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Terms and Conditions
The following describes the terms and conditions on which the Institute of System Science ("ISS") offers you access to our Website. By accessing our Website or by making use of the services provided such as chat rooms, discussion forums, email services, FAQs and hyperlinks to other Websites, you accept and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not accept all of the following terms and conditions, please quit now.
If you have any queries with regard to the terms, please contact us at isshelpdesk@nus.edu.sg.
General
We reserve the right to amend, modify or change any of the terms and conditions at any time and without prior notice by posting the amended terms on this Website. The amended terms shall automatically be effective upon posting on our Website and by any continued access of our Website and/or making use of the services provided, you shall be deemed to have accepted these revised terms. You should therefore review these Terms and Conditions from time to time so that you will be aware of such amendments, modifications or change. We further reserve the right to discontinue our Website with or without prior notice to you. We shall not be liable to you or any third party should we exercise our right to discontinue our Website. We may from time to time post additional guidelines or rules, whether relating to particular sub-parts of the Website or otherwise. Any such additional guidelines or rules are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by reference.
Your information
You shall at all times be solely responsible for Your Information (including any information you provide to us during registration for any on-line courses or at any other time including e-mail services.) We reserve the right to take any action with respect to Your Information we deem necessary or appropriate, in our sole discretion, if we believe it may create liability to us or may cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our Internet Service or Content Providers or may cause us to contravene any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation or ordinance regulating the conduct of Internet-related activities in Singapore or elsewhere in the world.
You shall take all reasonable efforts to ensure that Your Information is current, complete and accurate and not misleading at all times.
In particular, without limitation, Your Information shall:
- not be fraudulent;
- not infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
- not be defamatory, abusive, trade libelous, unlawfully harassing, racially or ethnically objectionable or otherwise violate any legal rights of others;
- not be obscene, profane or contain child pornography, sexually explicit merchandising or advertisements (including without limitation masking or misspelling words) or images that would be illegal in Singapore or elsewhere;
- not be or contain surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters;
- not violate any law, statute, rule, regulation or ordinance;
- not contain any viruses, Trojan Horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, other viral contaminants or computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information.
- not list or collect any personal information about other users without their consent.
- not advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any purpose.
Links
This Website may contain hyperlinks to other Websites. These hyperlinks are provided to you only as a convenience. We do not control such Websites and any hyperlinks to such Websites are not endorsements or verification of the same. We are not responsible for any of the contents in such Websites and such web sites shall be accessed entirely at your own risks. You acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or liable for any damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services available on or through such Websites. This exclusion shall take effect to the full extent permitted by law.
Chat Rooms, Discussion Forums and Resources
We may provide on this Website, chat rooms, discussion forums and/or resources such as FAQs and hyperlinks to other Websites. We may also provide e-mail services for users to pose questions related to their studies to instructors, after which the instructors may in their discretion decide to respond to appropriate questions and the replies may be posted on the Website. All these are intended to provide users with a valuable resource on selected topics. Much, if not most, of the content found on such chat rooms and discussion forums may be provided by third party users. You agree that the third party user who posts any content, information, communication or material in a chat room, discussion forum, e-mail and/or other resources is wholly responsible for such posting.
Standard of Conduct
You agree that you are responsible for the content of your information, communication or material with respect to any chat room, discussion forum, e-mail and/or other resources used and for any consequences thereof. You further agree to use the chat rooms, discussion forums, e-mail services and/or other resources only for their proper use.
We hereby also reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to edit, refuse to post or remove any content, information, communication or material appearing in any chat room, discussion forum and/or other resources on this Website, in whole or in part, for any reason whatsoever.
No Endorsement of Content & No Obligation to Monitor
We do not pre-screen or control the content of any posting on our Website and, as such, do not endorse, verify, support, represent, or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy or reliability of any content, information, communication, material or opinion posted. You hereby acknowledge that any reliance on such in any posting will be at your own risk. Moreover, you understand that by using the Website, you may be exposed to content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. We will not be liable in any way for the content of any posting, including but not limited to, any errors or omissions in its content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted.
You further agree that we have no obligation or duty to monitor any chat room, discussion forum, e-mail and/or other resources, for whatever reason or purpose. Notwithstanding this, we hereby reserve the right to monitor, for any reason or purpose, any chat room, discussion forum and/or other resources at any time.
Privacy
You hereby acknowledge the public nature of all chat rooms, discussion forums and/or other resources hosted on this Website and that others may read your communications, information and materials posted therein. In general, any communication, information or material which you post on the Website, including in chat rooms and discussion forums, is considered non- confidential. You are hereby advised to use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or anyone else in any chat room, discussion forum, e-mail, or otherwise. As stated above, we do not control or endorse the information, communication or materials found in any chat room, discussion forum ,e-mail and/or other resources. As such we specifically disclaim any liability arising from your use of any chat room, discussion forum, e- mail services and/or other resources and any actions resulting from your participation therein.
Copyright and other Intellectual Property Rights
All content and underlying technology on this Website belongs to ISS and are protected by copyright and other proprietary and intellectual property laws in Singaproe and elsewhere. We respect the intellectual property rights of others, and ask that our users to do the same.
Use of Material
All the contents on this Website are protected by copyright and other proprietary and intellectual property laws in Singapore and elsewhere. The content of this Website may include both content owned or controlled by ISS and/or third party providers. Where applicable, we may authorize you to view and download a single copy of any material on the Website solely for your personal, non-commercial or educational use. You hereby acknowledge that ISS and/ or third party providers remain the owners of all content on this Website and that you do not acquire any intellectual property rights in such content by printing or downloading.
Online Registration of Courses
ISS provides on this Website, an online registration service for the courses conducted at ISS. ISS also provides electronic courses conducted via this Website. The terms and conditions can be found here .
No Warranties, Disclaimer of Damages & Limitation of Liability
The Website and all the contents herein are provided on an "as is" basis and ISS and the third parties associated with the Website makes no representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied as to the operation of the Website, the information, content or products included on this Website. To the full extent permissible by the law, ISS and the third parties associated with the Website specifically disclaim all warranties, including without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, accuracy, availability, reliability, completeness and non-infringement of third party proprietary or intellectual property rights. ISS and the third parties associated with the Website do not warrant that the Website will operate error free or that the Website or the server are free of computer viruses or other harmful items. Your use of this Website or the services is entirely at your own risk. If you are anyway dissatisfied with any of the materials or other contents of the Website or with this Agreement or with any other guidelines or policies, your sole remedy is to discontinue use of this Website.
ISS shall not be liable to any user or any third party for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary or for lost profits) resulting from the use or inability to use the Website or services or the content thereof, whether based on warranty, guarantee, contract, negligence or other causes of action, and whether advised of the possibility of such liability and damages or not.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless ISS, its subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates and partners from and against any claim, demand or legal proceeding, including legal expenses, made by any third party or arising from or out of the content, information, communication or material you provided, submitted or uploaded to the Website or your use of the Website, our services or your breach of the terms and conditions herein. We shall however reasonably assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, demand or legal proceeding.
Governing Law
This Agreement and the terms and conditions herein are governed solely by the laws of Singapore. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in Singapore in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Website.
Miscellaneous
If any part of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to any applicable laws, the invalidity of such terms or conditions shall not affect the validity of the remaining terms and conditions of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. The headings preceding the text of the terms and conditions in this Agreement are for convenience and reference purposes only and shall not be deemed part of this Agreement or be given any effect in interpreting this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the user and us, and any prior written or oral agreements between the parties are expressly superceded and cancelled.