Terms of Use of the Schoolin Pte. Ltd. Website
The following terms and conditions are listed to enhance the proper usage of the Schoolin Pte Ltd (thereafter known as “SCHOOL IN”) website so as to ensure a safe online environment for everyone.
The terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to SCHOOL IN.
The terms “you” and “user” refer to the users visiting the website and/or contributing contents to this website.
The word “use” is to describe anyone who attempts to access, interact with, use or view the website, receive or exchange data from the website, communicate with the website or in any way interact with any function, service or feature of the website, for any purpose whatsoever.
The term “website” includes all web pages within the SCHOOL IN website including the registered area (signed-up users) and non-registered area (non-signed-up users) of the website.
Your use of SCHOOL IN website constitutes a legally binding agreement between you and SCHOOL IN. By using this website, you understand, acknowledge and agree that you will abide by the terms of this agreement and that it will remain effective as long as you are a user of the website. If you register for access to the website and your registration is, for whatever reasons, terminated or expired, you will still continue to be bound by the terms of this agreement. If you use the non-registered sections of the website, including but not limited to the blog, information sections and sample reviews, you understand, acknowledge and agree that you will abide by the terms of this agreement.
As a condition of our user registration on the website, you warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and that you possess the legal authority to enter into this agreement and use this website in accordance with all the terms and conditions herein. SCHOOL IN does not knowingly collect information from anyone under the age of 18 years old.
Site Registration & Use of User Name / Password
There is no cost to join SCHOOL IN as a user. Your username and password are specifically yours and you may not allow others to use your name or password for any reason. SCHOOL IN is not liable for any damage related to or caused by the theft of your name or password, nor your permission or authorization of anyone to use your set of username and password. Upon notification of theft of your username and password, we will deactivate your current set of username and password and issue a new set of your choice.
Intellectual Property
The contents of this website, including its design, text, images, photographs, illustrations, graphic, material, databases, proprietary information and all copyrights aspects of the website, including, without limitation, the look, feel and layout of the website, are the express property of Schoolin Pte Ltd. They are legally protected, without limitation, under Singapore Law, as well as any and all applicable foreign laws, regulations and treaties.
The website is to be used solely for your non-commercial, non-assignable, non-transferable, non-exclusive and limited personal use and for no other purposes. You agree that you will not download, transmit, display, print or reproduce anything from the website. You will not, nor will you allow any third party, whether or not for your benefit, to reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, display, perform, publish, distribute, disseminate, broadcast, or circulate to any third party, including, without limitation, on or via a third-party website or otherwise, use any material without the express prior written consent of Schoolin Pte Ltd.
Any unauthorized or prohibited use of any material may subject you to civil liability, criminal prosecution and/or both, under applicable laws. We require users to respect our copyright of intellectual property. Should we receive notice that we are infringing on a copyright, we will act quickly to remove offending contents on the website.
Conditions of Posting to the Web Site / Sending Emails & Sign-Up Forms
The word “post” includes, but is not limited to, school reviews, forum and blog submissions by the users of the website.
Posts on SCHOOL IN website are received from anonymous sources. You understand, acknowledge and agree that any and all posts on the website are the sole responsibility of the originator of the post. The independent users of the website, not SCHOOL IN, are fully responsible for the consequences of all posts that are uploaded, posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the website. Should any information contained in your post on the website allow others to determine your identity, it is your sole responsibility to rectify that and is beyond the control of Schoolin Pte Ltd. Before you submit a post to the website, please be absolutely certain that the contents are exactly as you intended and want to share with the SCHOOL IN community. For security purposes, your post is made anonymous, even to us at SCHOOL IN. For this reason, we are not able to respond to requests to delete, change, or edit posts on your behalf. Posting to the website is an irreversible action.
When you make a post on the website, you agree that you are placing your post in the public domain without any rights of further control over the post or its use. You specifically authorise SCHOOL IN to display such post in whole or in part or as part of other information, content and/or material of any kind of nature. Information that you send to the website that pertains to a school or that reflects on a school is transmitted with the intent to post on the website for the benefit of the community and should not be considered private under any circumstances. SCHOOL IN does not offer monetary or any other type of compensation for material posted to the website.
