Last updated: March 31, 2021
Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using Our Service. These Terms and Conditions contain provisions that limit our liability to you and require you to resolve any dispute with us through binding arbitration on an individual basis and not as part of any class or representative action. By using the Services or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms and Conditions when this option is made available to you in setting up an online account you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy, found at https://www.writersdesk.us/terms incorporated herein by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions or the Privacy Policy, you must not access Writer’s Desk Website or use the Services.
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions.
The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions:
These are the Terms and Conditions governing the use of the Service and the agreement that operates between You and the Company. These Terms and Conditions set out the rights and obligations of all users regarding the use of the Service.
Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned on Your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms and Conditions. These Terms and Conditions apply to all visitors, users and others who access or use the Service.
By accessing or using the Service You agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If You disagree with any part of these Terms and Conditions, then You may not access the Service.
You represent that you are over the age of 18. You must be at least 18 years of age to create an account on the Website and use the Services. If you are younger than 18 but above the required age for consent to use online services where you live (for example, 13 in the US or 14 in China), you may not set up an account, but we encourage you to invite a parent or guardian to open an account and help you enroll in courses that are appropriate for you. If you are below this age of consent to use online services, you may not create an account. If we discover that you have created an account that violates these rules, we will terminate your account.
Your access to and use of the Service is also conditioned on Your acceptance of and compliance with the Privacy Policy of the Company. Our Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your personal information when You use the Application or the Website and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. Please read Our Privacy Policy carefully before using Our Service.
The Services, and any content viewed through our Services, is solely for Your personal and non-commercial use. With Your purchase We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, license to access Company’s content and view Your course(s) through the Website on a streaming-only basis for your personal use. Except for the foregoing limited license, no right, title or interest shall be transferred to You. You agree not to use the Service for public performances. You agree that You will not engage in private tutoring with the Counselor outside of the scope of Services. Company may revoke Your license at any time in its sole discretion. Upon such revocation, You must promptly destroy all content downloaded or otherwise obtained through the Website, as well as copies of such materials, whether made in accordance with these Terms and Conditions or otherwise.
No private tutoring engagements between you and the Counselor may be arranged for during the Term without giving the Company prior notice. Without limiting any remedy available to the Company by law or equity, if You breach the obligation not to engage in private tutoring with the Counselor, You will be held liable to the Company for all sums received by the Counselor.
Service Content, Software and Trademarks: The Service and its original content (excluding Content provided by You or other users), features and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of the Company and/or its licensors. You acknowledge and agree that the Services may contain content or features (“Service Content”) that are protected by copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by Company you agree not to modify, copy, frame, scrape, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Service or the Service Content, in whole or in part, except that the foregoing does not apply to Your own user content that You legally upload to the Service. In connection with Your use of the Service you will not engage in or use any data mining, robots, scraping or similar data gathering or extraction methods. If you are blocked by Company from accessing the Service (including blocking Your IP address), You agree not to implement any measures to circumvent such blocking (e.g., by masking Your IP address or using a proxy IP address). Any use of the Service or the Service Content other than as specifically authorized herein is strictly prohibited. The technology and software underlying the Service or distributed in connection therewith are the property of Company, our affiliates and our partners (the “Software”). You agree not to copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by Company.
The Company’s name and logos are trademarks and service marks of the Company. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions or the Service should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any of Company’s trademarks displayed on the Service, without Our prior written permission in each instance. All goodwill generated from the use of Company’s Trademarks will inure to Our exclusive benefit.
User Content Transmitted: With respect to the content or other materials You upload through the Service or share with other users or recipients (collectively, “User Content”), You represent and warrant that You own all right, title and interest in and to such User Content, including, without limitation, all copyrights and rights of publicity contained therein, and that You have all required rights to post or transmit such content or other materials without violation of any third-party rights. By uploading any User Content you hereby grant and will grant Company, its affiliated companies and partners (including but not limited to Company instructors, practitioners and other third parties providing instructional information through the Services) a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty free, fully paid up, transferable, sublicensable, perpetual, irrevocable license to copy, display, upload, adapt, perform, publish, distribute (through multiple tiers of distribution and partnerships), store, modify and otherwise use and fully exploit your User Content in any and all media, form, medium, technology or distribution methods now known or later developed and for any and all purposes (commercial or otherwise).
