Terms and Conditions

We appreciate that you have picked the Academy of Digital Industries to meet your needs for both in-person and online studies. The terms and conditions of a contract between you and us that governs (a) how you use our website and (b) how we make our learning experiences available to you are outlined in the pages that follow.

While the complete terms and conditions of this contract are detailed further below, we’ve outlined the most important clauses in the following list. Please be aware that this summary is not part of our contract, and in the event of a dispute, you must refer to the actual contract

Website use

  1. All of the material on our website can be used according to a license. Although we manage access to the content, our Partners & Associates typically own it. Please treat the information and access with the same respect that you would want your friends and guests to show for your own property.
  2. Our website and its contents cannot be used for commercial purposes; (therefore, you are not allowed to make money or attract advertising to another business by using our website).
  3. You can share the link to our homepage with others, but if you merely link to or copy and paste content from a portion of our website, you must credit the original source.
  4. Any viruses, malware, or other content on websites to which we may provide links are not our responsibility.
  5. Privacy and data protection: We abide by all applicable privacy and data protection legislation. This generally means that we will only gather or process personal information when it is necessary for those specific and legal purposes, won’t gather more information than is required for those purposes, won’t keep it longer than is necessary, will do our best to maintain accuracy, and will keep it as safe as we can. See our privacy statement for more information.

Registering to our Courses

  1. You are not permitted to modify or distribute any of the content on our platform; you may only use it for your own personal or professional study.
  2. You grant us permission to use, exploit, and grant sublicenses to others for any purposes related to the provision of the website or the course, even if we make no claim to ownership of that content. You are responsible for ensuring that the information you submit does not violate any third parties’ copyright or other rights, and you may be held accountable for any harm or loss we or they may incur as a result of publishing content that violates their rights.
  3. We or our Partners & Associates are the owners of the content that we offer on our site. Except as stated in the contract, you have no other rights over that content.  

Please properly examine these terms. These terms cannot be modified. You must immediately stop using the Website and all online experiences, courses, and content if you do not agree to them.

About Us

  1. The Academy of Digital Industries Limited, a business incorporated in England and Wales (Registered Number) with its registered office at (Mabledon Pl, London WC1H 9BB, United Kingdom) is referred to as “we” or “us” throughout these Terms.
  2. Any time “you” or “your” is used in these Terms, it refers to you regardless of whether you are a Learner or a Visitor.
  3. The Academy of Digital Industries provides courses from global industry experts (referred to as “Partners & Associates“) as well as face-to-face learning experiences and online content.
  4. Please email us at [email protected] if you have any inquiries regarding these Terms or need to get in touch with us for any other reason.

Using the Website

  1. You certify that you have read, agree with, and are in compliance with these Terms and the Policies by using this Website and the Online Content and Courses (each as amended from time to time). Anyone under the age of 13 is not allowed to use the website or access the online courses or content.
  1.  The following terms (“Acceptable Use Conditions”) apply to your use of and access to this website, the online content, and the courses. You acknowledge that your failure to adhere to any of the Acceptable Use Conditions will result in a violation of these Terms. The following are the acceptable use requirements:
  2. You acknowledge that you will only access the Online Content and Courses for legitimate purposes, that you won’t use the Website or Online Content and Courses in any way that is fraudulent or unlawful, and that you won’t use them with the intent or effect of harming the reputation or financial standing of us or our Partners & Associates;
  3. You agree not to use the Website, online courses, or content with the intent to hurt or attempt to harm minors in any way.
  4. Unless such distribution is made available by website functionality and is authorized by these Terms, including without limitation under Clause 6, you undertake not to distribute in whole or in part the Website, Online Content, and Courses in any manner without our prior written authorization.
  5. You consent to not modifying or changing any portion of the website, online courses, or content in any way;
  6. You consent to using only the software we offer, software made possible by APIs, or commonly accessible third-party web browsers like Chrome, FireFox, Safari, or Internet Explorer to access the Website, Online Content, and Courses;
  7. You acknowledge that it is forbidden to circumvent, disable, or otherwise tamper with any security-related features of the website, including any features that limit or forbid copying or using content, or (ii) impose restrictions on your use of the website or access to online content and courses;
  8. You agree to refrain from using or gaining access to the Website, Online Content, or Courses for any business purposes or for the benefit of any third party, including but not limited to:
  9. selling access to the Online Content, Courses, or any related content; soliciting clients for a product or service; or
  10. the solicitation of any Website visitors or learners regarding their content for financial gain;
  11. You agree not to solicit, collect, or harvest any personal information about any Visitor or Learner of the Website or of the Online Content and Courses;
  12. You agree not to use the Website and access the Online Content and Courses in a manner that violates the rights of third parties or restricts or prevents anyone else from using and enjoying the Website, Online Content, and Courses;
  13. You shall not, without our prior written authorization, copy, reproduce, make derivative works from, distribute, transmit, broadcast, or otherwise exploit any of the website’s material (including, without limitation, the Online Content and Courses) for any other reason than those set forth in these Terms;
  14. You acknowledge and agree that you will not use the website or the online courses in any way that could damage, disable, overload, or impair any Academy of Digital Industries’ server or any network connected to any Academy of Digital Industries’ server, or that would violate any requirements, practices, policies, or rules of any servers or networks connected to the website;
  15. You agree not to use a fictitious name, impersonate another person, or otherwise misrepresent your identity or affiliation with a person or organization, whether in the past or present; you also agree not to access or attempt to access any other visitor’s or learner’s account.
  16. You consent to not alter identifiers or force headers in any other way to hide the source of any communication sent through the website; and
  17. In accordance with these Terms and the Policies, you undertake not to send, knowingly receive, submit, download, use, or re-use any material that does not do so.
  18. We permit public search engine administrators to utilize spiders to copy content from the website for the sole intent of constructing publicly accessible searchable indexes of the content, but not for caching or archiving such content. These exceptions may be revoked by us at any time, either generally or in particular circumstances.
  19. You understand and agree that we reserve the right to make changes to the Website, Online Content, and Courses that we offer at any time without giving you prior notice.
  20. Despite our best efforts to ensure the quality of the Online Content and Courses, you understand and agree that by using the Website, Online Content, and Courses, you may be exposed to material from our Partners & Associates that is factually incorrect, offensive when taken out of context, indecent to some, or otherwise objectionable to you. Any legal or other claims you may have against us about this kind of content are not our responsibility.
  21. You recognize and accept that, at our sole discretion, we may, at any time and without prior notice, stop offering the Website, Online Content, and Courses (or any portion of the Online Content and Courses) to you or to Learners generally for any reason.
  22. You acknowledge that any failure to comply with your responsibilities under the Terms and the results of that failure are exclusively your responsibility and are not subject to our liability to you or any third party (including, but not limited to, any loss or damage that we or any third party may suffer).

