This Terms of Use & Disclaimers Agreement is comprised of both
the provisions set out below and RoboGarden Inc.’s Privacy
Policy (respecting how RoboGarden uses, collects, and stores
information it collects), as it may be modified or changed by
RoboGarden Inc. (“RoboGarden”,
“we”, “us” or
“our”) from time to time (the current version
of which Privacy Policy can be accessed, read and downloaded
here, the “Privacy Policy”).
This Terms of Use & Disclaimers Agreement is a
binding agreement that governs your access to and use of the
Website (defined below) including the content and services
offered and provided through it including, among any others,
the RG Platform, online educational tools for teaching coding
literacy adults and as part of the curriculum for K-12
educational institutions and all new features, products and
services provided from time to time by RoboGarden through the
Website (collectively, the "Services") shall,
in each case, be subject to this Use Agreement, defined below.
You acknowledge that you have had sufficient opportunity to
read, download and understand the provisions of this Terms of
Use & Disclaimers Agreement set out below as well as the
provisions of RoboGarden’s
Privacy Policy, which are
incorporated herein by reference and form part of this
Agreement (collectively, “Use Agreement”).
IN CONSIDERATION of RoboGarden granting
you the limited license to use the RG Platform and Services
provided for in section 8 below (the
“License”), making the RG Platform and
Services, whether in whole or in part, available to you, and
for other good and valuable consideration (receipt and
sufficiency of which you hereby irrevocable, unconditionally
acknowledge), you agree with RoboGarden that your access to
and use of the Website, RG Platform and/or any Services
constitutes your agreement to be bound by the provisions of
this Use Agreement (including the provisions of the Privacy
Policy).
If your above acknowledgment and your agreement
with the provisions of this Use Agreement and use of the RG
Platform and/or Services is on behalf of: (A) an individual
under the legal age of majority in the place where such
individual resides as his/her parent, legal guardian or as an
individual authorized to so acknowledge and agree by such
parent or legal guardian; or (B) a corporation or other legal
entity, organization, institution, government or governmental
body or agency; then, in each such case, you represent and
warrant to RoboGarden that you have been authorized to give
such acknowledgement and agreement on his or her behalf. If
the above referenced acknowledgement and agreement is made by
you on behalf of an individual under the said legal age of
majority you also covenant and agree with RoboGarden that you
assume and shall be liable for all acts and omissions done or
not done by you or such individual that constitute a breach of
the obligations and liabilities under this Use Agreement.
You and anyone represented by you together with all
others who access and use the Website, RG Platform and/or
Services is referred to herein individually as a
“User” and collectively as
“Users”.
If you do not agree with the
provisions of this Use Agreement, then
do not use the
Website, RG Platform or access the Services.
If there are any contradictions, inconsistencies or conflicts between or among the provisions of this Use Agreement and the provisions of other agreements entered into by RoboGarden with a User or with any educational institution or other entity that creates an account for or on behalf of a User, then the provisions of this User Agreement will prevail and be given effect in priority to the provisions of each such other agreements to the extent required to resolve such contradictions inconsistencies or conflicts.
The Privacy Policy describes (under the heading ‘Protection of Personal Information’ therein) how Personal Information you provide to RoboGarden is handled. You consent to the collection and use of Personal Information (as set forth in the Privacy Policy), including its transfer (in whole or in part) to Canada for storage, processing and use by RoboGarden and its affiliates.
To access and use the RG Platform and Services, an individual
or an Entity Rep must obtain access to the Internet, either
directly or through devices that access web-based content and
pay any third party service fees associated with such access.
An individual or an Entity Rep on behalf of an
individual is required to create an account with RoboGarden (a
“RG Account”) to access the RG Platform and
applicable parts of the Content by registering with RoboGarden
directly or with an Entity Rep. An individual not represented
by an Entity Rep may create an RG Account by registering with
RoboGarden
here.
As part of the registration process for an individual
not represented by an Entity Rep to open and set up a RG
Account, you are required to provide certain information. In
providing such information you agree to provide true,
accurate, current and complete information about yourself, and
to maintain and promptly update your information to keep it
accurate and complete. If you provide any information that is
inaccurate, or incomplete, RoboGarden has the right to suspend
or terminate your License and RG Account.
Your username for RoboGarden and/or your RG Rep is unique to you and is how you will be identified. Usernames must be appropriate and cannot contain any profanity or other words or symbols that are unacceptable to RoboGarden.
You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access the RG Platform and for any activities or actions taken under your password. RoboGarden recommends you to use "strong" passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols) with your RG Account and limit its use to that Account. RoboGarden shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to use sufficient precautions.