You acknowledge and agree that Company may preserve content and may also disclose content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process, applicable laws or government requests; (b) enforce these Terms and Conditions; (c) respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of the company, its users and the public. You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your content or User Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
Copyright Complaints: Company respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. If you believe that Your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that Your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, you should notify Company by mail at:
Writer's Desk, Inc. - PO Box 44488, Denver CO 80201, the United States
You may never use another's account, and You may not provide another person with the username and password to access your account. You are fully responsible for any and all activities that occur under your password or account, and it is your responsibility to ensure that your password remains confidential and secure. You agree to (a) immediately notify Company of any unauthorized use of Your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) ensure that You exit from your account at the end of each session when accessing the Service. Company will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from Your failure to comply with this Section.
We value hearing from our users, and are always interested in learning about ways we can make the Service better than ever. You assign all rights, title and interest in any Feedback You provide the Company. If for any reason such assignment is ineffective, You agree to grant the Company a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty free, worldwide right and license to use, reproduce, disclose, sub-license, distribute, modify and exploit such Feedback without restriction.
Our Service may contain links to third-party web sites or services that are not owned or controlled by the Company. By logging in or directly integrating these social networking services into the Service, We make Your online experiences richer and more personalized. To take advantage of this feature and capabilities, we may ask you to authenticate, register for or log into social networking services on the websites of their respective providers. As part of such integration, the social networking services will provide us with access to certain information that you have provided to such social networking services, and we will use, store and disclose such information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
The Company has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party web sites or social networking services. You further acknowledge and agree that the Company shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or social networking services.
We strongly advise You to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third-party web sites or services that You visit.
Company reserves the right to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Company will not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service. We have no obligation to retain any of Your account or submitted content for any period of time beyond what may be required by applicable law.
The Service can also be modified anytime, by a mutual agreement between you and the Company to revise the scope of Services during the Term.
The Company reserves the right to substitute the Counselor with someone with equivalent skills as determined by the Company’s sole discretion anytime.
The Service may include certain services that are available via a mobile device, including (i) the ability to upload content to the Service via a mobile device, (ii) the ability to browse the Service and the Website from a mobile device and (iii) the ability to access certain features through an application downloaded and installed on a mobile device (collectively, the “Mobile Services”). To the extent You access the Service through a mobile device, Your wireless service carrier’s standard charges, data rates and other fees may apply. In addition, downloading, installing, or using certain Mobile Services may be prohibited or restricted by your carrier, and not all Mobile Services may work with all carriers or devices. In using the Mobile Services, You may provide Your telephone number. By providing Your telephone number, You consent to receive calls and/or SMS, MMS, or text messages at that number. We may share Your phone numbers with our affiliates or with our service providers (such as customer support, billing or collections companies, and text message service providers) who we have contracted with to assist us in pursuing our rights or providing our Services under these Terms and Conditions, our policies (including the Privacy Policy), applicable law, or any other agreement we may have with You. You agree these parties may also contact You using autodialed or prerecorded calls and text messages, as authorized by us to carry out the purposes we have identified above.
You are solely responsible for all images, information, data, text, software, photographs, graphics, messages or other materials or User Content that you upload, post, publish, display, email or otherwise use via the Service. Company reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Company's sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending content from the Service, suspending or terminating the account of such violators and reporting you to the law enforcement authorities. You agree to not use the Service to:
Fees. The Company offers Services for a fee. Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted in U.S. Dollars. The Company will issue monthly invoices on the 1st of each month to be paid by the 7th of each month. You are responsible for paying all fees charged by or for the Company and applicable taxes in a timely manner. Payment of fees will be made by wire transfer or debit or credit card or any other method acceptable by Writer’s Desk.