Copyright Policy

  1. It is our policy to remove any content that violates or may violate the intellectual property rights of any third party from the Website as soon as we become aware of the violation or potential violation. This policy applies to both the Online Content and Courses.
  2. If you are the owner of any intellectual property rights, or you have the authority to act on the owner’s behalf or under any exclusive right, you should report any alleged violations of your intellectual property rights that you believe have occurred on or through the Website by sending an email to  [email protected] with a copyright infringement notice that includes at a minimum the information listed in Clause 4.4 below.
  3. In our sole discretion, we have the right to take any appropriate action, including removing the challenged content.
  4. Your written Copyright Infringement Notice must include the following information when you notify us:
  5. a declaration informing us that you believe you have discovered content on the website that you feel violates your intellectual property rights, specifying which nation your rights apply to, the title of the content in question, and the whole URL for access to that content;
  6. a declaration detailing the content’s violation of your intellectual property rights; your postal address, contact information, and email address so we can get in touch with you;
  7. a declaration that the details in the notification are true and that you are the owner of the intellectual property rights or have the sole legal authority to file a claim of infringement over its usage; and
  8. a signature (an electronic signature is sufficient).
  9.  if a learner has been informed of infringing activity two or more times (regardless of whether the learner has taken the necessary measures as we may order), we will, acting in our sole discretion, terminate learner accounts and access to the Website, Online Content, and Courses.

Privacy and Security    

Your right to privacy is respected by us. For complete information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

Linking to Other Sites

  • The Website might link to pages on other websites (referred to as “Linked Sites“), and those Linked Sites might have content or provide the ability to purchase goods and/or
    services.
  • These Linked Sites are not created, edited, controlled, or observed by us. You understand   
    and accept that we are not responsible for the availability or accuracy of information
    supplied by Linked Sites, and that we have no influence over and do not support the sponsors of such Linked Sites or the information, merchandise, or other items they may
    present.
  • These Linked Sites are not created or edited under our supervision or control. You 
    understand and agree that we are not responsible for the truthfulness or accessibility of any
    information provided by Linked Sites, nor do we supervise or approve the sponsors of such
  • Linked Sites or the information, merchandise, or other materials displayed there
  • We recognize that some of the content on linked sites may be protected by the operator’s intellectual property. We respect those rights and merely offer the links as a resource. The
    fact that we have connected to any Linked Site in no way establishes or implies any kind of association between us and the owner of that Linked Site.

