Terms of Use
Acceptance of the Terms of Use
These terms of use are entered into by and between the customer (“You” or “Your”) and Tierney Education LLC (“Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our”). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, these “Terms of Use”), govern Your access to and use of https://www.tierneyeducation.com/ (the “Site”), including, without limitation (hereafter “including”), any content, functionality and services offered on or through https://www.tierneyeducation.com/ (collectively, the “Service”), whether as a 0guest or a registered user.
Please read the Terms of Use carefully before You start to use the Service. By using the Service and intending to be legally bound hereby, You accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and Our Privacy Policy, found at https://www.tierneyeducation.com/privacy-policy, incorporated herein by reference. If You do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, You must not access or use the Service.
The Service is offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older. By using the Service, You represent and warrant that You are of legal age to form a binding contract with the Company and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If You do not meet all of these requirements, You must not access or use the Service.
Changes to the Terms of Use
We grant You a personal, limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to access and use the Site. We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in Our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when We post them and apply to all access to and use of the Service thereafter. However, any changes to the dispute resolution provisions set forth in Governing Law and Jurisdiction will not apply to any disputes for which the parties have actual notice prior to the date the change is posted on the Service.
Your continued use of the Service following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that You accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page frequently so You are aware of any changes, as they are binding on You.
Accessing the Service and Account Security
We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Service, and any service or material We provide on the Service, in Our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if, for any reason, all or any part of the Service is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, We may restrict access to some parts of the Service, or the entire Service, to users, including registered users.
You are responsible for:
Making all arrangements necessary for You to have access to the Service; and
Ensuring that all persons who access the Service through Your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.
To access the Service or some of the resources it offers, You may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of Your use of the Service that all the information You provide on the Service is correct, current and complete. You agree that all information You provide to register with the Service or otherwise, including, but not limited to, the use of any interactive features on the Service, is governed by Our Privacy Policy, and You consent to all actions We take caution with respect to Your information, consistent with Our Privacy Policy.
If You choose, or are provided with, a user name, password, or any other piece of information as part of Our security procedures, You must treat such information as confidential, and You must not disclose it to any other person or entity. Your account is personal to You, and You must not provide any other person with access to the Service or portions of it using Your user name, password, or other security information. You must notify Us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of Your user name or password or any other breach of security. You must also ensure that You exit from Your account at the end of each session. You will use particular caution when accessing Your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record Your password or other personal information.
We have the right to disable any user name, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by You or provided by Us, at any time in Our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in Our opinion, You have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.
Intellectual Property Rights
The Service and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof), are owned by the Company, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
These Terms of Use permit You to use the Service for Your personal, non-commercial use only. You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on Our Site, except as follows:
Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to Your accessing and viewing those materials;
You may store files that are automatically cached by Your Web browser for display enhancement purposes;
You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Service for Your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution;
If We provide desktop, mobile or other applications for download, You may download a single copy to Your computer or mobile device solely for Your own personal, non-commercial use, provided that any such downloading will acknowledge Your agreement to be bound by Our end user license agreement for such applications; and
If We provide social media features with certain content, You may take such actions as are enabled by such features.
You must not:
Modify copies of any materials from this Site;
Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from the accompanying text; and
Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this Site. You must not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of the Service or any services or materials available through the Service.
If You print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Service in breach of the Terms of Use, Your right to use the Service will cease immediately and You must, at Our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials You have produced. No right, title, or interest in or to the Service or any content on the Service is transferred to You, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company. Any use of the Service not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
Trademarks
The Company name, the Company logo, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on the Service are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Prohibited Uses
You may use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You must not use the Service:
In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation (including any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries);
For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise;
To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material that does not comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use;
To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any “junk mail,” “chain letter,” “spam,” or any other similar solicitation;
To impersonate or attempt to impersonate the Company, a Company employee, another user, or any other person or entity (including by using e-mail addresses or screen names associated with any of the foregoing); and
To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Service, or that, as determined by Us, may harm the Company or users of the Service or expose them to liability.
Additionally, You must not:
Use the Service in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use of the Service, including the ability to engage in real time activities through the Service;
Use any robot, spider or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Service for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Service;
Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Service or for any other unauthorized purpose without Our prior written consent;
Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Service;
Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful;
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Service, the server on which the Service is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Service;
Attack the Service via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack; and
Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Service.
User Contributions
The Service may contain message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages or profiles, forums, bulletin boards, product listings, review pages, and other interactive features (collectively, “Interactive Services”) that allow users to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, “Post”) content or materials (collectively, “User Contributions”) on or through the Service.
All User Contributions must comply with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.
Any User Contribution You Post to the Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any User Contribution on the Service, You grant Us and Our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and Our respective licensees, successors, and assigns the right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose.
You represent and warrant that:
You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above to Us and Our affiliates and service providers, and each of their and Our respective licensees, successors, and assigns; and
All of Your User Contributions do and will comply with these Terms of Use.
You understand and acknowledge that You are responsible for any User Contributions You submit or contribute, and You, but not the Company, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness.
We are not responsible, or liable to any third-party, for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions Posted by You or any other user of the Service.
Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination
We have the right to:
Remove or refuse to Post any User Contributions for any or no reason in Our sole discretion;
Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that We deem necessary or appropriate in Our sole discretion, including, without limitation, if We believe that such User Contribution violates the Terms of Use, including the Content Standards, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Service or the public, or could create liability for the Company;
Disclose Your identity or other information about You to any third-party who claims that material Posted by You violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy;
Take appropriate legal action, including, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Service; and
Terminate or suspend Your access to all or part of the Service for any or no reason, including, without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.
Without limiting the foregoing, We have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing Us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone Posting any materials on or through the Service. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSEES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY THE COMPANY/ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
We cannot review all material before it is Posted on the Service and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been Posted. Accordingly, We assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third-party. We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.
Content Standards
These content standards apply to any and all User Contributions and use of Interactive Services. User Contributions must in their entirety comply with all applicable federal, state, local and international laws and regulations. Without limiting the foregoing, User Contributions must not:
Contain any material which is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable;
Promote sexually explicit or pornographic material, violence, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age;
Infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or other rights of any other person;
Violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or contain any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under applicable laws or regulations or that otherwise may be in conflict with these Terms of Use and Our Privacy Policy https://www.tierneyeducation.com/privacy-policy;
Be likely to deceive any person;
Promote any illegal activity, or advocate, promote, or assist any unlawful act;
Cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to, or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm, or annoy any other person;
Impersonate any person or misrepresent Your identity or affiliation with any person or organization;
Involve commercial activities or sales, such as contests, sweepstakes and other sales promotions, barter, or advertising; and
Give the impression that they emanate from or are endorsed by Us or any other person or entity if this is not the case.
Copyright Infringement
If You believe that any User Contributions violate Your copyright, please contact Us at james@tierneyeducation.com for instructions on sending Us a notice of copyright infringement. It is the policy of the Company to terminate the user accounts of repeat infringers.
Reliance on Information Posted
The information presented on or through the Service is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance You place on such information is strictly at Your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by You or any other visitor to the Service, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
The Service may from time to time include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators, and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by the Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Company. We are not responsible or liable to You or any third-party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third-parties.
Changes to the Service
We may update the content on the Service from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Service may be out of date at any given time, and We are under no obligation to update such material.
Information About You and Your Visits to the Service
All information We collect on the Service is subject to Our Privacy Policy https://www.tierneyeducation.com/privacy-policy. By using the Service, You consent to all actions taken by Us with respect to Your information, so long as such actions remain in compliance with the Privacy Policy.
Linking to the Service and Social Media Features
You may link to Our homepage, provided You do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage Our reputation or take advantage of it, but You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on Our part.
The Service may provide certain social media features that enable You to:
Link from Your own or certain third-party websites to certain content on the Service;
Send e-mails or other communications with certain content, or links to certain content, on the Service; and
Cause limited portions of content on the Service to be displayed or appear to be displayed on Your own or certain third-party websites.
You may use these features solely as they are provided by Us and solely with respect to the content they are displayed with and otherwise in accordance with any additional terms and conditions We provide with respect to such features. Subject to the foregoing, You must not:
Establish a link from any website that is not owned by You;
Cause the Service or portions of it to be displayed, or appear to be displayed, by actions such as framing, deep linking or in-line linking, on any other site;
Link to any part of the Service other than the homepage; and
Otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on the Service that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use.
The Service from which You are linking, or on which You make certain content accessible, must comply in all respects with the Content Standards set out in these Terms of Use.
You agree to cooperate with Us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to cease. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
We may disable all or any social media features and any links, at any time, without notice, in Our discretion.
Links from the Service
If the Service contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for Your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, We accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from Your use of them. If You decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to the Service, You do so entirely at Your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.
Geographic Restrictions
The owner of the Service is based in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States. We provide the Service for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Service or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Service may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If You access the Service from outside the United States, You do so on Your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
Disclaimer of Warranties
You understand that We cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Service will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy Your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output and for maintaining a means external to Our Site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SERVICE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE SERVICE, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE SERVICE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.
THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Limitation on Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE SERVICE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Indemnification
You will defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to Your violation of these Terms of Use or Your use of the Service, including Your User Contributions, any use of the Service’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or Your use of any information obtained from the Service.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
All matters relating to the Service and these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any other jurisdiction).
Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Service shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in each case located in the Federal Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over You by such courts and to venue in such courts.
Arbitration
At Company’s sole discretion, it may require You to submit any disputes arising from the use of these Terms of Use or the Service, including disputes arising from or concerning their interpretation, violation, invalidity, non-performance, or termination, to final and binding arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association, applying Pennsylvania law.
Limitation on Time to File Claims
ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM YOU MAY HAVE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE SERVICE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION OCCURS, OR SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION OR CLAIM SHALL BE PERMANENTLY BARRED.
Waiver and Severability
No waiver of by the Company of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.
Entire Agreement
The Terms of Use and Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between You and Tierney Education LLC with respect to the Service and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Service.
Your Comments and Concerns
The Service is operated by Tierney Education LLC, 333 S. Allen Street, Suite 104, State College, PA 16801.
All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Service should be directed to james@tierneyeducation.com.
Last Modified: February 29, 2024