TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR STORYEQ
Last Updated On: 22-12-2023
Welcome to StoryEQ. The website is operated by StoryEQ Business Services (“we”, “us”, or “our”). We offer training and consulting services to you when you visit or shop at StoryEQ (the “Service”), conditioned upon your acceptance of the following terms and conditions.
Please read these terms and conditions carefully before accessing or using our website. By accessing or using any part of the site, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the website or use any services.
1. MEMBERSHIP AND ACCOUNT
ELIGIBILITY
In order to purchase a training package and use the services offered on StoryEQ, you must be at least 18 years of age or the age of majority in your state or province of residence, whichever is higher. If you are under the age of majority, you may use our website only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. By registering for an account and agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, you represent that you are legally capable of entering into binding contracts and that all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate.
TRAINING PACKAGES
We offer various training packages that allow you to attend online programs. Access is non-transferable and cannot be sold or otherwise transferred. Under circumstances where the trainee is not able to attend a program, trainee can attend the training at a later schedule, or may transfer right to another after the necessary acceptance from ‘the coach’, in writing. The purchases cease to exist
ACCOUNT CREATION
To fully utilize our services, you must create an account with https://storyeq.in. This will require you to provide certain personal information, accessed via Google or LinkedIn social login API services.
Your account is for your personal use only. You may not impersonate someone else, create an account for anyone other than yourself, provide an email address other than your own, or create multiple accounts.
You can choose to terminate your training at any time. However, please note that we do not provide refunds for any training fees already paid, instead the training can be transferred to another with the acceptance of ‘the coach’, given in writing at least 3 days prior to the training date.
We reserve the right to terminate your account and access to our services if you are found to be in breach of these Terms and Conditions, including but not limited to, sharing account access with others, using the services for commercial purposes, or engaging in fraudulent activities.
ACCOUNT SECURITY
We implement reasonable measures to help protect your personal information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no system can be completely secure, and we do not guarantee that unauthorized disclosures and access will not happen.
You acknowledge that it is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your account and to your computer or device. Always sign off when finished using a shared computer.
2. USE OF SERVICE
PURPOSE OF THE SERVICE
StoryEQ provides a training to tech professionals and leaders to improve their communication skills in the form of Business Storytelling. The service is strictly limited to personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of the service is not permitted without our express written consent.
ACCESS AND SECURITY
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our service, including ensuring that your device meets all the necessary technical specifications to enable you to access and use the service.
You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our service through your internet connection are aware of these Terms and Conditions and that they comply with them.
The integrity of your personal account should be maintained by safeguarding your password and other authentication details. If you believe that your account’s security has been compromised, you must inform us immediately.
PERMITTED USE
You may use our Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
You agree not to use the service in any way that breaches any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation.
You also agree not to access without authority, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any part of our service, any equipment or network on which our service is stored, any software used in the provision of our service, or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.
PROHIBITED USE
You may not use the service for any of the following purposes: In any way that is fraudulent or illegal.
To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards.
To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware, or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
You acknowledge that the training service includes proprietary information that is registered with the Intellectual Property, India.
You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, distribute, or create derivative works based on the content provided through the training.
USER CONTRIBUTIONS
The service may contain message boards, chat rooms, personal web pages or profiles, forums, bulletin boards, and other interactive features that allow users to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit content or materials on or through the service.
Any contribution you make must be in compliance with our content standards. You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards,and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty.
ACCOUNT TERMINATION
We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions. By using StoryEQ, you acknowledge and agree to these conditions of use. Your adherence to these guidelines ensures a safe and productive environment for all users engaging with our service.
3. PAYMENT, RENEWAL, AND CANCELLATION
PAYMENT
Upon selecting a training service, you will be prompted to complete the payment in order to access the online training. Payment must be made via the methods available on StoryEQ, which may include credit cards, debit cards, net banking, or other payment gateways.
Full payment must be received by us before you will be allowed to attend the training. All payments are to be made in the currency specified on our website at the time of purchase.
You represent and warrant that (i) any credit information you supply is true, correct, and complete, (ii) you are duly authorized to use such credit card for the purchase, (iii) charges incurred by you will be honored by your credit card company, and (iv) you will pay charges incurred by you at the posted prices, including all applicable taxes, if any.
