Terms of Use

1.1 All logos, brands, marks, headings, labels, names, signatures, numerals, shapes or any combinations thereof appearing on this site, except as otherwise noted, are properties either owned, or used under licence, by the business and/or its associate entities who feature on this Website. The use of these properties or any other content on this site, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the site content, is strictly prohibited.

1.2 You may not sell or modify the content of this Website, or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the materials in any way for any public or commercial purpose without the respective organisation’s or entity’s written permission.

1.3 We may, in our sole discretion, modify these Terms from time to time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications. Although we may attempt to notify you when major changes are made to these Terms, you should periodically review the most up-to-date version, which shall always be accessible from the homepage of our website. If you do not agree to the modified Terms, your only recourse is to stop using our Service. Your continued use of our Service after the date the modified Terms are posted will constitute your acceptance of the modified Terms.

1.4 You shall not use our Service if (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with us, or (b) you are a person who is either barred or otherwise legally prohibited from receiving or using our Service under the laws of the country in which you are resident or from which you access or use our Service.

1.5 If you are not an individual, you represent to us that you have all necessary corporate or equivalent authority and power to agree to the Terms, which you agree shall be binding on the corporation, partnership, association or other entity in whose name you are using or accessing our Service.

2.1 The Company is engaged in the business of providing business education programmes and related services on the Platform (the “Company Services”).

2.2 The content available on the Platform is intended to be a general information resource and is provided solely on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. You are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein. You should not construe the Company’s publication of the Content as a warranty or guarantee of the quality or availability of any services, or the accuracy, completeness or reliability of the Content or any part thereof.

2.3 As part of availing services, you may be required to provide your personal information on our Platform. You shall bear sole liability for any error, omission or claim attributable to your information. We shall not bear any liability for any such claim.

2.4 The Company shall have the right to review, view and share the information, feedback, ratings, reviews etc. provided by you on the Platform. You acknowledge and accept that the Company has not independently verified the information provided by you. The Company shall in no way be responsible or liable for the accuracy or completeness of any information provided by you. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or the Company has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, the Company reserves the right to refuse any and all current or future use of the Platform (or any portion thereof) at any time.

2.5 By providing your information on the Platform, you agree that you alone will be responsible (to the Company and to others) for all activity that occurs on the Platform.

2.6 Further, the information collected from you may be shared with our affiliate companies for the purpose of providing you the best services.

3.1 Security Rules: Visitors are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Website, including, without limitation, (1) accessing data not intended for such user, or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorised to access; (2) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network, or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorisation; (3) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus or “Trojan horse” to the Website, overloading, “flooding”, “mail bombing” or “crashing”; or (4) sending unsolicited electronic mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. The business and/or its associate entities will have the right to investigate occurrences that they suspect as involving such violations and will have the right to involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.

3.2 General Rules: Visitors may not use the Website in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material (a) that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offence or violate any applicable law or regulation; (b) in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others, or violate the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others; or (c) that is libellous, defamatory, pornographic, profane, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.

3.3 Third-Party Links: The Platform may contain links to other sites owned by third parties (i.e. advertisers, affiliate partners, strategic partners, or others). We shall not be responsible for examining or evaluating such third-party websites, and we do not warrant the services, products or offerings of any of these businesses or individuals, or the accuracy of the content of such third-party websites. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for the actions, product, and content of any such third-party websites. Before you use or access any such third-party websites, you should review the applicable terms of use and policies for such third-party websites. If you decide to access any such linked third-party website, you do so at your own risk.

3.4 Violation of Terms: You agree that any violation by you of these Terms of Use will constitute an unlawful and unfair business practice, and will cause irreparable harm to us, as the case may be, for which monetary damages would be inadequate, and you consent to us obtaining any injunctive or equitable relief that we deem necessary or appropriate in such circumstances. These remedies are in addition to any other remedies that the Company may have at law or in equity. If we take any legal action against you as a result of your violation of these Terms of Use, we will be entitled to recover from you, and you agree to pay, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of such action, in addition to any other relief that may be granted.

4.1 The User unilaterally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, without objection, the Company, its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claims, actions and/or demands and/or liabilities and/or losses and/or damages whatsoever arising from or resulting from their use of www.thegoldcollar.com or their breach of the Terms. Further, you agree to hold us harmless against any claims made by any third party due to, or arising out of, or in connection with, your use of the Platform, our Services, any misrepresentation with respect to the data or information provided by you in relation to the Account, your violation of the Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of another, including any intellectual property rights. In no event shall the Indemnitees be liable to you or any third party for any special, incidental, indirect, consequential or punitive damages whatsoever, arising out of or in connection with your use of or access to the Platform or our Property on the Platform.

4.2 Your indemnification obligation under the Terms of Use will survive the termination of your Account or use of the Platform or our Services.

4.3 Subject to applicable laws, in no event will our or our employees’ aggregate liability arising from or related to our Services or the use of the Platform exceed SGD 100 for any and all causes of action brought by you or on behalf of you.

4.4 The Platform and our Services are only available to Users located in South East Asia. Users shall not access or use the Platform from any other jurisdiction except for South East Asia. If a User accesses or uses the Platform from any other jurisdiction except for South East Asia, the User shall be liable to comply with all applicable laws and we shall not be liable for the same, whatsoever.

5.1 User agrees that neither the Company nor its group companies, directors, officers or employees shall be liable for any direct and/or indirect and/or incidental and/or special and/or consequential and/or exemplary damages, resulting from the use and/or the inability to use the service and/or for cost of procurement of substitute goods and/or services, or resulting from any goods and/or data and/or information and/or services purchased and/or obtained and/or messages received and/or transactions entered into through or from the service, and/or resulting from unauthorised access to or alteration of user’s transmissions and/or data, and/or arising from any other matter relating to the service, including but not limited to damages for loss of profits and/or use and/or data or other intangibles, even if the Company has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

5.2 User further agrees that the Company shall not be liable for any damages arising from interruption, suspension or termination of service, including but not limited to direct and/or indirect and/or incidental and/or special and/or consequential and/or exemplary damages, whether such interruption and/or suspension and/or termination was justified or not, negligent or intentional, inadvertent or advertent.

