Terms and conditions

These Terms and Conditions, which incorporate by reference the Terms and Conditions of Website Use and which are subject to any additional Terms and Conditions (if any) (together, the “Terms”), apply to the sale of our courses and digital products/services. Please read the Terms carefully before purchasing a Course and print off a copy for your records. By ordering a course, you are confirming your agreement to be bound by the Terms.

Course Provider

The Courses or digital products and services are provided by CitySide Education; www. sebastianvaduva.com is operated by CitySide Education.

We will reasonably endeavor to provide the Courses or digital products and services advertised by .

We will provide the Courses or digital products and services using reasonable care and skill.

We may appoint independent sub-contractors to assist in providing Courses or digital products and services or use third parties to arrange or supply certain aspects of, or services in connection with, our courses or digital products and services. You agree that our obligation to you is to use reasonable care in selecting competent, independent sub-contractors and third-party suppliers to provide reasonable services related to the Courses or digital products and services. You agree that CitySide Education is not responsible for the actions or omissions of such sub-contractors or third-party suppliers.

Definitions

Capitalized terms used herein (and not otherwise defined) have the following meanings:

“Additional Study Materials” means any Online Study Materials or Physical Study Materials not included in the Course Fee.

“Additional Terms and Conditions” means any additional terms and conditions relating to a course agreed in writing by CitySide Education with a particular student;

“Brochure” means any online or hard copy material produced by CitySide Education that provides detailed information with respect to the Courses or digital products and services;

“Course Fee” means the fee payable for a course but excludes any delivery charges payable in relation to the delivery of Course Materials, if applicable, and any import duties, taxes and customs clearances which may be payable;

“Course Materials” means the materials provided by CitySide Education in the course of the delivery of any Course, which may be (i) Online Study Materials and/or (ii) Physical Study Materials;

“Course” means either a Course or a scheduled Course provided by CitySide Education;

“Online Study Materials” means any material in an electronic format which may be (i) downloaded from the Website or (ii) accessed and viewed on the Website, including, but not limited to, PDFs, MP3s, JPEGs, MPEG4s and MOVs;

“Physical Study Materials” means any material in a physical format, including, but not limited to, DVDs, CD Rom, and Audio CDs;

“Services” means the provision of the Online Course and/or Course Materials and/or other digital products and services together with such other services as agreed from time to time and purchased by you through the Website or by telephone.

“Scheduled Course” means a course which is only available for access by you on a predetermined start date;

“Terms and Conditions of Website Use” means the terms and conditions pursuant to which you may access the Website and which can be found.

“Website” means www.teachingbusiness.org or any other domain operated by CitySide Education; and

“you” means the individual purchasing any of our course or digital products and services.

Services

CitySide Education offers courses, digital products and services in pre-recorded formats targeting IT professionals over 30 years old and not below the age of 18. Note that CitySide Education welcomes everyone to purchase its products or contracts its services regardless of religions or geographical locations. However, those who want to register on its Website must agree and be comfortable with Christian values guiding its operations. There are 3 main target audiences for our website: IT professionals, IT managers, IT entrepreneurs.

Our services are in three categories of resources for our target audience (IT professionals): paid resources, e-books and free resources through email exchange.

Purchasing and Confirmation

In order to purchase any of the Services on-line you must register for an account with us via the Website and you must provide the required information and pay the amount specified. You must ensure that all information provided is complete and accurate.

When you place an order for a course, you are offering to purchase that Course on the Terms.

A legally binding agreement shall only come into existence once:

(a) CitySide Education has accepted your offer to purchase a course by sending you an order confirmation email which will provide you with a link to access the Course, along with log on details (if applicable); and

(b) We have received from you (or on your behalf) the entire Course Fee in cleared funds, if you choose to pay for the Course with a one-off lump-sum payment.

The Terms, together with your purchase offer and the order confirmation email, constitute the entire agreement between us (the “Contract”) and supersedes and replaces any other terms and conditions previously published by us and any other understanding, undertaking, representation, warranty, arrangement, promise or statement of any nature whatsoever made by us to you, whether oral, written or otherwise, relating to the subject matter of the Terms. You acknowledge that you have not relied on any understanding, undertaking, representation, warranty, arrangement, promise or statement made or given by us or on our behalf, which is not set out in the Contract.

You must check the details on the order confirmation email when you receive it. Should there be any error, please contact us immediately at contact@sebastianvaduva.com.

