Teachbox.net Terms of Use

Please read this Agreement carefully as it governs your use of the Teachbox.net website (the "Site"). By continuing to use or visit this website (together with all content available through the Teachbox.net domain) you are agreeing to the terms that appear below.

These terms were last updated on 11th February 2010.

1. Provision of Service

The Site is owned and operated by Grav Enterprises Ltd (company number 6846676), whose registered office is at 18 Victoria Park Square, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PF, trading as Teachbox.net ("Teachbox.net").

2. Website Access

2.1. Teachbox.net hereby grant you permission to use the Site provided that agree not to;
(i) upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, tortious, defamatory, obscene, libellous, invasive of another's privacy, or otherwise objectionable;
(ii) impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
(iii) upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;
(iv) upload, post, email or otherwise transmit any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer equipment;
(v) interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of networks connected to the Service;
(vi) "stalk" or otherwise harass another;
(vii) or collect or store personal data about other users
2.2. Teachbox has the right to terminate your access to the Site, at its sole discretion, with or without notice for any perceived or actual breach of these Terms of Use.

3. Limited Rights to Use Content

3.1. All teaching resources on the Site ("the Content") are licenced by Teachbox.net. Subject to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike license, you may print copies, store the files in electronic form on disk, and store the files on a closed school/organisation network for your own personal, educational, non-commercial purposes only. Uploading the Content to a public website, even if it is not charged for explicitly, is considered a breach of these terms.

4. User submissions

4.1. Teachbox.net allows you to submit material or content that you can upload to the Site ("User Submissions"). Teachbox.net reserves the right to delete, move and edit any material submitted. You are solely responsible for the material or content you submit to the Site.
4.2. You agree that you will not:
(i) submit any Content that you do not have a right to use under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
(ii) submit any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") of any party, unless you are the owner of such Rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the User Submission and to grant Teachbox.net all of the rights granted herein;
4.3. You retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions. However, by submitting material to the Site, you grant Teachbox.net a perpetual royalty free, worldwide, non-exclusive licence to reproduce, modify, prepare derivative works of, translate, make available, distribute and sub-licence any material you submit in whole or in part or in any form.
4.4. The Site contains material submitted by users over whom Teachbox.net has no control. Teachbox.net cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any such material. Some Users may breach these terms and post material that is misleading, untrue or offensive - you must bear all risk associated with your viewing of such material.
4.5. Indemnity - You agree to indemnify and hold Grav Enterprises Ltd and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders and other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable lawyers' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post to or transmit through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of these Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of another.

5. User Accounts

5.1 You must provide Teachbox.net with accurate, complete, up-to-date registration information. On registration, you will choose a user name and password ("ID"). It is your responsibility to notify Teachbox.net within one month of any changes to that information (including your email address) by emailing support@teachbox.net.
5.2 If you believe there has been any breach of security such as the disclosure, theft or unauthorised use of your ID, you must notify Teachbox.net immediately by emailing support@teachbox.net.

6. Limited Warranties

Teachbox.net will use its reasonable skill and care in making the Site available to you and in ensuring its continuing availability. However, because of the number of sources from which Teachbox.net obtains the Content and because of the nature of the Internet Teachbox.net does not give you any other warranties. In particular, you should not take the accuracy or availability of the information for granted and Teachbox.net makes no warranty that the Site is free from infection by viruses or anything else that has contaminating or destructive properties. Furthermore, whilst Teachbox.net use its reasonable skill and care to secure files stored on the Site, we cannot guarantee that any file stored on the Site will be available at any point in the future.

7. Limitation of Liability

7.1. In respect of the Content which is available free on the Site, Teachbox.net will use its reasonable endeavours to resolve faults but because this content is free you agree that Teachbox.net will not be liable for any losses you may incur as a result of your use or non-use of that Content.
7.2. Except where we have expressly agreed otherwise, neither you nor Teachbox.net will be responsible for any losses that the other suffers as a result of a breach of this Agreement except those losses which are a foreseeable consequence of the breach. Neither party will be responsible for indirect losses which happen as a side-effect of the main loss or damage and which are not foreseeable by Teachbox.net and you (such as loss of profits or loss of data).

8. Privacy Policy

The information that you provide about yourself to Teachbox.net will only be used by Teachbox.net in accordance with its Privacy Policy. Please read the Privacy Policy carefully and if you have any questions please email support@teachbox.net.

9. Changes

9.1. Teachbox.net is continually seeking to improve the Site and services offered. Teachbox.net reserves the right, at its discretion, to make changes to any part of the Site.
9.2. Teachbox.net may change or add to this Agreement without further notice to you and at any time. We will post any changes to the Terms of Use on this page and we will indicate at the top of this page the date that these terms were last revised. Your continued use of the Site after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Use. If you do not agree to be bound by those changes, you should not use the Site any further.

10. Links

The Site contains links to other web sites and resources (either directly or through frames) and, where possible, Teachbox.net will make clear where such links are being made. Independent third parties provide these sites and Teachbox.net is not responsible and shall not be liable for the availability or content of these outside resources. We encourage you to be aware of when you have left the Site and to read the Terms of Use of each other website that you visit.

11. Limitations if you are under the age of 18

You affirm that you are either more than 18 years of age or possess legal parental or guardian consent to enter into these Terms of Use. If you are under 18 years of age you are welcome to use the Content in accordance with these Terms, but you are aware that none of the content has been specifically checked for suitability for your use. If you require more information about the suitability of any resource on this site for self-directed learning please contact support@teachbox.net.

12. General

12.1. There is no specific time limit applying to your access and use of the Site. However, Teachbox.net reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access and use of the Site at any time. It may exercise the right with or without notice.
12.2. You may not assign, sub-licence or otherwise transfer this Agreement or your rights of access to the Site.
12.3. Failure by either party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy.
12.4. A person who is not party to this Agreement shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of its terms.
12.5. English law will apply to this Agreement and both you and Teachbox.net agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.