Last updated: 2 July 2024
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE AND THE SERVICES. BY USING OR ACCESSING THIS WEBSITE AND THE SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE PRIVACY POLICY ON THE WEBSITE, AND ANY ADDITIONAL TERMS OR FUTURE MODIFICATIONS AS DESCRIBED HEREIN. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS WEBSITE AND THE SERVICES.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions:
- Administrator means the company operating the ESLBrains.com website.
- Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
- Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
- Country refers to: Poland
- Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to ESL Brains sp. z o.o., Al. Niepodległości 124/18, 02-577 Warszawa, Poland.
- Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
- Feedback means feedback, innovations or suggestions sent by You regarding the attributes, performance or features of our Service.
- Service refers to the Website.
- Subscriptions refer to the services or access to the Service offered on a subscription basis by the Company to You.
- The Terms and Conditions (also referred as “Terms”) mean these Terms and Conditions that form the entire agreement between You and the Company regarding the use of the Service.
- Third-party Social Media Service means any services or content (including data, information, products or services) provided by a third-party that may be displayed, included or made available by the Service.
- Website refers to ESL Brains, accessible from https://eslbrains.com
- You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Acknowledgment
These are the Terms and Conditions governing the use of this Service and the agreement that operates between You and the Company. These Terms and Conditions set out the rights and obligations of all users regarding the use of the Service.
Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned on Your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use the Service.
By accessing or using the Service You agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If You disagree with any part of these Terms and Conditions then You may not access the Service.
You represent that you are over the age of 18. The Company does not permit those under 18 to use the Service.
Your access to and use of the Service is also conditioned on Your acceptance of and compliance with the Privacy Policy of the Company. Our Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your personal information when You use the Application or Terms and Conditions and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. Please read Our Privacy Policy carefully before using Our Service.
Permitted Use of the Service
We acknowledge that when you obtain access to the Service, your computer downloads a copy of the information that is on it. Provided that you are eligible for use of the Service and subject to these Terms and Conditions, the Company hereby grants to you a limited personal, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, worldwide, revocable, non-assignable and non-transferable right and licence, to access, read, display on your computer, download and print a single copy of the text and images which are available on the Website (including any forms available on the Website which are designated for printing), and make photocopies to distribute to your own students only, solely for your personal and non-commercial use in connection with viewing the Website on any computer and any mobile devices, tablets, personal computers and other devices which you own and control, subject to any usage rules or other restrictions set out by the device manufacture, app store provider or platform Company.
The licence is personal to you, and may not be assigned, transferred or sub-licensed to any other person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you may not make any commercial use of the Website, include the Website in or with any product that you create or Distribute, or copy the Website onto your, or any other person’s, website. You will keep all copyright and other proprietary notices intact. Your use of the Service does not transfer to you any ownership or other rights in the Service. You may use the Service only in the manner described expressly in these Terms and Conditions and subject to all applicable laws. The Service may NOT be modified, copied, distributed, forwarded, framed, reproduced, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, uploaded, incorporate, transmitted, sold or exploited in any form or by any means, in whole or in part, without the Company’s prior written permission, except as expressly permitted by these Terms and Conditions or by applicable copyright laws. Using the Service for any other purpose or in any other manner is strictly prohibited. The Company retains all rights not expressly granted hereunder. ANY USE OF THE SERVICE, OTHER THAN AS SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED UNDER THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND WILL TERMINATE THE LICENCE. THE LICENCE IS REVOCABLE BY THE COMPANY AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.
You undertake to use the Website in accordance with its intended purpose, the provisions of the Polish law , social and moral standards and the provisions of these Terms and Conditions. You are obliged to verify whether, in the light of his law, the use of materials posted on the Website complies with his national law, in particular does not infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties. You undertake that when third parties make claims against the Administrator for infringement of intellectual property rights in connection with your actions, You will join the case in place of the Administrator or join the case as an incidental intervener and will take over all costs of possible court proceedings, costs of legal representation and awarded or settled damages.
User Accounts
When You create an account with Us, You must provide Us information that is accurate, complete, and current at all times. Failure to do so constitutes a breach of the Terms, which may result in immediate termination of Your account on Our Service.
You are responsible for safeguarding the password that You use to access the Service and for any activities or actions under Your password, whether Your password is with Our Service or a Third-Party Social Media Service.
You agree not to disclose Your password to any third party. You must notify Us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of Your account.
You may not use as a username the name of another person or entity or that is not lawfully available for use, a name or trademark that is subject to any rights of another person or entity other than You without appropriate authorization, or a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar or obscene.