Academy of Digital Industries’ Intellectual Property

  • All relevant intellectual property rights for the Website, Online Content, and Courses
    (collectively, “Online Content and Courses IPR”) are owned by or licensed to us. This 
    includes, but is not limited to, the technology, source code, all content, software, scripts,
    pictures, graphics, and audio. Copyright laws provide the greatest level of protection for the IPR associated with the Online Content and Courses. These rights are all reserved
  • You acknowledge that all updates and modifications to the Online Content and Courses IPR will vest in us or the licensor, as appropriate, and that the Online Content and Courses IPR will remain the property of us or the licensor, as applicable.
  • You also acknowledge that, except from the right to use the Online Content and Courses
    IPR, you have no other rights in or to the IPR. Unless otherwise specified, the relevant
    Partner Institution that is supplying the Online Content and Courses owns the copyright to
    such materials.
  • Aside from any content you submit to the Website, we own or have permission to use all
    copyright, registered and unregistered trademarks, design rights, unregistered designs,
    database rights, and other present and future intellectual property rights (collectively, ”
    Academy of Digital Industries IPR”) that are present in or relate to the Website.
  • If any Online Content and Courses IPR or Academy of Digital Industries IPR vests in you,  
    whether by operation of law or otherwise, you hereby formally and irrevocably assign to us all right, title, and interest (whether legal or beneficial) in and to such Online Content and Courses IPR or Academy of Digital Industries IPR, as the case may be, throughout the world, including any and all renewals and extensions of such Online Content and Courses IPR or Academy of Digital Industries IPR. You hereby absolutely and irrevocably waive any and all moral rights that you may have in or relating to the Website, the Online Content and Courses, or both.
  • In order to carry out the purposes of these Terms, or to establish, perfect, preserve, or enforce our rights under these Terms you agree to execute and deliver all deeds, documents, acts, and things that we may reasonably require in order to assign any Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in the Online Content and Courses and/or Academy of Digital Industries to us.

Your Liability to Us

  1. You hold us harmless and keep us indemnified from and against any and all actions, 
    demands, fees, expenditures, liabilities, losses, damages, or other financial obligations
    incurred by us that (directly or indirectly) come from:
  1. Your use of the website, online courses, or access to them;
  2. Any infringement by you of these conditions; and
  3. Any careless behavior on your side, including any purposeful default or statutory duty
          violation.

Our Liability to You

  1. Nothing in these Terms affects your statutory consumer rights in any way.
  2. We make no warranties or representations to you regarding the Website, Online Content,
    or  Courses; they are supplied to you “as is.”
  3. To the largest extent authorized by law, we hereby disclaim any and all representations, warranties, conditions, and terms, whether expressed or implied by legislation, common law, or otherwise. We disclaim all responsibility for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential, economic, or other losses, regardless of how they were caused and resulting from or connected to these Terms. This includes, but is not limited to, any direct or indirect loss of profit, any loss of goodwill, and any loss of opportunity.
  4. We offer the online courses and content on the website in good faith, but we make no guarantees or claims as to their accuracy, completeness, or timeliness or that they will satisfy your needs or that the website does not violate the rights of any third parties. You use the Website’s online courses and content at your own discretion; we assume no liability or obligation for it. While we make reasonable efforts to keep computer viruses and/or other dangerous programs from being present on the Website, we assume no responsibility for them.
  5. Data sent through this website will go across open communications networks. To the fullest extent permissible by law, we disclaim any responsibility for the timely, secure, uninterrupted, or error-free operation of this website and make no guarantee or warranty regarding those aspects of its operation.
  6. We accept no liability for any loss or damage incurred by you as a result of any of the    
    following: any reliance placed by you on the existence, completeness, or accuracy of any information or advertising, or as a result of any relationship or transaction between you and any advertiser or sponsor whose advertising appears on the Website or in relation to the Online Content and Courses;

Changes to the website and these terms

  1. From time to time, we may alter or modify these Terms (as well as our Policies and other
    instructions we provide) in order to comply with the law or satisfy our evolving business needs. Depending on the nature of the changes we make, we will take the proper steps to notify you when we amend our Terms or Policies. The Website will be updated or amended as necessary.
  2. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or terminate all of the Online Content and Courses for any operational, regulatory, legal, or other reason with or without prior notice to you. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any such modifications, suspensions, or terminations. You accept these updates and modifications’ terms by using the Website in the future.

Governing Law

  • The laws of England and Wales shall govern these Terms, your use of and access to the
    Website, and all other rules issued by us, whether or not such policies are referred to by us herein.
  • The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all disputes (whether
    contractual or non-contractual) arising between you and us in connection with your access to and use of the Website, including disputes regarding the validity of these Terms or any policies we may issue. You agree that before filing any claim against us, you will endeavor to settle the matter amicably with us. We both agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales to settle any such disagreement in the unlikely event that we are unable to settle it in this way within 28 days of the dispute being notified in writing.
  • You acknowledge that, despite this Clause, we may at any time request injunctive relief (or
    any other kind of temporary remedy) in any jurisdiction.