Acceptance of Terms
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By accessing and using this website you agree to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions.
The terms ‘Proofreading Malta Limited’ and “us”, “our”, and “we” refer to the website owner. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of this website. However, if you are using our services on behalf of a company or other entity, then “you” means that entity and, therefore, you should have the power to enter into this Agreement on behalf of that company or entity.
The Service Provider and Client shall each individually be referred to herein as the “Party” and together and jointly referred to as the “Parties” throughout this Agreement.
Intellectual Property Rights
- All content and materials on this website, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, brand names, resources, presentations, slides, notes, exercises, images, software, (the “Content”) are the property of Proofreading Malta Limited and are protected by intellectual property laws.
- Proofreading Malta Limited reserves the rights to all its Content.
- You:
- Shall not reproduce, distribute, modify, or republish any Content;
- Shall not use the Content for commercial use;
- Shall use the Content for your own personal use in accordance with the terms and conditions contained herein;
- Shall not share any account information, including but not limited to your username and password with any other person nor may you give access to your account to any other person.
Should you wish to do any of the above prohibited activities, please contact Proofreading Malta Limited to be given the appropriate license.
Use of the Website
- You may use this website for lawful purposes only. You agree not to engage in any activity that may interfere with or disrupt the functioning of the website or its services.
- You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any login credentials or accounts associated with this website. You are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your account.
User-Generated Material
- While using this website, you may have the opportunity to submit or post material you have generated. By submitting or posting any such material, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, make available and display such material.
- You are solely responsible for the material you submit or post on the website. You agree not to submit any material that is unlawful, defamatory, infringing, or violates the rights of any third party.
Third-Party Links
This website may contain links to third-party websites. These links are provided for convenience only, and we do not endorse or control the content of any such third-party website. Accessing third-party websites is at your own risk.
Viruses, Malware and other Malicious Software
- Electronic documents and electronic communications may from time to time be affected by malicious software such as viruses, trojans and worms (collectively ‘Malicious Software’). We shall ensure, to the best of our technical ability, that all communications sent from us, including any Content is free from Malicious Software, provided however that:
- We reserve the right to refuse any electronic file that results to be contaminated or infected with any form of Malicious Software, and to inform you accordingly.
- We shall not be held liable for any Malicious Software, or for any direct or indirect losses arising therefrom, that may be transmitted to you or to any third party, and you shall take all reasonable technical measures to ensure that all electronic communications are screened for the presence of Malicious Software.
Limitation of Liability
- In no event shall we be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with the use or inability to use this website even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
- Without prejudice to the provisions of this Agreement, neither Party shall be liable for delay or failure to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement insofar as the performance of such obligation is prevented by any unforeseeable cause beyond its reasonable control that is considered to be Force Majeure, as long as notification of same is communicated in writing to the other Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party shall use all reasonable endeavours to continue to perform its obligations hereunder for the duration of such Force Majeure event.
- You hereby acknowledge that there may be an inevitable degree of error and/or imprecision website and/or the Content.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Proofreading Malta Limited, its affiliates, employees, and agents from any claims, actions, demands, losses, or damages arising from your use of the website, or violation of these terms and conditions.
Modification and Termination
- Proofreading Malta Limited reserves the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the website or any part thereof at any time without prior notice.
- Proofreading Malta Limited also reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time.
- Continued use of the website after any modifications to these terms and conditions shall constitute your consent to such modifications.
Data Protection & Privacy
- The Parties acknowledge and agree that due to the nature of the access to a course/s, we shall come into contact with and will be required to process your personal data as defined in the GDPR and/or personal data pertaining to any third parties that may be mentioned in the Content. Accordingly, we bind ourselves as follows:
- All personal data shall be processed in strict accordance with the GDPR and the Data Protection Act using all reasonable means available to us;
- All personal data shall only be processed for the purposes of providing the course/s, and/or all other services that may be connected, directly or indirectly, to the provision of those course/s, including the maintaining of any of your account for billing and fiscal purposes;
- No personal data that we process will be kept longer than necessary for the purposes for which it is processed. This will depend on the nature of the service that we may provide you, and in all other cases our general retention policy for any personal data processed by us is that it may be held for a maximum of ten years (10) years from the date when it was last actively used, although we shall actively seek to destroy or minimise data that has manifestly become inactive or outdated.
- All or any queries regarding any data protection or privacy matter, including any request for any amendments or updates, or any request for access to personal data, may be directed to us on contact@proofreadingmaltaacademy.com. In some cases, you or any third party making such a query may be requested to provide proof of identity before the query may be considered and addressed.
- You and/or any aggrieved third party retain the right at all times to communicate with the Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner www.idpc.org.mt, or any other competent Data Protection Authority that may exist within your respective jurisdiction.
Use of Cookies
- Our website uses “cookies”. A “cookie” is a piece of software, which may be sent to and stored on your computer, and which enables us to collect information about how our website is being used and to manage our site more efficiently. Our cookies will only track general usage patterns and technical information about your computer type and will not be used to identify you individually.
- More specifically, the information gathered through cookies may include:
- the date and time when you access our website, the duration of each visit, and the number and times of visits;
- the website pages that you view and any download that you may make through such pages;
- whether or not such viewing or download is successful;
- the internet address of the website or the domain name of the computer from which you access our website;
- your language preferences;
- the operating system of the machine running your web browser; and the type and version of your web browser.
- Should you wish to reject all or certain cookies used by our website, you may modify your web browser preferences to do so. If, however, you reject all cookies then you might be unable to use and/or access some of the pages or facilities available on our website. Moreover, you may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the opportunity to choose whether or not you wish to accept it. In this regard, you should note that if you do so, this may materially distort the quality of service and data you receive. You, therefore, do this at your own risk.
Providing of personal data to third parties
- All personal data shall be processed solely and exclusively by us and our appointed personnel (including any subcontractors) who shall be obliged to take on the same obligations.
- We do not pass on your details collected from you as a user of this site to any third party unless you give us your consent to do so, or in the instances indicated below.
- You will be aware, however, that data sent via the Internet may be transmitted across international borders even where sender and receiver of information are located in the same country. Consequently, data relating to you may be transmitted via a country having a lower level of data protection than that existing in your country of residence.
- Without prejudice to anything contained in this Agreement, we reserve the right to disclose personal data relating to you to any third party if such disclosures are necessary inter alia for the following purposes:
- for the purpose of preventing, detecting or suppressing fraud or any other criminal activity;
- for the purpose of processing your payment;
- where it is a matter of national or public security;
- in the interest of national budgetary, monetary or taxation matters that can arise;
- to protect and defend our rights and property or that of users of our website;
- to protect against abuse, misuse or unauthorised use of our website;
- to protect the personal safety or property of users of our website (e.g. if you provide false or deceptive information about yourself or attempt to pose as someone else, we shall disclose any information we may have about you in our possession so as to assist any type of investigation into your actions);
- for any purpose that may be necessary for the performance of any agreement you may have entered into with us; or
- as may be allowed or required by or under any law or legal authority.
- We do not transfer your personal information to any third parties for marketing purposes.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Malta. Any disputes arising from or in connection with these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction.