Terms and Conditions

Welcome to SOEMO, our website at www.guidinglightco.com and/or our iOS and Android mobile application (our “Platform”). These Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”) constitute a legal agreement between you the User (“User”) and Guiding Light Education Company Inc. of PO BOX 99900 KM 878 902 RPO HEADON, BURLINGTON, ONTARIO L7M 0W6 (hereinafter “Guiding Light Education Company Inc.”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) governing the use of our Platform and our Services. We license use of our Platform to you on the basis of these Terms. You should print a copy of these Terms for future reference.  

1. 1) Terms of use
   • The provisions set out in these Terms govern your access to and your use of our Platform and shall constitute a legally binding agreement between you and us.
   • We may change such terms from time to time and shall notify you accordingly if we do. If you do not agree to such terms, you must not use our Platform.
   • Subject to you agreeing to abide by these Terms, we hereby grant to you a revocable, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to use our Platform on these Terms.
   • By registering for an Account, which involves providing us with certain mandatory and voluntary information as required for a successful registration and using our Platform, you agree and acknowledge that:
     • you have read the terms set out in these Terms and agree to be bound by and comply with them; and
     • you shall ensure that all Users of your Account abide by these Terms.
   • You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account and you are responsible for all activities that occur under your Account. You agree that all actions carried out by any person through your Account shall be deemed to be an act carried out by you, and you shall ensure that all persons who have access to and use your Account are authorised to do so. We are not responsible for any loss, damage or liabilities arising as a result of or in connection with the wrongful, fraudulent or illegal use of your Account.
   • We reserve the right to, without any notice, explanation, or liability and in our sole discretion, refuse to allow you or suspend your access to our Platform or your Account at any time, or remove or edit content (including content submitted by you) on our Platform or on any of our affiliated websites (including social media pages).
   • We reserve the right to change, modify, suspend, or discontinue any portion of the Services, our Platform or any other products, services, affiliated websites (including social media pages) and/or other software provided by us in connection with any of the foregoing at any time. You agree that access to or operation of any of the foregoing may from time to time be interrupted or encounter technical difficulties.
   • Save to the extent permitted by us in writing, you are not permitted to use, or submit any content to, our Platform or any of our affiliated websites to advertise, promote or market any products or services of any third party or yourself.

 

2. 2) Apple and Android Devices License Agreement
   • The following terms apply when you use our Platform obtained from either the Apple’s, or Android’s store (each an “App Distributor”) to access our Platform:
     • the License granted to you for our Platform is limited to a non-transferable License to use our Platform on a device that utilizes the Apple iOS or Android operating systems, as applicable, and in accordance with the usage rules set forth in the applicable App Distributor’s terms of service;
     • we are responsible for providing any maintenance and support services with respect to the Platform as specified in the terms and conditions of this License contained in this License Agreement or as otherwise required under applicable law, and you acknowledge that each App Distributor has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the Platform.
     • you must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the Platform,
     • you acknowledge and agree that the App Distributors are third-party beneficiaries of the terms and conditions in this License contained in this License Agreement, and that each App Distributor will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce the terms and conditions in this License contained in this License Agreement against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.

 

3. 3) Subscription
   • Some Services may require payment of subscription fees (annually or monthly, as elected by you) and/or other ad-hoc or ancillary fees before you can access or use them (“Fees”).
   • If you purchase a recurring subscription from us, the subscription period for your Account shall be renewed automatically at the expiry of each subscription period, until terminated successfully. By purchasing the recurring subscription, you authorise us or our related corporations to automatically charge the Fees:
     • upon the commencement of your first subscription period, upon expiration of any applicable trial period or at a date otherwise indicated by us; and
     • on the renewal date of the subscription period thereafter, without any further action by you.
   • Any Fees due in relation to your Account must be paid by their due date for payment, as notified to you. Failure to make timely payment of the Fees may result in the suspension or termination of your access to your Account and/or any of the Services.
   • Our Fees may be amended from time to time at our discretion. We will provide you reasonably advanced written notice of any amendment of recurring Fees. Your continued use of a recurring subscription will constitute acceptance of the amended Fees.
   • You shall be responsible for any applicable taxes (including any goods and services tax) under these Terms.
   • All payments shall be made by using the payment methods specified by us from time to time. You acknowledge and agree that you are subject to the applicable user agreement of any third-party payment methods. We shall not be liable for any failure, disruption or error in connection with your chosen payment method. We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, any payment method without notice to you or giving any reason.
   • We must receive payment in full no later than the day on which such payment is required to be paid in immediately available and freely transferable funds, without any restriction, condition, withholding, deduction, set-off or counterclaim whatsoever.
   • Unless otherwise notified in writing by us, termination of your Account for any reason whatsoever shall not entitle you to any refund of the Fees. If you cancel your subscription, you may continue to access your Account until the expiry of the subscription period in which the cancellation occurred.

 

4. 4) Your provision of information
   • When you provide information about yourself to us or to other users of our Platform, including when you create an Account, you agree to:
     • provide accurate and current information, and not to provide information that attempts to impersonate another individual; and
     • maintain and promptly update such information to keep it accurate and current.
   • If you provide any information about yourself that is untrue or inaccurate, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue or inaccurate, we retain the right to suspend or terminate any account you establish, decline to provide you with services on our Platform, and/or refuse any or all current or future use of our Platform or any portion thereof.

