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Terms and Conditions
Last updated: March 14, 2025
This document comprises the Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement") and when accepted by You ("You", or "Member" or "Visitor") in the manner described below will constitute a legally binding contract between Quipper Philippines, Inc. ("Quipper", "We" or "Us") that operates the online learning management system in the Philippines, and You.
CHAPTER I DEFINITIONS
In this Agreement the following expressions have these meanings:
Content
information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials uploaded to Quipper Platform, and the expressions "User Content" and "Quipper Content" mean Content uploaded by the party indicated.
Essays-Learn
Quipper’s student portal component at the URL https://essays-learn.quipper.com where Students can (a) receive and respond to essay assignments sent by their Teachers; and (b) view their score as soon as their Teacher finishes evaluating their assignment
Essays-Link
Quipper’s teacher portal component at the URL https://essays-link.quipper.com which allows Teachers to distribute and grade essay-type assignments for their Students
Member
a Teacher, Tutor, Student, Parent, or User who has opened an account and duly registered to Use the Service. "Membership" shall be interpreted accordingly.
Parent
an individual who is the parent or legal guardian of a Student.
Parents' App
Quipper’s parents' portal component at the URL https://parent.quipper.com where Parents can monitor the progress and performance of the Student on the assignments and self-study courses distributed via their Quipper classes.
Public Content
Content which the creator chooses to make available to all Members
Q-Create
Quipper’s creator portal where content creators including Teachers and Tutors can create questions which may be (but do not have to be) Public Content.
Quipper Essays
Quipper’s online essay platform component accessible by Teachers through Essays-Link and by Students through Essays-Learn.
Quipper Video
Online video lessons provided at additional charge by Quipper.
Quipper Content
Content which is made available by Quipper on the Service.
Q-Learn
Quipper’s student portal at the URL https://learn.quipper.com/ where Students receive assignments, work on their to-do tasks, and can message Teachers and Tutors and access other functionalities that Quipper provides for Students.
Q-Link
Quipper’s teacher portal at the URL https://link.quipper.com/ where Teachers can create assignments, see Students' performance, reply to messages from Students and access other functions available for Teachers.
The Service
Quipper Platform or Quipper Content, or any combination of them.
Student
an individual who Uses Quipper Services for the purposes of receiving tuition from a Teacher or Tutor.
Subscription
the fee (if any) payable for Use of Quipper Services or part of it details of which are posted on the website and drawn to your attention as part of the registration process.
Teacher
an individual who Uses Quipper Services for the purposes of providing tuition to a group of more than one Student simultaneously whether directly or by Using Content.
Tutor
an individual who Uses Quipper Services for the purposes of providing tuition to individual Students.
Use
use of the Service whether as a Teacher or Tutor or as a Student or Parent.
User
an individual who Uses the Service as a Teacher, Tutor, Student or Parent.
User Content
Content which is made available to Quipper Platform by users.
Visitor
a casual visitor to Quipper Services who has not registered and therefore is not a Member.
CHAPTER II USE OF THE WEBSITE
For all Visitors to Quipper School
Application of the Agreement
It is a condition precedent to You being able to access any component of Quipper School or Use Quipper School that You must read and agree to be bound by each and every one of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. Should You access any component of Quipper School, or Use Quipper School, register as a Member, or view any text or graphics, such activities on your part expressly means that You have read this Agreement and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions contained herein.
Should You not agree to be bound by each and every term and condition contained in this Agreement You must leave this Site at once and You may not become a Member or Use Quipper School or any part of it.
Eligibility
Quipper School is intended solely for Visitors who are:
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at least 18 years of age or older and legally able to enter into a binding contract to Use Quipper School or
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less than 18 years of age, provided that the Visitor’s Parent enters into the necessary agreement relating to your Use of Quipper School in which case they must complete the appropriate registration form and read and agree to be bound by this Agreement as if they were the Member. The Parent agrees to supervise the Use of Quipper School by any Visitor who is below 18 years of age and shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
Your warranties
By using Quipper School, You represent and warrant that:
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You are of legal age, and if You are a Parent that You have authority to be bound by, and to bind the minor child you’re representing to this Agreement.
