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Learn About Beauty School Terms of Service

Last Revised:  March 31, 2020 

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY.  By clicking on “I Accept” below and using the Learning About Beauty website ("LAB"), you are agreeing to abide by the terms in these LAB School Terms of Service (“Terms”) between Pivot Point International, Inc. (“Pivot Point”) and the cosmetology school for which you work (“School”) and you.

Pivot Point has developed a series of educational programs that include educational materials in any form, software application modules, video content modules, slide presentations, interactive glossaries, chat rooms and work spaces, student assessments, teacher’s support materials, pre-built reporting, courseware, and other resources posted on the LAB (the “Library”). 

Your School has purchased access to the LAB and a Pivot Point package that includes access to portions of the Library by students, educators and administrators (“Educational Package”), access to interactive areas and administrative access for educators and administrators.

Pivot Point is willing to grant permission for you to access the LAB on behalf of the School upon acceptance of these Terms.

1.     Grant and Authorization. Subject to these Terms, Pivot Point authorizes you to access and use the LAB for you perform administrative tasks for your School (a “User Authorization”).  These Terms applies to all material posted for use in the LAB.  You agree to abide and be bound by these Terms and the policies established from time to time regarding access to and use of the LAB, including the LAB Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”), Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) and Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP").

2.     Term. The term of your User Authorization will begin on the date you first access the LAB and continue for so long as the School pays the Monthly Operating Fee (the “Term”).  User Authorizations are non-transferable.  Any attempted transfer of a User Authorization by you voids your User Authorization immediately and without notice.

3.     Your Obligations. You understand and agree that:

(a)  User Authorizations only include access to the administrative functions and the Educational Package selected by the School.  You agree that you will only access the Educational Package selected by the School and will not attempt to access any other areas of the Library.

(b)  The Website includes a password reset function in case you forget your User Name or Password.  Pivot Point will not provide your User Name or Password directly to you if you forget or misplace it; you must use the password reset function.  PASSWORD AND USER NAME SHARING ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED AND GROUNDS FOR IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF YOUR USER AUTHORIZATION BY PIVOT POINT, so you must not disclose your User Name or Password to any other person.  You give Pivot Point the right to inspect and audit your usage of the LAB to ensure that you are complying with these Terms.

(c)  Your School is responsible for the selection, purchase and configuration of all equipment, including computers, mobile devices and other hardware, used by you to access the LAB.  Pivot Point may provide a general list of technical recommendations to your School for accessing the LAB, but is not obligated to do so.  Further, Pivot Point does not guarantee that the equipment it suggests is the best equipment available to access the LAB or any of its features.

(d)  School is responsible for maintaining the functionality of all equipment used to access the LAB, including ensuring connectivity to the internet.  Pivot Point is not responsible for maintaining the functionality of or otherwise assisting you or your School with any equipment used to access the LAB.

(e)  You will use your best efforts to maintain a secure system, including maintaining the secrecy of your User Name and Password and using up-to-date local anti-virus software.

4.     Usage and Ownership of LAB. Pivot Point and its third party licensors, as applicable, are the owners of all trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and other intellectual property and proprietary rights in or related to the contents and domain of the LAB, any source code related thereto, any modifications of the contents or software features of the LAB, and any usage data gathered during the use of the LAB.  You acknowledge and agree that the material contained on the Website, including the Library, site design, text, graphics, illustrations and artwork, sound, software, photographs, and the compilation (including the collection, selection, assembly and arrangement) of such material, is the exclusive property of Pivot Point or its licensors, and is protected by copyright, trademark and other laws in the U.S., Canada and some foreign countries.  The LAB is being made available to you only for your authorized use and must not be copied, reproduced, republished, posted, resold, uploaded, or distributed in any way or directly or indirectly duplicated, transmitted or shared in any way with any other person or party and must not be downloaded or printed unless explicitly provided to you for download or printing.

5.     Pivot Point Support. School is responsible for managing, administering and supporting access to the LAB and providing technical support to its Users.  If the School is unable to resolve an issue, you may contact the Pivot Point support desk at the toll-free support number listed on the Website.  Telephone support will be available 24/7, 365 days per year.  Pivot Point will use reasonable efforts to respond to telephone inquiries within one business day. 

