WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE
1. About the Website
(a)
Welcome to www.eduapply.com.au (the 'Website').
The Website allows you to access and use the Eduaapply (the 'Services').
(b)
The Website is operated by Eduapply Pty Ltd,
ACN/ABN 644 203 127 . Access to and use of the Website, or any of its
associated Products or Services, is provided by Eduapply Pty Ltd. Please read
these terms and conditions (the 'Terms') carefully. By using, browsing and/or
reading the Website, this signifies that you have read, understood and agree to
be bound by the Terms. If you do not agree with the Terms, you must cease usage
of the Website, or any of Services, immediately.
(c)
Eduapply Pty Ltd reserves the right to review
and change any of the Terms by updating this page at its sole discretion. When
Eduapply Pty Ltd updates the Terms, it will use reasonable endeavours to
provide you with notice of updates to the Terms. Any changes to the Terms take
immediate effect from the date of their publication. Before you continue, we recommend
you keep a copy of the Terms for your records.
2. Acceptance of the Terms
You accept the Terms by remaining on the
Website. Where the option is available in the user interface, you may also
accept the Terms by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms.
3. About the Service
(a)
Eduaapply is a platform to bring students,
education counselors, and universities all together in one digital platform. We
aim to connect students with universities worldwide via education agents
located in their city and simplify the entire process, including all the
application procedures.
(b)
Free agent and student accounts are currently
offered. You acknowledge and agree that the accounts offered, as well as the
account features may change from time to time, and may be governed by separate
terms which apply specific to the account. Where special account-specific terms
apply, you will be informed, and must accept those terms before you are given
such an account. For the avoidance of doubt these Terms apply unless otherwise
agreed or amended by account-specific terms.
(c) Some accounts may be governed by a separate Software Licensing Agreement with Eduapply Pty Ltd, which may amend the terms of use. For the avoidance of doubt these Terms apply unless otherwise agreed or amended by the terms of an applicable Software Licensing Agreement.
4.
Acceptable use of the Service
(a)
Eduaapply, its related features, and website
must only be used lawfully. Eduapply Pty Ltd reserves the right to suspend,
cancel, or otherwise deny access to users and accounts who use the service:
(i)
To engage in any act that would disrupt the
access, availability, and security of Eduaapply and other Eduapply Pty Ltd
services, including but not limited to:
(A) Tampering with, reverse-engineering, or hacking our servers.
(B)
Modifying, disabling, or compromising the
performance Eduaapply or other Eduapply Pty Ltd services.
(C)
Overwhelming, or attempting to overwhelm our
infrastructure by imposing an unreasonably large load on our systems that
consume extraordinary resources.
(D)
Compromising the integrity of our system,
including probing, scanning and testing the vulnerability of our system unless
expressly permitted by Eduapply Pty Ltd.
(b)
For any illegal purpose, or to violate any laws,
including and without limitation to data, privacy, and export control laws.
(c)
To stalk, harass or threaten users and any
member of the public.
(d)
To misrepresent or defraud any user or member of
the public through phishing, spoofing, manipulating headers or other
identifiers, impersonating anyone else, or falsely implying any sponsorship or
association with Eduapply Pty Ltd or any third party
(e)
To access or search any part of the Service, or
any other Service owned by Eduapply Pty Ltd other than our publicly supported interface,
or otherwise allowed for in an applicable Software Licensing Agreement.
(f)
To post, upload, share, or otherwise circulate
content in violation of Eduaapply’s content policy
5. Security and Data Privacy
Eduapply Pty Ltd takes your privacy seriously and information provided through your use of the Website and/or Services are subject to Eduapply Pty Ltd’s Privacy Policy, which is available on the Website. The Privacy Policy also addresses Eduapply Pty Ltd’s processes, policies, and obligations in respect of Eduaapply security breaches.
