Terms of use

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“Milestones” means Milestones Education LLC and its subsidiaries. Milestones's headquarters are in New Zealand but it operates and has offices all over the world. Address details for all Milestoneslocations are available on the main page.

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) apply across all websites that Milestones owns and operates, and all apps and other platforms we operate. Milestones’s websites include milestoneseducation.us (“Websites”).

Acceptance of Terms

Please read the Terms carefully before accessing or using the Websites. By accessing or using any part of the Websites, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, then you may not access the Websites. For the avoidance of doubt, these Terms do not control or govern your use of Milestones services.

You should review these Terms frequently as they may change at any time at our sole discretion.

General Terms

By accessing, browsing or using the website and web application, all users and viewers acknowledge acceptance of the Terms contained herein. If you do not accept these Terms, please do not use, view or access the website and web application. While Milestones does not have any actual knowledge of its users’ age, the website and its information is not directed towards children under the age of 13. Users who submit a form on the website which includes their email are agreeing to receive communications and marketing content from Milestones. A user can unsubscribe from this content at any time.

Content Linked to Milestones Websites

Milestones may provide visitors to the Websites with access to outside online resources, including various communication tools, online forums, and services offered through links. Milestones encourages you to exercise discretion while using or accessing these links. The content in any linked website(s) is not under the control of Milestones and cannot and will not be responsible for such content. You acknowledge and agree that Milestones shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance upon any content, information, goods or services, available on or through any such third party site or resource. Links to outside entities shall not be considered to be an endorsement of Milestones or its services by such third party entity. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses and any other harmful or destructive content. Milestones does not make any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted.

By accepting these Terms, you agree not to use, or facilitate others to use, the Website in a way that is harmful to others or overburdens or otherwise impairs the Website. Examples of such use include, without limitation:

Engaging in illegal or fraudulent activities;
Infringing a third party’s intellectual property rights;
Distributing harmful or offensive content that is defamatory, obscene, abusive, an invasion of privacy or harassing;
The distribution of malicious/commercial spam;
Violating the security or integrity of any computer, network or communications system;
Using any process or device (automated or otherwise) to retrieve, index, “data mine”, “scrape”, or in any way reproduce the presentation or content of these Websites, unless otherwise permitted.

Posting Guidelines

The Websites may from time to time, in the sole discretion of Milestones, allow visitors to post comments or send messages. No posting, messaging or other communication or forum service available or accessible from the Milestones Websites shall be used in any manner inconsistent with the following guidelines:

No user shall post any content that may be unlawful, harmful, threatening, defamatory, abusive, harassing, tortious, vulgar, obscene, libellous, invasive of another person(s)’s privacy, offensive to another’s race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, creed, religion, or otherwise objectionable.
No user shall impersonate any other person(s) or entity(ies); or falsely state or misrepresent his/her affiliation with any other person(s) or entity(ies).
No user shall disguise the origin of any content posted or transmitted through the Websites.
No user shall post any content that he/she does not have the right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary obligations (such as inside information, and/or proprietary and confidential information).
No user shall post any information that infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party.
No user shall post any material that may contain software viruses, or any computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of the website, or of any computer software, hardware or telecommunications equipment.
No user shall use the Milestones Websites to intentionally or unintentionally violate any local, state, national or international law, regulation, by-law or code.
No user shall use the Milestones Websites to harm any minors in any way.
No user shall use the Milestones Websites to collect or store personal data about other users.
No user shall use the Milestones Websites to solicit or promote themselves or any person(s) or entity(ies) other than Milestones, including but not limited to posting promotional materials, soliciting consumers or advertising.

Your use of the Websites is subject to Milestones's Privacy Policy.

Intellectual Property

All materials, copyrights, trade marks (whether registered or unregistered), designs, patents and other legal interests are recognized or protected as intellectual property under the jurisdiction of these Terms (“Intellectual Property”).

Milestones is the exclusive owner of all the Intellectual Property rights in all parts of its Websites including but not limited to any documents, articles, writing, products and services provided by Milestones. Milestones grants a limited, non-exclusive license to view and use such Intellectual Property as intended by Milestones but for no other purpose.

As Milestones asks others to respect its Intellectual Property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that content located on or linked to the Websites violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify Milestones at HELLO@MILESTONESEDUCATION.US.

Modification and Termination

Milestones has the right to update all or any part of the Websites, and these Terms at any time without notice. Your continued use of the Websites shall constitute agreement to any and all such updates.

Milestones reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Websites (or any part of them) with or without notice.

Milestones may terminate your access to all or any part of the Websites, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will Milestones be liable with respect to any subject matter of these Terms under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any damages whatsoever. Milestones shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Milestones and its owners, officers, employees, agents and representatives, individually and collectively, from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Websites, including, but not limited to, your violation of these Terms.