Welcome to Sclipo! Sclipo is a Web Learning Application (WLA), also known as Learning Management System (LMS), Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) or Course Management System (CMS). Sclipo helps people and organizations teach and learn, as well as collaborate, connect and share with their students and fellow teachers. For this, Sclipo provides a comprehensive set of learning applications integrated with social features.
Your Acceptance
The following Terms of Use (Agreement
) define the legally binding terms for your use of Sclipo. This Agreement applies to all users of the Sclipo Website, Applications and Services including members who use Sclipo to create and/or publish educational activities, content, information, and other materials or services on their Online Campuses and the Website. By using and or visiting Sclipo (including all Applications, Activities, Content and Services available through Sclipo.com the Website
or Sclipo Website
or Sclipo
), you indicate your consent to these Terms of Use and of Sclipo's privacy policy and copyright terms, and which are incorporated herein by reference. If you do not agree to any of these terms, you are not permitted to use Sclipo.
Access to the Sclipo Website and Online Campus Applications
offline readers,
robots,
spiders, that accesses the Website in a way that sends more request messages to the Sclipo servers in a given time period than a human can reasonably generate in the same period by using a standard online web browser. Despite the foregoing, Sclipo grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, services and activities, but not caches or archives of such. Sclipo reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases. You agree not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information, including account names, emails, web addresses, from the Website, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Website for any commercial solicitation purposes. You agree not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the Website.
Intellectual Property Rights
The content on the Sclipo Website, except all Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content, as defined below, including without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features and the like (Content
) and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein (Marks
), are owned by or licensed to Sclipo. Content on the Website is provided to you "as is" for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, distributed, reproduced, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of the respective owners. Sclipo reserves all rights not explicitly granted in and to the Website and the Content. You agree to not engage in the use, distribution, or copying of any of the Content other than explicitly permitted, including any use, copying, or distribution of Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content of third parties obtained through the Website for any commercial purposes. If you download or print a copy of the Content for personal use, you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein. You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security related features of the Sclipo Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the Sclipo Website or the Content therein.
Online Campus and Teaching Terms
Sclipo permits members with a valid Sclipo account to open an Online Campus. An Online Campus is the dedicated Learning Management System (LMS) of a member. Online Campuses provide web learning applications, such as a Course Manager, a Live Web Teaching system, a Content Manager, an Events manager and an online Groups application. In addition, Online Campuses provide tools to invite, administer, communicate and share with students, as well as to promote an Online Campus and to collect and administer payments. By opening your Online Campus, and using its Applications:
Students), and that Sclipo is not responsible for fees you did not collect from your Students.
Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content
Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content). Activities include, but are not limited to, courses, live web teaching sessions, events and groups. Content includes, but is not limited to documents, images, interactive media, audio, videos, descriptions, tags, images, audio and/or comments. You understand that whether or not such Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content is published, you are solely responsible for your own Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content and the consequences of publishing or posting it.
You retain all your ownership rights of the Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content created and or published in your Online Campus. In connection with your Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content, you affirm, and/or warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents over your Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content, as well as the permissions to authorize Sclipo to use all copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or other proprietary rights in and to any and all Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content to enable inclusion and use of Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content in the way contemplated by the Website and these Terms of Use.
In addition to the terms and conditions for your Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content, the following applies for the teaching and learning in Courses and Live Teaching Sessions, such as Classes, Webinars and Meetings:
Embeddable Playerfeature, which you may incorporate into your own non-commercial, personal websites for use in accessing the materials on the Website. If you chose to do so, you agree to include a well-visible link back to the Sclipo website on the pages containing the Embeddable Player. Sclipo reserves the right to discontinue any aspect of the Sclipo Website at any time.
Learning Terms
Copyright Policy
In connection with Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content, you also agree you will not submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant Sclipo all of the license rights granted herein; Sclipo does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on its Website, and Sclipo will remove all Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content if properly notified that such Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content infringes on another's intellectual property rights. If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content or other content infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA
) by providing our Copyright Agent with the following information in writing:
You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this Section 5(D), your DMCA notice may not be valid.
Sclipo's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows: Copyright Agent, Visuarios S.L., Atlantida 57; E-Barcelona, 08003, Europe, Attn: Copyright Agent; and email: copyrightagent@sclipo.com.
User Disputes
You are solely responsible for your interactions with other Sclipo users. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users.
Limitation on Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL SCLIPO, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM ANY (a) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR WEBSITE, (b) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, COURSES, CLASSES POSTED ON OR THAUGHT AT OUR WEBSITE, (c) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, OR THE LIKE, WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR WEBSITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (d) ANY INTERRUPTION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM OUR WEBSITE, (e) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (f) ANY ERRORS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE SCLIPO WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COMPANY IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.
YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SCLIPO WEBSITE MAY CONTAIN LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES THAT ARE NOT OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY SCLIPO. SCLIPO HAS NO CONTROL OVER, AND ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENT, COURSES, CLASSES POSTED ON OR THAUGHT AT OUR WEBSITE, PRACTICES, OR PRIVACY POLICIES OF ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITES. BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU EXPRESSLY RELIEVE SCLIPO FROM ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF ANY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE.
YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SCLIPO SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR USER-ADDED CONTENT, COURSES, CLASSES POSTED ON OR THAUGHT AT OUR WEBSITE OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY AND THAT THE RISK OF HARM OR DAMAGE FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.
The Website is controlled and offered by Sclipo from its facilities in Spain. Sclipo makes no representations that the Sclipo Website is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Sclipo Website from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are responsible for compliance with local law.
Warranty Disclaimer
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SCLIPO WEBSITE SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SCLIPO, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEBSITE AND YOUR USE THEREOF. SCLIPO MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR CORRECTNESS OR COMPLETENESS OF THIS SITE'S SERVICES, CONTENT, COURSES AND WEB CLASSES OR THE SERVICES, CONTENT, COURSES AND WEB CLASSES OF ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (a) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT, (b) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE, (c) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (d) ANY INTERRUPTION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE WEBSITE, (e) ANY BUGS, OR VIRUSES WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR WEBSITE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND/OR (f) ANY ERRORS IN ANY SERVICE, CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY ACTIVITY, SERVICE, CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THE WEBSITE. SCLIPO DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE OR FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND SCLIPO WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE.
Ability to Accept Terms of Service
You affirm that you are either more than 18 years of age, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Service. In any case, you affirm that you are over the age of 13, as the Sclipo Website is not intended for people under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the Sclipo Website.
Assignment
These Terms of Service, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by Sclipo without restriction.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Sclipo, its parent corporation, officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) arising from: (a) your use of and access to the Sclipo Website; (b) your violation of any term of these Terms of Service; (c) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any copyright, property, or privacy right; or (d) any claim that one of your Online-Campus-Added Activities and Content caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Service and your use of the Sclipo Website.
Online Campus Types, Monitoring, Fees and Cancellation
Partner Program
Other
You agree that: (a) the Sclipo Website shall be deemed solely based in Spain; and (ii) the Sclipo Website shall not give rise to personal jurisdiction over Sclipo, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than Spain. These Terms of Service shall be governed by the laws of Spain. Any claim or dispute between you and Sclipo that arises in any part from the Sclipo Website shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in Barcelona, Spain. These Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Notice and any other legal notices published by Sclipo on the Website, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Sclipo concerning the Sclipo Website. If any provision of these Terms of Service is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Service, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of this these Terms of Service shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Sclipo's failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Sclipo reserves the right to amend these Terms of Service at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review these Terms of Service for any changes. Your use of the Sclipo Website following any amendment of these Terms of Service will signify your assent to and acceptance of its revised terms.
This Terms of Use Agreement was last modified March 12, 2011.
For questions or comments about this Agreement, please contact us at terms@sclipo.com.
I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED ABOVE.
At Sclipo (Sclipo
) we recognize that users, visitors, customers of our website and related services ("Services") highly value their privacy. This Privacy Notice describes important information regarding the use and disclosure of User information collected on our Services. We provide this Privacy Notice to help you make an informed decision about whether to use our website and related services. Please note that any video or other content Users post and or upload to our Website becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy Notice. Your use of Sclipo and any personal information you provide remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Notice and our Terms of Use.
Information you provide: You provide certain personally identifiable information (such as your name and email address) to Sclipo when deciding to participate in various activities on our Website such as uploading videos, posting messages and or comments, entering contests, taking advantage of promotions, responding to surveys, or subscribing to newsletters or other mailing lists.
Cookies: When you visit Sclipo, we may send one or more cookies - a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies the browser you employ to visit and or use our Website. Sclipo uses both persistent and session cookies. A persistent cookie stays after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to Sclipo. You can remove persistent cookies by following the help file directions of your browser. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can set your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of Sclipo may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
Log Information: When you use Sclipo, our servers automatically record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol (IP
) address, browser type, browser language, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
User communications: When you send email or other communication to Sclipo, we may retain those communications to process and respond to your requests and improve our services.
