Last updated: 05 May 2021
Welcome to Minded.
Please read these Terms of Service (the “TOS”) and the Minded Privacy Policy and Honor Code prior to registering for Minded.ma or using any portion of the Minded website (the “site,” which consists of all content and pages located within the Minded.ma web domain), including accessing any course material, forums, or other electronic services. These TOS, the Privacy Policy and the Honor Code are agreements (may be hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the “Agreements”) between you and Minded. By using the site, you accept and agree to be legally bound by the Agreements.
Minded reserves the right to modify these TOS at any time without any advance notice to you. Any changes to these TOS will be effective immediately upon posting on this page or on any other section of the Site. By accessing the Site after any changes have been made, you signify your agreement to the modified TOS and all of the changes contained therein.
Be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of these TOS.
DESCRIPTION OF Minded
Minded offers online courses, authored by colleges, high schools and secondary schools, and other institutions (collectively, the “Institutions”, individually as the “Institution”), that include opportunities for instructor-to-student and student-to-student interactivity, individual assessment of a student’s work and, for students who demonstrate their mastery of subjects, a certificate of completion (the “Courses”).
RULES FOR ONLINE CONDUCT
You agree that you are fully responsible for your own use of the Site and for your user postings, which shall include all content submitted, posted, published or distributed on the Site by you or by other users of the Site, including but not limited to all forums posts, notes, questions, comments, videos and file uploads (the “User Postings”). You agree that you will use the Site in compliance with the Agreements and all applicable local, laws, rules and regulations, including copyright laws.
As a condition of your use of the services offered by Minded on the Site, you hereby undertake that you will not use the Site in any manner intended to damage, disable, overburden or impair any Minded server or the network(s) connected to its or to interfere with any third party’s use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any Minded server through hacking, password mining or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information stored on the Site, its servers or associated computers through any means not intentionally made available through the Site.
THE FOLLOWING LIST OF ITEMS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED ON THE SITE:
Furthermore, you agree not to scrape, or otherwise download in bulk, any Site content, including but not limited to a list or directory of users on the system, on-line textbooks, User Postings or user information. You agree not to misrepresent or attempt to misrepresent your identity while using the Site.
Any violation of the above list of prohibitions shall entitle Minded to terminate you use, access and/or participation to the Site without prior notice.
USER ACCOUNTS AND AUTHORITY
In order to participate fully in the activities and services offered by Minded platform on the Site, you must provide your name, an email address and a user password in order to create a user account (the “User Account”). You agree that you will never divulge or share access or access information for your User Account with any third party for any reason. In setting up your User Account, you may be prompted to enter additional optional information. You represent that all information provided by you is accurate and current. You agree to maintain and update your information to keep it accurate and current.
We care about the confidentiality and security of your personal information. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information about what information Minded may collect about you and how Minded uses that information. By accessing the Site, you signify that you consent to the collection and use of your information by Minded.
YOUR RIGHT TO USE CONTENT ON THE SITE
Unless otherwise expressly stated on the Site, the texts, videos, images and other instructional materials provided with the Courses offered on the Site are for your personal use in connection with those Courses only.
Certain reference documents, digital textbooks, articles and other information on the Site are used with the permission of third parties, and use of that information is subject to certain rules and conditions, which will be posted along with the information. By using this Site you hereby undertake to abide by all such rules and conditions.
You agree to retain all copyright and other notices on any content you obtain from the Site.
DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTY / LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITIES
THE SITE AND ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT OR SERVICES MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND (EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE).
Minded AND THE Minded PARTICIPANTS (AS DEFINED HEREUNDER) DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SITE WILL OPERATE IN AN UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE MANNER, THAT THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE COURSES OR CONTENT PROVIDED WILL MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. Minded AND THE Minded PARTICIPANTS ALSO MAKE NO WARRANTY ABOUT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, OR QUALITY OF THE SITE OR ANY COURSES OR CONTENT, OR THAT ANY PARTICULAR COURSES OR CONTENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE.
USE OF THE SITE, AND THE CONTENT AND SERVICES OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOUR ACCESS TO OR DOWNLOAD OF INFORMATION, MATERIALS OR DATA THROUGH THE SITE OR ANY REFERENCE SITES IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY (INCLUDING YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM) OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OR USE OF SUCH MATERIAL OR DATA, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THE Minded PRIVACY POLICY.
User Postings Disclaimer:
You understand that when using the Site you will be exposed to User Postings from a variety of sources and that Minded is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, reliability or intellectual property rights of or relating to such User Postings. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User Postings that are inaccurate, offensive, defamatory, indecent or objectionable and you agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against Minded with respect thereto. Minded is not endorse any User Postings or any opinion, recommendation or advice expressed therein. Minded hasn’t any obligation to monitor any User Postings or any other user communications through the Site.
