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Terms and Conditions
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Introduction
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your use of and access to our Website, Services, and mobile application. They keep our Services safe for you and us. By accessing our Website and Services you agree to be bound by these terms. Please read carefully these terms and our Privacy Policy, and contact us if you have any queries.
Contents
4. Payment, Cancellation and Refund
1. Services
AACO offers many training Services, through its Websites located at www.aaco.org and www.elearning.aaco.org, as well as its mobile application, including, without limitation, all content and materials made available through any Website, social media channels, or other online or onsite channels that enable you to participate in any AACO training programs. AACO certificate shall be awarded to trainees who have completed the course in accordance with AACO requirements and policies.
AACO reserves the right, as it deems appropriate, to vary, withdraw or modify the Online Courses or its schedule of topics, as well as the grades assigned for course activities such as assignments, quizzes, exams, projects, and other such evaluations of progress.
We do not make any guarantee to you that you will obtain a particular result or qualification upon completion of any of the courses.
2. Communications
By using our Services, you agree to subscribe to newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information we may send. However, you may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by emailing at rtc@aacortc.com
3. User Account
In order to access our Services, you must create a User Account on the Website, which requires you to select a (username) and unique (password). You must be at least 18 years of age to create an account and use our Services. You agree that you will never divulge or share access to your User Account with any third-party for any reason.
When setting up your account, you must provide accurate and complete information, including a valid email address. You have a complete responsibility for your account and everything that happens on your account, including for any harm or damage (to us or anyone else) caused by someone using your account without your permission.
While AACO works to secure your account and related information, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third-parties will not be able to breach our security measures. Please contact us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or if you suspect any other breach of security by emailing rtc@aacortc.com. We may request some information from you to confirm that you are indeed the owner of your account.
4. Payment, Cancellation and Refund
By enrolling in an Online/Virtual Course and providing AACO with your payment information, you hereby agree to AACO or its third-parties payment providers, storing, and accessing your payment information.
Payment for all courses must be received in full before the start date of the course. All amounts are payable in American dollars. Course Fee is payable either: PayPal; credit card (including Visa and MasterCard) or bank transfer which will need to be arranged directly with us.
You must complete the online course for which you have paid all required fees within one month from the enrolment date.
AACO may cancel any Online/Virtual Course at any time prior or post to its scheduled termination date.
4.1. Cancellation of Virtual Courses
You may cancel enrolment for a Virtual Course and request for refund of enrolment fee no later than 14 calendar days before the start date of a course. No refund is due to you if you request it in less than this period.
If you or AACO cancel a Virtual Course 14 calendar days before the start date, AACO will refund enrolment fee of the Course (or the paid portion of the course fee) to you via a payment method which depends on capabilities of our payment processing partners within 60 days of receiving your notice of cancellation/giving notice to you of such cancellation.
You may change to another Virtual Course at any time up to 14 days prior to the start date of the course, subject to availability of your chosen Virtual Course and upon payment by you of any difference in the Course Fees payable for the two courses.
4.2. Cancellation of Online Courses
If you cancel the online course booking within 7 calendar days of receiving your order confirmation and before the start of the course, you are eligible for a full refund of the fees paid.
If you start to access the course materials during the cancellation period (i.e. if the course commences during the 7-day cancellation period) no refund will be payable.
5. User Content
"User Content" means any and all information and content that a user submits to the Website. You are exclusively responsible for your User Content. You bear all risks associated with the use of your User Content. You hereby certify that your User Content does not violate our Acceptable Use Policy. You may not represent or imply to others that your User Content is in any way provided, sponsored or endorsed by AACO. Because you alone are responsible for your User Content, you may expose yourself to liability. AACO is not obliged to backup any User Content that you post; also, your User Content may be deleted at any time without prior notice to you. You are solely responsible for making your own backup copies of your User Content if you desire.
6. Acceptable Use Policy
The following terms constitute our "Acceptable Use Policy": You agree not to use the Website to collect, upload, transmit, display, or distribute any User Content (i) that violates any third-party right or any intellectual property or proprietary right; (ii) that is unlawful, harassing, abusive, tortious, threatening, harmful, invasive of another’s privacy, vulgar, defamatory, false, intentionally misleading, trade libelous, pornographic, obscene, patently offensive, promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual; (iii) that is harmful to minors in any way; or (iv) that is in violation of any law, regulation, or obligations or restrictions imposed by any third-party.
