EIFEA Terms & Condition
Advancing quality of Education in Africa
1) Terms & Conditions of the use of equationeducators.com & eifea.org website
1.1) Your use of this website, its services and programmes will be governed by these terms and conditions. These terms and conditions constitute an agreement between you and EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS & subsidiaries.
1.2) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS may amend these terms and conditions from time to time. By accessing the website you are bound to the terms and conditions published on the website at the time of any visit to and/or usage of the site.
1.3) A certificate signed by the administrator responsible for maintaining the website will be prima facie proof of the date of publication and content of the current version and all previous versions of the terms and conditions.
2.) CORRECTNESS OF SUPPLIED INFORMATION
2.1) Because we deal with each other in a non-face-to-face environment, you hereby permit EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS and its online partners to rely on the fact that:-
2.1.1) all your given details are true and correct;
2.1.2) you are legally capable of concluding any transaction on this site;
2.1.3) you have read, understood and accepted these terms and conditions
2.2) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS must be entitled to rely on instructions that appear to originate from you even if they come from someone else impersonating you and unless you notify us of any irregularities, to act on any instruction purporting to originate from you.
3.) NATURE OF INFORMATION ON THE SITE
All material on the website merely constitutes an invitation to do business unless otherwise expressly stated and is not an offer to enter into any transaction.
4.) TERMINATING REGISTRATION OR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES
EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing the site or the programmes and other services or any part thereof, with or without notice.
5.) LINKED THIRD-PARTY WEBSITE AND THIRD-PARTY CONTENT
5.1) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS contractors, agents, owners and employees are not responsible for the contract or privacy policies of any websites to which it may link.
5.2) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever for any loss or damage that you may suffer as a result of the use of any linked access from this website.
6.) DISCLOSURE
Access to the services, content, software and content downloads available from the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website is classified as “electronic transactions”.
6.1) The full name and legal status of the website owner:- EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS Training and Education Consulting (Pty) Ltd
6.2) Street address: - 83 Albertina Sisulu Road, Corner Von Brandis Street Johannesburg CBD 2000. South Africa
6.3) Phone Number:- +27 11 037 1016, +27 61 475 2080,+27 12 023 0240
6.4) Fax Number: - +27 86 416 6027, +27 86 416 6028, +27 86 416 6029
6.5) Email Address for receipt of legal service:-admin@equationeducators.com
6.6) Main business: Educators Federation, Education Management, Schools Development & Administration, Training, Private Education, Selling, conducting and managing private tutoring services, for the purposes of improving academic results and general academic competence of tutees;
6.7) The website address of the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website is www.equationeducators.com;
6.8) The official email address of the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website is info@equationeducators.com;
6.9) Membership of self-regulatory or accreditation bodies: EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS International Federation
6.10) Codes of conduct to which the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website subscribes: Code of Conduct and Code of IT Ethics;
6.11) Governing terms: ;
6.12) Copies of the manual published in terms of section 51 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000: (Check with the Authority)
6.13) Management: Directors, Managers and Administrators.
6.14) The costs associated with the access and use of the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website are as follows: Free
6.15) Alternative dispute resolution: Subject to urgent and/or interim relief, all disputes regarding:
6.15.1) access to the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website;
6.15.2) the inability to access the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website;
6.15.3) the services and content available from the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website; or
6.15.4) these terms and conditions;
shall be referred to arbitration in terms of the expedited rules of the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa and such arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in Johannesburg in English. The arbitration ruling shall be final and the unsuccessful party shall pay the costs of the successful party on a scale as between attorney and own client.
6.16) Cooling off period: In terms of the operation of section 42(1)(d) of the ECT Act, the cooling off provisions of the ECT Act do not apply to this website; and
6.17) Users may lodge complaints concerning the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website through the “Contact Us” service provided on this website. Users hereby assign the copyright in such complaints to EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS and understand that EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS may use, disclose and publish such complaints and is furthermore under no legal duty to answer, resolve or address such complaints.
7.) DISCLAIMER
7.1) All the information appearing on these pages is provided without any representation or warranty whatsoever, whether expressed or implied and no liability pertaining thereto will attach to EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS .
7.2) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss whether direct, indirect or consequential arising from information provided on these pages or any actions and/or transactions resulting therefrom.
7.3) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS does not warrant that the functions provided with this website will be uninterrupted or error free or that the website or the server that makes it available is free from viruses or other harmful components.
7.4) The EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website is supplied on an “as is” basis and has not been compiled to meet the user’s individual requirements. It is the responsibility of the user to satisfy himself or herself, prior to entering into this agreement with EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS that the content available from and though the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website meet the user’s individual requirements and is compatible with the user’s computer hardware and/or software.
7.5) Information, ideas and opinions expressed on the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website should not be regarded as professional advice or the official opinion of EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS and users are encouraged to see professional advice before taking any course of action related to the information, ideas or opinions expressed on the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website.
