Welcome to ThinkingStorm.com (“the Website”), operated by Georgetown Learning Centers, Inc., a Virginia corporation. The Website is intended for education and information purposes.
By accessing and using the Website and its services (the “Service”) you are agreeing to be legally bound by these Terms of Use, which set forth the terms and govern your use of the Website. If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms of Use, you are not authorized to use this Website.
The company content, the Website, the Service, and each portion thereof are provided “as is” without warranties of any kind either express or implied. To the fullest extent possible pursuant to applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, with respect to the Website, the company content, the Service, and each portion thereof, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or other violation of rights. We do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use, validity, accuracy, or reliability of, or the results of the use of, or otherwise respecting, the company content, the Website, the Service, each portion thereof, or any third-party sites.
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall we or third parties be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, including, but not limited to, loss of data or profit, arising out of or relating to the use, or the inability to use, the company content, the Website, the Service, or any portion thereof, even if we or our authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages. If your use of the Website, the company content, the Service, or any portion thereof results in the need for servicing, repair, or correction of equipment or data, you assume any costs thereof. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. Neither we, nor third parties warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links, or other items contained in the company content, the Website, the Service, or any portion thereof or in any reports of verification services. You agree not to hold us (or our agents, employees, or instructors) liable for any instruction, advice, or services delivered which originated through the website, through any verification service, or in connection with the company content, the Service, or any portion thereof. We are not responsible for disputes, claims, losses, injuries, or damage of any kind that might arise out of or relate to conduct of instructors or users.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless us, and our affiliates, officers, directors, agents, partners, employees, licensors, representatives, and third party providers (including our affiliates' respective officers, directors, agents, partners, employees, licensors, representatives, and third party providers), from and against all losses, expenses, damages, costs, claims and demands, including reasonable attorney's fees and related costs and expenses, due to or arising out of any content you submit, post to, email, or otherwise transmit to us or through the Services, your use of the Service, the company content or any portion thereof, your connection to the Service, or your breach of these Terms. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to fully cooperate with such defense and in asserting any available defenses.
We may add, change, or eliminate features, pricing, nomenclature and other aspects of the Service and make other changes at any time, and these Terms will continue to apply to the Service as modified. We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Website or the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any such modification, suspension, or discontinuance of the Website or the Service.
You agree to use this Website only for lawful purposes. Any conduct by you that, in our sole discretion, restricts, inhibits, or interferes with the ability of any other user to enjoy this Website will not be tolerated, including by means of hacking or defacing any portion of this Website, or by engaging in spamming, flooding, or other disruptive activities. You are strictly prohibited from communicating on or through this Website any unlawful, harmful, offensive, threatening, abusive, libelous, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, fraudulent, sexually explicit, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable material of any sort, including, but not limited to, any material that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law. We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to and use of this Website, or parts of this Website, without notice, if we believe, in our sole discretion, that it is in violation of any applicable law or it is harmful to our interests or the interests, including intellectual property or other rights, of another user or other third party partners, affiliates, sponsors, providers, licensors, or merchants.
You agree to provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself when registering with our Website. It is your responsibility to maintain and promptly update this account information to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete. If you provide any information that is fraudulent, untrue, inaccurate, incomplete, or not current, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is fraudulent, untrue, inaccurate, incomplete, or not current, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account without notice and to refuse any and all current and future use of this Website. Because any termination of your access to the Website may be effected without prior notice, you acknowledge and agree that we may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and bar any further access to such files or this Website. Furthermore, you agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to your account or this Website.
When you create an account, you may be asked to supply your name, email address, a User ID, and a password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account and are fully responsible for all activities that occur in connection with your password or account. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of either your password or account or any other breach of security. You further agree that you will not permit others, including those whose accounts have been terminated, to access this Website using your account or User ID. You grant ThinkingStorm.com and all other persons or entities involved in the operation of the Website the right to transmit, monitor, retrieve, store, and use your information in connection with the operation of the Website. ThinkingStorm.com cannot and does not assume any responsibility or liability for any information you submit, or your or third parties use or misuse of information transmitted or received using the Website. To learn more about how we protect the privacy of the personal information in your account, please visit our Privacy Policy.
You may only engage in educational and study-related activities while using the Service. The following are examples of the kind of activity that is prohibited on the Service. The Website reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in the Website’s sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, terminating your account and/or access to the Service, reporting you to appropriate governmental authorities, including law enforcement, or seeking other legal remedies. Prohibited activity includes, but is not limited to: -Criminal or tortious activity, including child pornography, fraud, trafficking in obscene material, drug dealing, gambling, harassment, stalking, spamming, sending of viruses or other harmful files, copyright infringement, patent infringement, or theft of trade secrets; -Circumventing or modifying, attempting to circumvent or modify, or encouraging or assisting any other person in circumventing or modifying any security technology or software that is part of the Service; -Impersonating or attempting to impersonate another user, person or entity; -Using the account, username, or password of another user at any time, or disclosing your password to any third party, or permitting any third party to access your account; -Using any information obtained from the Service in order to harass, abuse, or harm another person or entity, or attempting to do so; -Activity that involves the use of viruses, bots, worms, or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of, or access to, a computer or a computer network; -Any automated use of the system, such as, but not limited to, using scripts to create or post Content; -Interfering with, disrupting, or creating an undue burden on the Service or the networks or services connected to the Service; -Displaying an unauthorized commercial advertisement on the Service, or accepting payment or anything of value from a third party in exchange for your performing any commercial activity through the unauthorized or impermissible use of the Service on behalf of that party; -Reproducing, duplicating, copying, selling, reselling, trading, or exploiting for any commercial purposes, any portion of, or access to, the Content and/or functionality offered through the Service, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement; -Using the Service in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws or regulations.
The Website may contain hyperlinks to web sites operated by persons other than the Website. You agree not to hold the Website responsible for the content or operation of such web sites. A hyperlink from the Website to another web site does not imply or mean that the Website endorses the content on that web site or the operator or operations of that site. You are solely responsible for determining the extent to which you may use any content at any other web sites to which you might link from the Website.
We may terminate these Terms by providing the other with notice of such termination, which shall be effective immediately upon delivery of such notice to the other party. We may terminate these Terms immediately without notice for any breach by you of these Terms or any of our applicable policies, as posted on the site from time to time. Furthermore, we may terminate these Terms without notice to you by terminating your rights to use the site or the Services for any reason or no reason. In the event of termination or expiration of these Terms, the following sections of these Terms shall survive: all provisions regarding ownership of intellectual property, disclaimer of warranties and limitations of liability, the provisions of this section which, by their nature apply after termination, and the General provisions below.
These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and ThinkingStorm.com with respect to use of the Website, superseding all prior or contemporaneous communications and/or proposals. These Terms and Conditions also are severable, and in the event any provision is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not in any way affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions. ThinkingStorm.com reserves the right to make changes to these Terms and Conditions immediately by posting the changed Terms and Conditions in this location. By continuing to use the Website, you are agreeing to all changes made by ThinkingStorm.com. A printed version of these Terms and Conditions shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to use of the Website to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
By visiting ThinkingStorm.com, you agree that the laws of the state of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States of America, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and the Website or its associates.
