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Terms and Conditions 

Last Modified: May 4th, 2018

Beihu Chinese Institute Website and Services

This is a legal agreement ("Agreement") between you and Beihu Chinese Institute LLC a Minnesota corporation (the “Company", “we” or “us”) through its "Self-Study Chinese" curriculum, provides services related to mandarin Chinese study (the "Services"). The Services are available exclusively through the Company's website, located at https://www.beihuchinese.com (the "Website"). The Services may change from time to time, or we may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features therein) to you or to users generally. We reserve the right to create limits on access and use of the Website and the Services in our sole discretion.

 

Acceptance of Terms of Use

By accessing the Website and using any of the Services accessible through the Website, you become a user and agree to, and are bound by, the terms and conditions of this Agreement for as long as you continue to use the Site or Services. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT USE THE SITE OR THE SERVICES. Your use of, or participation in, certain Services may be subject to additional terms, and such terms will be either listed in this Agreement or will be presented to you for your acceptance when you sign up to use such Services.

The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (including, without limitation, our Privacy Policy) (collectively, these "Terms of Use"), govern your use of the Website, the Services, and any other content made available on the Website or through the Services, each of which are provided to you subject to your compliance with these Terms of Use and any other rules, policies and procedures that may be published from time to time by the Company on the Website or otherwise made available to you. By using and/or accessing the Website or the Services, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms of Use, which constitute a binding legal agreement between you and the Company. In some cases, your use of certain of the Services may be subject to additional terms, which will be made available to you when you sign up to use or engage in those Services.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU USE THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU MUST NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES.

Changes to the Terms of Use

This Agreement is subject to change by the Company in its sole discretion at any time, and any such changes will be posted on the Site. Your continued use of this Site or the Services after the posting of revisions to this Agreement will constitute your acceptance of such revisions. Please consult the beginning of this Agreement to determine when the Agreement was last revised.

Accessing the Website and Account Security

We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Website, and any Service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website or the Services are unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website or the Services, or the entire Website or Services, to users, including registered users.

You are responsible for:

  • Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website.

  • Ensuring that all persons who access the Website and the Services on your behalf are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.

In order to use the Services you will need to register and create an account. By creating an account, you represent that (a) the information you provide is truthful and accurate; (b) you are of legal age to agree to these Terms and Conditions; and (c) your use of the Services and the Website does not violate any applicable law or regulation or these Terms of Use. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with your use of the Services or the Website.

Exclusive Use. Your account is for your personal use only. You may not authorize others to use your account, and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that the Company is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your user names and passwords. 

You must immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. The Company will not be liable for any acts or omissions by you, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions. You agree that all information you provide to register with the Website or otherwise is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy. We have the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

Use Policies

Acceptable Use

You are responsible for your use of the Website and the Services and you agree that you will use the Website and the Services only in compliance with these Terms of Use and all applicable laws and regulations.

Prohibited Use

You agree not to use the Website or the Services:

  • In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation.

  • To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any "junk mail", "chain letter" or "spam" or any other similar solicitation.

  • To impersonate or attempt to impersonate the Company, a Company employee, another user or any other person or entity.

  • To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website or the Services, or which, as determined by us, may harm the Company or users of the Website or the Services, or expose them to liability.

  • In any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Website or the Services, or interfere with any other party's use of the Website or the Services, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Website.

Additionally, you agree not to:

  • Use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process or means to access the Website of the Services for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website.

  • Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website or for any other unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent.

  • Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website or the Services.

  • Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful.

  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any part of the Website or the Services, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Website.

  • Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.

  • Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.

We reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information provided through the Website or in connection with the Services that we reasonably believe is necessary or desirable to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (b) enforce these Terms and Conditions, including investigation of potential violations hereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (d) respond to user support requests, or (e) protect the rights, property or safety of the Company, our users and the public.

