-transferable limited license to access and view the courses and all associated Content for which you have paid any and all required fees. This license permits you to use this material solely for your personal, non-commercial, educational purposes, in accordance with these Terms, as well as any additional restrictions or conditions that are associated with a particular feature of our Website or a course therein. This license expressly prohibits all other uses of the Website and Content. You may not reproduce, redistribute, transmit, assign, sell, download, broadcast, rent, share, lend, modify, adapt, edit, create derivative works of, sublicense, or otherwise transfer or use any course, unless you have received explicit written permission to do so by us.
You agree to use this Website for lawful purposes only. Any use of this Website by you must not infringe upon the rights of any third party. Any use of this Website by you further cannot inhibit or restrict the use of this Website by any third party. These restrictions and inhibitions may include, but are not limited to, conduct that is unlawful, harassing, causing distress or inconvenience to anyone, transmitting offensive or obscene content, or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue and interaction on the Website.
Disclaimer of warranties
The Website and the Content are provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE.” While we will endeavor to update the Website in order to provide information that is correct, accurate, current, and timely, we makes no representations, warranties, or covenants, express or implied, regarding the Website and the Content, including, but not limited to, no representation, warranty, or covenant that (i) the Content contained in or made available through the Website, or any item(s) made available on or through the Website will be fit for any particular purpose or of merchantable quality; (ii) the Website or Content will be accurate, complete, current, reliable, timely, or suitable for any particular purpose; (iii) that the operation of the Website will be uninterrupted or error-free; (iv) that defects or errors in the Website or the Content, be it human or computer errors, will be corrected; (v) that the Website will be free from viruses or harmful components; and (vi) that communications to or from the Website will be secure and/or not intercepted. By continuing to use the Website, you acknowledge and agree that your access and use of the Website and the Content is entirely at your own risk and liability.
Limitations and exclusion of liability
We exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms (express or implied) that concern the availability of the Website, its completeness, quality, suitability, accuracy, or fitness for a purpose in relation to the Website or any Content contained therein, as well as conduct of users, links to or from the Website, and any goods and services that are advertised or accessible on the Website, to the full extent that is permitted under the law.
We further exclude all liability for any cost, damage, loss, expense, or claim that arises from in connection with these Terms, the Website, Content, or any links to or from the Website, to the full extent of the law.
Additionally, we exclude all liability for any cost, damage, loss, expense, or claim to any user, whether in tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, contract or otherwise, that arises from or in connection with any goods and services advertised, sold, or made accessible on the Website, even in the circumstances of this loss was foreseeable due to
- Your use of, or inability to effectively use, our Website; or
- Your reliance on or use of any Content made available on our Website
In particular, we will not be liable for any business user’s losses, including
- Business interruption;
- Loss of anticipated savings;
- Loss of opportunity, goodwill, or reputation;
- Consequential or indirect loss or damage; or
- Any loss of sales, profits, business, or revenue
Notwithstanding anything indicated in this provision, in the event that we are held liable for a breach of Terms, the maximum extent of our liability will be limited to either providing services again or paying the cost of having services provided again.
Website Access and Availability
We cannot guarantee that our Website or the Content will continue to remain available at all times. Access to the Website is provided on a temporary basis, and we may suspend, withdraw, or discontinue our Website, in part or as a whole, without advance notice. We are not liable if our Website becomes unavailable for any reason. We are constantly changing and improving our Services. We may add or remove functions, features, or requirements, and we may suspend or stop part of our Services altogether. Accordingly, the Website may terminate your use of any Service for any reason. We may not be able to deliver the Services to certain regions or countries for various reasons, including due to applicable export control requirements or internet access limitations and restrictions from governments. None of the Website, its Content Providers and instructors, its contributors, sponsors, and other business partners, and their employees, contractors, and other agents shall have any liability to you for any such action.
One user = One Account for security, safety and personal data protection reasons each person using the website must have their own account so “… It is your responsibility to ensure that anyone accessing our Website with your computer or your internet connection is aware of these Terms and Conditions and that they will abide by them.
It is your responsibility to make any arrangement necessary for accessing this Website.
Indemnification
Under these Terms, by using the Website you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Touchstone Snails, our group companies, and their officers, directors, suppliers, partners, and agents, from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, costs, or expenses whatsoever, including, without limitation, legal fees and disbursements, resulting directly or indirectly from: (i) your breach of any of the Terms; (ii) your access to, use, misuse, reliance upon, or inability to access or use the Website, the Content, or any other website to which the Website is or may be linked to or; (iii) your use of, reliance on, publication, communication, distribution, uploading, or downloading of anything (including the Content) on or from the Website. Your indemnification obligation will survive the termination of these Terms and your use of the Services.
Jurisdiction and Laws
These Terms, their formation, and their subject matter, along with any non-contractual disputes and claims, are governed by the laws of the Republic of Cyprus, and will be construed in accordance with those laws. Any disputes pertaining to any provision of these Terms is subject exclusively to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Cyprus.
Relationship between You and Us
By accepting these terms and continuing to use this Website, you and we agree that there exists no partnership, joint venture, contractor, employment, or agency relationship between you and us.
Waiver
Even if we decide to take no action if you breach these Terms, we retain the ability to use our rights and remedies in any other instance of your breaching these Terms.
Severability
Every individual provision of these Terms can be severed from the rest, and no severance of any specific provision affects the applicability of any other.
Entire Agreement
These Terms make up the whole of the agreement between you and Touchstone Snails, and they supersede any and all preceding contemporaneous agreements. Only a written waiver signed by a Director of Touchstone Snails can override any provision of these Terms.
Variation
As we have reserved the right to update our Terms and Conditions at any time, this page will be updated with the most recent version when changes are made. Please review these Terms regularly on this page in order to ensure that you are aware of the current Terms and Conditions.
Contact
If you have any questions about any aspect of these Terms, please contact us via a method listed below:
- Mail: 103 Eleftherias, Aradippou, P.C. 7102, Larnaca, Cyprus
- Email: info@touchstonesnail.com
- Phone: +357 24662700