5.3 User agrees that the Company shall not be responsible or liable to the user, or anyone, for the statements or conduct of any third party of the service. In sum, in no event shall the Company’s total liability to the User for all damages and/or losses and/or causes of action exceed the amount paid by the User to the Company, if any, that is related to the cause of action.

In no event shall the Company or any parties, organisations or entities associated with the corporate brand name “Us” or otherwise mentioned at this Website be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, incidental and consequential damages, lost profits, or damage to computer hardware or loss of data, information or business interruption) resulting from the use or inability to use the Website and the Website material, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not such organisation or entities were advised of the possibility of such damages.

The user consents to receiving emails, SMS and calls from the Company from time to time, which inform users of information including but not limited to course updates, updates from teachers and friends, and new features added to the platform. Validity of the consent is for 36 months from the date the platform was last used. If you have questions or concerns, you should contact us at hello@thegoldcollar.com; Gold Collar Edtech Pte. Ltd., 160 Robinson Road, #14-04, Singapore Business Federation Centre, Singapore 068914.

8.1 The Platform and process, and their selection and arrangement, including but not limited to all text, videos, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, sounds and music (if any), artwork, algorithms and computer code (and any combination thereof) — except any third-party software available on the Platform — is owned by us (the “Us Property”), and the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, look and feel and arrangement of such Us Property is protected by copyright, patent and trademark laws, and various other intellectual property rights. You are not permitted to use Us Property without our prior written consent.

8.2 The trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on the Platform (the “Marks”) are our property, except any trademarks, logos and service marks of third parties available on the Platform. You are not permitted to use the Marks without our prior consent, or that of such third party as may be applicable.

We want you to be satisfied, so all courses purchased on The Gold Collar can be refunded within 24 hours of placing the order. The request has to be made at hello@thegoldcollar.com with your email ID and phone number, along with the details of the course purchased.

• Orders paid by credit/debit card will be refunded by credit back to the card within 14 working days and the refund will reflect in the next statement.
• Orders paid by net banking will be credited back to the originating bank account.
• For all other modes of payment, we will send a refund into your account.

A refund cannot be claimed more than once and is also subject to extreme usage.

10.1 The Terms of Use will continue to apply until terminated by either you or us as set forth below. If you object to the Terms of Use or are dissatisfied with the Platform or our Services, your only recourse is to (i) close your account on the Platform by writing to us at hello@thegoldcollar.com; and/or (ii) stop accessing the Platform. We will make your account dormant upon receipt of request in writing.

10.2 We may, in our sole discretion, bar your use of our Services at any time, for any or no reason. Even after your account with us is disabled, dormant or made inactive, the terms agreed by you at the time of registration will remain in effect. This termination shall be effective only once you have cleared all your dues that you are liable to pay as per the provisions of these Terms of Use.

10.3 The Company may delist you or block your future access to the Platform, or suspend or terminate your account, if it believes, in its sole and absolute discretion, that you have infringed, breached, violated, abused, or unethically manipulated or exploited any term of these Terms of Use, or in any way otherwise acted unethically.

10.4 Notwithstanding anything in this clause, these Terms of Use will survive indefinitely unless and until we choose to terminate them.

10.5 You hereby agree and acknowledge that, upon termination, we shall have the right to retain all information pertaining to the transactions initiated by you on the Platform.

11.1 Amendments: We reserve the unconditional right to modify or amend these Terms of Use without any requirement to notify you of the same. You can determine when these Terms of Use were last modified by referring to the “Last Updated” legend above. It shall be your responsibility to check these Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your acceptance of the amended Terms of Use shall signify your consent to such changes and agreement to be legally bound by the same.

11.2 Notice: All notices from us will be served by email to your registered email address or by general notification on the Platform.

11.3 Assignment: You cannot assign or otherwise transfer the Terms of Use, or any rights granted hereunder, to any third party. Our rights under the Terms of Use are freely transferable by us to any third party without the requirement of informing you or seeking your consent.

11.4 Severability: If, for any reason, a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Terms of Use, or any portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to give effect to the intent of the parties as reflected by that provision, and the remainder of the Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect.

11.5 Waiver: Any failure by us to enforce or exercise any provision of the Terms of Use, or any related right, shall not constitute a waiver by us of that provision or right.

11.6 Integration: These Terms of Use, together with our Privacy Policy and any other legal notices, communications published by us on the Platform, and any other agreements executed between you and us, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and us concerning the Platform and our Services, and govern your use of the Platform and our Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and us with respect to the Platform and our Service.

11.7 IP Infringement: If you believe the Platform violates your intellectual property, you must promptly notify us in writing at hello@thegoldcollar.com. These notifications should only be submitted by the owner of the intellectual property, or an agent duly authorised to act on his/her behalf. However, any false claim by you may result in the termination of your access to the Platform. You are required to provide the following details in your notice:

• The intellectual property that you believe is being infringed.
• The item that you think is infringing — please include sufficient information about where the material is located on the Platform.
• A statement that you believe in good faith that the item you have identified as infringing is not authorised by the intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law to be used in connection with the Platform.
• Your contact details, such as your address, telephone number and/or email.
• A statement that the information you provided in your notice is accurate, and that you are the intellectual property owner or an agent authorised to act on behalf of the intellectual property owner whose intellectual property is being infringed.
• Your physical or electronic signature.