6. Data Use
Eduapply
Pty Ltd collects, stores, and processes your data on Eduaapply. The data is
used to provide Services to you, as well as to facilitate Eduapply Pty Ltd’s
business operations. The Privacy Policy outlined how your data is collected,
stored, and processed by Eduapply Pty Ltd. The Privacy Policy also addresses
Eduapply Pty Ltd's processes, policies, and obligations in respect of data
encryption and removal requests.
7. Subscription to use the Service
(a)
In order to access the Services, you must first
purchase a subscription through the Website (the 'Subscription') and pay the
applicable fee for the selected Subscription (the 'Subscription Fee'). After
purchasing a Subscription, you will be considered a member (‘Member’).
(b)
In purchasing the Subscription, you acknowledge
and agree that it is your responsibility to ensure that the Subscription you
elect to purchase is suitable for your use.
(c)
Before, during or after you have purchased the
Subscription, you will then be required to register for an account through the
Website before you can access the Services (the ' Account').
(d)
As part of the registration process, or as part
of your continued use of the Services, you may be required to provide personal
information about yourself (such as identification or contact details),
including but not limited to Name, email address, student name, student
personal details including personally identifiable information and bank account
details, .
(e)
You warrant that
any information you give to Eduapply Pty Ltd in the course of completing the
registration process will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
(f)
Once you have completed the registration
process, you will be a registered user of the Website and agree to be bound by
the Terms ("User"). As a Member you will be granted immediate access
to the Services from the time you have completed the registration process until
the subscription period expires (the 'Subscription Period').
(g) You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if:
(i) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Eduapply Pty Ltd; or
(ii)
you are a person barred from receiving the
Services under the laws of Australia or other countries including the country
in which you are resident or from which you use the Services
8.
Payments
(a)
Subject to the terms of any applicable Software
License Agreement, the Subscription Fee may be paid by all payment methods
available on the Website, and may change from time to time.
(b)
Payments made in the course of your use of
Eduaapply may be made using third-party applications and services not owned,
operated, or otherwise controlled by Eduapply Pty Ltd. You acknowledge and
agree that Eduapply Pty Ltd will not be liable for any losses or damage arising
from the operations of third-party payment applications and services. You
further acknowledge and warrant that you have read, understood and agree to be
bound by the terms and conditions of the applicable third-party payment
applications and services you choose to use as a payment method for Eduaapply
services.
(c)
You acknowledge
and agree that where a request for the payment of the Subscription Fee is
returned or denied, for whatever reason, by your financial institution or is
unpaid by you for any other reason, then you are liable for any costs,
including banking fees and charges, associated with the Subscription Fee.
(d) You agree and acknowledge that Eduapply Pty Ltd
can vary the Subscription Fee at any time and that the varied Subscription Fee
will come into effect following the conclusion of the existing Subscription.
9. Refund Policy
Eduapply
Pty Ltd will only provide you with a refund of the Subscription Fee in the event
they are unable to continue to provide the Services or if the manager of
Eduapply Pty Ltd makes a decision, at its absolute discretion, that it is
reasonable to do so under the circumstances . Where this occurs, the refund
will be in the proportional amount of the Subscription Fee that remains unused
by the Member (the 'Refund').
10. Copyright and Intellectual Property
(a) The Website, the Services and all of the related
products of Eduapply Pty Ltd are subject to copyright. The material on the Website
is protected by copyright under the laws of Australia and through international
treaties. Unless otherwise indicated, all rights (including copyright) in the
Services and compilation of the Website (including but not limited to text,
graphics, logos, button icons, video images, audio clips, Website, code,
scripts, design elements and interactive features) or the Services are owned or
controlled for these purposes, and are reserved by Eduapply Pty Ltd or its
contributors.
(b) All trademarks, service marks and trade names
are owned, registered and/or licensed by Eduapply Pty Ltd, who grants to you a
worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable license whilst you are a User
to:
(i)
use the Website pursuant to the Terms;
(ii)
copy and store the Website and the material
contained in the Website in your device's cache memory; and
(iii)
print pages from the Website for your own
personal and non-commercial use.
(c)
Eduapply Pty Ltd does not grant you any other
rights whatsoever in relation to the Website or the Services. All other rights
are expressly reserved by Eduapply Pty Ltd.
