Please read these terms and conditions before using the services (as defined below). We recommend that you do not register for an account (as defined below), purchase a subscription, or use the services if you are not in agreement with these terms.
Centricity, is owned and operated by Centricity Business Cervices (CBS), we provide both instructor led and on-line, remote e-Learning products and services. By registering an Account and purchasing a subscription for the services therein, provided by Centricity and any other websites, applications, and online services (Apps) that link to these Terms (collectively, the Services), you acknowledge that you have read and understand these Terms, and agree to be bound by them.
In these Terms, “you” refers to Adult Students of the Services and purchasers of Accounts (as defined below). An Adult is a person of legal age who can enter into a contract with Centricity; by purchasing a subscription to, registering for, or using the Services, you accept these Terms, represent and warrant that you are an Adult, and that you will be responsible for ensuring that any child or student authorized by you to use and access the Services does so in accordance with these Terms.
Types of accounts – We currently offer the following types of accounts through the Services:
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Individual student (Adult) Accounts – May only be registered by an Adult seeking to undertake a course for him or herself.
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Homeschool facilitators (Parent/guardian) Accounts – May only be registered by an Adult who is representing a child or children (Child Students) and is registering them for a course or courses.
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School/ Teacher Account – May only be registered by an Adult representative currently employed (e.g. a Teacher) by their respective ministry of education / school, licensed childcare facility, or other licensed educational institution.
The representative must be employed by an Educational Institution during the subscription period and your employment status must be independently verifiable. These accounts must only be used at the Educational Institution (Child Students) for which the appointed representative has authorization. If at any point in time you (the appointed representative) are no longer employed at, or no longer have permission to use the Services from your Educational Institution, It is agreed that Centricity must be notified immediately by the contracting institution.
Passwords and Account Access – Every Account has one designated Adult Student who must be at least 18 years of age. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and Account information. You agree (a) that you will provide complete and accurate registration information about yourself, and any individual (Child Students) you authorize to access your Account and keep your Account information up to date; (b) that you are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your Account; (c) that you will notify us immediately of any unauthorized Account use; (d) that we are in no way responsible for any loss that you may incur as a result of any unauthorized use of your Account and password; and (e) that you will not sell, transfer, or assign your Account or any Account rights. If we learn that an ineligible Student has created an Account, we may seek confirmation of the Student’s status or deactivate the Account, without notice to the ineligible Student.
Registration – The registration process is completed in two simple steps. Step one requires that you visit the Centricity website, to create an account, including a password, which can then be used to access the account.
Step two provides an option to create a Group, e.g. a school, select a course, or courses, and provide information of a group leader where necessary. The Group leader (teacher/home school facilitator) will then receive an email providing login credentials (including a default password), with an option to change the assigned password. The Group leader, will then be responsible for the assignment of passwords and email address for students.
Account Fees. – All fees are payable in accordance with payment terms in effect at the time the fee or the charge becomes payable. We may offer promotional trial subscriptions to access the Services for free or at special discounted prices. Please note that we do not provide price protection or refunds for existing subscribers in the event of a price drop or promotional offering for new subscribers. Failure to pay any fees may result in your inability to access or use the Services.
For School Accounts, Educational Institutions / Ministry of education are charged directly for the Services.
Educational Institutions / Teachers / Homeschool facilitators will be required to use their system generated ID and password to access the Services. The Services may be used in the classroom or accessed remotely via the schools intranet, and must be monitored by the appointed school representative / Homeschool facilitator. Centricity recommends that schools manage their access to a maximum of 2 classes simultaneously.
Closure of accounts – If the Account remains inactive for 24 months, we will delete all personal information (PI) in our active databases associated with the Account (Account Information), unless otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.
For School/Teacher type Accounts, Please note that canceling an entire Account will result in the loss of activities and progress data for every Child Student.
For School/Teacher type Accounts, the appointed representative should contact their respective Educational Institution for any questions regarding Account cancellation and data deletion. If an Educational Institution terminates its agreement with us, we will delete, all Student Data within 90 days (or a shorter time frame if required by applicable law) following the termination of the agreement with the applicable Educational Institution.
Ownership – As between us and you, the Services (including past, present, and future versions) are owned and controlled by us and their Content is protected by local and international copyright, trademark, trade dress, patent, and other intellectual property rights and laws to the fullest extent possible. Content means all text, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, logos, sounds, music, artwork, and computer code displayed on or available through the Services and the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, and arrangement of such materials including, without limitation, (i) materials and other items relating to us and our products and services, including, without limitation, all activities, pintables, characters, photographs, audio clips, sounds, pictures, videos, and animation; (ii) trademarks, logos, trade names, service marks, and trade identities of various parties, and other forms of intellectual property.
Limited License – Subject to your strict compliance with these Terms, any applicable Additional Terms, and your payment of any applicable fees, we grant you for a period of 12 months, a limited, nonexclusive, revocable, non-assignable and nontransferable license (License) to access, display, view, use, play, download (student progress reports, Teaching resources, and any other support resources ) on a personal computer, mobile phone or other wireless device, or other internet-enabled device, for personal (licensed user), noncommercial use only, for example, teachers may use Content from the Services for educating their students and other Students’ use is limited to personal use (for example, students who were registered privately by a homeschool facilitator). The License does not give you any ownership of, or any other intellectual property interest in, any Content or the Services, and you cannot otherwise use the Content or the Services without our express prior written permission. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by us and/or our licensors and other third parties. Except as expressly provided in these Terms or with Company’s express prior written consent, no part of the Services and no Content may be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, translated, transmitted, broadcast, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any purpose whatsoever. Any unauthorized use of any Content or the Services for any purpose is prohibited.
Termination and Suspension – We reserve the right to discontinue the Services or suspend or terminate your access to it, including any Accounts or Student-Generated Content submitted by you, at any time, without notice, for any reason and without any obligation to you or any third party. If any information that you provide, or if we have reasonable grounds to suspect that any information that you provide, is false, inaccurate, or otherwise violates these Terms or any Additional Terms, then we may suspend or terminate your Account or deny you access to all or part of the Services. Any suspension or termination will not affect your obligations to us, including any payment obligations to us, and you will not be entitled to a refund of any payments. Upon suspension or termination of your access to the Services, or upon notice from us, your License to use the Services will terminate immediately.
Communications – When you communicate with us electronically, you consent to receive communications from us electronically. Please note that we will do our best to respond to your inquiry, but it may take us some time. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
Operation of Services; International Issues – When you use our Services, you are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws regarding your online conduct and acceptable content, if and to the extent local laws apply (for example, any local education regulatory or data privacy laws).
Updates to Terms – We reserve the right to modify these Terms, or any Additional Terms, from time to time in our sole discretion (Updated Terms). You agree that any Updated Terms will be effective immediately upon our posting them on the Services and, if you have an Account, by directly communicating them to you (e.g., via the email address associated with your Account) provided.