6.     Student Information and Grades. School remains responsible for maintaining all official Student school records, including transcripts, and for assigning grades to Students.  The Website includes interactive, self-study and self-assessment modules, but does not assign grades to Students.  As such, Pivot Point has no obligation to maintain an official record of student responses or performance records in connection with any Student or Educator use of the interactive, self-study and self-assessment modules on the Website.  SCHOOL IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING ALL NECESSARY STUDENT DATA, INFORMATION AND GRADES AND FOR ITS COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE REGULATIONS, INCLUDING FERPA. 

Pivot Point may make modules, tests or exams available on the website for students to evaluate their progress and to help prepare for licensing examinations.  PIVOT POINT DOES NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT ANY MODULES, TESTS OR EXAMS WILL ASSURE OR GUARANTEE THAT STUDENTS WILL BE SUCCESSFUL ON ANY LICENSING EXAMINATION.

7.     Posting. Pivot Point may provide interactive areas, such as chat rooms and bulletin boards for participation by you ("Interactive Areas"). All users of the LAB must also follow the AUP and any other guidelines or rules provided by Pivot Point or posted on the Website.  A failure to comply with the AUP, any of those guidelines or rules, or any of the other provisions of the Website’s Terms of Use, may result in, among other possible action, the immediate termination of all privileges to post content to the Website.  Please report any violations of the AUP or guidelines to Pivot Point, by contacting us as follows:

Pivot Point International, Inc.

8725 West Higgins Road

Suite 700

Chicago, Illinois, 60631

info@pivot-point.com

 You and other users of the LAB Interactive Areas are solely responsible for the contents and consequences of the messages you communicate or post on the LAB Interactive Areas. You should exercise the utmost discretion before providing any personal information in the LAB.  Although Pivot Point is not obligated to monitor content or the accuracy of information, you acknowledge and agree that Pivot Point, in its sole discretion, has the right to monitor, without notice, any content or information posted in the LAB.  Pivot Point also reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to prohibit or remove any conduct or content, without notice, for any reason, and to revoke any user’s User Authorization, for any reason.

You understand and agree that: (1) Pivot Point assumes no liability or responsibility for any content or material of any kind that is submitted for or posted in any LAB Interactive Areas by any users or third parties; and (2) Pivot Point is a publisher of any such content, and is acting solely as an Internet Service Provider as such term is defined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

8.     Privacy. Any information gathered by Pivot Point during your use of the Website is governed by the Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms.  You acknowledge and agree that Pivot Point may use your user preferences, email addresses, name and other contact information for its own and other third party marketing purposes pursuant to its Website Privacy Policy as updated from time to time and available on the Website.

9.     Termination and Restricted Access. Pivot Point may terminate access of any user immediately, at its sole discretion, and without notice if a user breaches these Terms or violate the AUP, Terms of Use, or if Pivot Point has a reasonable basis to believe that a violation or breach is likely.  Pivot Point may also terminate these Terms without cause upon thirty (30) days advance written notice to you or, if Pivot Point is unable to provide written notice to you for any reason, by posting a notice of termination on the LAB that will be viewable upon your next attempted login.  Pivot Point is not responsible for any errors made by your School or Pivot Point with respect to terminating your access to the LAB, including for improper termination or termination for the wrong User Authorization. 

10.  Effect of Termination or Expiration; Unavailability. Upon termination or expiration of the Term, your right and authorization to access the LAB will stop immediately.  You agree to delete all materials downloaded from the LAB to any hard drive maintained by you.  You acknowledge and agree to give Pivot Point access to and the right to inspect any equipment used by you to access the LAB to determine your compliance with the provisions of this Section.  Those provisions of these Terms that expressly or by their nature survive the termination of the Agreement will survive.  If Pivot Point permanently shuts down the LAB for any reason, any student user holding a current User Authorization will receive a refund from Pivot Point of 10% of the value (based on Pivot Point’s then-current pricing) of the applicable Educational Package, regardless of how much or how little time remains in the Term.  Additionally, if the LAB becomes temporarily unavailable for thirty (30) or more consecutive days for any reason, the Term will be extended equal to the total number of consecutive days the LAB was unavailable.

11.  Warranties and Disclaimers. THE LAB IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE,” AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY REGARDING THE QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, OR FUNCTIONALITY OF THE LIBRARY OR THE LAB OR REGARDING THE QUALITY OR ACCURACY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OR AVAILABLE THROUGH USE OF THE LAB OR THAT THE LAB WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.  PIVOT POINT MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT ANY DEFECTS, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE LIBRARY WILL BE VIRUS-FREE.  PIVOT POINT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO ANY AND ALL PRODUCTS AND TECHNIQUES SHOWN OR DESCRIBED ON THE WEBSITE.  THE WEBSITE IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE THE SCHOOL’S RECORD-KEEPING FUNCTION.  SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THESE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.  IN THESE STATES, PIVOT POINT’S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

PIVOT POINT DOES NOT PERFORM ANY INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE PRODUCTS SHOWN OR DESCRIBED ON THE LIBRARY IN THE LAB.  ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRODUCTS SHOWN OR DESCRIBED IN THE LAB MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND WILL NOT BE PROVIDED BY PIVOT POINT.

You further understand and agree that difficulties may occur in accessing and using the LAB, including, without limitation, delays in accessing the Library or interactive areas on the Website due to the number of users accessing or attempting to access the Library in the LAB, and that Pivot Point may have to schedule down times for the LAB to maintain, repair, modify and update the Library or for any number of other reasons.  Additionally, Pivot Point will not be responsible for any problems related to the School’s internet connections or computer related problems whether at your School location or at any remote location utilized by you.

12.  Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT WILL SCHOOL OR PIVOT POINT, OR ANY OF THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS, VENDORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY OF THE TECHNIQUES OR PRODUCTS SHOWN OR DESCRIBED IN THE LAB, LOSS OF USE OF THE LAB, LOSS, THEFT OR DISCLOSURE OF DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF PROFITS, WORK STOPPAGE, ACCURACY OF RESULTS, OR COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE LAB OR ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES OR PRODUCTS MADE AVAILABLE OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE LAB, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES IN ADVANCE.  IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE LAB, OR WITH ALL OR ANY OF THE AUP, PRIVACY POLICY, TERMS OF USE OR THESE TERMS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE LAB.  SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW ALL OR ANY PART OF THE ABOVE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY TO APPLY TO YOU, IN WHICH CASE THE LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY TO YOU ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

13.  Force Majeure. Pivot Point will not be liable in any amount for failure to perform, or delay in performing, any obligations, hereunder if such delay or failure is caused by any events beyond its control including, without limitation, acts of third parties, wars, hostilities, revolutions, riots, civil commotion, national emergency, strikes, lock-outs, unavailability of supplies, epidemics, fire, flood, earthquake, force of nature, explosions, embargo, or any other Act of God, unavailability, errors or other failures on the Internet, other data networks, or telecommunications systems, any law, proclamation, regulation, ordinance, or other act or order of any court, government or governmental agency or delays.

14.  Miscellaneous.

(a)  These Terms is fully assignable by Pivot Point at any time and will inure to the benefit of any assignee or other legal successor to the interests of Pivot Point herein.

(b)  These Terms were last revised as of the last revision date set forth above.  If we make any changes to these Terms, we will notify you upon your first login to the LAB after such a change.  Such notification will appear conspicuously on the homepage of the LAB that is visible upon login.  If you do not accept the change, we will give you the opportunity to opt out.  However, doing so may affect your ability to access all or a portion of the LAB.  If you do not opt out, you are bound by any such change.  If, at any time, you choose not to accept any of these Terms or the Terms of Use, you should not access or use the LAB.

(c)  Failure of Pivot Point to enforce at any time any of the conditions of these Terms will not be a waiver of those terms or conditions, or of Pivot Point’s rights thereafter to enforce each and every term and condition of the Agreement.

(d)  These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its choice of laws provisions, and by applicable federal laws of the United States, unless your School is a state-operated School, in which case the laws of the State in which the School operates will control.

(e)  In case any one or more of the provisions of these Terms are invalid or unenforceable, the legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions will not be affected or impaired and will remain in full force and effect.

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Terms of Use

 Effective Date: March 31, 2020

Welcome to this website hosted by Pivot Point International, Inc. ("Pivot Point"). Pivot Point maintains this website for your personal information, education and communication. Your access to and use of this website is subject to the following Terms of Use. Please read these Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using this website, so that you fully understand your rights and responsibilities. By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms of Use. Please print a copy of these Terms of Use for your reference.