If your personally identifiable information changes (such as postal code, email address), or if you no longer desire to use the RG Platform then, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Privacy Policy, RoboGarden will provide a way to correct, update or remove your personal data that was provided to RoboGarden. This can usually be done by accessing your RG Account or by sending an email to privacy@robogarden.com.
You may use the RG Platform only in compliance with and
subject to the provisions of this Use Agreement and all laws,
rules and regulations applicable thereto, respectively.
You may not do any of the following while accessing or
using the RG Platform: (a) access, tamper with, or use
RoboGarden’s computer systems, or the technical delivery
systems of its providers; (b) probe, scan, or test
vulnerability of any system or network or breach or circumvent
any security or authentication measures; (c) access or search
or attempt to access or search the RG Platform by any means
(automated or otherwise) other than through RoboGarden’s then
currently available, published interfaces that are provided by
RoboGarden (and only pursuant to the applicable terms and
conditions), unless you have been specifically allowed to do
so by separate agreement with RoboGarden (NOTE:
harvesting/scraping the Website or RG Platform without prior
written consent of RoboGarden is prohibited); (d) forge any
TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in
any email or posting, or in any way use the RG Platform to
send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying
information; or (e) interfere with, or disrupt (or attempt to
disrupt), the access of any User, host or network including,
without limitation, sending any malware, overloading,
flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the RG Platform, or by
scripting the creation of Content in such manner as to
interfere with or create undue burden on the RG Platform.
RoboGarden reserves the right to access, read, preserve and
disclose information as it reasonably believes necessary to:
(i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or
governmental request; (ii) enforce this Use Agreement,
including investigation of potential violations thereof; (iii)
detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or
technical issues; (d) respond to User support requests; or
(iv) protect the rights, property or safety of RoboGarden, its
Users and the public.
RoboGarden reserves the right at any time to time to modify or temporarily discontinue access to the RG Platform and/or Services (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that RoboGarden shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension or temporary discontinuance of either access to the RG Platform or the Services. In the event of permanent discontinuance of the RG Platform or Services, the liability of RoboGarden is limited to refunding the amount of fees received by RoboGarden that were paid by you for any fees paid for unused time for your Course registration periods then in effect, pro-rated to the amount of time remaining on each such registration.
RoboGarden assumes no responsibility or liability for Content
authored or originated by any person, other than those persons
specifically authorized by RoboGarden to originate Content on
RoboGarden’s behalf.
Any use or reliance on any Content or materials posted
on or obtained by you through the RG Platform is completely at
your own risk.
RoboGarden has the right to remove in its
sole discretion and without prior or any notice to its author,
originator or others, and without liability to you or others,
Content alleged to be infringing any rights of others or that
is offensive as RoboGarden, in its sole discretion,
determines.
Content provided on or through the RG Platform, whether
provided by professional advisors, teachers or others, is made
available to you at the RG Platform without charge other than
as provided in section 7, a user, license or other fee charged
under separate agreement.
The RG Platform sets out, among other things, a variety
of materials included in the Content that relate to learning
technology through digitizing STEAM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) content and delivering
it through computational thinking and coding concepts to be
used for general educational and informational purposes only
and is based on the experiences and research of the authors or
originators of such Content. The materials included in the
Content are not intended to be a source of advice to be relied
on in respect of a particular business, person or application.
RoboGarden assumes no obligation to update the Content,
advise on further developments concerning topics mentioned or
update the functionality of the RG Platform or Services. The
information contained on or in the RG Platform may contain
typographical errors. The Content and Services may be changed
without notice.
You should not rely on something you
read on or through the RG Platform as being applicable to your
or your education, employment or business’ specific
circumstances or needs, nor should you take or fail to take
any action that may affect you, your education, employment or
your business because of anything you read on or through the
RG Platform.
Please use your own good judgment before
choosing whether to act on any information included in the
Content and consult with a qualified advisor with respect to
your or your education, employment or business’ specific
circumstances and needs before making any decision, or taking
or not taking any action, based on any Content (or any part
thereof).
No client/customer relationship between any of
the authors or originators of material included in the Content
is created with you by virtue of such materials. Such a
relationship can only be created by you separately and
formally retaining any such authors or originators on a
one-on-one basis to provide you with their services in a
specific and in depth way.
If you act on any advice,
suggestions, recommendations or other information included in
any Content you do so at your own risk.
The provisions
of section 27 below apply with respect to the above.
