By becoming member of Immersive Education Academy (or “IEA”) the Student is deemed to have read and agreed to all terms and condition specified above and Immersive Education Academy expects the Student to abide by the rule in the Immersive Education Formal Contract. This preliminary service agreement is for reference only and is subject to change. Please refer to the formal contract for full details.
Immersive Education Academy reserves the right to change or modify the Terms and Conditions at our sole discretion at any time. Any change or modification to the Terms and Conditions will be effective immediately upon posting on Immersive Education Academy’s Terms and Conditions and Registration webpages. For any material changes to the Terms, Immersive Education Academy will take reasonable steps to notify the Student of such changes. In all cases, the Student’s continued use of the Immersive Education Academy program after publication of such modifications, with or without notification, constitutes binding acceptance of these modified Terms and Conditions.
The Student agrees to follow the Immersive Education Academy Limited’s study plan.
The Student shall commence classes within 1 month from enrollment. If the Student commences classes after the 1-month period, Immersive Education Academy Limited reserves the right to proceed with the enrollment with a new school fee.
The Student agrees to attend classes on time in order to minimize disruption to their scheduled classes and other students attending the class, and acknowledges that Immersive Education Academy is under no obligation to schedule any replacement classes (“Make up Classes”) if the Student is late or absent, or if the Student suffers technical difficulties resulting in a delayed attendance or absence.
The Student agrees to use all features of the Immersive Education Academy education program (iEd Cafe, iEd Online and the iEd Classroom, etc.) in accordance with all applicable laws. Further, the Student agrees not to use any part of the Immersive Education Academy education program for organized partisan political or religious activities. The Student further agrees that they will not e-mail or post any of the following content ("Prohibited Content") anywhere in the Immersive Education Academy education program, or on any other Immersive Education Academy computing resources. Prohibited Content includes but is not limited to:
Although Immersive Education Academy does not routinely screen or monitor content posted by users to the platform (Immersive Education Academy related websites or pages), Immersive Education Academy reserves the right to remove Prohibited Content of which it becomes aware, but is under no obligation to do so. Furthermore, Immersive Education Academy reserves the right to unilaterally restrict or to take away program rights or privileges from the Student. This can be in the form of: restricting the Student’s ability to participate in the Immersive Education Academy program features, the ability to communicate in the iEd classroom (i.e. muting), or removing the Student (i.e. “kicking”) from class.
Copyrighted material, including but not limited to software, graphics, text, photographs, sound, video and musical recordings, may not be placed on any part of the Immersive Education Academy education program without the express permission of the owner of the copyright in the material, or other legal entitlement to use the material.
In addition, as a condition of accessing the Immersive Education Academy education program, the Student agrees not to (a) reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Immersive Education Academy education program other than as expressly allowed by Immersive Education Academy; (b) use Immersive Education Academy's or any Participating Institution's name, trademarks, server or other materials in connection with, or to transmit, any unsolicited communications or emails; (c) use any high-volume, automated or electronic means to access the Immersive Education Academy program (including without limitation, robots, spiders, scripts or web-scraping tools); (d) frame any part of the Immersive Education Academy program, place pop-up windows over its pages or otherwise affect the display of its page; or (e) interfere with or disrupt the Immersive Education Academy program or servers or networks connected to the Immersive Education Academy program, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Immersive Education Academy Program.
Finally, the Student agrees that he/she will not access or attempt to access any other user's account, or misrepresent or attempt to misrepresent the Student’s identity while using the Immersive Education Academy program
In order to fully participate in all Immersive Education Academy activities, Students must register and enroll in Immersive Education Academy. While registration for an Immersive Education Academy Student Account is open to anyone, enrollment in the Immersive Education Academy program is subject to availability of student enrollment openings. Enrollment openings are determined by the number of students and the availability of teachers and class time slots.
Students can register for a personal account on the iEd Online website (a "User Account") by providing an email address and a password for the Student’s User Account. The Student agrees that they will never divulge or share access or access information to the Student’s User Account with any third party for any reason. The Student also agrees that they will create, use, and access only one User Account, and that they will not access the Immersive Education Academy program using multiple User Accounts.
In setting up the Student’s User Account, the Student may be prompted or required to enter additional information, including but not limited to their name and location. Additional information may be required to confirm the Student’s identity. The Student represents that all information provided by them is accurate, current and complete and the Student agrees that they will maintain and update their information to keep it accurate, current and complete. The Student acknowledges that if any information provided by them is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Immersive Education Academy reserves the right to terminate the Student’s use of the Immersive Education Academy program.
Enrollment into the Immersive Education Academy program and commencement of said program is subject to the availability student enrollment openings and is determined by the availability of teachers and class time slots.
Student enrollments will become active the full payment is made and after the commencement of the Student’s determined class/program schedule.
Because all course fee collected will be used for arrangement of online classes, maintenance of iEd Café, administration of iEd Online and for various related expenses, without any exception, we have no refund policy after the full payment is made.
Deposits for student enrollment openings will be refunded if the Student wishes to withdraw their application for a student enrollment opening before the full program payment is paid. Furthermore, if the Student has paid a deposit for a student enrollment opening but none are available, the Student can request a refund of their deposit.
