Terms & Conditions

 

The following terms and conditions (the "Terms and Conditions") govern your use of the website (this "Site") of STUDY EUROPE, a company under German Civil Law (Private Partnership), and any services contained within the Site.

By using or downloading any materials from this Site, you agree to these Terms and Conditions.

 

1. Copyright Information.
Please note that the pages on the Site may contain other proprietary notices and copyright information, the terms of which must be observed and followed.
Unless otherwise noted, all information, text, articles, data, images, Documents (as defined below), software or other materials (collectively hereinafter referred to as the "Materials") contained on any page within this Site are copyrighted by STUDY EUROPE or a third party (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Copyright Holder"). Title to copyright in the Materials will at all times remain with the Copyright Holder. You may only use, download or copy the Materials contained in the Site in accordance with the Terms and Conditions. Any permitted copies of the Materials must retain the copyright notice, and any other proprietary notices contained in such Materials. Unless otherwise provided in the Terms and Conditions, you may not edit, modify or make use of the Materials without the express, prior written consent of STUDY EUROPE. You may not use any content contained in the Materials in any manner that may give a false or misleading impression or statement as to STUDY EUROPE, the Copyright Holder, or any third party referenced in the Materials. Nothing on this Site shall be construed as conferring any license under any Copyright Holder's intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication or otherwise. You agree to use the Site and the Materials and services and products on the Site or accessible via the Site only for lawful purposes. STUDY EUROPE may revoke any of the foregoing rights, as well as any access and use authorizations granted to users of the site at any time.
Except as specifically provided in these Terms and Conditions (including any applicable Supplemental Terms), any reproduction, distribution, replication or retransmission of any information contained on this Site without the prior written consent of STUDY EUROPE is strictly prohibited.

 

2. Notice With Regard to Documents on this Site.
Permission to display, copy and/or download any papers, articles or other works of authorship on this Site (the "Documents") is hereby granted, provided that (a) the copyright notice set forth on the Document and a statement that the Document is being reproduced under permission of the Copyright Holder both appear on such displayed, copied or downloaded Document, (b) use or reproduction of such Documents from this Site is for informational or personal use only, and (c) no modifications of any Documents are made. Any other use of the Documents is expressly prohibited.

 

3. Online Privacy Policy.
(A) Information We Collect From You (e.g. Emails and Electronic Forms), How We Use the Information and Opt-out Choices. There are areas in STUDY EUROPE Web Site where we ask for and collect information about you, including personally identifiable information, e.g. sending us a completed electronic form (application) that includes your personal details, or you sending us an email etc. Where we do, it is in order to serve you better, or is necessary to accomplish the service you are requesting. Examples include information about studying abroad resp. application for studying in Europe (which may include name, address, email, telephone number and educational and professional experience information), or other related services (language schools, etc.).
Applicant/Customer information is used both in the STUDY EUROPE mailing lists and in the STUDY EUROPE Application/Customer Directory.
From time to time, to better serve our Customers/the Applicants and to supplement Applicant/Customer dues, STUDY EUROPE mailing list, in part or as a whole, is released to carefully selected third party organizations to provide you with information on services related to your needs, or that we otherwise believe is useful to our Applicants/Customers. In addition, the mailing lists may be used in connection with informing you about STUDY EUROPE services, products, conferences, meetings and events. You may instruct us to not share information about you in the STUDY EUROPE mailing lists with third parties by indicating this preference on your application when you join STUDY EUROPE resp. ask for our services, or by sending an email to us at nomails@study-eu.org and including your name and STUDY EUROPE application number for identification purposes. Some STUDY EUROPE services are provided by third parties and not by STUDY EUROPE. When you provide information about yourself in connection with these services and products, you are providing this information to third party service providers and not to STUDY EUROPE. The terms of those products and services and the use of all information provided by you to them in connection with such products and services are governed by the privacy policies and practices of such third party service providers.
(B) Publishing Personal Information. We will only publish personal information on this Site if it has been collected for this purpose with your knowledge or if you have consented to the disclosure. When giving such consent you should be aware that information published on this site is accessible to all users, that search engines will index it and that it may be copied and used by any web user. This means that, once the information is published on this site, we will have no control over its subsequent use and disclosure.
(C) Using SSL. In certain transactions you are given the option of running in a secure (SSL) mode or unsecure mode. In cases where a firewall is causing a situation that cannot be corrected, the use of the unsecure mode is given. The unsecure mode is used by you at your own risk.
In addition, there are constantly changing restrictions in the use of encryption software and schemes that are used in various countries. The use of appropriate software and encryption options are your responsibility, and STUDY EUROPE assumes no risk or liability in ensuring your compliance to local law.
Regardless of the precautions taken by you or by STUDY EUROPE "Perfect Security" does not exist on the Internet. STUDY EUROPE cannot ensure or warrant the Security of any information you transmit to this Site or STUDY EUROPE, and you transmit such information at your own risk.
(D) Personal Protection of Your Access Rights and Authentication. There is a common registration process that allows you to receive your "STUDY EUROPE Account". The registration involves the use of your application number, a registration PIN number, and your subsequent choice of a unique user name and password. See the (LINK) for more information on this service.
The user name and password will be used to authenticate you when you enter privileged services that are offered by STUDY EUROPE. After authentication, the service being requested will be allowed based on your current status in STUDY EUROPE's application process.
(E) Legal Requests. STUDY EUROPE cooperates with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties, to enforce laws. We can (and you authorize us to) disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose us, service or content providers we work with, or you to possible legal liability.