CANCELLATION
Since the training is based on the limited number of open seats for any specific time, you will not be able to cancel your training once booked. You may attend the training at a later date of transfer your seat to another with the consent of the coach. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your membership if we are unable to process your payment information and you do not provide an alternative form of payment upon our request.
REFUND POLICY
All training sales are considered final. However, in exceptional cases, such as a duplicate transaction or a technical error resulting in an inability to access the service, we may, at our discretion, issue a refund.
Any requests for refunds must be made in writing to our contact@storyeq.in detailing the reason for the request. We will review each case individually and communicate the outcome of our review process to you.
CHANGES TO FEES
We reserve the right to alter our fees or charges for our services at any time. Such changes in fees for future trainings will be displayed ahead of time and will be clearly communicated to the trainee.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION PRIVACY
Any financial information, such as credit card numbers, is processed by our payment gateways and is not stored on our servers.
We utilize reputable services for payment processing and endeavor to take all reasonable measures to ensure the security of your financial transactions and personal information, but we cannot guarantee the absolute security of this information.
4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
OWNERSHIP OF CONTENT
The content provided on StoryEQ, including but not limited to text, graphics, images, audio, video, software, data compilations, and the compilation of the content, as well as the service itself, is the property of StoryEQ Business Services or its licensors and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws both domestically and internationally.
All rights are reserved, and no Intellectual Property Right (including copyright and trademarks, whether registered or unregistered) belonging to StoryEQ Business Services or its licensors is to be altered, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, distributed, or used in any other way for commercial or public purposes.
LICENSE TO USE
Subject to your compliance with these Terms and Conditions, StoryEQ Business Services grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the website and the services provided for your personal, non-commercial use, in accordance with the purposes intended and permitted by the features of the service. This license does not include any right of collection, aggregation, copying, duplication, display, or derivative use of the service nor any right of use of data mining, robots, spiders, or similar data gathering and extraction tools without our prior written permission; provided, however, that a limited exception from the foregoing exclusion is provided to general purpose internet search engines and non-commercial public archives that use tools to gather information for the sole purpose of displaying hyperlinks to the service, provided they each do so from a stable IP address or range of IP addresses using an easily identifiable agent.
LOGOS AND TRADEMARKS
The logos of various clients used in StoryEQ are solely based on trainee’s current employment as provided during initiating subscription.
StoryEQ Business Services does not claim any ownership over the logos of these organizations. The trademarks, service marks, and logos associated with the organizations belong to their respective owners and are used on our website within the parameters of fair use for identification purposes only.
We acknowledge that the intellectual property rights of these logos and trademarks are owned by their respective institutions and affirm that their appearance on our website does not indicate any affiliation with, or endorsement by, the owners of these intellectual property rights.
Any use of these logos on our website does not confer any rights to use the logos for any other purpose other than identification, and such use should not be interpreted as suggesting any official status or endorsement by the institutions that own these trademarks.
USER CONTRIBUTIONS
Any content you shared during training, such as feedback, ideas etc will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary.
You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us and other users of the site a license to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available for marketing purposes.
5. USER CONDUCT
GENERAL CONDUCT
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When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
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These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
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How long we retain your data
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For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
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Where your data is sent
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Users of StoryEQ are expected to conduct themselves in a respectful and law- abiding manner at all times when interacting with the service and other users. This includes adherence to all laws and regulations applicable to the use of the internet and online conduct.
RESPECTFUL INTERACTION
You agree not to use StoryEQ to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability. All interactions on the site, whether through public forums or private messaging, should be conducted in a professional and courteous manner.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
You are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of the service complies with all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to you. The burden of proving
PROHIBITION OF MISUSE
You are prohibited from using the site or its content: (a) for any unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international or jurisdictional regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to submit false or misleading information; (f) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the service or of any related website, other websites, or the internet; (g) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (h) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (i) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the service or any related website, other websites, or the Internet.
ACCOUNT SECURITY
You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access the service and for any activities or actions under your password, whether your password is with our service or a third-party service.
You agree not to disclose your password to any third party. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.
SYSTEM INTEGRITY
You must not misuse the site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. hr’ You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the site, the server on which the site is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the site.
You must not attack the site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of- service attack.
REPORTING MISCONDUCT
If you interact with someone through StoryEQ who you feel is acting or has acted inappropriately, including but not limited to, someone who (i) engages in offensive, violent, or sexually inappropriate behavior, (ii) you suspect of stealing from you, or (iii) engages in any other disturbing conduct, you should immediately report such person to the appropriate authorities and then to StoryEQ by contacting us with your police station and report number (if available).