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all registration information You submit (including Your status, whether Teacher, Tutor or Student) is truthful and accurate;
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You have provided your full legal name, a valid email address through which We will be able to communicate with You and any other information requested as a part of our sign up process in order to establish a valid Membership;
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You will maintain the accuracy of such information;
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Your use of Quipper School does not violate any applicable law or regulation.
Your account may be terminated and your data deleted without need of prior notice, if We believe that You are less than 18 years of age and your Parent has not entered into this agreement or You do not have parental consent or your Use of Quipper School is not supervised by your Parent, or if You breach this warranty in any other way. Only humans are allowed to enrol as Members. Robotic or automatic sign-ups are not allowed and will be deleted without notice if identified.
Your Quipper Account and Data
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If You create a Quipper School account, You are fully and solely responsible for maintaining the security of your account and data, including passwords, and You are fully responsible for all content uploaded and any activity relating to your account. We conclusively presume that all content and/or activity is created, uploaded or conducted by You or is authorized by You in case performed by some third party who has obtained access to your account.
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The amount of the Subscription (if any) and the services for which a Subscription is payable may be changed by notice given to You by being posted on the Quipper School website.
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The Subscription may be paid by the means specified from time to time on Quipper School website.
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You may cancel this agreement at any time following the procedure set out in Chapter IV below.
Unauthorised use
You must immediately notify Quipper of any unauthorized uses of your data or your account or any other breaches of security. Quipper cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to provide Us with accurate information or to keep your password secure. Quipper may also from time to time change its policies on content.
Member Behaviour
All statements You make to Us, including all information that You provide Us, during enrolment must be complete, accurate and kept up to date. We will terminate your membership at any time if You violate the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, or the spirit of our website and business. Do no harm. If You threaten Us or otherwise are rude to any of our employees, We will cancel your membership.
Quipper School and all the Content found on it is provided for the Use of Members and may not be resold in any way.
For Students
Relationship with Teachers and Tutors
Except for providing your email address, You will not disclose any information to a Teacher or Tutor that could identify You, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, social security number, password or any other information that could be used to identify or locate You. Although Teachers or Tutors are prohibited from disclosing your personal information to third parties, if disclosure of personal information has occurred, You will immediately notify Us by email at info.ph@quipper.com.
You also agree that You will not solicit any personal information from any Teacher or Tutor, and agree that if any Teacher or Tutor ever discloses such information to You, asks You for any personal information, or suggests any offline meeting or conversation, You agree to immediately notify Us by email.
CHAPTER III USE OF THE SYSTEM
This Chapter applies to all Members and Visitors to Quipper School
Eligibility
We reserve the right to refuse to allow Use of Quipper School to any party for any reason We consider appropriate in our absolute discretion. Only Members may use Quipper School and upload material to Quipper School.
Prohibited Content and Activities, and Responsibility of Members
You understand that all Content is the sole responsibility of the Member by whom it was uploaded and that Quipper School is merely the platform on which this Content is published. If You create or transmit or display Content to or on, or otherwise make material available by means of Quipper School You agree that You are entirely responsible for your conduct and the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content.
You may not Use our service to violate any law, including copyright laws, other intellectual property laws, defamation laws and the rights of privacy and publicity relating to any person or entity. You agree that You will not engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services or the servers or networks used in connection with the Services.
Quipper reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to pre-screen, flag, filter, refuse, modify or move any Content available by means of Quipper website.
The purpose of Quipper School is solely related to education, so You may upload only learning-related Content.