Late payment fee. The Company may add a late payment fee not to exceed $100, for every invoice not paid in full by the 7th of each month during the Term.
Suspension of Services. In addition to the late payment fee, the Company reserves the right to suspend Services if payment of fees in not received by the 7th of each month during the Term.
It is Your sole responsibility to schedule an appointment with the Counselor. If You choose to cancel an appointment within twenty-four hours of a scheduled appointment, you will not be entitled to a refund.
The Term may be terminated earlier in accordance with these Terms or extended upon your continued use of the Services.
We may terminate or suspend Your access and remove and discard any content within the Service, after giving You a 3-day prior notice. The Company reserves the right to Terminate the Services for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation if You breach these Terms and Condition or spirit of these Terms and conditions. Upon termination, Your right to use the Service will cease immediately. Further, You agree that Company will not be liable to You or any third party for any termination of your access to the Service.
You may terminate the Services after twelve months, by providing the Company with a written thirty-day prior notice.
Notwithstanding any damages that You might incur, the entire liability of the Company and any of its suppliers under any provision of this Terms and Your exclusive remedy for all of the foregoing shall be limited to the amount actually paid by You through the Service or 100 USD if You haven’t purchased anything through the Service.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the Company or its suppliers be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever (including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, loss of data or other information, for business interruption, for personal injury, loss of privacy arising out of or in any way related to
the use of or inability to use the Service, third-party software and/or third-party hardware used with the Service, or otherwise in connection with any provision of this Terms), even if the Company or any supplier has been advised of the possibility of such damages and even if the remedy fails of its essential purpose.
Some states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, which means that some of the above limitations may not apply. In these states, each party’s liability will be limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.
The Service is provided to You “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” and with all faults and defects without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates and its and their respective licensors and service providers, expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect to the Service, including all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, and warranties that may arise out of course of dealing, course of performance, usage or trade practice. Without limitation to the foregoing, the Company provides no warranty or undertaking, and makes no representation of any kind that the Service will meet Your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, applications, systems or services, operate without interruption, meet any performance or reliability standards or be error free or that any errors or defects can or will be corrected.
Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of the company’s provider makes any representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied: (i) as to the operation or availability of the Service, or the information, content, and materials or products included thereon; (ii) that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free; (iii) as to the accuracy, reliability, or
currency of any information or content provided through the Service; or (iv) that the Service, its servers, the content, or e-mails sent from or on behalf of the Company are free of viruses, scripts, trojan horses, worms, malware, timebombs or other harmful components.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain types of warranties or limitations on applicable statutory rights of a consumer, so some or all of the above exclusions and limitations may not apply to You. But in such a case the exclusions and limitations set forth in this section shall be applied to the greatest extent enforceable under applicable law.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors, service providers, and its 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 and Conditions or your use of Website, or your use of any information obtained from the Company.
The laws of the state of Delaware, excluding its conflicts of law rules, shall govern this Terms and Your use of the Service. Your use of the Application may also be subject to other local, state, national, or international laws.
If You have any concern or dispute about the Service, You agree to first try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting the Company. Company reserves the right, but has no obligation, to become involved in any way with disputes between You and any other user of the Service.
Any dispute between you and the Company, whether arising under these Terms or otherwise, that cannot be resolve between in good faith, shall be resolved through binding arbitration and administered by JAMS in accordance with the JAMS’ Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures.
If You are a European Union consumer, you will benefit from any mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which you are a resident in.
You represent and warrant that (i) You are not located in a country that is subject to the United States government embargo, or that has been designated by the United States government as a “terrorist supporting” country, and (ii) You are not listed on any United States government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
Except as provided herein, the failure to exercise a right or to require performance of an obligation under these Terms shall not effect a party’s ability to exercise such right or require such performance at any time thereafter nor shall it be a waiver of a breach or constitute a waiver of any
subsequent breach.