 If you do not agree to the following Terms of Use, do not access or use this website, and instead contact Pivot Point in writing or via telephone listed below for further information.

 Pivot Point may modify or amend these Terms of Use at any time. All changes will be effective immediately upon their posting on this website. Material changes will be posted conspicuously on this website. By accessing the website after we have posted changes to the Terms of Use, you agree to all such changes.

Please note your educational institution or employer may have requested variations to these Terms of Use that will control over any conflicting provisions below.  Please contact your educational institution or employer with any questions on these Terms of Use.

Site Information

Information displayed on this website may change without notice. Pivot Point reserves the right to modify all information without any obligation to notify past or current website users. Pivot Point makes no representations that the materials on this website are appropriate or available for use in any particular state or other countries besides the United States. When accessing this website you are solely responsible for compliance with the laws of the state or country in which you live.

All offers set forth on this website are void where prohibited, and are subject to the posting of any official rules pertaining to such offers. Some services offered on this website may not be available in certain areas.

 Privacy Policy

By accessing and using this website, you agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy , which are incorporated into these Terms of Use by this reference.

 Intellectual Property Rights

Copyright Pivot Point International, Inc., 2003-2014. All rights reserved.

All copyrightable text, audio, video, graphics, charts, photographs, icons, and the design, selection, and arrangement of content in any medium on this website are copyrighted by Pivot Point, unless otherwise noted. The distinctive and original layout and presentation of this website also constitutes protectable trade dress under applicable federal law. In addition, many proprietary names and marks belonging to Pivot Point appear throughout this website. This website may also contain references to third-party marks, and copies of third-party copyrighted materials, which are the property of their respective owners. Any unauthorized use of any trade dress, marks, or any other intellectual property belonging to Pivot Point or any third party is strictly prohibited, and may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

 Use of this Website

This website is offered and made available by Pivot Point in connection with the educational services provided by Pivot Point and is intended solely for educational purposes. You may download and print one (1) copy of this website's content for your personal, educational and noncommercial use, provided you do not delete or modify any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices. You may not otherwise use, copy, modify, distribute, mirror, republish or transmit any of the content or materials of this website without the prior written consent of Pivot Point.

Your Account

Your account is personal to you, and you may not share your login credentials with, or allow access to your account by, any third party. Because you will be responsible for all activity that occurs under your access credentials, you should keep your username and password secret. If you have any reason to believe that your account information has been compromised or that your account has been accessed by a third party, you agree to immediately notify Pivot Point by e-mail to info@pivot-point.com. You are solely responsible for your own losses and losses incurred by Pivot Point and others (including other users) due to any unauthorized use of your account.

 Posting

Pivot Point will provide interactive areas for participation by its users. All users of this website must also comply with the Acceptable Use Policy and any other guidelines or rules provided by Pivot Point or posted on this website.

You and other users of the Pivot Point bulletin boards, chat rooms, surveys and other interactive areas are solely responsible for the contents and consequences of the messages you communicate or post on this website. You should exercise the utmost discretion before posting any personal information on this website. Although Pivot Point is not obligated to monitor content or the accuracy of information, you agree that Pivot Point, in its sole discretion, has the right to monitor, without notice, any content or information posted on this website. Pivot Point also reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to prohibit any conduct or remove any content, without notice, for any reason, and to revoke any user's registration, for any reason.

You understand and agree that: (1) Pivot Point assumes no liability or responsibility for any content or material of any kind that is submitted for or posted on any interactive area on the website by you or by any other users or third parties and (2) Pivot Point is a publisher of any submitted content, and is acting solely as an Internet Service Provider as that term is defined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Copyright

Pivot Point respects the rights of intellectual property owners, and asks that its users do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes infringement, please provide Pivot Point the following information, in the form prescribed by Section 512 of Title 17, United States Code:

1.     a description of the copyrighted work or works that you claim have been infringed;

2.     a description of the allegedly infringing material, including its location on the site;

3.     your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;

4.     a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;

5.     a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf; and

6.     an electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. 
Pivot Point's Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on its site is:

info@pivot-point.com
Pivot Point International, Inc
8725 W. Higgins Rd
Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60631

Termination of Access

A failure to comply with the Acceptable Use Policy, or any of the other provisions of these Terms of Use, will result in the immediate termination of your registration and privileges to post content to the website, along with other possible action. Please report any violations of these guidelines to Pivot Point, as provided for in the "Contacting Us" paragraph below.