6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
SCOPE OF LIABILITY
StoryEQ Business Services, its affiliates, officers, employees, agents, partners, and licensors shall not be liable to you or any third party for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including lost profits, lost revenue, loss of data, or other damages arising out of or in connection with your use of StoryEQ, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
The liability of StoryEQ Business Services shall be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law. In no event shall our total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action exceed the amount you have paid us in the last six (6) months, or, if greater, one hundred Indian Rupees (INR 100).
SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of- service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data, or other proprietary material due to your use of StoryEQ or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.
We do not guarantee that StoryEQ will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. We shall not be liable for any loss or damage resulting from a cyber-attack or any unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of information.
INFORMATION ACCURACY
We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the information provided on StoryEQ. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to StoryEQ, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
USER CONTENT
We assume no liability for content provided by users of the site. We are not liable for any statements, representations, or user content provided by our users in any public forum, personal home page, or other Interactive Areas.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS
Any links to third-party websites are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
The service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We do not make any warranties that the service will meet your requirements or that the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free.
7. TERMINATION
RIGHT TO TERMINATE
StoryEQ Business Services reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to terminate or suspend your account and access to training services, at any time, without notice, for conduct that StoryEQ Business Services believes violates these Terms and Conditions or is harmful to other users of StoryEQ, its associates, or for any other reason deemed necessary by StoryEQ Business Services , including but not limited to user
8. GOVERNING LAW
JURISDICTION AND APPLICABILITY
The Terms and Conditions of StoryEQ and any separate agreements whereby we provide you services shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
JURISDICTIONAL CONSENT
LEGAL COMPLIANCE
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Any dispute you have with StoryEQ Business Services relating to these Terms and Conditions or your use of StoryEQ must be submitted to confidential arbitration in Chennai, India, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate StoryEQ Business Services’s intellectual property rights, StoryEQ Business Services may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of [specific city or state in India], and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.
ARBITRATION
Arbitration under these Terms and Conditions shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the Indian Arbitration Association. The arbitrator’s award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
BROAD APPLICATION
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under these Terms and Conditions shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to these Terms and Conditions, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.
INTERPRETATION
In the event that any provision of these Terms and Conditions is determined to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the unenforceable portion shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms and Conditions. Such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.
9. CHANGES TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS
RIGHT TO MODIFY
StoryEQ Business Services reserves the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms and Conditions at any time. It is your responsibility to check these Terms and Conditions periodically for changes.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
We will endeavor to notify users of any significant changes to the Terms and Conditions by posting a notice on the homepage of StoryEQ, through a pop-up notice, email, or other reasonable means. However, the lack of explicit notification does not diminish the effectiveness of the changes once posted.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of the modified Terms and Conditions on the site, unless we specify a later date. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page.
ACCEPTANCE OF CHANGES
Your continued use of the site following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes. As long as you comply with these Terms and Conditions, StoryEQ Business Services grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the site.
MATERIAL CHANGES
If the changes are material, we may provide more prominent notice or obtain your consent as required by law. ‘Material changes’ are changes that significantly affect your rights, obligations, and privileges concerning your use of the site.
ARCHIVAL OF PREVIOUS TERMS
We may archive prior versions of the Terms and Conditions for your review upon request.
USER RESPONSIBILITY
You are expected to be aware of and to adhere to the Terms and Conditions at all times. Ignorance of the Terms and Conditions, especially following any modifications, will not be grounds for failing to abide by them.
CONSENT
10. CONTACT INFORMATION
QUERIES AND SUPPORT
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, the practices of StoryEQ, or your dealings with this site, please contact our Customer Support team.
CONTACT METHODS
You can reach our Customer Support team via:
Email: For any inquiries or assistance, please email us at contact@storyeq.in. We aim to respond to all email correspondence within a reasonable time frame.
FEEDBACK
We welcome your feedback and suggestions about how to improve our services and website. Feedback can be provided through any of the contact methods listed above.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
For technical support with your account, navigating the site, or any other technical issues, please use the following contact method: contact@storyeq.in
All official communications must be sent to the email provided above to be considered received and acknowledged by StoryEQ Business Services.
Our goal is to ensure that your inquiries are addressed promptly and efficiently. However, the response time may vary depending on the complexity of the inquiry and the volume of requests received.