7.6) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS does not make any warranties or representation that content and services available from the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website will in all cases be true, correct or free from any errors. EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS shall take all reasonable steps to ensure the quality and accuracy of content available from the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website and encourage users to report incorrect and untrue information subject to the right of EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS to rely on its free expression rights and determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, the contents of this website.
8.) GOVERNING LAW
The terms and conditions pertaining to any services appearing on these pages or sites shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa and application for any of the services offered on these pages or sites will constitute your consent and submission to the jurisdiction of the South African courts regarding all proceedings, transactions, applications or the like instituted by either party against the other, arising from any of the terms and conditions pertaining to such services.
9. PRIVACY POLICY
9.1) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS shall take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information of users and for the purpose of this clause “personal information” shall be defined as detailed in the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA).
9.2) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS may electronically collect, store and use, amongst other, the following information of users:
9.2.1) name and surname;
9.2.2) contact details; and
9.2.3) email address.
9.3) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS collects, stores and uses the abovementioned information for the following purposes:
9.3.1) communicate requested information to the user;
9.3.2) registration and/or authentication of users; and
9.3.3) to compile non-personal statistical information about browsing habits and access to the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS website.
9.4) Information detailed above is collected either electronically by using cookies or is provided voluntarily by the user.
9.5) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS may collect, maintain, save, compile, share, disclose and sell any information collected from users, subject to the following provisions:
9.5.1) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS shall not disclose personal information from users unless the user consents thereto;
9.5.2) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS shall disclose information without the user’s consent only through due legal process; and
9.5.3) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS may compile, use and share any information that does not relate to any specific individual.
9.6) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS owns and retains all rights to non-personal statistical information collected and compiled by EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS .
9.7) When you complete a form on our website in order to query some aspect of our services, we gather this information to allow us to process your request and provide you with the information requested by you. EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS or our tutors and sub-contractors may contact you by post, email or telephone to ask you for your feedback and comments on our services. We may also wish to provide you with information about special features of our website or any other service or products, which we think, may be of interest to you. If you would rather not receive this information, please send an email message to info@equationeducators.com confirming your request.
9.8) By submitting your information you consent to the use of that information as set out in this policy. If we change our privacy policy we will post the changes on this page, and may place notices on other pages of the website, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes.
10.) COPYRIGHT
10.1) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS retains all copyright in all material including logos and other graphics that form part of this website and in and to its programmes. Any use of materials on this website not expressly authorized is strictly prohibited and constitutes unlawful infringement of the intellectual property rights of EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS .
10.2) EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS will not be held responsible for any mistakes, omissions, interruptions or delays with regard to the content or any damage resulting therefrom.
11.) TERMINATION
EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS may in its sole discretion terminate your access to this website, cancel your ticket order or exercise any other remedy available if it believes that your conduct is in breach with or inconsistent with these terms and conditions.
Terms and conditions of use
We have taken every effort to design a website that is useful, informative, helpful, honest and fun. Hopefully we've accomplished that - and would ask that you let us know if you'd like to see improvements or changes that would make it even easier for you to find the information you need and want. All we ask is that you agree to abide by the following Terms and Conditions. Take a few minutes to look them over because by using our site you automatically agree to them. Naturally, if you don't agree, please do not use the site. We reserve the right to make any modifications that we deem necessary at any time. Please continue to check these terms to see what those changes may be! Your continued use of the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS site means that you accept those changes. Member account, password and security
You will receive a password and account designation upon completing the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section.
limitation of liability
EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS will not be liable for any damages or injury that accompany or result from your use of any of its site. These include (but are not limited to) damages or injury caused by any:
• use of (or inability to use) the site,
• use of (or inability to use) any site to which you hyperlink from our site,
• failure of our site to perform in the manner you expected or desired,
• error on our site,
• omission on our site,
• interruption of availability of our site,
• defect on our site, delay in operation or transmission of our site,
• computer virus or line failure.
links
EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS may contain links to other websites, web pages or other Internet based content or services or references to content or services not Internet based. Unless the website, web page, content or service to which we have provided a link is held, administered or otherwise offered by us and is subject to the provisions of these Terms and Conditions, we shall have no responsibility or liability for the content or services provided, which remains with the relevant content or service provider. The existence of a link or reference from the Website to any other website, web pages or other content or service does not constitute our endorsement, recommendation or approval.
submitting your online material to us
All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, comments, or other information or content ("submissions") that you send to EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS through our site are licensed in terms of the Content Licensing provisions set out below. We don't regard your submissions as confidential so please do not send us anything which is confidential. The submissions are published on the site, which is public, as part of the usual operation of the site.
