Terms Of Use for EnglishTools.org

TERMS OF USE Effective 21 May 2018

EnglishTools.org is a part of Shudian Ltd, which is a company registered in England and Wales. Our registration number is 07678550 and our registered address is 85 Great Portland Street, London, United Kingdom, W1W 7LT

If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the terms of use outlined below. These terms of use, along with our privacy policy [https://www.englishtools.org/en/privacy-policy] govern our relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms of use, please do not use our website.

The term “EnglishTools.org“, “us”, “we”, or “website” refers to the owner of the website Shudian Ltd. The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of our website.

By browsing and using this website, you agree to the following terms of use:

1. Content and Liability

The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.

Shudian Ltd does not, under any circumstances, provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy or suitability of the information found on this website. We do not screen the information submitted. Consequently, we will not be held liable, to the fullest extent permitted by law, for any losses or damages, monetary or otherwise, which you may incur as a result of the using this website.

We reserve the right to restrict access so some, or all, parts of this website, to all users, without notice. We will not be held liable for any damages or losses suffered by users as a result of this.

Whilst we take reasonable technical and security measures to ensure the security of any information you enter, send or provide to us, we cannot guarantee its security. Subsequently, you accept that by providing us with this information, you do so entirely at your own risk and that we will not be held liable, to the fullest extent permitted by law, for any losses or damages, monetary or otherwise, which you may incur as a result of the above.

Any comments, posts, listings or content that is generated by users of this website, should not, under any circumstances, contain defamatory, abusive, illegal, copyrighted or intentionally incorrect or misleading information. However, we will not be held liable if any such information is included in this website. Furthermore, you agree not to use this website for any illegal purposes, submitting “spam” messages, to build a competing service or use any automatic or manual device, process or means, to access this website for any purpose, including, but not limited to, monitoring or copying any material on the website. We reserve the right to disable your account, and take legal action against you, if any such information is submitted or use suspected.

All information submitted to this website, including without limitation, uploading audio clips of your own voice, entering any text into our website (i.e. to create an image), you specifically grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to publish your content. We respect the intellectual property rights of others and expect the users to do the same. We will respond to claims of copyright infringement committed using our website if such claims are reported to us. If we believe that any posted material violates any applicable law, we will remove or disable access to it.

Use of this website in any unauthorized way, may result in a legal claim being made against you for damages and/or loses which we occur. No legal claim may be brought against us, more than one year after the related incident has occurred.

Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

2. Monitoring and Privacy

This website uses cookies to monitor browsing preferences. For more information, please see our privacy policy [https://www.englishtools.org/en/privacy-policy]. Occasionally, we make use of affiliate links; please see our privacy policy [https://www.englishtools.org/en/privacy-policy] for further details. The use of such links does not signify the endorsement of the website(s) by Shudian Ltd. We have no control, responsibility or liability for the content of such websites and as such, will not be held liable for the information which they contain.

3. Disputes

EnglishTools.org reserves the right to facilitate disputes between users at our own discretion. However, we have no obligation to do so.

4. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Shudian Ltd., its affiliates and licensors and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable legal fees) resulting from your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the website, including, without limitation, any use of the website’s content, services or goods.

5. Severability and Non-Waiver

Should any part of these Terms of Use be rendered or declared invalid by an appropriate authority, such invalidation of such part or portion of these Terms of Use should not invalidate the remaining portions thereof, and they shall remain in full force and effect.

Enforcement of these Terms of Use is solely in our discretion, and failure to enforce the Terms of Use in some instances does not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce them in other instances.

6. Electronic Communications

You agree that all notices or other communications regarding your account and/or your use of the website ("Communications"), may be provided to you electronically and you agree to receive all Communications from us in electronic form. You may print a copy of any Communications and retain it for your records. All electronic Communications will be considered just as legally binding as if they were in paper form. You may revoke your consent to receive Communications electronically, but if you revoke your consent to receive Communications electronically, we reserve the right to terminate your right to use our website.

7. Contact

All feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Site should be directed to us via email at [email protected].

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