Where your order consists of multiple Courses or digital products and services, each individual Course will be treated by CitySide Education as a separate offer to purchase. Acceptance of your offer to purchase one or more of the Courses or digital products and services will not be an acceptance by CitySide Education of your offer to purchase any other Courses or digital products and services which make up your order.

We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion and without the need to give a reason, to refuse to accept an offer to purchase one or more Courses or digital products and services. In such circumstances, no contract will arise and we will return any payment accompanying your purchase offer.

Before a Contract comes into existence between you and CitySide Education, we reserve the right to increase or decrease the advertised Course Fee for a course and/or to amend any of the information contained in the Course description. We also reserve the right to withdraw at any time Courses or digital products and services advertised for sale on the Website and/or in any Brochure.

Fees or Payment

The Fees for the Services shall be as set out on the Website at the time you placed an order for them. Unless otherwise specified at the time you purchase the Services the Fees are exclusive of VAT or other local taxes, the cost of some Course Materials and any delivery costs payable in respect of the delivery of Course Material to you. Each of these costs will be set out on the Website prior to your purchase the Services.

The Course Fee for any course at any given time and any additional delivery charges payable in relation to the delivery of Course Materials, if applicable, will be displayed on our Site and/or in a Brochure and/or will be notified to you by a CitySide Education customer fulfillment agent.

All amounts are payable in USD. The prices quoted are inclusive of VAT. Any currency conversion costs or other charges incurred in making a payment shall be your responsibility to bear, and shall not be deductible from the amounts due to CitySide Education.

Unless otherwise specified in respect of a particular Course, the Course Fee is payable in a one-off lump-sum payment, payable with your purchase offer.

There is no option of paying the Course Fee in installments. Thus, you agree to accept your offer to purchase the Course and pay the Course accordingly.

Stripe: This is the only payment platform available to pay for our courses and digital products or services.

In the unlikely event that your purchase offer was accepted at a time when the amount of the Course Fee displayed on the Website and/or in any Brochure is incorrect, CitySide Education will notify you as soon as it reasonably can. If the correct amount of the Course Fee is higher than the amount displayed on the Website and/or in any Brochure, then CitySide Education will contact you to notify you of the correct Course Fee, so you can decide whether or not you wish to continue with your order of the Course at the increased Course Fee. If you decide that you would like to cancel your order, CitySide Education will give you a full refund in respect of any amount you have already paid. If the correct Course Fee is lower, CitySide Education will refund you the difference between the amount which you have paid and the correct Course Fee payable.

Cancellation and Deferral

You may cancel your purchase of a course within a period of 7 working days beginning on the day after the day on which the Contract is concluded with you as notified by the order confirmation email from us.

Refund and Deferral Policy

Pursuant to our 30 day money-back guarantee, you may cancel your order within 30 calendar days after CitySide Education sends you an order confirmation email which provides you with a link to access the Course for a full refund.

If after purchase and commencement of the specified course, you have watched more than 20% (approximately 2.5 episodes) of the total 12 episodes or lessons contained in the course, your right to request a refund no longer exists and we will not entertain such request under no condition.

You may, however, defer the start date of your Course or change to another Course at any time up to 7 days prior to the relevant start date, subject to availability on your chosen Course and upon payment by you of any difference in the Course Fees payable for the two courses.

CitySide Education may cancel any Course at any time prior to its scheduled termination date. If CitySide Education cancels a course prior to its scheduled termination date, you will be entitled to a pro rata refund of the Course Fee.

If you or CitySide Education cancel a course, CitySide Education will refund the relevant portion of the Course Fee to you via your original method of payment (less the relevant delivery charges) within 30 days of receiving your notice of cancellation/giving notice to you of such cancellation.

You may cancel or defer your order by email, post or telephone using the contact details that are set out in these Terms.

If Physical Study Materials accompany your Course and these have been dispatched to you prior to you cancelling your place on the Course then you must return them to CitySide Education at our address in a reasonable and resalable condition (for audio, video or software products this means in the sealed package in which they were delivered). Any Physical Study Materials returned to CitySide Education will be at your own risk. You must obtain proof of postage, which you may be required to produce in the event of any query. You will be responsible for payment of any delivery charges incurred in returning the Physical Study Materials to CitySide Education.