(d)
Eduapply Pty Ltd
retains all rights, title and interest in and to the Website and all related
Services. Nothing you do on or in relation to the Website will transfer any:
(i)
business name, trading name, domain name, trade
mark, industrial design, patent, registered design or copyright, or
(ii)
a right to use or exploit a business name,
trading name, domain name, trade mark or industrial design, or
(iii)
a thing, system or process that is the subject
of a patent, registered design or copyright (or an adaptation or modification
of such a thing, system or process), to you.
(e) You may not, without the prior written
permission of Eduapply Pty Ltd and the permission of any other relevant rights
owners: broadcast, republish, up-load to a third party, transmit, post,
distribute, show or play in public, adapt or change in any way the Services or
third party Services for any purpose, unless otherwise provided by these Terms.
This prohibition does not extend to materials on the Website, which are freely
available for re-use or are in the public domain.
11. General Disclaimer
(a)
Nothing in the Terms limits or excludes any
guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions implied or imposed by
law, including the Australian Consumer Law (or any liability under them) which
by law may not be limited or excluded.
(b) Subject to this clause, and to the extent permitted by law:
(i)
all terms, guarantees, warranties,
representations or conditions which are not expressly stated in the Terms are
excluded; and
(ii) Eduapply Pty Ltd will not be liable for any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage (unless such loss or damage is reasonably foreseeable resulting from our failure to meet an applicable Consumer Guarantee), loss of profit or opportunity, or damage to goodwill arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms (including as a result of not being able to use the Services or the late supply of the Services), whether at common law, under contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, pursuant to statute or otherwise.
(c) Use of the Website and the Services is at your
own risk. Everything on the Website and the Services is provided to you
"as is" and "as available" without warranty or condition of
any kind. None of the affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents,
contributors and licensors of Eduapply Pty Ltd make any express or implied
representation or warranty about the Services or any products or Services
(including the products or Services of Eduapply Pty Ltd) referred to on the
Website, includes (but is not restricted to) loss or damage you might suffer as
a result of any of the following:
(i)
failure of performance, error, omission, interruption,
deletion, defect, failure to correct defects, delay in operation or
transmission, computer virus or other harmful component, loss of data,
communication line failure, unlawful third party conduct, or theft,
destruction, alteration or unauthorised access to records;
(ii)
the accuracy, suitability or currency of any
information on the Website, the Services, or any of its Services related
products (including third party material and advertisements on the Website);
(iii)
costs incurred as a result of you using the
Website, the Services or any of the products of Eduapply Pty Ltd; and
(iv)
the Services or operation in respect to links
which are provided for your convenience.
12. Limitation of Liability
(a) Eduapply Pty Ltd's total liability arising out
of or in connection with the Services or these Terms, however arising,
including under contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, under statute
or otherwise, will not exceed the resupply of the Services to you.
(b) You expressly understand and agree that Eduapply
Pty Ltd, its affiliates, employees, agents, contributors and licensors shall
not be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special
consequential or exemplary damages which may be incurred by you, however caused
and under any theory of liability. This shall include, but is not limited to,
any loss of profit (whether incurred directly or indirectly), any loss of
goodwill or business reputation and any other intangible loss.
13.
Termination of Contract
(a) The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or by Eduapply Pty Ltd as set out below.
(b) If you want to terminate the Terms, you may do so by:
(i) not renewing the Subscription prior to the end of the Subscription Period;
(ii)
providing Eduapply Pty Ltd with 60 days’ notice
of your intention to terminate; and
(iii)
closing your accounts for all of the services
which you use, where Eduapply Pty Ltd has made this option available to you.
(c)
Any notices pursuant to Clause 13.2 above should
be sent, in writing, to Eduapply Pty Ltd via the 'Contact Us' link on our
homepage.
