1. The terms and conditions of this agreement (Agreement) sets out the terms of service, responsibilities, benefits, restrictions and liabilities that you agree to by accessing or using our website (Site) or services. This Agreement forms a legally binding contract between you and us on the correct use of the Site and the information contained therein.
2. The Site is housed at https://bridgingpeoples.com, and is owned and operated by Bridging Peoples PTE LTD. The website and any associated subdomains are referred to as the Site. By accessing or using this Site, you indicate that you have read and agree to all of the terms and conditions in this Agreement.
3. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between us, and supersedes all prior agreements, conduct, representations, warranties and understandings.
4. Please ensure you read this Agreement carefully. If you do not agree to the Terms and Conditions in this Agreement, you must cease using the Site immediately.
5. Where this Agreement refers to “we”, “our” or “us” it is referring to Bridging Peoples PTE LTD, our agents affiliates, directors, officers or licensees involved in providing our Site and services.
6. Where this Agreement makes reference to “user”, “you”, “your” and/or “yourself” it is referring to any and all persons or entities using services provided via our Site or accessing information, services and/or products provided by us, including organisational representatives and their representative operators as direct or indirect result of using our site(s) or services, their successors, executors, heirs, representatives, administrators and permitted assigns. Our products and services are non-transferrable and you have no right to assign this Agreement.
7. By accessing or using this Site and/or resources, you warrant that you are over 18 years of age and possess the legal authority to enter into this Agreement with us.
8. Subject to any over-riding conflict of laws, this Agreement and your dealings with us are governed by the laws of the Republic of Singapore. By accessing this Site and/or using the resources, you irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of courts in the geographical confines of Singapore.
9. We do not warrant that the content of the Site complies with the laws of your country or jurisdiction. You accept responsibility for ensuring that your use of the Site is lawful, does not infringe the rights of any third parties or breach any standards, content requirements or codes of relevant authorities in your country. You are responsible for confirming compliance with all laws that apply to you.
10. Nothing in our Site constitutes an offer to provide services or resources in any jurisdiction if to do so would contravene the laws of that jurisdiction.
11. We reserve the right to modify or remove terms and conditions of this Agreement at any time, by posting changes online in this Site. We will make all reasonable efforts to inform you of these changes, and your continued use constitutes agreement with these changes.
12. We reserve the right to terminate this Agreement or your use of the Site at our absolute discretion. Your sole entitlement will be a right to refund for any unused portion of paid services.
13. Refunds are provided for any paid service within the Site according to the refund policy detailed for that service. Refunds are not provided past the refund deadline, for any reason, except where provided for by the Law of Singapore.
14. The information in our Site for any paid service is subject to our Disclaimers, as detailed for that service.
15. We do not make any express or implied representation or warranty about, or shall be liable in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, for any direct, indirect, special or consequential loss, damages or reliance in connection with our Site, content, products or services provided by us.
16. In no circumstances will we be liable for any damages whatsoever, including but not limited to any direct, indirect, special, or consequential loss, damages or reliance in connection with our Site, content, products or services provided by us.
17. In no circumstances will we be liable for any damages whatsoever, including but not limited to any direct, indirect, special, consequential, punitive or incidental damages, or damages for loss of use, profits, data or other intangibles, or the cost of procurement of substitute goods or services arising out of your use of our Site resources and/or services.
18. You indemnify us from all actions, claims, suits, demands, liabilities, costs, expenses, loss and damage (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) incurred or suffered by you or us as a direct or indirect consequence of you using our Site and/or services. We are not responsible, and expressly disclaim any liability for damages of any kind arising from your use, reference to, or reliance on any information contained within our Site or through use of services.
19. From time to time, we may reference third-party sites on the Site or through our services. These links are provided for your convenience only, and we do not endorse these sites or make any claim to the veracity, quality or lawfulness of the information contained in these third-party sites. We expressly disclaim and are not responsible for any liability for any damages of any kind arising from your use, reference to, or reliance on any information contained within these sites.
20. To the maximum extent permitted by the law, we exclude all warranties by us that otherwise may be implied in any transactions for the supply by us of our Site, information, products or services (including warranties of satisfactory quality, merchantability and fitness for purpose.) All warranties and guarantees are expressly as stated within this Agreement.
21. All warranties and guarantees offered to one product or service applies to that product or service only: there is no implied extension of these warranties or guarantees applying to another product or service.
22. We reserve the right to monitor your compliance with the terms of this Agreement by any means and to take action should we deem this necessary.
23. We reserve the right to respond to complaints and to determine whether your actions are in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. We will report breaches of this Agreement to the relevant authorities where we deem appropriate, and will cooperate and assist fully with law enforcement agencies should this be required.
24. We reserve the right to right to charge fees for problems caused by breaches of this Agreement, to be equal to any resulting cost incurred and calculated by us and explained to you in writing, via an invoice with terms of 14 days.
