For the purposes of our Privacy Policy, personal information shall
include the following:
- Name
- Email Address
- Phone number
- Education background and application records
- Professional background and credentials
- Ongoing student records
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Payment information and details
(“Personal Information”)
Personal Information also includes information or an opinion
forming part of a database, whether true or not, and whether
recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose
identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the
information or opinion.
Your Personal Information will be handled in accordance with
Edgox’s Privacy Policy. Having said that, we reserve the right at
any time to disclose any personal information that is deemed
necessary or required by applicable law, legal process, or the
requirements of a government or regulatory authority.
We may collect personal information when you:
- Create an account
- Explore programs
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Create a student profile and/or apply to an educational program
or course on the platform
- Use an Edgox email account
- Post something on our Website/Portal
- Communicate with us
- Process payment for programs and courses
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Sign up for promotional emails and other communication materials
- Participate in our surveys
- Sign up for contests and promotions
- Apply to become an Edgox institution partner
Storing Your Data in Other Jurisdictions
Due to the nature of Edgox being an international operation, and
that we from time to time contract for the services of third party
contractors that reside outside of Canada, you acknowledge that
your Personal Information may be stored in foreign servers and
jurisdictions other than in Canada, that of which we may have no
direct control. Your Personal Information may be subjected to the
laws of the jurisdiction where it is located or to the terms and
agreement in place with the owner of that server.
De-Identification of Your Personal Information
As part of our ongoing commitment to providing the best service to
you, you authorize and allow Edgox to grant access to third
parties to use our database or provide them with your Personal
Information as a way for us to improve our services, perform
analytics, create marketing strategies for Edgox, and enhance the
user experience. Third parties will only be allowed to access the
Personal Information in a way that does not identify you or
compromise your personal privacy. Any profit or analysis done with
the use of this Personal Information is part of our intellectual
property rights.
Limitation of Liability
By using the Edgox Portal (the “Portal), you agree that Edgox (a
division of M Square Business Solutions Inc.) is not liable for
any contracts or legal transactions of any kind you may have
entered into with a third party as a result of using the Portal.
We are also not responsible for, nor obligated to verify or
justify information given by colleges and universities partnered
with Edgox and are currently offering courses and programs
(“Partners” ), institutions, and individuals utilizing the Portal.
This includes comments, reviews, program and course descriptions
given by them or made by them on the Portal. We advise you to use
all available resources online and offline to verify the
information and representation you may encounter from third
parties utilizing the Portal and use all due diligence
accordingly.
Further we are not responsible nor do we have any control over the
links provided by third-parties and you should use all diligence
and safeguards to ensure that any website you visit is free of
destructive items such as worms or viruses. Links available to
outside websites on the Portal are meant for convenience only. No
endorsement of any third party products or services is expressed
or implied by any information or content that is included on, or
linked to or from the Portal.
In the event of a system error, or catastrophic event, or other
reasons beyond our reasonable control that leads to the Portal not
being operational, we are not held responsible for any breach of
our terms of service including any fundamental term or negligence
that would lead to damages owing to you or any third party,
including loss of opportunity, loss of profits and loss of
business opportunities that result in any way from our providing
access to the Portal, or its various services.
M Square Business Solutions Inc. shall not be liable for, and you
shall indemnify and save shaw harmless from and against all suits,
claims or judgments howsoever arising out of claims for libel,
slander, infringement of copyright, trademark or other
intellectual property rights or contractual rights of any third
party or based on any other legal theory howsoever arising from
the material, data or other content from the services provided for
on the Portal. For the purposes of this section, any reference to
M Square Business Solutions Inc. shall include its subsidiaries,
Partners or associates, or any of their respective directors,
officers, employees, servants, contractors or agents.
Unacceptable Use
We do not condone the use of the Portal for the purpose of
propagating malicious or harmful software and content. Prohibited
activities include, but are not limited to:
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Posting, storing, transmitting or disseminating unlawful
material, including without limitation, child or other
pornography, any content, data or other material that is
libelous, obscene, hateful, unlawful, threatening, reaction or
ethnically offensive, defamatory or in any way constitutes or
encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense;
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Disseminating material which violates copyright or intellectual
property rights, where the user assumes all risk regarding
whether material is in the public domain;
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Posting or disseminating material that is harassing, bullying,
or considered stalking;
- Pyramid or other illegal soliciting schemes; or
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Fraudulent activities, including but not limited to
impersonating any person or entity, or forging anyone’s
digital or manual signature.
Breach of any of these provisions is a serious violation of the
Privacy Policy and agreed Terms and Conditions, and may at our
sole discretion lead to your immediate suspension or termination
of use of the Portal.
Governing Law
By using the Portal, you consent and agree that the Terms and
Conditions (link) of using the Portal and our Privacy Policy (this
document) will be construed in accordance with and governed by the
laws of the province of British Columbia and of Canada. Each party
irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction and venue of the courts
of the province of British Columbia for the resolution of any
matter arising under the Terms and Conditions or the Privacy
Policy for which judicial relief is sought.
Changes to Terms and Conditions
We reserve the right to change or modify the Privacy Policy at any
time we deem fit. Continued use of the Portal means you accept and
are willing to comply with these changes. Before using the Portal,
we advise you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you use the
Portal to check for updates that may affect you and your use.
Changes to Edgox
At any given time, we reserve the right to suspend, terminate, or
discontinue the Portal and all information available on the Portal
without prior notice.
Right to Edit and Remove Your Personal Information
Edgox reserves the right to review your Personal Information
stored in our servers to make sure that it complies with the
Privacy Policy. At our discretion, we may edit or remove any
information we deem as obscene, vulgar, offensive, abusive,
threatening, or otherwise objectionable or otherwise qualifies as
unacceptable use, in our sole discretion.
Suspension or Termination
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Edgox can restrict or terminate your access to the Portal, or
any services found in the Portal, if we find that you have
breached the Terms and Conditions (link) or our Privacy Policy.
You will be notified of any changes to your account as is
reasonably practical.
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We also reserve the right to revoke your access to Edgox for any
abusive, threatening, fraudulent, or otherwise harmful activity
on the Portal, and termination could either be temporary or
permanent. Any actions that could threaten or undermine our
system, our third party networks, files, documents, and other
necessary data would also result in termination.
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Edgox may also limit your activity, suspend temporarily or
permanently, or provide a warning to any users who: (a) would
breach any part of our Terms and Conditions (link), (b)
are unable to verify, authenticate, or provide accurate
information, (c) whose actions can cause legal and financial
liability to themselves, to Edgox, and to our Partners, (d) or,
who have been found to provide false, misleading or fraudulent
information. We may also take other legal or technical actions
not stated above if we deem it necessary.
Investigations
Edgox reserves the right to investigate any suspected violations
of the Privacy Policy. In the event of an investigation, you agree
to reasonably comply with all legal and government authorities,
third party investigators of academic fraud and misinformation,
system administrators, and other related network handlers.
Contact
If you have any questions, complaints, claims, or other legal
concerns regarding terms and conditions or anything related to our
content and business, you can contact us through
info@edgox.com.