CitySide Education reserves the right to withhold payment of part or all of your Course Fee refund until all Physical Study Materials have been returned to CitySide Education or if the Physical Study Materials are not returned in a re-saleable condition. Please note that audio, video or software products cannot be returned if you have removed them from the sealed package in which they were delivered. CitySide Education will deduct from any refund of part of all of your Course Fee the retail price of any Physical Study Materials which cannot be returned or which are not returned in a re-saleable condition.

If Physical Study Materials accompany your Course and these have been dispatched to you prior to you deferring your place on the Course, CitySide Education will be under no obligation to provide you with any revised or updated Physical Study Materials relating to your deferred Course and any additional Physical Study Materials required by you will need to be purchased by you prior to commencing your deferred Course.

You will not be entitled to any refund if you cancel your order at any time after the period of time set out in Clause 5.2(a). Your statutory rights in the event of receiving faulty goods are not affected.

Physical Study Materials (if applicable)

Where Physical Study Materials accompany the Course and they are supplied by CitySide Education, a delivery charge may be payable by you to CitySide Education. The details of any delivery charges will be set out on the Website and/or in any relevant Brochure and/or will be notified to you by a CitySide Education customer services representative. CitySide Education will post the Physical Study Materials to the person and address you give CitySide Education at the time you make your order.

When Physical Study Materials are sent to you outside of the United States of America, you may be subject to import duties and taxes, which are levied once the goods reach the specified destination. Any additional charges for customs clearance must be borne by you. CitySide Education has no control over these charges and cannot predict what they may be. Customs policies vary widely from country to country, so you should contact your local customs office for further information. Additionally, please note that when you order goods (including Physical Study Materials) from CitySide Education, you are considered the importer of record and must comply with all laws and regulations of the country in which you are receiving the goods.

Risk of damage to, or loss of, any Physical Study Materials shall pass from CitySide Education to you on delivery. Ownership of the Physical Study Materials will pass to you on the later of receipt of payment by CitySide Education in full of all sums due to CitySide Education in respect of the Physical Study Materials, and, delivery of the Physical Study Materials to you.

CitySide Education must be notified of any queries, complaints or incomplete or incorrect deliveries within 21 days of you receiving the Physical Study Materials. If you do not notify CitySide Education within this time period, CitySide Education will not be obliged to correct your order and will not be responsible for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result.

Additional Study Materials (if applicable)

Additional Study Materials may be available as an add-on to a course. A charge may be payable for such Additional Study Materials (as set out in the information relating to the Additional Study Materials) and the delivery of such Additional Study Materials to you.

Any payment for Additional Study Materials (if applicable) and any delivery charges payable in relation to the delivery of Additional Study Materials, if applicable, will be accepted by the same methods as set out in Clause 4.7 above.

Course Content and Access Terms

The description of the Course on the Website and/or in any relevant Brochure will set out details of the contents of the available Courses or digital products and services.

Except as set out in the description of the Course on the Website and/or in any relevant Brochure, no additional Course Materials and/or tuition (either online, face to face or classroom) will be provided by CitySide Education.

Upon receipt of an order confirmation email from CitySide Education you will be notified of when you will have access to the Course purchased and for the length of time such access will be made available to you, unless any such Course is removed.

The receipt of a course is personal to you and, unless otherwise agreed by CitySide Education pursuant to Additional Terms and Conditions, you may not share or transfer your rights to access the Course or provide a course to any other person.

You may incur charges to your internet service provider while you are accessing and/or downloading the Course Materials. Charges may also be payable to third parties for use of the software necessary to access and/or download the Course Materials. You are responsible for paying any such charges.

You acknowledge that CitySide Education operates a zero tolerance policy in relation to inappropriate behaviour of students. In particular, abusive or violent behaviour directed at CitySide Education’s staff or other students and unfair or dishonest practices will not be tolerated under any circumstances. CitySide Education may, in its reasonable discretion and without liability or an obligation to refund any Course Fee, refuse to supply any Course to any student who engages in inappropriate behaviour.

We reserve the right to monitor IP addresses that are used to access the Course Materials and, if a student if found to be in contravention of the access rules (set out in Clauses 8.4, 14.3 and 18.3), we may terminate a student’s access to the Course and the Course Material. In such circumstances, no refund will be given.

Modifications to Courses or Digital Products and Services or Technology Enhancements

From time to time, CitySide Education may make modifications or enhancements to the Courses or digital products and services. You will have access to such changes free of charge only to the extent that such changes relate to the Course purchased by you.

Purchase of a current Course does not entitle you to have access to future revised Courses or digital products and services as part of the original purchase.