 No Liability

In no event will Pivot Point or any of its officers, representatives, directors, employees, consultants or agents be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, special, incidental, exemplary or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever (including without limitation, damages for loss of use, data, information, profits or business interruption) arising out of or in any way related to the use or performance of this website or any linked website or to any material, information, data, products, or services obtained through this website, or otherwise arising out of your use of this website, your inability to use this website or any decision made or action taken by you in reliance of any information, advice or materials provided on this website, whether such damages are based in tort, contract, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, even if Pivot Point has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Your sole and exclusive remedy is to stop accessing and using this website.

 Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so some of the above exclusions or limitations may not apply to you.

 No Warranty

Pivot Point makes all commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all material, information and data on this website is accurate and reliable; however, accuracy cannot be guaranteed. This website is provided by Pivot Point on an "AS IS" basis. Pivot Point disclaims all warranties with respect to this website, including without limitation all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement.

 Pivot Point does not warrant or guarantee 1) the accuracy, completeness, correctness, reliability, timeliness, or usefulness of this website or any material, information or data downloaded or otherwise obtained through use of this website; (2) the results that may be obtained from the use of this website or the use of material, information or data obtained from this website; (3) that use of this website or any materials on this website will meet any users requirements; (4) that access to the website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free; or (5) that files or other materials and information available through this website will be free of infections, viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other malicious code that could be harmful to your computer system. Pivot Point has no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, misdelivery or failure to store any user communication.

You acknowledge and agree (1) that your use of this website and any material, information or data downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of this website is at your discretion and risk, and (2) that you are solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or for loss of data that results from the download of any material, information or data, and for any other form of damage that may be incurred. None of the parties involved in creating, producing, or delivering this website or its content will be liable to users of this website for any damage resulting from use of this website or use of material, information or data downloaded or otherwise obtained from this website, nor are such parties in any way responsible for the conduct of users of this website or for information posted or exchanged on this website.

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Pivot Point or in any manner from this website creates any warranty.

Third-Party Websites

This website may link to, or be linked to, other websites not maintained by or related to Pivot Point. All links are provided only as a service to our visitors. Pivot Point is not, directly or indirectly, implying any approval, association, sponsorship, endorsement or affiliation with the linked or linking website, unless specifically stated on this website. Pivot Point has not reviewed all websites to which it links and is not responsible for the content, accuracy, or policies of any such websites. You link to other pages or websites at your own risk, and your use of other websites will be controlled by the terms of use posted on that website. You should review the terms of use of any website to which you navigate.

If you operate another website and are interested in linking to our website, you agree to be bound by the following rules: (1) the link must be a text-only link clearly marked; (2) the link must "point" to the URL "http://na0.pivotpointlab.com" and not to any other pages; (3) the link, and use thereof, must be in connection with a website of appropriate subject matter that furthers the mission of Pivot Point; (4) the link, and use of the link, may not (or have the potential to) damage or dilute the goodwill associated with Pivot Point's names and marks; (5) the link, and use of the link, may not create the false appearance that an entity other than Pivot Point is associated with or sponsored by Pivot Point; (6) the link, when activated by a user, must display this site full-screen and not with a "frame" on the linked website; and (7) Pivot Point reserves the right to revoke consent to the link at any time in its sole discretion, either by amending these Terms of Use or through other notice.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Pivot Point, its officers, representatives, directors, employees, consultants and agents from any and all losses, expenses, third-party claims, liabilities, attorneys' fees, damages and costs for claims arising from or related to your use of this website, your use of any material, information or data downloaded or otherwise obtained from this website, or your violation of these Terms of Use, including your infringement of any intellectual property or other right of Pivot Point or any other person or entity.

Interpretation and Disputes

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Illinois, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions. Venue is exclusively in Cook County, Illinois with respect to any dispute arising under these Terms of Use, unless otherwise agreed by Pivot Point in its sole discretion. If there is a dispute, the prevailing party will be entitled to recovery of its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed unenforceable or invalid by a court or arbitrator, then the court or arbitrator may modify such provision to the minimum extent necessary to make an invalid provision enforceable and valid. If modification is impossible or impracticable then the provision will be severed and the remaining terms of these Terms of Use will be interpreted and read to give them maximum enforceability. Any cause of action or claim with respect to this website must be commenced within one (1) year after the action or claim arises.

