QUALITY OF COURSE TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY
The Writing School is a Quality of Course, Inc. company. Other Quality of Course companies include the Canadian offices of the Sheffield School of Design, the New York Institute of Photography, Winghill Writing School, and QC Design School. The following Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy fully apply to the Writing School website.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
Your Agreement with Quality of Course, Inc.
Welcome to this Quality of Course, Inc. website. Following are the terms and conditions that govern your use of this site.
THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CONSTITUTE A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND QUALITY OF COURSE, INC. ("QUALITY OF COURSE" "WE" OR "OUR"). PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE YOU CONTINUE TO USE THIS WEBSITE OR FILL OUT ANY FORM. BY CLICKING ON THE BUTTON THAT STIPULATES AGREEMENT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, CLICK THE CANCEL BUTTON TO DECLINE THIS AGREEMENT, AND DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.
Ownership of This Website
This website is owned and operated by Quality of Course. All of the content featured or displayed on this website, including, but not limited to, text, graphics, photographs, images, moving images, sound, illustrations and software ("Content"), is owned by Quality of Course, its licensors and its content providers.
All elements of Quality of Course websites, including, but not limited to, the general design and the Content, are protected by trade dress, copyright, moral rights, trademark and other laws relating to intellectual property rights. Except as explicitly permitted under this or another agreement with Quality of Course or one of its subsidiaries, no portion or element of this website or its Content may be copied or retransmitted via any means and this website, its Content and all related rights shall remain the exclusive property of Quality of Course or its licensors unless otherwise expressly agreed. You shall indemnify Quality of Course, its subsidiaries, its affiliates and licensors against any losses, expenses, costs or damages incurred by any or all of them as a result of your breach of the terms of this Agreement or your unauthorized use of the Content and related rights.
"Quality of Course" and Quality of Course logo, are trademarks of Quality of Course or its subsidiaries and may be registered in some countries.
PRIVACY POLICY
Quality of Course fully respects your rights to privacy and utilizes the following practices in regards to any information we are provided or obtain about users of this website.
In order to fulfill licensing transactions or provide service to you as a customer of Quality of Course, we may require you to provide certain information to us. Common items may include, but are not limited to, your name, address, phone number and credit card number.
By providing this information to Quality of Course, you are agreeing to allow us to utilize this information to complete all transactions you request through this website and to disclose that information and details of all such transactions to Quality of Course's various departments, subsidiaries, affiliates and any necessary payment processors. Because of the nature of the internet, such data may pass through any country.
If you authorize us to send you promotional materials, we may do so using either the email or the mailing addresses you provided on the registration or billing information screens. From time to time we may notify you of special promotions, new products or services, or other information that may interest you. We do not share any information you provide to us, including your email and mail addresses, with any companies outside Quality of Course, its subsidiaries, affiliates or necessary payment processors. Should you not wish to receive this type of information, you will be able to express this desire by sending email to remove@qualityofcourse.com—we will not send you information if you inform us you do not wish to receive such materials.
If you would like to revise the information provided to us, or feel that what we currently have on record is incorrect, you may update the information by calling us toll free:
About Cookies
When you visit a Quality of Course website, we place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser directory of your computer's hard drive. A cookie is a small piece of information that a website can store on your web browser and later retrieve. The cookie cannot be read by any website other than the one that set up the cookie.
Cookies enable this website to recognize the information you have consented to give to this website and help us determine what portions of this website are most appropriate for your needs. As a result, cookies will allow us to display content in a manner best suited to your means of viewing internet content.
We do NOT use cookies to examine your surfing behavior before or after leaving a Quality of Course website.
If at any time you believe that Quality of Course has not followed the above policy, or if you would like your information to be removed from our system, please fill in the Privacy Policy Issues Form and send it to us. We will make reasonable efforts to identify and correct any problem.
Disclaimers
THIS WEBSITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND QUALITY OF COURSE EXCLUDES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE FUNCTIONS EMBODIED ON, OR IN THE MATERIALS OF, THIS WEBSITE ARE NOT WARRANTED TO BE UNINTERRUPTED OR WITHOUT ERROR. YOU, NOT QUALITY OF COURSE, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION DUE TO YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE.
Except as specifically stated in these Terms and Conditions of Use, the Privacy Policy, or elsewhere on this website, or as otherwise required by applicable law, neither Quality of Course nor its directors, employees, licensors, content providers, affiliates or other representatives will be liable for damages of any kind (including, without limitation, lost profits, direct, indirect, compensatory, consequential, exemplary, special, incidental, or punitive damages) arising out of your use of, your inability to use, or the performance of this website or the Content whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Quality of Course uses reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy, correctness and reliability of the Content, but we make no representations or warranties as to the Content's accuracy, correctness or reliability.
There may be links to other websites from the Quality of Course website; however, these other websites are not controlled by Quality of Course and we are not responsible for any content contained on any such website or any loss suffered by you in relation to your use of such websites. You waive any and all claims against Quality of Course regarding the inclusion of links to outside websites or your use of those websites.
Some US states and foreign countries do not permit the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or liability for certain categories of damages. Therefore, some or all of the limitations above may not apply to you to the extent they are prohibited or superseded by state or national provisions.
Governing Law and Venue
Transactions between you and Quality of Course shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario, without regard to the laws regarding conflicts of law.
Any litigation regarding this agreement or any transaction between customer and Quality of Course shall be brought in the provincial or federal courts located in Ottawa, Ontario and the customer hereby agrees and submits to such jurisdiction and venue as proper.
No action of Quality of Course, other than an express written waiver or amendment, may be construed as a waiver or amendment of any of these Terms and Conditions of Use or Privacy Policy. Should any clause of these Terms and Conditions of Use or Privacy Policy be found unenforceable, wherever possible this will not affect any other clause and each will remain in full force and effect.
We reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions of Use, the Privacy Policy, prices, information and available contractual license terms featured on this website without notice. These conditions set out the entire agreement between Quality of Course and you relating to your use of this website.