25. You agree that you will not engage in any conduct or communications with a third party, public or private, designed to disparage Bridging Peoples, our products or services, or Bridging Peoples staff or associates, that might reasonably be construed to be derogatory, defamatory, libellous or slander.
26. If you are a registered user or member of the Site, you acknowledge and agree to the following terms:
(a) You are solely responsible for protection and confidentiality of any password or member identification that may be issued to or subscribed for you from time to time.
(b) You will neither reveal, nor cause through any act or omission to be revealed, your password to any other person.
(c) You will immediately notify us if you become aware that your password has been lost or is known to another person.
(d) You are solely responsible for all access and use to the Site by any other person via your password, and accept the consequences of misuse of your membership.
(e) Any information that you provide to us for posting or inclusion on our online community, at any time, grants us an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use this intellectual property.
(f) Membership of Network or Academy courses are for one user (person) only. By procuring a membership, you warrant that you will not let any other person use your password, or access any member products or services. We reserve the right to cancel or discontinue your use of, or access to, any member service without liability to refund any fees paid in advance for future services if you have breached these terms.
(g) If you would like to collaborate with any other person including but not limited to a friend, colleague, organisational partner, or team member in a course or other service provided in this Site, a separate membership will need to be procured for their use.
27. We respect your privacy, and all use of our Site is subject to Bridging Peoples’ Privacy Policy. Should you choose to participate in any of our programs, we insist that you respect the privacy of other members, according to the same provisions as set out in our Privacy Policy.
28. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18 and do not wish to do so. We reserve the right to request proof of age, for the purposes of verifying that minors are not participating members in our programs or services.
29. We respect your confidential and proprietary information, ideas, plans, and trade secrets. Should you choose to participate in any of our programs, you agree that you will not share to any other person the confidential and proprietary information of any other members, participants, or of Bridging Peoples.
30. As a member or registered user, you agree to the following terms:
(a) Not to infringe on any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of Bridging Peoples and other members or participants.
(b) That any confidential information shared by a member or participant, or any of our representatives, constitutes proprietary information and belongs solely and exclusively to the person who disclosed the information.
(c) That we own the intellectual property of all information and materials provided to you by us, which may not be shared to any other person, and may only be used by you as authorised by us in writing.
(d) The reproduction, distribution and sale of our materials by anyone but us is strictly prohibited. If you violate or threaten to violate any of these terms, we will be entitled to, among other recourses, injunctive relief to prohibit such violations.
31. We will use reasonable efforts to protect information submitted by you to us in connection with your purchase and use of our services, but you agree that your submissions of such information is at your sole risk. We disclaim any and all liability to you for any loss or liability relating to breach of privacy or improper use of your proprietary information.
32. If you have purchased one of our courses, your access to these program materials does not guarantee access to our online Network. Our Network is governed by our Code of Conduct. On becoming a member of the Network, you agreed to abide by all terms within the Network’s Code of Conduct.
33. We do not warrant that we will continue to make our Site, online Network, services or products available. We reserve the right to discontinue these services at any time, or to impose or alter fees and/or provide alternative products or services.
34. We reserve the right at any time to alter the information, platform, products or services in such a way as to change the equipment needed by you to access or use any part of the Site, or the online Network.
35. All information provided on our website, in our Bridging Peoples Academy or Network, or through other service delivery, including but not limited to course content, text, graphics, videos and photos is for the strict purposes of delivering our services to you, and is subject to copyright. In delivering our services to you, we grant you with limited license to browse or print the material for your personal, non-commercial purposes only. You agree that you will not use such proprietary information for commercial purposes.
36. Any reproduction, copying, modification, uploading, transmission, renting or other use of the information provided by us for purposes beyond the provision of our services to you is a violation of our copyright and is strictly prohibited. You are not permitted to share any materials that you access as a member or user of our services with a third party.
37. You may not create derivate works, guides, source materials, business materials, marketing, websites or web content that references Bridging Peoples or its agents or employees, or that infringes on any of our intellectual property in any way.
38. The trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on our Site are the registered or unregistered trademarks of Bridging Peoples. These trademarks, logos and service marks, whether registered or unregistered, may not be used in connection with any product or service that does not belong to Bridging Peoples, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion with customers, or that disparages Bridging Peoples.
39. You are not permitted to use any of the information provided in our Site or through our Bridging Peoples Academy or Network in any way that competes with our business. If you breach this term, we will hold you responsible for any loss that we may sustain, and accountable for any profits that you may make from non-permissible use.
40. As a condition of using our Site and the information contained therein, you must not use, attempt to use, or allow the use of our information or services in a way that:
(a) Contravenes the law of the Republic of Singapore, or is misleading or deceptive, or promotes an illegal activity.
