Acceptable Use Policy

This acceptable use policy sets out the terms between you and us under which you may access our website http://schol.as/ (our site). This acceptable use policy applies to all users of, and visitors to, our site.

Your use of our site means that you accept, and agree to abide by, all the policies in this acceptable use policy, which supplement our terms of website use (terms of use).

http://schol.as/ is a site operated by Scholas Limited (we or us). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 06600036 and we have our registered office and trading address at Shotover Kilns, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8ST.

Prohibited uses

You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site:

• In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
• In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
• For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
• To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our Content Standards below.
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
• To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

You also agree:

• Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of our terms of use.
• Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
  • any part of our site;
  • any equipment or network on which our site is stored;
  • any software used in the provision of our site; or
  • any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

Interactive services

We may from time to time provide interactive services on our site, including, without limitation:

• Chat rooms and forums.
• Bulletin boards.
• Facilities to upload academic papers, documents and other materials of an academic nature (content) through an application programming interface and share them with other users.

(interactive services).

Where we do provide any interactive service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered.

We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and in particular, for children) from third parties when they use any interactive service provided on our site, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on our site, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of our Content Standards, whether the service is moderated or not.

The use of any of our interactive services by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use an interactive service that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as moderation is not foolproof. Minors who are using any interactive service should be made aware of the potential risks to them.

If you have any concerns about the interactive services, please contact us via the contact form at http://schol.as/about-scholas/.

Content standards

These content standards apply to any and all content and other material which you contribute to our site (contributions), and to any interactive services associated with it.

You must comply with the spirit of the following standards as well as the letter. The standards apply to each part of any contribution as well as to its whole.

Contributions must:

• Be of an academic nature only.
• Be accurate (where they state facts).
• Be genuinely held (where they state opinions).
• Comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted.

Contributions must not:

• Contain any material which is defamatory of any person.
• Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
• Promote sexually explicit material.
• Promote violence.
• Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
• Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
• Be likely to deceive any person.
• Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
• Promote any illegal activity.
• Be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
• Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
• Be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
• Give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case.
• Advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.

Suspension and termination

We will determine, in our discretion, whether the content uploaded is of an academic nature and its posting is within the spirit of our site and, whether there has been a breach of this acceptable use policy through your use of our site. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate. We also reserve the right to remove any posting or material uploaded or limit bandwidth if such material adversely affects the running of our site.

Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of the terms of use upon which you are permitted to use our site, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

• Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.
• Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our site.
• Issue of a warning to you.
• Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
• Further legal action against you.
• Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.

We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

You will indemnify us against all and any liability, losses, damages, claims, costs and expenses arising out of your failure to comply with the terms of use, acceptable use policy and privacy policy (policies).

Ownership rights in the content

You agree to grant to us a non exclusive world-wide licence to use, display, reproduce, alter and distribute your content as is reasonably necessary and at our discretion to run our site. We do not claim any ownership rights in the content uploaded. Except for the licence granted to us under this clause, you retain all ownership rights in the content itself and are free to use the content as you please, provided it does not breach any of the terms of the policies.

By posting your content you represent and warrant that:

• You are the original creator of the content and/or the content is licensed and fully cleared to you allowing us to use such content as contemplated herein on our site;
• The content was created in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations;
• The content does and will not breach any of these policies in any way;
• The content does not contain libellous, tortious, or otherwise unlawful statements and information, infringe any copyright or other right, or contain any matter the publication or sale of which will breach any law or regulation;
• The content does not contain any obscene material or is in any other manner unlawful;
• The content shall not be harmful to the health of any user; and
• Using the content shall not require us to pay or incur any sums to any person or entity as a result of its use or exploitation.

You are entitled to delete your content from our site at any time. However, you may not be able to remove any content which has been shared with other users through any of the interactive features of our site. We reserve the right to retain a copy of any deleted content and other material in order to prove compliance with our legal obligations. These copies will not generally be available to other users.

We reserve the right to determine whether any of the content does or may breach any of these policies and, without prejudice to any and all other rights to have under these policies and in law, the right to:

• Refuse to allow you to upload content;
• Remove and delete your content;
• Cancel your right to use our site; and/or
• Use any legal, operational, technical or other means available to us to enforce the provisions of any of the policies, which includes, without limitation, blocking IP addresses or deactivating your registration on our site.

Complaints of copyright infringement

In the event that you believe your ownership rights in the content have been breached by a user uploading material onto our site, you must inform us immediately in writing to:

Copyright
Scholas Limited
Shotover Kilns, Old Road
Headington
Oxford
OX3 8ST

We will remove or disable access to the Content in dispute from the website upon receipt of this written notice and notify the user who uploaded it. Thereafter, the Parties alone are free to resolve the dispute in whichever manner they see fit. The Parties alone are liable for any court order or decision and any costs and expenses associated with resolving the dispute.

Changes to the acceptable use policy

We may revise this acceptable use policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this acceptable use policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.