 

5. 5) Restrictions
   • Except as expressly set out in this Agreement or as permitted by any applicable law, you undertake:
     • not to reproduce, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publish, display, communicate, transmit, sell, exploit or use the whole or any part of any Service, our Platform or any of the contents therein for any commercial or other purposes;
     • not to disassemble, decompile, reverse-engineer or create derivative works based on the whole or any part of the source code of our Platform nor attempt to do any such thing, or to reproduce, display or otherwise provide access to the Services, our Platform or any of the contents therein, including but not limited to framing, mirroring, linking, spidering, scraping or any other technological means;
     • not to provide or otherwise make available our Platform in whole or in part (including but not limited to program listings, object and source program listings, object code and source code), in any form to any person without prior written consent from us;
     • to include our copyright notice on all entire and partial copies you make of our Platform on any medium;
     • to comply with all applicable technology control or export laws and regulations; and
     • not to disrupt, disable, or otherwise impair the proper working of the Services, our Platform or our servers, such as through hacking, cyber-attacks (including but not limited to denial-of-service attacks), tampering or reprogramming.

 

6. 6) Intellectual Property Rights
   • You acknowledge that all intellectual property rights in our Platform anywhere in the world belong to us, that rights in our Platform are licensed (not sold) to you, and that you have no rights in, or to, our Platform other than the right to use them in accordance with these Terms.
   • Any intellectual property rights in content uploaded by you to our Platform shall continue to belong to you or their respective owners. You agree that you grant us a royalty-free and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, publish, and display such intellectual property rights for the purposes of performing the Services, promotional purposes, internal administrative purposes and any other purposes set out in these Terms, including for the purpose of improving the Services and our responses to users of the Platform.
   • You acknowledge that you have no right to have access to our Platform in source code form.
   • Unless properly licensed to you, you must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded from our Platform in any way and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
   • Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our Platform must always be acknowledged.
   • You must not use any part of the content on our Platform for commercial purposes not specified on our Platform without obtaining a license to do so from us or our licensors.
   • If you download any content on our Platform in breach of this Agreement, your right to use our Platform will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

 

7. 7) Warranties
   • While we make all efforts to maintain the accuracy of the information on our Platform, we provide the Services, Platform and all Related Content on an “as is” and “as available” basis, unless otherwise specified in writing. We make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of any of the foregoing, unless otherwise specified in writing.
   • To the full extent permissible by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, relating to our Platform or any Services, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. We do not warrant that the Services, our Platform, the Related Content, or electronic communications sent by us are free of viruses or other harmful components.

 

8. 8) Events Beyond Reasonable Control

We will be not held responsible for any delay or failure to perform or comply with our obligations under these terms and conditions when the delay or failure arises from any cause which is beyond our reasonable control.  

9. 9) Limitation of Liability
   • We are not liable for the completeness, accuracy or correctness of any information uploaded on our Platform and any Related Content. You expressly agree that your use of the Services and our Platform, is at your sole risk.
   • You agree not to use the Services, our Platform and the Related Content for any re-sale purposes, and we have no liability to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with these Terms (including but not limited to the use of, or inability to use, the Services, our Platform or any other website or software) for:
     • loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
     • business interruption;
     • loss of anticipated savings;
     • loss or corruption of data or information;
     • loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
     • any other indirect or consequential loss or damage.
   • Nothing in these Terms shall limit or exclude our liability for:
     • death or personal injury resulting from our negligence;
     • fraud; and/or
     • any other matter in respect of which we are prohibited under applicable law from limiting or excluding our liability.
   • Our Platform is not intended to serve a record-keeping function and we shall not be liable for any loss of data or content.
   • These Terms set out the full extent of our obligations and liabilities in respect of the supply of the Services and our Platform. Except as expressly stated in these Terms, there are no conditions, warranties, representations, or other terms, express or implied, that are binding on us. Any condition, warranty, representation, or other term concerning the supply of the Services and our Platform which might otherwise be implied into, or incorporated in, these Terms whether by statute, common law or otherwise, is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
   • We are not responsible for any fraud or harm that you might suffer from engaging/meeting with other people.

 

10. 10) Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold us, our related corporations, and our respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives, independent contractors, licensees, successors and assigns harmless from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs (including but not limited to direct, incidental, consequential, exemplary and indirect damages), and reasonable legal fees, resulting from or arising out of your act, default or omission, whether in your use of our Platform, Services, and/or any websites or software in relation thereto or otherwise, and whether in respect of your breach of these Terms or any laws or regulations or otherwise.  

11. 11) Other Important Terms
    • We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to another organization, but this will not affect your rights or obligations under these Terms.
    • You may only transfer your rights or your obligations under these Terms to another person if we agree in writing.
    • No joint venture, partnership or agency or employment relationship has arisen by reason of these Terms.
    • These Terms and any document expressly referred to in it constitutes the entire agreement between us regarding their subject matter, and supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations, and understandings between us, whether written or oral, relating to that subject matter.
    • If we fail to insist that you perform any of your obligations under these Terms, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive a default by you, we will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any later default by you.
    • Each of the conditions of these Terms operates separately. If any court or competent authority decides that any of them are unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining conditions will remain in full force and effect.
    • These Terms, its subject matter and its formation, and any other disputes or claims in connection therewith, are governed by the law of Canada. In the event of any such disputes or claims in connection with these Terms, you agree to first engage in good faith discussions with us to resolve such dispute or claim. If such dispute or claim is not resolved within sixty (60) days, we both irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Canada.