All Content included on or through the RG Platform or Services
not provided by you, are the property of RoboGarden or persons
other than you and are protected by copyright and other
intellectual property laws under Canadian and foreign laws.
You acknowledge and agree that the RG Platform and
Services and all software used with the RG Platform and
Services contain proprietary and confidential information that
is protected by applicable intellectual property laws and
other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that information
presented to you through the RG Platform or the Services is
protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or
other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly
authorized by RoboGarden, you agree not to modify, rent,
lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based
on the RG Platform or the Services, in whole or in part.
Unauthorized use of the Content may violate copyright,
trademark, patent and other laws.
You will retain all
copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the
original Content on any copy you make of the Content.
You retain your rights, if any, to any authorized Content you
submit, post or display on or through the RG Platform.
You grant to RoboGarden a worldwide, non-exclusive,
royalty-free license to sublicense and use, in whole or in
part, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish,
transmit, display and distribute in any and all media or
distribution methods (now known or later developed) all
Content that you submit, post or display on or through the RG
Platform. You acknowledge that RoboGarden has no control over
the use of any of your Content by others.
You are
responsible for any Content you provide, including compliance
with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. You should only
provide Content that you are comfortable sharing with others.
You represent and warrant to RoboGarden that you have
all rights, power and authority necessary to grant to
RoboGarden the above license and rights to any Content that
you submit, post or display on or through the Website.
For the purposes of this Use Agreement, "user-generated content" includes any projects, comments, forum posts, content or
links to third party websites that a user submits to
RoboGarden. You are responsible for obtaining the necessary
rights, licences, or permission for any user-generated content
you submit to RoboGarden. All user-generated content you
submit to RoboGarden is licensed to RoboGarden on a
non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free basis that allows
RoboGarden to display, distribute, use, publish, reproduce and
sublicense user-generated content on the Website or the RG
Platform and through social media channels or otherwise,
without requiring your permission or any payment to you. If
you do not want to license your user-generated content to
RoboGarden on the foregoing terms, then do not share it
through the Services or the RG Platform.
From time-to-time the RG Platform may request information from you as a User via surveys. Participation in such surveys is completely voluntary; therefore, you have a choice whether or not to disclose any information requested. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and delivery address), demographic information (such as postal code, age, gender) and other information relevant to the survey. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the functionality of the RG Platform, and for such other purposes as may be stated in the survey.
Solely as a convenience to you, the RG Platform may contain
links to other websites as well as email links. Linked third
party websites are independently developed by parties other
than RoboGarden.
Inclusion of a link to another website does not imply
RoboGarden’s endorsement of that website or its contents and
RoboGarden is not and shall not be responsible or liable for
any such content, advertising, products, or other materials on
or available from such sites or for the accuracy or
appropriateness of information contained on linked third party
websites. Mention of another party or its products or services
on any such other website is not an endorsement by RoboGarden
of that other party or its products or services.
You
agree that RoboGarden is not and shall not be responsible or
liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused
or alleged to be caused by or in connection with your use of
or reliance on any linked third party website’s content, goods
or services available on or through any such site. You access
linked third party websites at your own risk.
Because
RoboGarden has no control over linked third party websites,
you agree that RoboGarden is not responsible for the
availability of such external sites.
RoboGarden is not responsible for the privacy practices of any
linked third party websites. You should read the privacy
policies and terms of use applicable to such third party
Websites. The Use Agreement (including the Privacy Policy
apply only to information collected by the Website.
RoboGarden notes to users that no data transmission is
100% secure over the internet. Absent use of effective
encryption, the internet is not a secured medium and privacy
cannot be ensured. Internet navigation/browsing and email is
vulnerable to interception and the foregoing. RoboGarden is
not responsible or liable for any damages you or any third
party may suffer as a result of the transmission of
confidential information that you make to any third party
through the internet and email links provided on or through
the Website. RoboGarden is not responsible for any errors or
any changes made to any transmitted information.
Should
you decide to transmit information using internet or email
links, you do so at your own risk.
In the context of websites, cookies are small files or parcels
of text created by websites you've visited. They are sent by a
server to a web client (usually a browser) and then sent back
unchanged by the user each time it accesses that server.
Cookies store browsing information, like your Website
preferences or profile information.
Not all cookies are bad. For example, cookies help the
Website remember your preferred settings so it can reload them
when you revisit the Website. Cookies can also help a website
remember your location, so it can provide you with locally
relevant content.
RoboGarden uses cookies for
authenticating, session tracking and maintaining specific
information about users, such as Website preferences (to help
RoboGarden provide a better Website experience), and to
improve and to collect aggregate statistical information.