You will not Use Quipper School to
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Upload, transmit or in any way make available any Content or engage in any activity:
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that We consider unlawful, abusive, threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, offensive or invasive of another’s privacy;
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that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
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You do not have the legal right to make available, such as but not limited to confidential information;
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which violates patent laws, trade mark, copyright of any person or party; or
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which amounts to unsolicited or unauthorised commercial activity, contests, gambling, advertising, promotional materials, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or spam;
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Upload, transmit or in any way make available software viruses or any computer code designed to damage or hamper computer functionality;
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Interfere with Quipper School;
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Violate or promote the violation of any local, national or international law, including securities exchange regulations, or of any rights of any person;
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Harass any person or exploit them in a sexual or violent manner;
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Collect or solicit data (including passwords) about other persons (a) under the age of 18 or (b) over the age of 18 without their explicit authorization;
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Harm minors or other persons in any way;
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Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation to any person or entity including but not limited to Us; forge or manipulate identifiers to any Content available through Quipper School;
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Commit, further or promote any criminal or tortious activity;
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Circumvent or modify, or attempt to do so or encourage or assist any other person to do so to any security technology or software that is part of Quipper School;
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Impersonate or attempt to impersonate another Member, person or entity;
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Use the account, username, or password of another User at any time or disclose your password to any third party or permit any third party to access your account;
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Use any information obtained from Quipper School to harass, abuse, or harm another person or entity, or attempt to do so;
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Engage in any activity that involves the use of viruses, bots, worms, or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware, or otherwise permit the unauthorized use of or access to a computer or a computer network;
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Make any automated use of the system, such as, but not limited to, using scripts to create or post Content;
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Interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on Quipper School;
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Accept payment or anything of value from a third person in exchange for your performing any commercial activity through the unauthorized or impermissible Use of Quipper School on behalf of that person; or
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Use Quipper School in a manner inconsistent with any and all applicable laws and regulations.
We reserve the right to investigate and take appropriate action (including legal proceedings) against anyone who, in our sole discretion, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending Content from Quipper School and terminating the accounts of such violators
Your warranties
When You make User Content available via Quipper School, You represent and warrant to Us that:
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Downloading, copying and Using the Content will not infringe any proprietary rights of any third party;
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You are or You are duly authorised by the owner of copyright in all Content You upload to Quipper School or disclose to or distribute through Quipper School;
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You have (i) received such permission as may be necessary from your employer to upload or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer an any necessary written waiver covering all rights in or to the Content and that You will on request provide Us with a copy thereof;
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You have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary successfully to pass through to end users any required terms; and
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The Content is not prohibited Content under this Agreement and your activities are not prohibited activities.
If You want to delete User Content, We will use reasonable efforts to remove it from Quipper School, but You acknowledge that caching or references to the User Content may not be made immediately unavailable.
Proprietary Rights
Quipper’s Rights
You acknowledge and agree that Quipper School and all Quipper School Content We make available to You through Quipper School is protected by copyright, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorised in writing by Quipper or other proper third party rights holders, You agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based in whole or in part on the Services or on other material created by or uploaded to Quipper School by Us. You may not Use Quipper School to violate any law of any jurisdiction, including copyright laws, other intellectual property laws and the rights of privacy and publicity relating to any person or entity.
Your Rights
Quipper claims no ownership over any Content submitted, uploaded or displayed by You on or through Quipper School. You or your third party licensor, as appropriate, retain all patent, intellectual property ownership, trade mark and copyright to any Content You submit, upload or display on or through Quipper School and You are responsible for protecting those rights, as appropriate.
Licence
By submitting, uploading or displaying Content on or through Quipper School which is intended to be available to the members of the public, You grant Us a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, license to reproduce such Content, adapt it (including translating it), convert it into an app, and distribute it or make it available through Quipper School (including by sublicensing) as well as the right to use your name, likeness, trademarks, trade names and personal information for the purpose of marketing, displaying, distributing and promoting Quipper School.
In the case of Public Content, the licence You grant Us is perpetual and irrevocable. In the case of non-Public Content, You may terminate this licence at any time by one month’s written notice to Us. On receipt of such notice We will remove your Content or such of it as shall be specified by You in the notice to Quipper School.
We reserve the right to syndicate Content submitted, uploaded or displayed by You on or through Quipper School and use that Content in connection with any service offered by Us.
We reserve the right in our sole discretion to refuse to accept, upload, display or transmit any Content.
Access to Quipper School
You will not access Quipper School by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Quipper for Use in accessing Quipper School except as specifically authorized in a separate written agreement.