Content

If you post information or materials to the Website through the Services, post links through the Services, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) any content, information or other materials available by means of the Services (collectively, "Content"), you are entirely responsible for that Content and any harm resulting from that Content. This is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, computer software, or any other medium. By providing or making Content available, you represent and warrant that:

  • The distribution, display and use of the Content (through the Services) will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;

  • You have permission from the owner of the Content to display, post or make available the Content;

  • You have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;

  • The Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;

  • The Content is not spam, is not machine or randomly generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);

  • The Content is not libelous or defamatory, does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party; and

  • You have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by the Company or otherwise.

The Company reserves the right to remove any Content that you provide on or through the Website or the Services in its sole discretion, for any or no reason.

By submitting Content for inclusion on the Website or in connection with the Services, you grant the Company a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your use of the Services. If you delete Content, the Company will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.

Enforcement

Without limiting any other remedies, the Company has the right (though not the obligation) to, in its sole discretion, (a) refuse or remove any Content that, in the Company's reasonable opinion, violates any Company policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (b) terminate or deny access to and use of the Services to any individual or entity for any reason, in the Company's sole discretion.

Use of Your Information

The Company may retain and use, subject to the terms of its Privacy Policy, information collected from your use of the Website or the Services. The Company will not share information associated with you or your account with any third parties unless the Company (a) has your permission; (b) concludes that it is required by law or has a good faith belief that access, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of the Company, our users or the public; or (c) provides such information in anonymous or aggregated form provided that such information is not identifiable of you.

If you provide suggestions, ideas, feedback, or recommendations to us regarding the Website or the Services ("Feedback"), we will be free to use, disclose, reproduce, license or otherwise distribute such Feedback as we see fit, without any obligation or restriction of any kind to you.

Communication and Privacy

We may use your email address to send you messages notifying you of important changes to the Services or special offers. By creating an account, you agree that we may send you periodic product updates and other communications, which are considered part of the Services and your account. Further, we may contact you by telephone if you voluntarily provide us with your telephone number, in order to communicate with you regarding the Services. If you do not want to receive such email messages or telephone calls (including at any wireless number you may have voluntarily provided us), please refer to our Privacy Policy to review your options.

 Fees and Payment

We charge fees for the use of certain features or aspects of the Services, which are described with those features and services. These fees are subject to change at any time.

When purchasing a service, you agree that we may charge your payment account and that you will pay the applicable fees assessed to your account for the Services you have purchased.

Some Services may start with a free trial. If you have (or someone in your company has) used those Services previously, you may not be eligible to receive a free trial. We will not charge your account during the free trial period. Once the trial period has ended (unless you cancel the Services prior to the end of the free trial period), we will charge your account the subscription fee at the beginning of your subscription and on a recurring basis thereafter until you cancel. You will not receive a notice from us that your trial period has ended. You must cancel your subscription before your billing period renews to avoid the billing of the next period's fees to your account. You will not receive a refund for any partial billing period cancellation.

Your Representations

You represent and warrant that (a) you have the necessary power and authority to enter into these Terms of Use (if you are agreeing to these terms on behalf of your employer or other entity, you represent and warrant that you have full legal authority to bind your employer or such entity to these Terms of Use) and (b) your use of the Website and the Services will be in strict accordance with these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, and all applicable laws and regulations (including, without limitation, any local laws or regulations in your country regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and the transmission of personal data to the United States from the country in which you reside), and will not infringe, violate or misappropriate the rights of any person or third party.

Termination

You may terminate your account at any time by providing notice of termination to us by submitting a support ticket through the application and/or emailing us at shuang@beihuchinese.com. We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your account or your access to any or all portions of the Website or the Services at any time, for any reason, including your violation or breach of any terms in these Terms of Use. Upon termination, all rights and licenses granted to you in these Terms of Use immediately end. If your account or access to the Website or the Services is terminated or suspended because you violated these Terms of Use, you will not be entitled to any refund of any fees nor will any fees be credited or reimbursed to you in any form and you will have no further right to access any of the foregoing or your account.