These Terms and Conditions may have been translated if We have made them available to You on our Service. You agree that the original English text shall prevail in the case of a dispute.
Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, We will make reasonable efforts to provide at least 30 days’ notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at Our sole discretion.
By continuing to access or use Our Service after those revisions become effective, You agree to be bound by the revised terms. If You do not agree to the new terms, in whole or in part, please stop using the website and the Service.
Any failure or delay by Company in the performance of its obligations pursuant to these Terms and Conditions will not be deemed a default or breach of these Terms and Conditions or a ground for termination to the extent such failure or delay is due to computer or Internet or telecommunications breakdowns, denial of service attacks, fire, flood, earthquake, elements of nature or acts of God, acts of war, terrorism, riots, civil unrest, rebellions or revolutions in the U.S. or any nation where the obligations under these Terms and Conditions are to be executed, strikes, supplier and third party failure, lockouts, or labor difficulties, or any similar cause beyond the reasonable control of the Company.
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, You can contact us by email: hello@writersdesk.us and by mail: - PO Box 44488, Denver CO 80201, the United States.
The Writer’s Desk Privacy Policy
Updated and Effective Date: May 18, 2020
Writer's Desk Inc, a California incorporated company ("Company"). Our company respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
This policy (together with our terms of use, Student Agreement and any other documents referred to in it) applies to all products and services provided by us and explains how we collect and process your personal information when you visit our website or use our products or services.
Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal information.
I. Information we collect from you
We will collect and process the following information about you:
A. Information you give us. This is information about you that you give us by filling in forms on our website https://writersdesk.us/en/ or by corresponding with us by phone, email or otherwise. It includes information you may provide when you:
The information you give us may include your name, address, email address, phone number, and payment information.
II. Information we collect about you. With regard to each of your visits to our website, we will automatically collect the following information:
A. technical information, including the internet protocol (IP) address, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system and platform information; and
B. information about your visit, including [the full uniform resource locators (URLs),] [products you viewed or searched for,] [page response times,] [download errors,] [length of visits to certain pages,] [methods used to browse away from the page,] [OTHER INFORMATION] and any phone number used to call our customer service number.
III. Information we receive from other sources. To the extent permissible under applicable law, we may obtain your personal information if you use any of the other websites we operate or the other services we provide, or from third parties we are working closely with (including business partners, subcontractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers and search information providers).
IV. Cookies. Our website uses Cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.
V. How we use your personal information We use information held about you in the following ways:
A. Information you give to us. We will use this information to:
B. Information we collect about you. We will use this information to:
VI. Information we receive from other sources. We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We may use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).
If we intend to use your personal information for other purposes not covered by this policy, we will obtain your consent in advance.
VII. Disclosure of your information You agree that we have the right to share your personal information with:
A. Any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries.
B. Selected third parties including:
C. business partners, suppliers and subcontractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you;
D. advertisers and advertising networks that require the information to select and deliver relevant advertisements to you; and
E. analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of our website.
We will disclose your personal information to third parties:
A. In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we will disclose your personal information to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
B. If the Company or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal information held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
C. If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal information in order to comply with any legal obligation, assist law enforcement, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
VIII. Storage of your personal information and security
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a
password which enables you to access certain parts of our website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our website. Any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.
IX. Your rights You can exercise the following rights in relation to your personal information:
A. Access your personal information held by us and request a copy of the information.
B. Request us to update or correct your personal information if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
C. Request us to delete your personal information if you no longer use our products or services, unless we have a legal or regulatory obligation to retain the information.
D. Object to our processing of your personal information.
X. Third-party links Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. Note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check their policies before you submit any personal information to these websites.
BenchPrep: https://benchprep.com/privacy-policy
XI. Changes to the policy Any changes we make to this policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to this policy. This policy was last updated on May 18, 2020.
XII. Contact Questions, comments and suggestions regarding this policy are welcomed and should be addressed to hello@writersdesk.us.