Standard accounts are for individual usage. You agree not to share your account with any other person unless your account is a group account or institution account, set up under separate arrangements with ESL Brains. In the event of a breach of the above prohibition, ESL Brains has the right to disable your Subscription without full or partial refund of the subscription costs.
The use of an individual account by schools or commercial companies within the meaning of the Polish Commercial Companies Code is prohibited. In the event of a breach of the above prohibition, ESL Brains will impose a contractual penalty of USD 1000 on the entity using the individual account for each case of violation.
By registering, You agree to be fully responsible for all activities that occur under your username and password.
You are required to immediately and unambiguously inform Us via the contact details indicated in this document, if you think your personal information, including but not limited to your account, access credentials or personal data, have been violated, unduly disclosed or stolen.
Account suspension and deletion
ESL Brains reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to suspend or delete at any time and without notice, accounts which it deems inappropriate, offensive or in violation of these Terms.
The suspension or deletion of user accounts shall not entitle You to any claims for compensation, damages or reimbursement.
The suspension or deletion of accounts due to causes attributable to You does not exempt You from paying any applicable fees or prices.
Payments and subscriptions
Prices
Users are informed during the purchasing process and before order submission, about any fees, taxes and costs (including, if any, delivery costs) that they will be charged. Prices on this Website are displayed including all applicable fees, taxes and costs.
Methods of payment
Information related to accepted payment methods are made available during the purchasing process.
Some payment methods may only be available subject to additional conditions or fees. In such cases related information can be found in the dedicated section of this Website.
All payments are independently processed through third-party services. Therefore, this Website does not collect any payment information – such as credit card details – but only receives a notification once the payment has been successfully completed.
If payment through the available methods fail or is refused by the payment service provider, the Owner shall be under no obligation to fulfil the purchase order. Any possible costs or fees resulting from the failed or refused payment shall be borne by You.
Subscription period
The Service or some parts of the Service are available only with a paid Subscription. You will be billed in advance on a recurring and periodic basis (monthly or annually), depending on the type of Subscription plan you select when purchasing the Subscription.
At the end of each period, Your Subscription will automatically renew under the exact same conditions unless You cancel it or the Company cancels it.
Purchasing the Subscription entitles you to use the materials only while the Subscription is active.
Subscription cancellations
You may cancel Your Subscription renewal either through Your Account settings page or by contacting the Company. You will not receive a refund for the fees You already paid for Your current Subscription period and You will be able to access the Service until the end of Your current Subscription period.
Billing
You shall provide the Company with accurate and complete billing information including full name, address, state, zip code, and a valid payment method information.
Fee Changes
The Company, in its sole discretion and at any time, may modify the Subscription fees. Any Subscription fee change will become effective at the end of the then-current Subscription period.
The Company will provide You with reasonable prior notice of any change in Subscription fees to give You an opportunity to terminate Your Subscription before such change becomes effective.
Your continued use of the Service after the Subscription fee change comes into effect constitutes Your agreement to pay the modified Subscription fee amount.
Refunds
Except when required by law, paid Subscription fees are non-refundable.
Certain refund requests for Subscriptions may be considered by the Company on a case-by-case basis and granted at the sole discretion of the Company.
Authorization for future PayPal payment
If You authorize the PayPal feature which allows future purchases, this Website will store an identification code linked to the Your PayPal account. This will authorize this Website to automatically process payments for future purchases (recurring subscriptions).
This authorization can be revoked at any time, either by contacting ESL Brains or by changing the user settings offered by PayPal.
Intellectual Property
The Service and its original content (excluding Content provided by You or other users), features and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of the Company and its licensors. Purchasing a subscription does not transfer any intellectual property rights to the subscriber, in particular it does not transfer any personal property or proprietary copyrights to the subject of the subscription. In particular, the subscriber has no right to make the materials publicly available in the original or changed versions, except for sharing the materials with their students in a closed and private network environments.
The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the Country and foreign countries.
Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without the prior written consent of the Company.
Rights regarding content on this Website – All rights reserved
ESL Brains holds and reserves all intellectual property rights for any such content. You may not therefore use such content in any way that is not necessary or implicit in the proper use of the Service. In particular, but without limitation, You may not copy, download, share (beyond the limits set forth below), modify, translate, transform, publish, transmit, sell, sublicense, edit, transfer/assign to third parties or create derivative works from the content available on this Website, nor allow any third party to do so through You or their device, even without your knowledge.
Where explicitly stated on this Website, You may download, copy and/or share some content available through this Website for its sole personal and non-commercial use and provided that the copyright attributions and all the other attributions requested by the Owner are correctly implemented.
You cannot edit the ESL Brains’ materials, except for the so-called ‘e-lesson plans’ and editing the ‘e-lesson plans’ requires keeping the ESL Brains logo and template, so that the authorship of the materials is clearly visible.