In addition, you agree not to: (i) upload, transmit, or distribute to or through the Website any software intended to damage or alter the computer system or data; (ii) send through the Website unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of duplicative or unsolicited messages; (iii) use the Website to harvest, collect, gather or assemble information or data regarding other users without their consent; (iv) interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on servers or networks connected to the Website, or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks; (v) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, whether through password mining or any other means; (vi) harass or interfere with any other user’s use and enjoyment of the Website; or (vi) use software or automated agents or scripts to produce multiple accounts on the Website, or to generate automated searches, requests, or queries to the Website.
We reserve the right to review any User Content and to investigate and/or take appropriate action against you in our sole discretion if you violate the Acceptable Use Policy or any other provision of these Terms or otherwise, create liability for us or any other person. Such action may include removing or modifying your User Content, terminating your Account, and/or reporting you to law enforcement authorities.
If you provide AACO with any feedback or suggestions regarding the Website, you hereby assign to AACO all rights in such Feedback and agree that AACO shall have the right to use and fully exploit such Feedback and related information in any manner it believes appropriate. AACO will treat any Feedback you provide to AACO as non-confidential and non-proprietary.
You agree to indemnify and hold AACO and its employees, and agents harmless, including costs and attorneys’ fees, from any claim or demand made by any third party due to or arising out of (a) your use of the Website, (b) your violation of these Terms, (c) your violation of applicable laws or regulations, or (d) your User Content. AACO reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims. You agree not to settle any matter without the prior written consent of AACO. AACO will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.
7. Liability
AACO aims to provide the Services to the highest standards of the industry, however, AACO does not accept any liability for any inaccuracy or misleading information provided in the Course Materials, any reliance by Client on any such information, any lost profits, lost data, or any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages arising from or relating to these terms or your use of, or incapability to use the Website even if AACO has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Access to and use of the Website is at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your device or computer system, or loss of data resulting therefrom.
No claim may be brought more than two weeks after the last date on which the Services concerned have finished or ceased to be provided by us.
8. Termination
Subject to this Section, these Terms will remain in full force and effect while you use the Website. We may suspend or terminate your rights to use the Website at any time for any reason at our sole discretion, including for any use of the Website in violation of these Terms. Upon termination of your rights under these Terms, your Account, and the right to access and use the Website will terminate immediately. You understand that any termination of your Account may involve deletion of your User Content associated with your Account from our live databases. AACO will not have any liability whatsoever to you for any termination of your rights under these Terms.
9. Intellectual Property
The Website and the Services provided through it (online/virtual courses, courses material, lectures, discussions, and speeches) are the intellectual property of AACO. You are NOT authorized to (a) sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Website; (b) change, make derivative works of, disassemble, reverse compile or reverse engineer any part of the Website; (c) access the Website in order to build a similar or competitive Website, and (d) except as expressly stated herein, no part of the Website and all its content may be copied, recorded, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means unless otherwise indicated, any future release, update, or other addition to functionality of the Website shall be subject to these Terms. All copyright and other proprietary notices on the Website must be retained on all copies thereof.
AACO may record (video and audio) the live sessions of the virtual courses and events and redistribute it.
AACO reserves the right to change, suspend, or cease the Website with or without notice to you. You approved that AACO will not be held liable to you or any third-party for any change, interruption, or termination of the Website or any part.
10. Copyright Policy
AACO respects the intellectual property of others and asks that users of our Website do the same. In connection with our Website, we have adopted and implemented a policy respecting copyright law that provides for the removal of any infringing materials and for the termination of users of our online Website who are repeated infringers of intellectual property rights, including copyrights. If you believe that one of our users is, through the use of our Website, unlawfully infringing the copyright(s) in a work, and wish to have the allegedly infringing material removed, the following information in the form of a written notification must be provided to our designated Copyright Agent:
· your physical or electronic signature;
· identification of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim to have been infringed;
· identification of the material on our Services that you claim is infringing and that you request us to remove;
· sufficient information to permit us to locate such material;
· your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
· a statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the objectionable material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or under the law; and
· a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are either the owner of the copyright that has allegedly been infringed or that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
11. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which governing law applies to the agreement without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between us regarding our Services and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have had between us regarding Services.
12. Amendments to Terms
We may amend Terms at any time by posting the amended terms on this Website. It is your responsibility to review these Terms periodically.
Your continued use of the Platform following the posting of revised Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page frequently so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
By continuing to access or use our Services after any revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, you are no longer authorized to use Services.
13. Waiver and Severability
No waiver by Company of any term or condition set forth in Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of Company to assert a right or provision under Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of Terms is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of Terms will continue in full force and effect.
