Users may access the HRD Online system and use its material only on the basis of accepting ALL the following legally binding statements.

DEFINITIONS

"Users" means all persons entering this system. Users of the system include distributors, fee paying licence holders and those HR Managers and Directors with a temporary FREE trial licence issued for the purpose of assessing the system and its services prior to purchase of licences or a customisable copy.

"Distributors" means all those parties contracted to market the system, sell licences and provide user support services. NB: to locate our nearest partner please email admin@hrd-online.com or visit the Partners page.

"the system" means the system resident on www.hrd-online.com (or any customisable system copies that may be established).

"Materials" means the system's ebriefings, eprogrammes and software program code, and any supporting code; the system's descriptions and user guides, text, layout and presentation, logos, images, icons, photos, site and eprogramme banners and all other artwork; distributor's written advice, marketing information, blended learning materials and information on their organisation, allies and partners, i.e. all materials associated with the HRD East Africa website and HRD online system, and contained on it, within it, or supporting it.

COPYRIGHT

All of the material on this website and system is copyrighted. No part of the system's material may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, photographed, photocopied, recorded, handwritten, or in any other way.

Users of the system have permission to print out system material, descriptions, and user guides for their own personal use, or for presentation to their management or tutor, or use within HRD East Africa authorised training sessions.

No authority is given to anyone to modify, reproduce, publicize, publicly display or distribute any material, or authorised prints of any material, whether for their use, or any commercial use, or competing purpose, or to any third party. Equally the system's material must not be used for the development, production of or marketing of a competing learning program, or learning process, or for any other act, commercial or otherwise, which infringes this copyright.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. All users must be compliant with the copyright statements and accept the system's owners, administrators, and distributors limited liability statements.
2. Licences issued are for the individual users use only and they must not permit any other person to use it. The principle of one user - one licence must be strictly adhered to.
3. For trialists at the end of the trial period when logging onto the system they will be presented with a subscription form that will enable them to make their licence permanent. They have 7 days to complete this form. Should they decide not to complete the form then their trial licence and training records will be removed from the system and they will owe their distributor nothing.
4. For users completing the subscription form their distributor will invoice them with the system's licence fee at the prevailing rate - please check what that is before completing the subscription form. Payment of the system's licence fee will entitle the user to access the system's resource library and their personal training records for 12 months.
5. On each 12-month anniversary of the users licence subscription date, or any user licence registration arising, the distributor will automatically invoice the licence renewal fees due which will enable the user to use the system for a further 12 months. Should renewal of user licence, or any user licence registration arising, not be required then the user must write to the distributor requesting their removal. This removal instruction must be received within 7 days of the licence subscription's 12-month anniversary.
6. Manager licence holders may register other users. All the users to the system that are so registered, and their organisation, if different from the manager's registration details, and all the users that they may register, will also be bound by these copyright, limited liability and terms declarations. Managers will be invoiced for all the user registrations they, and their registrants, make by the distributor at the prevailing licence fee.
7. All invoices to be paid in full within 14 days of issue date. If invoices are not paid in full within 30 days then the related licences and their attended training records will be removed from the system.

Any references or testimonials that are provided may be included on the system, or in distributors marketing materials, at their discretion. In such instances usage will be to the credit of the originating organisation.

LIMITED LIABILITY

1. The system's owners, administrators, or distributors shall not be liable for any consequence arising from failure, or delay, in the performance of any of their obligations, or duties, or support expectations to users of the system.
2. All the system's material, together with any suggestions, recommendations, opinions, instructions or any other communication made, both oral and written, directly or indirectly, is offered to users in good faith. No condition, warranty or representation, expressed or implied, is given as to its validity or to the results obtained. It is the responsibility of the user alone for the proper adoption to their own needs, circumstances and operating environment.
3. The system's distributors sell users licences to the system on the basis that elearning tutor support is not provided. The exception to this is where tutor supported elearning programmes are advertised and made available for existing system users to subscribe to at an additional fee.

PRIVACY STATEMENT

We respect the privacy of system users.

The system's owners, administrators, or distributors will not capture and store any personal information about individuals who access this system, except where it is voluntarily given. In these cases, the personal data you provide will be used exclusively for providing you, and your authorized management, with the information you have requested, or the learning support you need. Information will be periodically sent to you regarding system upgrades.

We will not pass any of your personal data to outside organisations and/or individuals unless they are specifically engaged to deliver the elearning or blended training service you require.

This privacy policy only applies to the HRD Online system, i.e. this privacy statement does not cover links within the system to other websites.