Clear GIFs Information: We may employ a software technology called clear gifs (aka Web Beacons), that help us better manage our services and or content by tracking the online usage patterns of our Users anonymously (i.e., in a non-personally-identifiable manner). In addition, we may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients.
If you submit personally identifiable information to us through Sclipo, then we use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide you with the features, services and functionality of our Website.
We use your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality of the Sclipo Website and Services and to create new features, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and behaviour.
We use your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality of the Sclipo Website and Services and to create new features, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and behaviour.
We do not spam! To be more specific, we do not use your email address or other personally identifiable information to send any commercial messages without your consent. For messages that you provided consent for, you have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. We may only use your email address without further consent for administrative purposes (like for example for customer service purposes).
Any personal information or video content that you post online (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas, within your public profile page, etc.) becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others. Your account name and your public profile, but not your email address, is displayed to other Users when you post videos or send messages through the Sclipo Website and other Users may chose to contact you through messages and comments. Any videos that you submit to Sclipo may be redistributed through the Internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by the general public.
We may analyze your information and the content you submit and/or post to our Website (such as videos, comments, etc.) for market research. This research is as treated strictly confidential and provided to third parties, such as product manufacturers and/or service firms, only in an anonymous form. User IDs are replaced with individual identifying codes, and only Sclipo has access to the associated user information. This research aims to improve the products and service our affiliated product manufacturers and/or service firms provide to you.
We use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (a) remember information so you do not have to re-enter it during your next visit to Sclipo; (b) provide personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor metrics such as pages viewed, number of visitors, etc.; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions, and contests.
We do not share your personally identifiable information (such as name or email address) with other companies for their commercial use without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out.
We provide personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other businesses or persons to process such information on our behalf. These parties explicitly agree to process such information in compliance with our privacy policy.
We provide third parties with the results from market research in anonymous form only. Sclipo does not publish any of your personal information without your express and written consent.
We may release personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with laws (such as Copyright Laws).
Sclipo reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information that we believe, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to enforce our Terms of Use and to take precautions against any liability, to investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, to protect the security or integrity of our website, and to protect the rights of Sclipo our Users or others.
You may decline to submit personally identifiable information through Sclipo, in which case Sclipo may not be able to provide certain services to you. You may update or correct your personal profile information and email preferences at any time by visiting your account profile page. Please note that media files uploaded by Users to Sclipo cannot be removed and remain subject to our Terms of Use.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you profile access or making changes. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.
Protecting the privacy of children is especially important. For that reason, Sclipo does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information or non-personally-identifiable information on Sclipo from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of our website is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access Sclipo in any manner. If Sclipo learns that personally identifiable information of persons under 13 years of age has been collected on Sclipo without verified parental consent, then Sclipo will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.
In the event that Sclipo is acquired by or merged with a third party entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information we have collected from our Users as part of such change of control. In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors' rights generally, we may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred, or used.
Sclipo is hosted in Spain and is governed by the laws of Spain. If you are a User accessing our Website from other regions with laws or regulations ruling personal data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from those of Spain, please note that through your continued use of Sclipo, this Privacy Notice, and our Terms of Use, you are transferring your personal information to Spain and you consent to that transfer.
Sclipo uses reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. However, we cannot warrant or ensure the security of any information you transmit to Sclipo. You do so at your own risk. If Sclipo learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate steps. Sclipo may post a notice on our Website if such a breach happens.
Sclipo allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to serve advertisements to the Sclipo Website. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements and links that appear on Sclipo. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising content you see.
Sclipo does not provide any personally identifiable information to these third-party ad servers or ad networks without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. However, please note that if an advertiser asks Sclipo to show an advertisement to a certain audience segment and you respond to that advertisement, the advertiser may conclude that you fit the characteristics of the audience they are attempting to reach. The advertiser may also use information regarding your use of Sclipo, such as the number of times you viewed an ad (but not any personally identifiable information), to determine which ads to deliver to you.
We recommend you consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad networks (see links below) for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. Sclipo's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
Sclipo has agreements or is in the process of establishing agreements with the following third-party ad servers or ad networks:
This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically and this will be reflected by the "effective date" below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. In general, we only use your personal information in the manner described in the Privacy Notice in effect when we have received the personal information you provided. Your continued use of Sclipo constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Notice and any future revisions.
For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of the personal information you have already provided to us, we will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing such revisions with respect to such information.
This Privacy Notice was last modified January 6, 2012.
For any questions or comments about this policy, please contact us at privacy@sclipo.com.
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