Welcome to the Apprise Educational Services' ("Apprise") website (the "Site"). Apprise provides this Site to its visitors and paying customers on the following terms and conditions. Please read these Terms and Conditions of Web Site Use ("Terms") carefully before using this Site, registering for its services or purchasing any of its products. By using this Site in any capacity, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not use this Site.

Apprise reserves the right to, at any time, modify, revise or update our Site or these Terms, and you agree to be bound by such modifications, revisions or updates. You should periodically re-check these Terms to apprise yourself of any such modifications, revisions and updates. Your continuing use of this Site constitutes your acceptance of any modifications, revisions or updates to the Terms.

USE OF SITE
You may use this Site to obtain information on Apprise and its services and products, and as a means of ordering and/or receiving such services and products as a paying customer. Except as may be expressly permitted herein, you may not reproduce, transmit, disseminate, sell, broadcast, circulate, republish, duplicate, modify, upload, post, re-deliver using "framing" technology, download or copy any information on this Site; use data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools with respect to this Site; or otherwise distribute or commercially exploit in any way the Site or any portion of the content of the Site; in each case without the prior written consent of Apprise. Further, you may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing Apprise's name or service mark without the prior written consent of Apprise.

You may download one copy of any material you can access from the Site for your internal use only, provided that you do not modify such materials or delete or modify any trademark, copyright or other proprietary notices thereon.

Any unauthorized use of this Site terminates the permission granted by Apprise for your use of this Site.

YOUR ACCOUNT
If you enroll in Apprise 's test preparation service you will have an account and a password. Access to password protected portions of this Site is available for only so long as you have paid all fees to Apprise, if any fees are required. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to Apprise's course material to anyone other than yourself. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. Apprise reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in its sole discretion.

OPERATION OF THE WEB SITE
Apprise will use reasonable commercial efforts to keep this Site available for access on a 24 hour a day, seven day a week basis, subject to scheduled downtime for maintenance purposes, unscheduled maintenance and systems outages. There are no assurances, however, that access will be available at all times and uninterrupted. Further, Apprise does not warrant that the operation of this Web Site will be error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this Web Site or the servers that make it available are free from viruses or other harmful components.

You are solely responsible for obtaining telecommunications access to the Site and any fees (such as internet service provider or airtime charges) relating to such access. Similarly, you are solely responsible for all equipment necessary to access this Site.

PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
Unless otherwise indicated, all content on this Site, including Apprise 's course material and tests, designs, articles and text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, data compilations, software, video or audio clips and the overall look and feel of the Site; any improvements or modifications to such content; and any derivative works based on the foregoing are proprietary to and copyrighted by Apprise or its licensors, and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws. The collection, arrangement and assembly of the content on the Site are the exclusive property of Apprise and are likewise protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

Apprise is a trademark or service mark of Apprise Educational Services. You may not use, copy, modify or display any of these marks, without the prior written consent of Apprise, except to properly identify the services or products of Apprise. You may not use any Apprise logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without the permission of Apprise.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
We may display on this Site links to other web sites to provide you with useful information. Apprise is not responsible for the contents of such links, any linked site, or any link contained in a linked site. The display of any link does not imply endorsement by Apprise of the linked site. IN NO EVENT WILL APPRISE BE LIABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO ANYONE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY LINKED THIRD PARTY SITE OR ANY LINK CONTAINED ON ANY SUCH SITE.

HYPERLINKS TO THIS SITE
You may create a hyperlink to the home page of this Site only so long as the link does not portray Apprise or its products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner. Linking to other content within our Site is prohibited without Apprise 's express prior written consent.

CHILDREN
In compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Apprise does not permit children under 13 years of age to become users. By using our Site, you represent you are not under 13 years of age.

DISCLAIMER
THE INFORMATION, SERVICES, PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS CONTAINED IN OR DESCRIBED ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED BY APPRISE "AS IS." APPRISE MAKES NO, AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS, ALL REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE, INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, SERVICES OR PRODUCTS REFERENCED ON THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT, IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, OR WARRANTIES THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. IN ADDITION, ALTHOUGH APPRISE BELIEVES ALL INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE ON OR VIA THE SITE TO BE ACCURATE AS OF THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, APPRISE CANNOT, AND DOES NOT, REPRESENT, GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE ON OR VIA THE SITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR CURRENT, AND APPRISE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS THEREIN, OR RESULTS OBTAINED FROM USING SUCH INFORMATION.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
APPRISE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF APPRISE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION UNDER CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, THE SYSTEM OR ANY INFORMATION, SERVICES, PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON OR VIA THIS SITE.

PRIVACY STATEMENT
Apprise recognizes that you have an interest in how we collect, retain and use information about you. Click Here for Apprise's privacy policy.

SUBMISSIONS
All remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information provided by you through this Site (together, the "Submission") will forever be the property of Apprise. Apprise will not be required to treat any Submission as confidential, and will not be liable for any ideas for its business (including without limitation, product or advertising ideas) and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future Apprise operations. Without limitation, Apprise will have exclusive ownership of all present and future existing rights to the Submission of every kind and nature everywhere. Apprise will be entitled to use theSubmission for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever without compensation to you or any other person sending the Submission.

You acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever material you submit, and you, not Apprise, have full responsibility for such material, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality, and copyright.

You agree to abide by any Acceptable Use Policy instituted by Apprise from time to time.

GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Apprise and govern your use of the Site, superceding any prior agreements between you and Apprise. This Site is owned and controlled by Apprise Educational Services, whose principal office is located in Del Mar, California. As such, the substantive laws of the State of California will govern these Terms, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. If you use this Site from other locations you are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. You agree that any action arising out of the Terms shall be brought in state or federal court in San Diego, California, and you consent to the jurisdiction of such courts. The failure of Apprise to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in such provision, and the other provisions of the Terms remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Site or the Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.