Technical Support and Access

If you are unable to access a course, CitySide Education will use reasonable endeavours to provide a timely solution where CitySide Education has direct control over the system, software or settings involved. If the issue lies with your hardware, systems, software or settings thereof, CitySide Education may, in its discretion, provide assistance to you to help you resolve the issue but we cannot guarantee that any assistance provided will resolve your issue.

You accept and acknowledge that periods of downtime may be required in respect of the information technology infrastructure connected to the Website and that technical assistance may not be available during such periods of downtime. Further you accept that you will not have a claim for breach of contract or otherwise in respect of such period of unavailability.

CitySide Education will use reasonable endeavours to make the Course available but cannot guarantee uninterrupted, timely or error free availability or that defects will be corrected. CitySide Education reserves the right to suspend access to the Website for the purpose of scheduled or emergency maintenance, repairs or upgrades to improve the performance or functionality of the Website. You also accept and acknowledge that CitySide Education cannot be held responsible for any delay or disruptions to your access to the Course as a result of such suspension or any of the following:

the operation of the internet and the world wide web, including but not limited to viruses;
any firewall restrictions that have been placed on your network or the computer you are using to access the Course;
failures of telecommunications links and equipment; or
updated browser issues.

Warranties

CitySide Education will provide the Course Materials in accordance with the Course description, which is set out on the Website and/or in any relevant Brochure.

CitySide Education expects you to take reasonable care to verify that the Course and Course Materials in question will meet your needs. CitySide Education does not make any commitment to you that you will obtain any particular result from your use of the Course or Course Materials or that you will obtain any particular qualification on completion of the Course (unless otherwise stated on the Website).

CitySide Education does not make any representation, guarantee or commitment to you that the Course or Course Materials will be error free.

CitySide Education does not make any commitment that the Course or Course Materials will be compatible with or operate with your software or hardware.

All representations, warranties and/or terms and/or commitments not expressly set out in the Terms (whether implied by law, conduct, statute or otherwise) are hereby excluded to the maximum extent permissible at law.

Limitation of liability

The exclusions and limitations of liability contained in the Terms do not apply to a party’s liability: (i) for fraud or willful default; (ii) for death or personal injury caused by its negligence; or (iii) where such limitation or exclusion cannot lawfully be excluded.

Except as set out in the Terms, CitySide Education shall not be responsible for losses that result from its failure to comply with the Terms including, but not limited to, losses that fall into the following categories:

indirect or consequential losses;
loss of income or revenue;
loss of business;
loss of anticipated savings; or
loss or corruption of data.

CitySide Education is not responsible to you for any data that you lose either (a) as a result of accessing the Course or the Online Study Materials; or (b) during completion of any Course via the Website. It is your responsibility to ensure that you regularly save and back up (i) all data which you hold on the computer from which you are accessing the Course and the Online Study Materials; and (ii) all data that you are inputting when completing the Course.

Save as otherwise set out in this section “Limitation of liability”, CitySide Education’s maximum aggregate liability to you for any claims that you may have against CitySide Education for direct loss in contract, tort or otherwise arising out of or in connection with the Terms, the Course, your use of the Course Materials and any technical support shall be limited to the amount of the Course Fee which has been paid, or is payable, by you.

CitySide Education will not be held responsible for any delay or failure to comply with its obligations under the Terms if the delay or failure arises from any cause which is beyond CitySide Education’s reasonable control. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.

Each provision shall be construed separately as between you and CitySide Education. If any part is held to be unreasonable, inapplicable, or unenforceable, but would be valid if some part thereof was deleted such provision shall apply but with such modification as may be necessary to make it valid and effective.

Disclaimer

The Courses or digital products and services are for training purposes only. CitySide Education will not accept any responsibility to any party for the use of the Course or Course Materials for any purpose other than training for educational purposes, including but not limited to, the giving of advice by you to any third party.

Intellectual Property

At all times, CitySide Education and/or its licensors, remain the owner of the intellectual property in the Courses or digital products and services and the Course Materials. Other than as specified below, no Course and/or Course Materials, nor any part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of CitySide Education.

CitySide Education grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to access the Course and use the Course Materials content for the sole purpose of studying for the Course. For Online Study Materials, the licence granted is to use the Online Study Materials by an individual student only.