Refund Policy

If you cancel part way through your subscription length, you will retain account access until the end of your subscription. Once your subscription terminates, your account will move to a dormant state, and you will no longer be able to access the data associated with your account. You will not be charged again and no refunds will be given for the remaining paid-up time.

There will be no refunds or credits for partial periods of service or refunds for months unused, nor can we append "un-used time" to your account should you wish to reactivate in the future.

Intellectual Property Rights

The Website, the Services, and their 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 the Company, 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 and the Services only for your own personal or business use. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store or transmit any of the material on the 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 copies of a reasonable number of pages of the Website or the Services for your own personal or business 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 or business 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 the Website.

  • 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 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 and the Services 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 the Company. Any use of the Website or Services not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

Trademarks

The Company name, the term Beihu Chinese, the Company logo and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company.

Changes to the Website

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

Information about You and Your Visits to the Website

All information we collect on the Website is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Website or the Services, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

Links from the Website

If the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. 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 the Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

Geographic Restrictions

The owner of the Website is based in the state of Minnesota in the United States. The Site and Services are intended for use in the United States. You will only use the Services in a manner consistent with this Agreement and any and all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, United States export control laws. We make no claims that the Website, the Services, or any of their content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Registration for, and use of, the Services are void where prohibited. You are responsible for determining whether the user of the Services is legal in your jurisdiction. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Disclaimer of Warranties

  • No Warranties. THIS SECTION WILL APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE COMPANY PROVIDES THE SERVICES ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND GRANTS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OR THE SITE (INCLUDING ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN), INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE SECURE, UNINTERRUPTED, ALWAYS AVAILABLE, ERROR-FREE OR WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS IN THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED. THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR, AND NO WARRANTY IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO, THE CONNECTIVITY AND AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICES.

  • Third Party Content. Opinions, advice, statements, offers, or other information or content made available through the Services, but not directly by the Company, are those of their respective authors, and should not necessarily be relied upon. Such authors are solely responsible for such content. THE COMPANY DOES NOT: (i) GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SERVICES, OR (ii) ADOPT, ENDORSE OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT MADE BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN THE COMPANY. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE COMPANY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM ANYONE'S RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT POSTED ON THE SERVICES, OR TRANSMITTED TO OR BY ANY USERS.

  • You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Website or Services will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. 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.

THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation on Liability

Incidental Damages and Aggregate Liability. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OR CORRUPTION OF DATA OR PROGRAMS, SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS AND PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, EVEN IF THE COMPANY KNOWS OR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE COMPANY’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY, IN ANY FORM OF ACTION WHATSOEVER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE WEBSITE, EXCEED THE PRICE PAID BY YOU FOR YOUR ACCOUNT, OR, IF YOU HAVE NOT PAID THE COMPANY FOR THE USE OF ANY SERVICES, THE AMOUNT OF US$25.00 OR ITS EQUIVALENT. THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY FAILURE OR DELAY DUE TO MATTERS BEYOND ITS REASONABLE CONTROL.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website or the Services.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Website, the Services, or these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Minnesota without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Minnesota or any other jurisdiction).

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use, the Website or the Services shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Minnesota in each case located in the City of St. Paul, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms of Use in your country of residence or any other relevant country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

Arbitration

At the Company's sole discretion, it may require you to submit any disputes arising from the use of these Terms of Use, the Website or the Services, including disputes arising from or concerning their interpretation, violation, invalidity, non-performance, or termination, to final and binding arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association applying Minnesota law.

Limitation on Time to File Claims

ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE, THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES, OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.

Waiver and Severability

No waiver of by the Company of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

Entire Agreement and Assignment

The Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and any Master Service Agreement or similar agreement between you and the Company constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to the Website and the Services, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Website and the Services. You may not assign your rights under these Terms and Conditions without the Company's prior written consent. These Terms of Use will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.

Your Comments and Concerns

This website is operated by Beihu Chinese Institute LLC., a Minnesota corporation St. Paul, MN 55128.

All feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Website should be directed to: shuang@beihuchinese.com.