Entire Agreement

By your access or use of this website, you agree to these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use, together with the Pivot Point Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Pivot Point with respect to your access and use of this website. Any waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use will be effective only if in writing and signed by Pivot Point. These Terms of Use will inure to the benefit of Pivot Point's successors and assigns.

 Electronic Communications

You agree that these Terms of Use and any other documentation, agreements, notices or communications between you and Pivot Point may be provided to you electronically, to the extent permissible by law. Please print a copy of all documentation, agreements, notices or other communications for your reference.

 Contacting Us

If you have any other questions or concerns regarding these Terms of Use, please contact us at:

Pivot Point International, Inc
8725 W. Higgins Rd
Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60631
info@pivot-point.com

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Effective Date: March 31, 2020

You are permitted to post comments and upload images and video material into the LAB website ("Postings"). You must comply with the following:

1.     You must maintain a polite, pleasant and respectful environment. Personal rebukes or attacks are not acceptable.

2.     Postings that harass, abuse, stalk or threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others (such as rights of privacy and publicity) are prohibited.

3.     You must ensure that all Postings are appropriate to all people. Any Postings that are defamatory, indecent, pornographic, obscene, or otherwise objectionable are prohibited. Slurs or commentary against any social, racial, religious, ethnic or sexual orientation group are prohibited.

4.     You must keep your Postings relevant to the stated topic.

5.     You may not send any surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk mail, unauthorized e-mail, or commercial solicitations, or engage in, facilitate or encourage any illegal activities.

6.     You may not harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.

7.     You may not advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose.

8.     Any and all Postings you submit must be your original work or you must otherwise have the consent, license or permission of the copyright owners to submit such Postings.

9.     You may not submit any materials or otherwise make available, files that contain notes, videos, recordings, articles, text, images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consent to do the same. If you include any music, photographs or other third party content into your Postings, you are solely responsible to ensure that you have the right and license to do so, whether as a fair use or otherwise.

10.  You may not download any file posted by another user that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally reproduced, displayed, performed, and/or distributed in such manner.

11.  You may not upload Postings or other files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer or property of another.

12.  You may not falsify or delete any copyright management information, such as author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.

13.  You may not interfere, restrict or inhibit another user's use of the website or its features, such as by engaging in excessive usage, launching denial of service attacks, or uploading or transmitting viruses or other malicious code.

14.  You may not create a false identity or otherwise impersonate any individual.

Any questions, complaints or comments on the Acceptable Use Policy must be submitted directly to Pivot Point as set forth below. Please do not direct questions, complaints or comments to other Users. As Pivot Point does not monitor the Postings, we cannot address your concerns unless you send them to us.

If you have any questions or comments about the Acceptable Use Policy or wish to report a Acceptable Use Policy violation, please contact us as set forth below. In response to Acceptable Use Policy violations, we may immediately suspend or permanently deactivate a user's access to the website or its features. Pivot Point does not guarantee any user will receive a warning prior to such suspension or deactivation. Pivot Point also keeps a historical record of all conduct violations and responds to Acceptable Use Policy violations in light of such history.

info@pivot-point.com
Pivot Point International, Inc
8725 W. Higgins Rd
Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60631

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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: March 31, 2020

Pivot Point International, Inc. ("Pivot Point") takes seriously the confidentiality of your personal information. The following Privacy Policy sets forth our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website only and does not apply to any other website owned or maintained by Pivot Point or any third party. BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION AS DISCUSSED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, DO NOT ACCESS THIS WEBSITE.

Pivot Point reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time. All changes will be effective immediately upon posting to this website. Material changes will be conspicuously posted on this website. By accessing or using this website after such changes are posted you agree and consent to all such changes.

Personally Identifiable Account Information

Pivot Point may collect information you voluntarily share with us in registering for and receiving services, as well as other information, for example through Internet Protocol ("IP") addresses and the use of "cookies," which may be placed on your computer when you access the website. (See the sections on IP Addresses and Cookies below.)