(d) Eduapply Pty Ltd may at any time, terminate the Terms with you if:
(i) you do not renew the Subscription at the end of the Subscription Period;
(ii)
you have breached any provision of the Terms or
intend to breach any provision;
(iii) Eduapply Pty Ltd is required to do so by law;
(iv)
the provision of the Services to you by Eduapply
Pty Ltd is, in the opinion of Eduapply Pty Ltd, no longer commercially viable.
(e)
Subject to local applicable laws, Eduapply Pty
Ltd reserves the right to discontinue or cancel your Subscription or Account at
any time and may suspend or deny, in its sole discretion, your access to all or
any portion of the Website or the Services without notice if you breach any
provision of the Terms or any applicable law or if your conduct impacts
Eduapply Pty Ltd's name or reputation or violates the rights of those of
another party.
14. Indemnity
You agree
to indemnify Eduapply Pty Ltd, its affiliates, employees, agents, contributors,
third party content providers and licensors from and against:
(a) all actions, suits, claims, demands, liabilities, costs, expenses, loss and damage (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) incurred, suffered or arising out of or in connection with Your Content;
(b)
any direct or indirect consequences of you
accessing, using or transacting on the Website or attempts to do so; and/or
(c)
any breach of the Terms.
15. Dispute Resolution
15.1. Compulsory:
If a
dispute arises out of or relates to the Terms, either party may not commence
any Tribunal or Court proceedings in relation to the dispute, unless the
following clauses have been complied with (except where urgent interlocutory
relief is sought).
15.2. Notice:
A party to
the Terms claiming a dispute ('Dispute') has arisen under the Terms, must give
written notice to the other party detailing the nature of the dispute, the
desired outcome and the action required to settle the Dispute.
15.3. Resolution:
On receipt
of that notice ('Notice') by that other party, the parties to the Terms
('Parties') must:
(a)
Within 90 days of the Notice endeavour in good
faith to resolve the Dispute expeditiously by negotiation or such other means
upon which they may mutually agree;
(b) If for any reason whatsoever, 90 days after the date of the Notice, the Dispute has not been resolved, the Parties must either agree upon selection of a mediator or request that an appropriate mediator be appointed by the President of the Australian Disputes Centre or his or her nominee;
(c)
The Parties are equally liable for the fees and
reasonable expenses of a mediator and the cost of the venue of the mediation
and without limiting the foregoing undertake to pay any amounts requested by
the mediator as a pre-condition to the mediation commencing. The Parties must
each pay their own costs associated with the mediation;
(d)
The mediation will be held in Melbourne,
Australia.
15. 4. Confidential:
All
communications concerning negotiations made by the Parties arising out of and
in connection with this dispute resolution clause are confidential and to the
extent possible, must be treated as "without prejudice" negotiations
for the purpose of applicable laws of evidence.
15.5. Termination of Mediation:
If 10 have
elapsed after the start of a mediation of the Dispute and the Dispute has not
been resolved, either party may ask the mediator to terminate the mediation and
the mediator must do so.
16. Venue and Jurisdiction
The Services offered by Eduapply Pty Ltd is
intended to be viewed by residents of Australia. In the event of any dispute
arising out of or in relation to the Website, you agree that the exclusive
venue for resolving any dispute shall be in the courts of Victoria.
17. Governing Law
The Terms are governed by the laws of Victoria.
Any dispute, controversy, proceeding or claim of whatever nature arising out of
or in any way relating to the Terms and the rights created hereby shall be
governed, interpreted and construed by, under and pursuant to the laws of
Victoria, Australia without reference to conflict of law principles,
notwithstanding mandatory rules. The validity of this governing law clause is
not contested. The Terms shall be binding to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their successors and assigns.
18. Independent Legal Advice
Both
parties confirm and declare that the provisions of the Terms are fair and
reasonable and both parties having taken the opportunity to obtain independent
legal advice and declare the Terms are not against public policy on the grounds
of inequality or bargaining power or general grounds of restraint of trade.
19. Severance
If any part of these Terms is found to be void
or unenforceable by a Court of competent jurisdiction, that part shall be
severed and the rest of the Terms shall remain in force.