However, Minded reserves the right to review User Postings and to exercise its sole discretion to edit or remove, in whole or in part, any User Posting at any time and for any reason. Without limiting the foregoing, upon receiving notice from a user or a content owner that a User Posting allegedly does not conform with these TOS, Minded may investigate the allegation and determine, in its sole discretion, whether to edit or remove, in whole or in part, the non-conforming User Posting and at any time it chooses, without notice.
Links to Other Sites:
The Site may include hyperlinks to other sites, maintained or controlled by others. Minded is not responsible for and do not routinely screen, approve, review or endorse the contents of or use of any of the products or services that may be offered at these other sites. If you decide to access linked third-party sites, you do so at your own risk.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE APPLICABLE LAW, YOU AGREE THAT Minded WILL not BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES, EITHER ACTUAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TOS’s, OR YOUR (OR ANY THIRD PARTY’S) USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, OR YOUR PLACEMENT OF CONTENT ON THE SITE, OR YOUR RELIANCE UPON INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH THE SITE, WHETHER YOUR CLAIM IS BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTORY OR OTHER LAW.
IN PARTICULAR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, Minded WILL not HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT Minded HAS BEEN NEGLIGENT OR OTHERWISE AT FAULT (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLAIMS FOR DEFAMATION, ERRORS, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA OR INTERRUPTION IN AVAILABILITY OF DATA).
EXTERNAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
Minded uses third party services to provide various functionalities on the platform. By agreeing to Minded’s terms of service, you also expressly agree to the following third parties’ terms and policies:
MISCELLANEOUS
Termination Rights; Discontinuation of Courses and Content: You agree that Minded, in its sole discretion, may terminate your use of the Site or your participation in it, for any reason or no reason, upon serving notice to you to the effect. It is Minded’s policy to terminate, in circumstances it deems appropriate, users of the Site who are repeat copyright infringers. Minded reserves the right at any time in their sole discretion to cancel, delay, reschedule or alter the format of any Course offered through the platform, or to cease providing any part or all of the Site content or related services, and you agree that Minded will not have any liability to you for such an action. If you no longer desire to participate in the Site, you may terminate your participation at any time. The rights granted to you hereunder will terminate upon any termination of your right to use the Site, but the other provisions of these TOS will survive any such termination.
Choice of Law/Forum Selection:
You agree that these TOS and any claim or dispute arising out of or relating to these TOS or any content or service obtained from or through the Site will be governed by the laws applicable in the Kingdom of Morocco.You consent to the personal jurisdiction of the said courts over you for this purpose, and you waive and agree not to assert any objection to such proceedings in said courts (including any defense or objection of lack of proper jurisdiction or venue or inconvenience of forum).
Effective Date: 05 May 2021
LAST UPDATED: MAY 05TH 2021
This statement “Privacy Policy” explains what we do with students’ personal data which we receive through the platform, and how students enrolled on a course provided by Minded can exercise their rights over it.
What does the platform offers and how to contact us: / description of Minded:
The platform Minded offers an open online learning to students looking to advance their education. The platform controls your data. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we collect, store and use personal information about you. We may from time to time engage third parties to process your information and we may also process your information ourselves (as described further below).
The information we collect about you and why we collect it:
By registering an account on Minded and in turn using our Services, we will collect from you the following information (“Personal Data”):
Our legal basis for using your Personal Data:
Where we use your Personal Data, we process it on the following bases:
o Internal research purposes, for example the improvement of course design and operation;
o Internal research in connection with how the Minded platform is used for the purpose of sending you updates in respect of online courses offered by Minded.
o For the Improving the platform user experience of Minded.
We will never collect any unnecessary Personal Data from you and do not process your information in any way, other than as specified in this Policy.
We make every effort to maintain the accuracy and completeness of your Personal Data, which we store, and to ensure all of your Personal Data is up to date. However, you can assist us with this by promptly contacting us if there are any changes to your Personal Data. We shall not be responsible for any losses you suffer arising from any inaccurate, inauthentic, deficient or incomplete Personal Information that you provide to us.
Who we share your Personal Data with:
We may from time to time share your Personal Data with the following parties for the purpose of improving platform content.
Changes to this policy:
Except to the extent limited by applicable law, we reserve the right to update this policy to reflect changes to our information practices by prominently posting notice of the update on our Services, and as required, obtaining your consent. Any updates will become effective immediately after posting the updates to this policy and apply to all information collected about you, or where required, upon your consent. You agree that you will review this policy periodically. If we make any changes to this policy, we will change the “Last Updated” date above.