Immersive Education Academy shall keep the Student’s personal data confidential at all times. The Student agrees that their personal data may be used and retained by Immersive Education Academy for the following purposes as shall be agreed between the Student and Immersive Education Academy or required by law from time to time:
Provisioning of the Commercial Services; Marketing of goods and/or services by Immersive Education Academy or Immersive Education Academy agents in relation to the commercial services; Processing of any benefits to the Student arising out of or in connection with the commercial services; Analyzing, verifying and or checking of the Student’s credit, payment and/or status in relation to the provision of the commercial services; Processing of any payment instructions, direct debit facilities and/or credit facilities requested by the Student.
The Student further agrees that Immersive Education Academy may disclose and transfer (whether in Hong Kong or abroad) to Immersive Education Academy agents, contractors, any third party service providers, any third party collection agencies, any credit reference agencies, any credit providers, banks, financial institutions, Immersive Education Academy professional advisers with respect to the Student to use, disclose, hold, process, retain or transfer such personal data for the purposes mentioned above.
IEA owns IEA. The Services are, as between you and IEA, owned by IEA, and are protected by copyright, trade secret, trademark and other US and foreign laws. This Agreement doesn't grant you any right, title or interest in the Services, others’ User Content, our trademarks, logos or other brand features or intellectual property or trade secrets or others’ content in the Services. You agree not to change, modify, translate or otherwise create derivative works of the Services or others’ User Content.
Important Things We Can Do. We reserve these rights, which we may exercise at any time and in our sole discretion, and without liability or notice to you (except where prohibited by applicable law):
This Agreement will remain in effect until terminated by either you or us. You may terminate this Agreement at any time via the Services. We reserve the right to change, suspend or discontinue, or terminate, restrict or disable your use of or access to, parts or all of the Services or their functionality at any time at our sole discretion and without notice. For example, we may suspend or terminate your use of part or all of the Services if you violate these Terms and Conditions. We will endeavor to provide you reasonable notice upon suspending or terminating part or all of the Services. All sections of this Agreement that by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination.
Disclaimers. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, IEA makes no warranties, either express or implied, about the Services. The Services are provided “as is” and “as available”. IEA also disclaims any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from IEA, shall create any warranty. IEA makes no warranty or representation that the Services will:
Exceptions. Under certain circumstances, some jurisdictions don't permit the disclaimers in this section, so they may not apply to you. However, the disclaimers apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. You may have other statutory rights and nothing in this Agreement affects your statutory rights or rights under mandatory laws. The duration of statutorily required warranties, if any, shall be limited to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
IEA and its officers, agents, licensors or other third-party providers are not liable for incidental, indirect, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages of any kind, including loss of revenues or profits, loss of business or loss of data, in any way related to the service or for any claim, loss or injury based on errors, omissions, interruptions or other inaccuracies in the Services (including without limitation as a result of breach of any warranty or other term of these Terms and Conditions) even if such damage, claims, losses or injuries were foreseen or foreseeable. Any claim against us shall be limited to the amount you paid, if any, for use of the Services.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, You agree to indemnify and hold harmless IEA and its affiliates and its and their directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all damages, losses, liabilities, costs, claims, demands, fines, awards and expenses of any kind (including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) (collectively, "Losses") arising out of or related to:
Your indemnification obligations under this Section shall not apply to the extent directly caused by our breach of this Agreement or, to the extent that the consequences were not reasonably foreseeable.
Our failure or delay to enforce any provision of this Agreement is not a waiver of our right to do so later. If any provision of this Agreement is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full effect and an enforceable term will be substituted reflecting our intent as closely as possible. You may not delegate, transfer or assign this Agreement or any of your rights or obligations hereunder without our prior written consent, and any such attempt will be of no effect. We may delegate, transfer or assign this Agreement or some or all of our rights and obligations hereunder, in our sole discretion, to any of our affiliates or subsidiaries or to any purchaser of any of our business or assets associated with the Services, with thirty (30) days prior written notice. If you are an EU Consumer, we will ensure that the delegation, transfer or assignment does not adversely affect your rights under this Agreement.
We may modify this Agreement from time to time, and will post the most current version on our site. If a modification meaningfully reduces your rights, we’ll notify you (by, for example, sending you an email or displaying a prominent notice within the Services). The notice will designate a reasonable period after which the new terms will take effect. Modifications will not apply retroactively. By continuing to use or access the Services after any modifications come into effect, you agree to be bound by the modified Agreement and price changes. If you disagree with our changes, then you must stop using the Services and cancel all Paid Services.
We are not in breach of this Agreement or liable to you if there is any total or partial failure of performance of the Services resulting from any act, circumstance, event or matter beyond our reasonable control. This may include where such results from any act of God, fire, act of government or state or regulation, war, civil commotion, terrorism, insurrection, inability to communicate with third parties for whatever reason, failure of any computer dealing or necessary system, failure or delay in transmission of communications, failure of any internet service provider, strike, industrial action or lock-out or any other reason beyond our reasonable control.
This Agreement was originally written in English. We may translate this Agreement into other languages. In the event of a conflict between a translated version and the English version, the English version will control except where prohibited by applicable law.
These Terms and Conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms and Conditions and any dispute of any sort that might arise between You and IEA, and You agree that any action arising under these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of Hong Kong courts.