(b) Supports any activity or practice that is harmful to children.
(c) Causes unethical, obscene, defamatory, offensive or abusive material to be made known or available.
(d) Endangers the good name of Bridging Peoples, or unfairly impedes our commercial wellbeing or reputation.
(e) Uses server or other resources such that our servers, network or other resources are burdened in such a way that use by other members or users, or our capacity to deliver our services, is unfairly restricted. This includes any services described as ‘unlimited’.
(f) Facilitates high output emailing. For the purposes of this Agreement, more than 100 emails per hour per domain name is to be considered high output emailing action.
(g) Has a spamming effect, including messages that are inappropriate, unsolicited, indiscriminate, unwanted or en-masse commercial advertising, which adversely impacts on a computer, network or other person’s data, accessing someone else’s system or empowering a third party to do similar, or that seeks to hide or obscure you as the source of a message or action.
(h) Impacts negatively upon our ability to conduct our business.
41. Our Site and services may contain forums, bulletin boards, review services or other forums in which you may post comments, photos, videos, messages or other material. As a condition of the use of our Site, services, or online Network, you expressly agree that you will not post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through our Site or online Network, any of the following:
(a) Content that is unlawful, fraudulent, misleading, deceitful, threatening, abusive, libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, harassing, threatening, abusive, offensive, inflammatory or otherwise objectionable.
(b) Information that includes personal or identifying information about another person without that person’s consent.
(c) Information that constitutes promotion or advertisement for groups, events or activities organised through competing groups, networks, associations, organisations or businesses, except as otherwise expressly permitted by us.
(d) Any information or content that impersonate any person or entity.
(e) Any non-public, material information about companies or organisations without authorisation to do so.
(f) Any advertisements, solicitations, chain letters, pyramid schemes, investment opportunities or other unsolicited commercial communication, except as otherwise expressly permitted by us.
42. As a precondition of using our Site, online Network or services, you agree that you will not:
(a) Contact anyone who has asked to not be contacted.
(b) Collect personal data about any other users or members for commercial or unlawful purposes.
(c) Infringe other users’ or members’ privacy rights.
(d) Post anything, or cause any material to be posted, which violates the intellectual property of any other person. This includes but is not limited text, photos, videos, artwork, or any other material that is subject to copyright. You expressly agree that you are solely responsible for the consequences of any lawsuits or actions resulting from your misuse of another person’s copyrighted material.
(e) Post anything that contains software viruses, worms, or any other harmful code.
(f) Use manual or automated software, devices, script robots, or other means or processes to access our Site or any related data or information.
43. Some of our payments are operated through an online and automated billing system (Online Payment). Where your payments are made via Online Payment:
(a) You agree to ensure sufficient funds are available in your nominated account to meet any account withdrawals made by us on their scheduled due dates.
(b) If payment is defaulted or not received, you authorise us to debit any outstanding funds from your nominated account without need for notification at a future date.
44. Where another agent or enterprise is debiting funds pursuant to an arrangement entered into with us, you also affirm the same rights and undertakings explained in this policy to them.
45. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate any service or account, at our discretion, if payment is defaulted.
46. We reserve the right to on-sell or otherwise authorise a debt-collection or other authorised agency to collect any amount not paid by you.
47. We reserve the right to inform credit watch monitoring services of ongoing defaults trends or payment-avoiding strategies employed where we deem it is appropriate.
48. In circumstances where we invoice you for payment, payment is due and payable by the payment date noted on the invoice. Failure to make payment by the payment date may lead to suspension of use of our Services.
49. We endeavour to work with clients who have financial difficulties to ensure actions such as those listed above do not happen. If you are having difficulties or require a payment plan please contact us.
50. We do not assume any obligation to monitor or censor materials of any site hosted by us or our online community.
51. We reserve the right to host both moderated and non-moderated forums and other web pages to which website users can post materials (Forums). We are not responsible for materials posted to Forums by third parties, whether or not we moderate those Forums; materials altered by us in moderating Forums; or our removal of, or failure to remove, all or any part of those materials.
52. These terms supplement other rights we might have, such as our rights in relation to contributors under a contributor’s agreement or those cited elsewhere in the Agreement. By submitting a contribution to us for inclusion on our Forums, you agree to be bound by any such contributor’s agreement.
53. Subject to a separate written agreement, we may elect whether or not to make material available to others under a creative commons license. Typically, comments and Forum postings will be available under a creative commons license.
54. We may add information to any message originated via our Site or online Network.
55. If we publish material submitted by any third party, the author of that content permits all other users to access, view, store or reproduce the material for their personal, non-commercial use.
56. If we publish material submitted by you, any third party, or us and the web page indicates that the content of that page is available for dealing under a creative commons license, others are also authorised to deal with the relevant content under the terms of that license.
