Terms and Conditions

The Terms and Conditions page is meant to protect you and Hadley from people who would misuse this website. Please read the following document before beginning your new learning experience.

1. General

Hadley websites ("Websites") are provided under the internet domain  www.hadleyhelps.org, (“Hadleyhelps”), which is operated by Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired (“Hadley OrganizationHadley," "us," or "we"). Access and use of Hadley Services is subject to the following Terms and Conditions of Service ("Terms and Conditions"). By accessing or using any part of these Services, you represent that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions including any future modifications. Hadley reserves the right to amend, update or change these Terms and Conditions. All changes are effective immediately when we post them  and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time frequently each time you access this Website so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

2. Description of Website and Services

Hadley is an online learning platform that allows learners to access and use a variety of educational content, both online and offline.

Hadley may, in its sole discretion and at any time, update, change, suspend, make improvements to or discontinue any aspect of the Service, temporarily or permanently.

We may update the content on this Website from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up to date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

3. Registration; Submission of Content
   1. Registration

In connection with registering for and using Hadley, you agree (i) to provide accurate, current and complete information about you as requested by Hadley; (ii) to maintain the confidentiality of your password and other information related to the security of your account; (iii) to maintain and promptly update any registration information you provide to Hadley, to keep such information accurate, current and complete; and (iv) to be fully responsible for all use of your account and for any actions that take place through your account. You may change your contact information with us at any time.

1. 2. General Content

As a condition of submitting any ratings, reviews, information, data, text, photographs, audio clips, audiovisual works, translations, flashcards or other materials on the Services ("Content"), you hereby grant to Hadley a royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, nonexclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, reproduce, copy, adapt, modify, merge, distribute, publicly display, create derivative works from, incorporate such Content into other works; sublicense through multiple tiers the Content, and acknowledge that this license cannot be terminated by you once your Content is submitted to the Services. You represent that you own or have secured all legal rights necessary for the Content submitted by you to be used by you, Hadley, and others as described and otherwise contemplated in these Terms and Conditions. You understand that other users will have access to the Content and that neither they or Hadley have any obligation to you or anyone else to maintain the confidentiality of the Content.

4. Your Representations and Warranties

You represent and warrant to Hadley that your access and use of the Service will be in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the United States and any other relevant jurisdiction, including those regarding online conduct or acceptable content, and those regarding the transmission of data or information exported from the United States and/or the jurisdiction in which you reside.

5. Inappropriate Use

You agree not to upload, display or otherwise provide on or through the Service any content that: (i) is libelous, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harassing, hateful, offensive or otherwise violates any law or infringes upon the right of any third party (including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary rights); or (ii) in Hadley’s sole judgment, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using the Service or which may expose Hadley or its users to any harm or liability of any kind.

 

6. Indemnification of Hadley

You agree to hold harmless, defend, and indemnify Hadley and its directors, officers, employees, contractors, agents, suppliers, licensors, successors and assigns, from and against any and all losses, claims, causes of action, obligations, liabilities and damages whatsoever, including attorneys' fees, arising out of or relating to your access or use of the Service, any false representation made to us (as part of these Terms and Conditions or otherwise), your breach of any of these Terms and Conditions, or any claim that any translation we provide to you is inaccurate, inappropriate or defective in any way whatsoever.

7. Third-Party Links, Sites, and Services

The Service may contain links to third-party websites, advertisers, services, special offers, or other events or activities that are not owned or controlled by Hadley. We do not endorse or assume any responsibility for any such third-party sites, information, materials, products, or services. If you access any third-party website, service, or content from Hadley, you understand that these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy do not apply to your use of such sites. You expressly acknowledge and agree that Hadley shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss arising from your use of any third-party website, service, or content. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

 

8. Intellectual Property Rights

The Website and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by Hadley, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

These Terms of Use permit you to use the Website for your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on our Website, except as follows:

• Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
• You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
• You may print [or download ]one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication or distribution.
• If we provide desktop, mobile or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications.

You must not:

• Modify copies of any materials from this site.
• Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from the accompanying text.
• Delete or alter any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.

You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Website or any services or materials available through the Website.

If you print, copy, modify, download or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by Hadley. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

9. No Representations or Warranties by Hadley

The service, including all images, audio files and other content therein, and any other information, property and rights granted or provided to you by Hadley are provided to you on an "as is" basis. Hadley and its suppliers make no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the service, either express or implied, and all such representations and warranties, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement, are expressly disclaimed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Hadley does not make any representation or warranty of any kind relating to accuracy, service availability, completeness, informational content, error-free operation, results to be obtained from use, or non-infringement. Access and use of the service may be unavailable during periods of peak demand, system upgrades, malfunctions or scheduled or unscheduled maintenance or for other reasons. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the website or any services or items obtained through the website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

10. Limitation on Types of Damages/Limitation of Liability

In no event will Hadley be liable to you or any third party claiming through you (whether based in contract, tort, strict liability or other theory) for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages arising out of or relating to the access or use of, or the inability to access or use, the service or any portion thereof, including but not limited to the loss of use of the service, inaccurate results, loss of profits, business interruption, or damages stemming from loss or corruption of data or data being rendered inaccurate, the cost of recovering any data, the cost of substitute services or claims by third parties for any damage to computers, software, modems, telephones or other property, even if Hadley has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

11. Termination

Hadley may terminate your access and use of the Service immediately at any time, for any reason, and at such time you will have no further right to use the Service. You may terminate your Hadley account at any time by following the instructions available through the Service. The provisions of these Terms and Conditions relating to the protection and enforcement of Hadley’s proprietary rights, your representations and warranties, disclaimer of representations and warranties, release and indemnities, limitations of liability and types of damages, ownership of data and information, governing law and venue, and miscellaneous provisions shall survive any such termination.

12. Proprietary Rights in Service Content and Activity Materials

All content available through the Service, including designs, text, graphics, images, information, software, audio and other files, and their selection and arrangement (the "Service Content"), are the proprietary property of Hadley or its licensors. No Service Content may be modified, copied, distributed, framed, reproduced, republished, downloaded, scraped, displayed, posted, transmitted, or sold in any form or by any means, in whole or in part, other than as expressly permitted in these Terms and Conditions. You may not use any data mining, robots, scraping or similar data gathering or extraction methods to obtain Service Content. As between you and Hadley, all data, information and materials generated from your access and use of the educational activities (collectively, "Activity Materials"), made available on or through the Service, shall be exclusively owned by Hadley, and you shall not have any right to use such Activity Materials except as expressly authorized by these Terms and Conditions. By using the Service, you hereby assign to Hadley any and all rights, title and interest, including any intellectual property rights or proprietary rights, in the Activity Materials. All rights of Hadley or its licensors that are not expressly granted in these Terms and Conditions are reserved to Hadley and its licensors.

13. Trademarks

"Hadley," and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Service are trademarks of Hadley or their respective owners, and certain of them are registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Access and use of the Service does not grant or provide you with the right or license to reproduce or otherwise use the Hadley name or any Hadley or third-party trademarks, service marks, graphics or logos.

14. Privacy

The Privacy Policy describes how Hadley will treat your personal information with care. Use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy, a copy of which is located at HadleyHelps.org/Privacy-Policy. By using the Service, you consent to the terms of the Privacy Policy.