disclaimer
Your use of this website and reliance on any website materials available on this website is entirely at your own risk. This website, including all website materials, is provided "as is". EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement, or other information or work contained in, displayed on, linked to or distributed through this website or the website materials. You acknowledge that any reliance upon any such opinion, advice, statement or information shall be at your sole risk. EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of this website and the website materials. Information, ideas and opinions expressed on this website and in the website materials should not be regarded as professional advice or the official opinion of EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS and you are strongly advised to seek professional advice before taking any course of action related to them. To the fullest extent permissible by law, EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including without limitation to the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, in respect of this website and the website materials. EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS does not warrant that the functions contained in this website or the website materials will meet your requirements or operate in every combination selected by you for use; will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error free; that any defects or errors will be corrected; or that this website or the website materials or the server that makes them available is free of viruses or other harmful components. EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS does not warrant that this website or the website materials will provide specific results from use of this website or the website materials or any content, search or link within them or that the results that may be obtained from the use of this website will be accurate or reliable. Whilst EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS takes reasonable precautions in its operation of this website, neither EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS nor its agents or representatives will assume any responsibility and neither EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS nor its agents or representatives (in whose favour this constitutes a stipulation for another) shall be liable for any damages to or for viruses that may infect your computer equipment or software or other property on account of your access to, use of or browsing of this website or the website materials or your downloading of any materials, data, text images, video or audio from this website or the website materials. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of this website or the website materials is done at your own discretion and risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material. You further agree that -
• under no circumstances whatsoever, including as a result of EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS's negligent acts or omissions or those of its servants, agents or contractors or other persons for whom in law EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS may be liable, shall EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS or its servants, agents or contractors or other persons for whom in law EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS may be liable (in whose favour this constitutes a stipulation for another) be liable for any direct, indirect, extrinsic, special, penal, punitive, exemplary or consequential loss, damage or damages of any kind whatsoever or howsoever caused (whether arising under contract, delict or otherwise and whether the loss was actually foreseen or reasonably foreseeable), including but not limited to any infringement of your intellectual property rights, loss of profits, loss of revenue, loss of operation time, corruption or loss of information or data and/or loss of contracts sustained by you, your directors, servants, dealers or customers, resulting from your use of or inability to use the website or the website materials.
• notwithstanding the law of prescription, you agree that no claims or legal action arising out of, or related to, the use of this website, the website materials or these terms and conditions of use may be brought by you more than 1 (one) year after the cause of action relating to such claim or legal action arose.
indemnity
You hereby indemnify EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS and its officers, directors, employees, servants, agents or contractors or other persons for whom in law EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS may be liable (in whose favour this constitutes a stipulation for another) from any loss, damage, damages, liability, claim or demand due to or arising out of your use of this website or the website materials or your breach of these terms and conditions of use. EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS is not responsible for files and data residing on your account. You agree to take full responsibility for files and data transferred and to maintain all appropriate backup of files and data stored on EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS servers. Links to and from this website to other websites belonging to or operated by third parties do not necessarily constitute an endorsement by EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS of such linked websites or their contents nor do they constitute any association by EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS with their owners or operators. EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS has no control over such linked websites and is not responsible or liable for any content, information, goods or services available on or through any such linked websites or for any damage, damages or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with your use of or reliance on any such content, information, goods or services available on or through any such linked websites. You agree that where you access linked websites, you do so entirely at your own risk.
content licensing
Copyright in and to the submissions submitted to and contained on this website vests in the author of those submissions. The submissions are licensed to EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS under a Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 3.0 license (unported). The submissions are licensed to visitors to the EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS site under a Creative Commons Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 (unported) license.
privacy
This Privacy policy applies to personal data concerning Users/ Subscribers or advertisers, submitted to or collected by EIFEA & EQUATION EDUCATORS. This Privacy Policy is applicable to all Users, irrespective of whether they are visiting the Website, transacting by way of the Website (where possible) or have an existing contractual or other legal relationship with us. We will treat your personal information obtained through your use of the website as private and confidential. We will not disclose your personal information to third parties without your express permission unless -we share data with third parties to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide support, or arrange for deliveries. Whenever we use third parties to provide services, which may allow them access to your personal Information, we will endeavour to bind them to our privacy policies.
collection of information
We may collect personally identifiable information given to us, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address, telephone number/s, membership numbers and the like. This is used to operate the Website and to transact and communicate with you. We may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your geographical location, age, gender and certain preferences. This information may also be matched against our other records for the purposes of identity verification and analysis. There is also certain limited information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by us, including your IP address, browser type, domain name/s, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used for operational reasons only, such as maintaining quality of service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Website. Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. We may track our Websites and the web pages that you visit, in order to determine what services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customised content and allocate resources and development. We will destroy all of your personal information when it has become obsolete.
members or advertisers code of conduct You agree to adhere to generally acceptable Internet and e-mail etiquette. In this regard, without being limited to the examples listed below, you agree not to:
engage in any abuse of e-mail or spamming, including, without being limited to -
• the posting or cross-posting of unsolicited articles with the same or substantially the same message to recipients that did not request to receive such messages, and
• inviting people who you may be connected to using services outside equationeducators.com & eifea.org to join equationeducators.com & eifea.org where those people may not wish to receive such invitations or similar communications (in other words, make sure your contacts on other services are receptive to receiving invitations to join equationeducators.com & eifea.org or other communications you send them from Equation Educators & EIFEA;