Any applicable statutory limitation or exception to copyright shall stay unaffected.
Access to External Resources
Through this Website ,you may have access to external resources provided by third parties. You acknowledge and accept that ESL Brains has no control over such resources and is therefore not responsible for their content and availability.
ESL Brains use the services of other entities, in particular YouTube, Vimeo, TED Talk, as well as Google services, including Google Slides. ESL Brains does not guarantee the availability of the above-mentioned services and is not responsible for the lack of availability of services of other entities, interruption in their delivery, loss of data caused by the use of services of other entities. In the case of broken embedded or linked video files, the Administrator will replace broken links, if possible.
Conditions applicable to any resources provided by third parties, including those applicable to any possible grant of rights in content, result from each such third parties’ terms and conditions or, in the absence of those, applicable statutory law.
Your Feedback to Us
You assign all rights, title and interest in any Feedback You provide the Company. If for any reason such assignment is ineffective, You agree to grant the Company a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty free, worldwide right and license to use, reproduce, disclose, sub-license, distribute, modify and exploit such Feedback without restriction.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to third-party web sites or services or embedded media that are not owned or controlled by the Company.
The Company has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party web sites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that the Company 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 the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services.
We strongly advise You to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party web sites or services that You visit.
Termination
We may terminate or suspend Your Account immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if You breach these Terms and Conditions.
Upon termination, Your right to use the Service will cease immediately. If You wish to terminate Your Account, You may simply discontinue using the Service.
Limitation of Liability
Notwithstanding any damages that You might incur, the entire liability of the Company and any of its suppliers under any provision of this Terms and Your exclusive remedy for all of the foregoing shall be limited to the amount actually paid by You through the Service or 100 USD if You haven’t purchased anything through the Service.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the Company or its suppliers be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever (including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, loss of data or other information, for business interruption, for personal injury, loss of privacy arising out of or in any way related to the use of or inability to use the Service, third-party software and/or third-party hardware used with the Service, or otherwise in connection with any provision of this Terms), even if the Company or any supplier has been advised of the possibility of such damages and even if the remedy fails of its essential purpose.
Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, which means that some of the above limitations may not apply. In these states, each party’s liability will be limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.
“AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” Disclaimer
The Service is provided to You “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” and with all faults and defects without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates and its and their respective licensors and service providers, expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect to the Service, including all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, and warranties that may arise out of course of dealing, course of performance, usage or trade practice. Without limitation to the foregoing, the Company provides no warranty or undertaking, and makes no representation of any kind that the Service will meet Your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, applications, systems or services, operate without interruption, meet any performance or reliability standards or be error free or that any errors or defects can or will be corrected.
Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of the company’s provider makes any representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied: (i) as to the operation or availability of the Service, or the information, content, and materials or products included thereon; (ii) that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free; (iii) as to the accuracy, reliability, or currency of any information or content provided through the Service; or (iv) that the Service, its servers, the content, or e-mails sent from or on behalf of the Company are free of viruses, scripts, trojan horses, worms, malware, timebombs or other harmful components.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain types of warranties or limitations on applicable statutory rights of a consumer, so some or all of the above exclusions and limitations may not apply to You. But in such a case the exclusions and limitations set forth in this section shall be applied to the greatest extent enforceable under applicable law.
Governing Law
The laws of the Country, excluding its conflicts of law rules, shall govern this Terms and Your use of the Service. Your use of the Application may also be subject to other local, state, national, or international laws.
Disputes Resolution
If You have any concern or dispute about the Service, You agree to first try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting the Company.
For European Union (EU) Users
If You are a European Union consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you are resident in.
United States Federal Government End Use Provisions
If You are a U.S. federal government end user, our Service is a “Commercial Item” as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. §2.101.
United States Legal Compliance
You represent and warrant that (i) You are not located in a country that is subject to the United States government embargo, or that has been designated by the United States government as a “terrorist supporting” country, and (ii) You are not listed on any United States government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
Severability and Waiver
Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
Waiver
Except as provided herein, the failure to exercise a right or to require performance of an obligation under this Terms shall not effect a party’s ability to exercise such right or require such performance at any time thereafter nor shall be the waiver of a breach constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach.
Changes to These Terms and Conditions
We reserve the right, at Our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material We will make reasonable efforts to provide at least 30 days’ notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at Our sole discretion.
By continuing to access or use Our Service after those revisions become effective, You agree to be bound by the revised terms. If You do not agree to the new terms, in whole or in part, please stop using the website and the Service.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, You can contact us:
- By email: [email protected]
- By visiting this page on our website: https://eslbrains.com/contact/