Pivot Point may collect any content, record, or electronic communication of any kind that you choose to provide to us, including your (1) name, (2) address, email address, and phone number, and (3) other information required to provide educational services from Pivot Point. We use the information you provide us to provide you with the information or services that you request. We also use your contact information as you provide it to communicate with you and send you information and materials for marketing and other purposes.

IP Addresses

Pivot Point logs IP addresses for systems administration purposes. IP addresses are not used to track a user's session. This information only helps us determine how often different areas of our site are visited. We do not link IP address to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies

Pivot Point may use cookies to track the use of our website and to facilitate and enhance your experience on our website. "Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Our cookies enable us to facilitate access to different aspects of our website. For example, by showing when and how you and others visit our website, cookies help us to see which pages of the website are popular and which are not. Cookies can also help us to improve your enjoyment of this website, for example, by remembering your address or other personal information when you request information or services on the website.

Information Sharing

We do not sell, rent or loan any of your personally identifiable information to any third party. We may use and share personally identifiable information with third parties specifically involved in the delivery of the services from Pivot Point.

We may provide information to the school with which you are registered regarding your use of the website for the school to provide you with educational credit or for the school’s administrative purposes.

In addition, we may use and share aggregated information that does not uniquely identify you for any purpose, including without limitation to improve and enrich our services and website content, to provide benchmarking information or for marketing our services.

In addition, Pivot Point reserves the right to use and share your information in the event Pivot Point believes doing so is necessary to operate this website or where such disclosure may be required by law, or to protect Pivot Point's right or the rights of others.

Pivot Point maintains full rights to any information collected on this website, and may freely collect, use and disclose such information unless prohibited by this Privacy Policy or applicable law. In the event of a change in control of Pivot Point or sale by Pivot Point of substantially all of its assets or a reorganization or merger, any information owned by or in the control of Pivot Point may be transferred to such Pivot Point successor, who will comply with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Your Choices

When corresponding or communicating with Pivot Point, you choose whether to correspond or communicate and you choose what information to supply. Please take care to share only such information as is needed or that you believe is appropriate.

You are under no obligation to provide us with personally identifiable information, but without it we may not be able to provide you the products or services you request.

Pivot Point may use your personal information to send you promotional communications. You have the opportunity to opt-out of receiving such promotional communications from us at any time. To discontinue your receipt of such promotional communications, simply click on "SafeUnsubscribe" to opt out.

In addition, although most web browsers automatically accept cookies, you can disable this function so that your browser will not accept cookies. Please be aware that disabling this function may impact your use and enjoyment of this website.

Access by Children

This website is not directed toward children under 13 years of age and Pivot Point does not knowingly collect or use information from children under 13 through this website.

Do Not Track/Online Behavioral Advertising

We will automatically collect cookies and other non-personally identifying information when you visit this site. Due to this automatic collection, we do not currently honor do not track requests. We also currently do not participate in any online ad network that tracks users across websites.

Security

We limit access to personally identifiable information about you to our employees and third-party agents who we reasonably believe need to have access to your information to provide you with the information or services you request from Pivot Point. Your information is stored and maintained with our third party hosting provider that uses industry standard physical, administrative and technical measures to help ensure the accessibility, security and integrity of your information.

This website has security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to data will not occur, Pivot Point uses industry standards, such as Secure Socket Layers ("SSL") technology, to help safeguard against such occurrences. In certain areas, the information passed between your browser and our system is encrypted with SSL technology to create a protected connection between you and our website to ensure confidentiality. In the event that a breach into our security systems occurs and there is a possibility that an unauthorized person acquires your personal information, Pivot Point will notify you of such a breach under applicable law.

Access to Your Personal Information

If you wish to have access to your personal information in our records, please contact us with your request at info@pivot-point.com. You may also request that we update your personal information or correct any factual errors that you believe may exist regarding this information.

Third-Party Websites

This website may link to, or be linked to, other websites not maintained by or related to Pivot Point. Pivot Point is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third parties or third-party websites, including any linked or linking websites. To the extent that you disclose personally identifiable information to any such third parties, different rules may apply to their use and disclosure of personal information that you disclose to them. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of such websites before disclosing your personal information to them.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Pivot Point International, Inc.
8725 W. Higgins Rd
Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60631
info@pivot-point.com