When you click the “submit” button to post to any function, service or feature of the SCHOOL IN’s website, you confirmed that you have read and agreed to our conditions of posting on the website.
Site Availability
SCHOOL IN’s website is made available without any warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, or any guarantee that the site will be available for use at all times, or that all features will be functioning at all times. There are many factors beyond our control that can cause the website to crash or other forms of disruption to service. Without limiting the foregoing, we are not responsible or liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors, or omissions arising out of your use of the website. You understand, acknowledge and agree that you are assuming the entire risk as to the quality, accuracy, timeliness, completeness and correctness of any and all features and functions of the website, including, without limitation, all posts and materials associated with your use of the website.
Rules of Conduct on the website
Your use of the website is subject to all applicable local, state, national laws and regulations and, in some cases, international treaties. You shall not use the website in any manner that attempts to, or is likely to be libellous, defamatory, indecent, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit or suggestive, racially, culturally or ethnically offensive, harmful, harassing, intimidating, threatening, hateful, objectionable, discriminatory or abusive, to impersonate or appear to impersonate anyone else, or to affect us and the website negatively and adversely. You expose yourself to liability if you fail to follow the rules of conduct on the website. An example of a misuse would be a post that contains material which is false, intentionally misleading or defamatory in nature, and/or violates any third-party rights. SCHOOL IN reserves the right to suspect any user violating the rules of conduct and may take legal action against the user if SCHOOL IN is affected negatively by the actions of the user.
When SCHOOL IN deletes inappropriate comments, no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be held liable on account of any action taken voluntarily in good faith to restrict access to or availability of material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected.
The Web Site is a public forum
Posts on the website do not reflect the views of SCHOOL IN. We do not endorse, edit or screen posts, although we reserve the rights to do so. We are also not liable for posts that are violating this agreement. SCHOOL IN will not, in any event, be construed to have any responsibility or liability for or in connection to any post whatsoever. However, we reserve the right, at any time to disallow posts from any users and/or remove and delete offending posts that violate any of the terms of this agreement in our sole discretion and judgement.
Loss or Damages
You understand, acknowledge and agree that, to the fullest extent permissible by law, Schoolin Pte Ltd, its officers, directors, employees, service providers, advertisers, or suppliers shall not be liable for any loss or damage of any kind, direct or indirect, in connection with or arising from the use of the website or from this agreement, including, but not limited to, compensatory, consequential, incidental, indirect, special or punitive damages. Without limiting the foregoing, users, by their use of the website, agree to indemnify and hold Schoolin Pte Ltd, its officers, directors, shareholders, agents and employees harmless from any claims, cost, fee, fine, damage or liability of any kind, including reasonable attorney’s fees, directly or indirectly arising by reason of their use of the website.
Future Changes to This Agreement & Its Legality
This agreement, together with any additional terms, rules, our privacy policy and any other regulations, procedures and policies which we refer to, and which are hereby incorporated by reference, contain the entire understanding and agreement between you and the website. It supersedes any and all prior or inconsistent understandings relating to the website and your use of the website. This agreement cannot be changed or terminated orally. If any provision of this agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, this will not affect any other provisions and the agreement will be deemed amended to the extent necessary to make it legal, valid and enforceable. Any provision which must survive in order to allow us to enforce its meaning shall be above the termination of this agreement. However, no action arising out of this agreement or your use of the website, regardless of form or the basis of the claim, may be brought by you after the limitation period set in accordance with Singapore Law once the cause of action has arisen. In the event of multiple causes, it will start from the date of the first cause.
We reserve the right, at any time and from time to time, for any reason in our sole discretion, to change the terms of this agreement. If such changes should take place, we will post or display notices of material changes on the website. Once we post any changes to this agreement on the website, these changes are deemed to be effective immediately. If you use the website after the changes are effective, it will signify your agreement to be bound by the changes. You should check and review the terms and conditions of this agreement regularly so that you are aware of the most current rights and obligations that apply to you and the terms and conditions of your agreement with us. Should changes take place, we will note this by posting the date of the update as well.