57. If you submit material to any of our Site or online Network you grant, or warrant that the owner of such material has granted, to us and our affiliates, third party content providers and licensors a world-wide, nonexclusive, royalty free, perpetual, irrevocable, unrestricted and fully sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such materials, or incorporate them in other works, in whole or in part; use the names and images (if any) that you submit with any such material, including names and images identifying you as the author of the material; and exploit all proprietary rights (such as copyright, trademarks and service marks) in any such material, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, for any purpose, commercial or otherwise (including promotion of us or our objectives).
58. If you submit material to our Site or online Network, you consent to us and any person authorised by us doing any or all of the above despite all moral and similar rights you may have or later acquire in respect of any such material.
59. If you submit material to our Site or online Network, at our request and expense, you will execute and deliver to us all such instruments and take such other actions as may be requested by us to obtain the benefit of and perfect this grant of license and consent.
60. If we publish material submitted by you for publishing, you permit all other users to access, view, and store or reproduce the material for their personal, non-commercial use.
61. If you submit material to our Site or online Network for publication, you permit us, for any reason, to monitor the content of our Site, including our online Network, chat rooms, electronic bulletin boards, Forums and other communications facilities, to determine compliance with these conditions; and edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted by you or to you.
62. Where you post any images or content on our online Network or Forums, you accept responsibility for obtaining any trademarks, copyright, relevant releases or licenses required.
63. You agree to release us, defend us, and hold us harmless from and against any claims, damages or liability arising from or related to the use of photographs or videos which you post.
64. We have taken every effort to accurately represent our services and programs, and their ability to improve your work in developing communities. However, we do not give any guarantee that you will improve your work, impact, results, effectiveness, or sustainability by using our services or programs. Nothing on our Site, online community, or any other communication personal or otherwise constitutes a promise or guarantee to you of improved work, impact, results, effectiveness, or sustainability.
65. By accessing our services and/or purchasing our products and/or services, you accept, agree and understand that you are fully responsible for your progress and results from your participation and that we offer no representations, warranties or guarantees verbally or in writing regarding your work, impact, results, effectiveness, or sustainability or results of any kind.
66. You acknowledge and accept that any testimonials or endorsements by our clients, participants or audience represented by us have not been scientifically evaluated by us and the results experienced by different individuals may vary significantly.
67. Any statements outlined on our Site, courses, products, services, content and offerings are simply our opinion and are not guarantees or promises of actual performance. We offer no professional legal, medical psychological or financial advice.
68. You acknowledge that third party materials appearing on our Site and our online Network are not necessarily controlled or monitored by us and that the views expressed are not necessarily ours.
69. We may include links to third party websites. You acknowledge that outbound links to third party websites have materials that may change or be deleted from time to time. These are beyond our control, are not monitored by us, nor necessarily express views that are synonymous with ours.
70. We do not make or infer any representations, opinions or recommendations about third party websites or parties that may be linked to our websites other than those clearly stated within our polices and this Agreement.
71. We may provide links to third party materials and websites and establish a social media group or app as a convenience to you and other Users. These third party materials and websites are not part of our services and they may be either withdrawn or terminated at any time without any liability on our part. You agree that you will be responsible for all payment and other obligations associated with your use of any and all third party materials and websites. In addition, you agree that we are not responsible for examining and evaluating the content and accuracy of any third party materials and websites, and we do not warrant and will not have any liability or responsibility for any third party materials or websites, or for any other materials, products, or services of third parties. You further agree that you will not use any third party materials and websites in a manner that would infringe or violate the rights of any other party and that Bridging Peoples will not be liable for your improper use of third party materials and websites.
72. If a dispute arises in connection with this Agreement, a party to the dispute must give to the other party to the dispute notice specifying the dispute and requiring its resolution under this clause (Notice of Dispute).
73. After the receipt of a Notice of Dispute, the parties to the dispute must negotiate in good faith to resolve the dispute.
74. If the dispute is not resolved within 21 days after the Notice of Dispute is given to the other party or parties (First Period), the dispute is by this clause submitted to mediation. Either party may propose the name of mediator, and the parties shall agree on the mediator to be appointed. If the parties fail to agree on the mediator to be appointed within 7 days, then either party may request in writing that the relevant authority appoint a mediator. The mediation must be conducted in Singapore.
75. The parties must pay the mediator’s remuneration in equal shares.
76. Each party must pay its own costs of the mediation.
77. If the dispute is not resolved within 28 days after the appointment of the mediator (Second Period), the Parties will be free to resolve the dispute by any other means they deem fit.
78. If any provision of this Agreement is prohibited or unenforceable the unenforceability does not invalidate the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
79. The failure of any party to insist on the performance of any obligation contained in this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such obligation.
80. Waiver of any breach of any provision shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or any other provision.