SAVE AS EXPRESSLY SET OUT IN THE TERMS OR AS OTHERWISE AGREED BY CitySide Education PURSUANT TO ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT MODIFY, COPY, REPRODUCE, RE-PUBLISH, SUB-LICENCE, SELL, UPLOAD, BROADCAST, POST, TRANSMIT, MAKE AVAILABLE, DISSEMINATE OR DISTRIBUTE IN ANY WAY THE COURSE OR ANY OF THE COURSE MATERIALS. YOU MAY NOT MODIFY, ADAPT, MERGE, TRANSLATE, DISASSEMBLE, DECOMPILE, RECOMPILE OR REVERSE ENGINEER ANY SOFTWARE FORMING PART OF THE ONLINE STUDY MATERIALS OR CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS BASED ON THE WHOLE OF OR ANY PART, OR WHICH INCORPORATE, THE ONLINE STUDY MATERIALS INTO ANY SOFTWARE PROGRAM. ACCESS TO THE COURSE AND USE OF THE COURSE MATERIALS NOT EXPRESSLY PERMITTED IN THE TERMS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND WILL CONSTITUTE AN INFRINGEMENT OF EITHER CitySide Education’S COPYRIGHT OR CitySide Education’S OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND/OR THE COPYRIGHT OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF CitySide Education’S LICENSORS.

Data Protection

CitySide Education will process the information it receives from you or otherwise holds about you in accordance with the Terms and its privacy policy. You consent to the use by CitySide Education of such information in accordance with CitySide Education’s privacy policy.

In the event that you do not wish to receive marketing correspondence from CitySide Education, a written request or email should be sent to the contact details set out in Clause 19.

Changes To the Terms

A course description constitutes only an indication of what the Course is planned to accomplish. The Course description does not form part of the Contract between you and us. We will use our reasonable endeavours to provide a course as described.

Inconsistency of Terms

If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions of Courses or digital products and services, any applicable Additional Terms and Conditions and the Terms and Conditions of Website Use, the conflict shall be resolved according to the following order of priority;

the Additional Terms and Conditions;

the Terms and Conditions of Courses or digital products and services; and

the Terms and Conditions of Website Use.

Entire Agreement

These terms and conditions, together with the Website Disclaimer are the entire agreement between YOU and CitySide Education Inc. and supersede any prior agreements and arrangements, whether written or oral. You confirm that you have not relied on any representations in entering into these and any other terms and conditions with us. Nothing in this clause or terms and conditions shall limit liability for any fraudulent misrepresentation.

Force Majeure

We shall not be liable to you for any breach of its obligations or termination under these terms and conditions arising from causes beyond its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, fires, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and other Acts of God, terrorism, strikes, delay caused by transport disputes, failure to provide a course caused by a death in the trainer’s family, illness of the trainer, Government edict or regulation.

General

CitySide Education reserves the right to recover any reasonable debt collection costs in connection with the Terms.

We may update or amend the Terms from time to time to comply with law or to meet its changing business requirements or to correct any errors without notice to you. Any updates or amendments will be posted on the Website.

You may not assign or sub-contract any of your rights or obligations under the Terms to any third party unless agreed to by CitySide Education pursuant to Additional Terms and Conditions.

CitySide Education may assign, transfer or sub-contract any of its rights or obligations under the Terms to any third party at its discretion.

No failure or delay by CitySide Education in exercising any right or remedy under the Terms shall operate as waiver of that right or remedy or shall affect its ability to subsequently exercise that right or remedy. Any waiver must be agreed by CitySide Education in writing.

If any of the Terms are found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the rest of the Terms shall remain in full force and effect.

Any notices required to be served on you by CitySide Education under the Terms will be deemed properly served if emailed or posted to the email address or address notified by you to CitySide Education, respectively. Any notices required to be served on CitySide Education by you will be deemed properly served if sent by email or post to our address.

A notice sent by post is deemed to be given on the day it was posted as evidenced by the sender. A notice sent by email is deemed to be given on the day it was sent.

The Contract between you and CitySide Education will be concluded in ENGLISH LANGUAGE ONLY.

The Contract between you and CitySide Education is not intended to be for the benefit of any third party, and shall not be exercised by any other person.

The Terms, and any other matters arising out of or in relation to the Terms, are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the US to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with the Terms.

Complaints, Feedbacks or Comments

Please contact us at contact@sebastianvaduva.com and we will always use reasonable effort to look any and all issues dispassionately and in timely manner.

BREACH BY YOU OF THESE TERMS SHALL ALLOW US TO IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS WITH YOU AND CEASE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ACCESS TO THE ONLINE COURSES.