Terms and Conditions

Your access to ITEC academy systems and website

ITEC academy systems are designed to provide secure access to data to avoid the need to transfer such data.

If you are accessing a system on behalf of a training provider or assessment centre your access has been provided for specific and limited purposes and is also governed by the terms of the agreement in place between ITEC academy and the organisation you work for. Your access to the system has been arranged through an administrator at ITEC academy and authorised by the training provider or assessment centre.

Use of ITEC academy’s website is also subject to these terms. Users must take note of copyright terms below and are not authorised to use any personal data from the website other than for personal use; this includes the prohibition of data-scraping. Your use of personal data, even where it is in the public domain, must comply with data protection legislation. This includes, but is not limited to, identifying your own lawful basis and issuing privacy notices.

Terms and conditions

In using ITEC academy systems/website, you agree:

• to only use any username and password issued to you in accordance with these terms and, where applicable, in the normal course of your employment or contract arrangement
• to check the operation of your username and password promptly after receiving it to ensure that you have been granted the correct access profile(s) and agree to notify ITEC academy promptly if you become aware of any problem with your username and password or access profile, including unrequired access privileges
• to keep your username and password private and secure and not to permit anybody else to use them or any session established with the system/application. System users are responsible for all activities undertaken through the use of their username and password
• to take all reasonable steps to ensure that you always leave your workstation secure when not using it by locking the screen or logging off
• to ensure that your screen cannot be overlooked by unauthorised users or passers-by, particularly if you are accessing the system from outside your normal place of work, or from home
• not to log on to the system using unsecured WiFi, eg public WiFi hotspots
• to change your password and notify ITEC academy immediately if you suspect that it has been discovered or used by a third party
• to treat information confidentially and not to use data for any purpose other than as authorised and not to copy, remove or screenshot data from the system without authorisation
• not to access any personal data unless required to do so as part of your role and not to disclose personal or sensitive information without authorisation from ITEC academy
• to use the system/application and all data in accordance with data protection legislation and, where applicable, your employer's information governance, data protection, privacy and information security policies and procedures and in accordance with your contract of employment or contract of provision for service (whichever is appropriate) and with any instructions relating to the system which are notified to you from time to time
• not to maliciously alter, modify, delete, neutralise, circumvent, tamper with, manipulate, copy, reproduce, decompile or adapt any part of the system/application/website components and/or data, including, but not limited to software, access profiles or other code or scripts
• not to corrupt, invalidate, deface, damage or otherwise misuse, or interfere with, any part of the system/application/website or information stored by them, including but not limited to the introduction of computer viruses, malicious software or disruptive components that may cause disruption to the services or breaches in confidentiality
• to notify ITEC academy of any data inaccuracies
• to ensure that your user account and profile details are accurate and up to date and to notify ITEC academy promptly if your details are incorrect or change
• to ensure that you, your manager or employer notify ITEC academy at any time should you either wish to terminate this agreement and to have your username and password revoked, eg on cessation of your employment or contractual arrangement or other relevant change in your job role, or any of your access profiles require amendment for any reason
• agree not to use or allow anyone else to use a system without authorisation, ie being issued with an individual username and password with access levels appropriate to their role and undertaking the appropriate systems training.

In agreeing to these terms, you also acknowledge that:

• your username and password may be revoked, or access profiles changed at any time without notice in the event of a breach of this agreement, any guidance or instructions notified to you regarding the use of the system/application or if such revocation or change is necessary as a security precaution
• ITEC academy's responsibility under this agreement is for the administration of appropriate access profiles and the issue of a username/password for the system/application
• any breach of this agreement may be brought to the attention of law enforcement, ITEC academy's Professional Standards team, and your employer and/or manager, who may then take appropriate action (including disciplinary proceedings and/or criminal prosecution)
• These terms and conditions form a binding agreement between yourself and ITEC academy and you agree that this agreement is governed by English law and that the English courts shall settle any dispute under this agreement.

Notifications under this agreement should be sent to contact.itecacademy@gmail.com

Accuracy of information

• While ITEC academy makes reasonable effort to ensure that information is correct and up to date, ITEC academy makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy, and accepts no liability or responsibility for any loss due to errors or omissions in the content, or caused by reliance on this information.
• Information is provided "as is" and on an "as available" basis without any representations or any kind of warranty made (whether express or implied by law), including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
• As a user, you agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless ITEC academy, its affiliates, business partners, partners, officers, agents and employees from any and all claims, demands and damages (whether actual and/or consequential), resulting from or associated in any way with any supplied content. It is advised that users check any information before acting or relying on it.
• Functions embodied on, or in the materials of, ITEC academy systems/websites are not warranted to be uninterrupted or without error.

Intellectual property

• ITEC academy is the owner and licensee of all intellectual property rights relating to the system and data. You may view information made available through the system subject to these terms and any contractual agreement between ITEC academy and your employing organisation, provided that no trademark, copyright or other proprietary notices contained in or appearing on any materials are removed in whole or in part.
• All rights, including copyright and database rights, in ITEC academy's website and its contents are owned by or licensed to ITEC academy or otherwise used by ITEC academy as permitted by applicable law.
• You may download and make copies of the content on ITEC academy.org for your own personal use only. Unless expressly noted on the page, you are not permitted to copy, download, store (including on any other website), distribute, transmit, broadcast, adapt or change in any way the content of these web pages for any other purpose without prior written permission from ITEC academy.