Most internet browsers are initially set to accept
cookies. If you do not wish to accept cookies, you should set
your browser to refuse or disable cookies or to alert you when
cookies are being sent.
The Website may function
unpredictably with browsers that do not support cookies -- or
where cookies are disabled.
Where possible, RoboGarden
collects and stores data in a user's private records within
its database. Where this is not possible, for example when a
user has not logged into the Website, data required to provide
a satisfactory user experience may be stored in cookies on the
user's hard drive.
RoboGarden’s business partners (for
example, advertisers) may use cookies on the RG Platform.
RoboGarden has no access to or control over such cookies.
RoboGarden may use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the RG Platform, track movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
RoboGarden makes reasonable efforts to check that the RG Platform, the Content and Services provided on the Website, do not contain computer malware (including, among other things, viruses, worms, trojan horses and spyware). Notwithstanding such efforts, RoboGarden assumes no responsibility, and will not be liable to you or others, for the existence of any malware contained on the RG Platform, in the Content or Services provided on the Website; rather, you are responsible to take the appropriate precautions to scan for computer malware and to ensure that you have a complete, current back up of the data stored in your computer system.
The Content and Services are provided for general educational
or informational purposes only, and are not intended to
provide, and should not be taken by you as constituting advice
with respect to any particular situation relating to yourself,
your education, employment, business or otherwise.
Any opinion, advice, article, publication, statement,
service, offer, or other information or Content expressed or
made available on or through the RG Platform, including on any
website linked to the RG Platform, is that of the respective
authors, originators or distributors and not of RoboGarden or
its Representatives (defined below).
You assume all risk of your use of the RG Platform.
the Content and Services contained in or provided on
or through the RG Platform are provided "as is" without any
guarantees, representations, warranties or conditions of any
kind, whether oral, in writing or in electronic form or
implied, and whether arising by statute, usage or trade,
custom or otherwise including in each case and without
limitation, implied warranties or conditions of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose or use
or non-infringement.
no representations or warranties
or guarantees are made by RoboGarden concerning the
accuracy, completeness, timeliness, reliability or title of
or to the Content or Services or of any information
otherwise contained on, in or through the RG Platform or
provided by any website otherwise linked to the RG Platform.
RoboGarden does not represent, warrant or guarantee
uninterrupted access to the RG Platform or the Services, any
website linked to the RG Platform or the availability of
internet email links provided on the RG Platform or that
there will be no failures, errors or omissions or loss of
transmitted information, or that no viruses or malware will
be transmitted by using any of the RG Platform and Services.
in no event shall any of RoboGarden, its affiliates,
representatives, licensors, agents, officers, directors,
employees, independent contractors, authors or originators
of any Content or internet service provider(s) (collectively
"its Representatives") be liable to you or any third party
for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or
consequential damages whatsoever and howsoever arising that
may be incurred by you or by any third party arising from
access to or use of the RG Platform or any Content or
Services provided on or through the RG Platform or your
reliance thereon whether in whole or in part including, but
not limited to, lost revenue, loss of profits, loss of
goodwill, lost or damaged data, computer failure or
malfunction, or any other commercial or economic loss or
damage, whether based in contract, tort (including
negligence) or any other theory of liability.
The
liability, if any, of RoboGarden to you under this Use
Agreement is limited to refunding the amount of fees
received by RoboGarden that were paid by you for unused time
for your Course registration periods then in effect,
pro-rated to the amount of time remaining on each such
registration, as provided for elsewhere in this Use
Agreement.
without limiting any of the provisions of
this Use Agreement, RoboGarden shall have no liability to
you or any third parties for any and all damages, losses or
harm arising out of user-generated content.
the
foregoing limitations shall apply even if RoboGarden or any
of its Representatives have been advised, or should have
known, of the possibility of such damage.
The failure of either you or RoboGarden to enforce the strict
performance of, and compliance with, any provision of this Use
Agreement by the other, or to exercise or enforce any right or
provision under the Use Agreement, shall not be construed as,
or constitute, a waiver or relinquishment to any extent of any
of your or RoboGarden’s right to assert or rely on any such
provision or right in that or any other instance; rather, the
same will be, and will continue, in effect.
If any provision of this Use Agreement is found by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be unlawful, void or for
any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed
severable from this Use Agreement and shall not affect the
validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. You
and RoboGarden agree and request that the court endeavor to
give full effect to the intentions herein provided for.