 

4. Disclaimers and Limitation on Liability.
(A) Disclaimer of Warranties. The Contents of this Site, including without limitation, the Materials, are provided "as is", and STUDY EUROPE makes no representation or warranties, express or implied, of any kind with respect to this Site or its Contents. STUDY EUROPE disclaims all representations and warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, completeness and non-infringement.
(B) Disclaimer of Accuracy. STUDY EUROPE does not represent or warrant that the information accessible via this Site is accurate, complete or current. This Site could contain typographical errors, miscataloged information or technical inaccuracies. STUDY EUROPE reserves the right to add to, change or delete its content or any part thereof without notice. Any price or availability information is subject to change without notice. By your use of this site, you agree that you do not and will not rely on it being appropriately catalogued or complete for any purpose. You further agree that you or your representatives will not take any action against STUDY EUROPE due to such reliance on any information, which you believe to be non current, inaccurate or incomplete. Additionally, this Site may contain information provided by third parties, which includes, without limitation, the documents and software. STUDY EUROPE makes no representation or warranty regarding the accuracy, completeness, truth, quality, suitability or reliability of such information. STUDY EUROPE is not responsible for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies contained in any information provided by such third parties.
(C) Limitation on Liability. Neither STUDY EUROPE nor any other of its members, directors, employees or other representatives will be liable for damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this site or any information, products or services contained herein, which includes, without limitation, the materials, even if advised of the possibility thereof. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including, without limitation, indirect, incidental, special and consequential damages, loss of data, income, profit or goodwill, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties. You have sole responsibility for adequate protection and backup of data and/or equipment used in connection with the site and will not make any claim against STUDY EUROPE for lost data, re-run time, inaccurate output, work delays or lost profits resulting from the use of the Materials.
(D) Limitation on Liability of copyright holders. Copyright holders will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages, loss of data, income, profit or goodwill or damage to property arising out of any use of the materials or performances or implementation of the contents thereof.

 

5. Links to Third Party Sites.
Any other web sites that are accessible via any link on this Site are not under the control of STUDY EUROPE. STUDY EUROPE is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to the information contained in such sites. STUDY EUROPE provides the linked sites to you only as a convenience and the inclusions of any such link on the Site does not imply STUDY EUROPE's endorsement of the site, the organization operating such site, nor any products or services of that organization. Your linking to any off-site pages or other sites is entirely at your own risk.

 

6. User Input.
Unless otherwise provided in the Terms and Conditions, any communication, material or feedback with regard to contents on this Site transmitted by a user of this Site via electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, or comments regarding the content of any Document or other information contained on the Site, such information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and STUDY EUROPE shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute the information to others without limitation. Further, STUDY EUROPE shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such information for any purpose whatsoever including, without limitation, publication on the Site, or other STUDY EUROPE publications, and developing, manufacturing, and marketing products using such information. STUDY EUROPE shall have no obligation to compensate the contributor of such information in any manner.

 

7. Governing Law; Venue for any Proceedings.
Any action, proceeding, dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Site or these Terms and Conditions, or any STUDY EUROPE products or STUDY EUROPE services offered on or accessed via the Site, shall (i) be governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany and (ii) be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Berlin, and you hereby submit to the jurisdiction of said courts.

 

8. Complete Agreement; Changes to the Terms and Conditions.
These Terms and Conditions represent the entire understanding relating to the use of the Site and prevail over any prior or contemporaneous, conflicting or additional, communications. STUDY EUROPE shall have the right to revise and modify the Terms and Conditions at any time by posting the revised Terms and Conditions on the Site. Any use of the Site after such posting shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of the revised Terms and Conditions by the user.

 

9. Trademarks.
"STUDY EUROPE" is registered trademark or service mark of STUDY EUROPE. All other products, company names or other marks appearing on this Site are the trademarks of their respective owners. Nothing contained in the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark displayed on the Site without prior written permission of STUDY EUROPE or other trademark owners.

 

10. Indemnification.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless STUDY EUROPE, its officers, directors, employees, members, agents and affiliates from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, alleging or resulting from your breach of the Terms and Conditions, including without limitation, the Supplemental Terms and Conditions, cf. No. 11 below. STUDY EUROPE shall provide notice to you promptly of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit or proceeding.

 

11. Termination.
STUDY EUROPE may terminate this agreement at any time. Upon termination, you agree to cease all use of this Site. Without limiting the foregoing, STUDY EUROPE shall have the right to immediately terminate your access and use of the Site, or any portion of the Site, in the event of any conduct by you or through your account which STUDY EUROPE, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by you of the Terms and Conditions. The provisions of Sections 4, 9, 10 and this Section 12 shall survive any termination of this agreement.

 

12. Questions.
Please email us at info@study-eu.org with any questions you have about these Terms and Conditions, including our online Privacy Policy.