RoboGarden may assign, in whole or in part, its rights
and obligations under this Use Agreement. This Use Agreement
will inure to the benefit of and be binding on you, RoboGarden
and your and its heirs, executors/estate trustees, other legal
representatives, successors, assigns and licensees.
RoboGarden has the right to, and may, amend, supplement, add,
delete, substitute or otherwise modify or change all or any
portion of the Use Agreement at any time, and in its sole
discretion. Such modifications or changes will not be
retroactive.
If there are any material modifications or changes to
the Use Agreement, RoboGarden will post them on the RG
Platform and send them to the email address associated with
your RG Account. All supplements, additions, deletions,
substitutions or other modifications or changes will be
effective as of the 15th clear day after the date RoboGarden
posts them on the RG Platform or sends the email (whichever
date is later). You agree that you will be bound by such
material modifications or changes if you continue to access
and use the RG Platform after the said 15 day period.
You may object to or disagree with modifications or
changes by notice to RoboGarden (see below, ‘How To Contact
RoboGarden’) within 15 clear days after they are posted on the
RG Platform or the said email is delivered to you. If
RoboGarden receives your notice of objection, none of the
modifications or changes will apply to you. If you notify
RoboGarden of your objection or disagreement with any
modifications or changes to this Use Agreement, each RG
Account you have will automatically be terminated, unless
otherwise specifically agreed to by RoboGarden with you.
Your continued access to or use of the RG Platform after
any amendments, additions, deletions, substitutions or other
modifications or changes are posted and available on the RG
Platform constitutes your agreement with the provisions of
this Use Agreement as so modified or changed, unless you
object as provided above.
Please periodically access the
RG Platform and review RoboGarden’s most current version of
this Use Agreement as its provisions will be binding on you in
accordance with the above.
You agree RoboGarden, in its sole discretion and without prior
notice, may, at any time, remove or refuse to distribute any
Content on the RG Platform, suspend or cancel your RG Account
and the information and files in your RG Account (or any part
thereof) or suspend or terminate your License at any time for
any or no reason which may include, but not be limited to, if
RoboGarden reasonably believes: (a) you have breached or
failed to comply with the provisions of this Agreement, (b)
you create unacceptable risk or possible legal exposure for
RoboGarden; (c) your RG Account should be removed due to
prolonged inactivity; or (d) RoboGarden’s provision of the RG
Platform or Services to you is no longer viable for RoboGarden
to continue. RoboGarden will make reasonable efforts to notify
you by the email address associated with your RG Account or
the next time you attempt to access your RG Account, depending
on the circumstances.
You agree that RoboGarden shall not be liable to you or
any third party for any suspension, cancellation or
termination of your access to your RG Account, the RG Platform
and/or the Services other than to refund the amount of fees
received by RoboGarden that were paid by you for unused time
for your Course registration periods then in effect, pro-rated
to the amount of time remaining on each such registration.
Termination or suspension of your License or
cancellation or suspension of your RG Account, whether by you
or RoboGarden, shall not terminate the provisions of this Use
Agreement which shall remain in full force and effect in
accordance with their respective terms.
This Use Agreement and all other agreements, instruments and
documents delivered pursuant to this Agreement or provided for
herein, constitute the whole and entire intent, agreement and
understanding of each of RoboGarden and you with respect to
the matters contemplated or provided for herein and shall be
solely determinative of such matters.
This Agreement supersedes and replaces all prior
negotiations, agreements and understandings, whether written
or oral, with respect to or governing the rights and
obligations between RoboGarden and you in connection with the
matters contemplated or provided herein.
There are no
restrictions, promises, covenants, representations,
warranties, undertakings or agreements, whether implied,
written, oral, collateral or otherwise, with respect to the
matters contemplated or provided for herein, other than those
expressly set forth or otherwise expressly provided for in
this Agreement and other documents expressly provided for
herein.
The division of this Agreement into sections and the section headings are for convenience or reference only and shall not affect the interpretation or construction of this Agreement
This Use Agreement and the relationship between you and
RoboGarden shall be governed by the laws of the Province of
Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein,
without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
Each of you and RoboGarden consents and submits to the
exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal and provincial
courts located within the City of Calgary in the Province of
Alberta, Canada and having jurisdiction in in any action or
legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Use
Agreement and hereby waives any objection as to inconvenient
forum including the right to any other venue to which such
Party might be entitled by domicile or otherwise.
Please contact RoboGarden with comments, enquiries or notices by sending an email to info@robogarden.com, or a letter mailed to RoboGarden at its address set out on the Website.