Welcome to ALC, the ACCESS Learning Centre, empowering and inspiring students in language learning. This agreement represents the entire contract between you and ALC (Access.edu.gr) – (ACCESS Learning Centre) with respect to the above-mentioned site and the fee-based subscription services therein. By visiting, becoming a customer of, purchasing a subscription from, or subscribing to ALC (Access.edu.gr), you agree, without qualification, to be bound by the terms and conditions of use set out below.

1. Acceptance of the Terms

By using the features, information, tools, and functionality located on Access.edu.gr (together the “Service” or the “Services”), you agree to be bound by this Agreement and the Terms, whether you are a “Visitor” (which means you simply browse the ALC website) or you are a “Customer” (which means you have registered with ALC). The term “you” or “User” refers to a Visitor or a Customer. The term “we” refers to ALC. The term “Material” refers to all class materials used in our classes. If you wish to become a Customer, communicate with other Customers and/or make use of the Service, you must read this Agreement and indicate your acceptance during the registration process.

If you do not agree with all the Terms, do not use the Site.

Please review all the Terms carefully before using the Site.

By using the Site, you agree to be bound by the Terms and confirm that you are over the age of 13 and able to form legally binding contracts.

Before you continue, you should print or save a local copy of this Agreement for your records.

2. Changes to these Terms

ALC has the right to modify this Agreement and any policies affecting or pertaining to the Site. Your continued use of the Site following notice of the Agreement modification will be considered an acceptance of the modified terms and conditions of use. Furthermore, ALC reserves the right to suspend, modify or discontinue the Site at any time.

3. Provision of the Services

In providing the Services, we do not actively monitor the display, transmission and exchange of Material that is accessible by means of the Services, nor do we maintain any obligation to do so except as otherwise determined by us or required by the laws of applicable jurisdictions. However, subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy, we reserve the right to monitor the Services for purposes of determining their usage is in compliance with these Terms and applicable laws. In addition, and as described elsewhere in these Terms, we maintain an absolute and unconditional right to review and remove Material accessible by or transmitted through the Services that, in our sole discretion, we believe is in violation of the law of these Terms or is unacceptable to us in our sole discretion.

From time to time and without prior notice to you, we may improve, expand and change the Site and Services. We may also, at any time, cease to continue operating part or all the Services or selectively disable certain aspects of the Services or portions of the Site. Any modification or elimination of the Services will be done in our sole and absolute discretion and without an ongoing obligation or liability to you, and your use of the Site and Services do not entitle you to the continued provision or availability of the Site and Services.

4. Your Rights

ALC offers you a non-transferable, non-exclusive, limited right to access, use and display the content of this Site, provided you comply with this Agreement and the Terms as set out in full. The materials of this Site are provided to you only for your private, non-commercial use. Certain services of this Site are available only to registered customers of ALC.

5. Use of the Service

Your right to access and use Access.edu.gr and the Service is personal to you and is not transferable by you to any other person or entity. You are only entitled to access and use ALC for lawful purposes.

You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your ALC account, username and password. You agree to notify ALC of any unauthorized use of your ALC Account. For the Service to function effectively, you must also keep your registration information up to date and accurate. If you do not do this, the accuracy and effectiveness of the Service to you will be affected.

In our sole and absolute discretion, we may terminate your Account, or modify, reclaim or remove any username associated with your Account, for any reason (including for reasons related to unlawful or unauthorized usage) and we are under no obligation to retain a record of your Account or any data or information that you may have stored by means of the Account and/or the Services.

Your access and use of Access.edu.gr may be interrupted from time to time for any of several reasons, including, without limitation, the malfunction of equipment, periodic updating, maintenance or repair of Access.edu.gr or other actions ALC, in its sole discretion, may elect to take. ALC is not responsible for any loss resulting from your using any of the services, software, materials, audio or video files, content, or communications.

6. Intellectual Property Rights

All materials of ALC, including content, text, images, software, audio and video files, documentation, email and the Site remain at all time the sole property of ALC or its suppliers. Such aforementioned materials are protected under international copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. You may not post, distribute, sublicense, translate or reproduce in any way any copyrighted materials, trademarks or other proprietary information without the prior express written consent of ALC.

7. Access and Interference

You agree that you will not:

  • Use any robot, spider, scraper, deep link or other similar automated data gathering or extraction tools, program, algorithm or methodology to access, acquire, copy or monitor Access.edu.gr or any portion of Access.edu.gr, without ALC’s express written consent, which may be withheld in ALC’s sole discretion;
  • Use or attempt to use any engine, software, tool, agent, or other device or mechanism (including without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search Access.edu.gr, other than the search engines and search agents available through the Service and other than generally available third-party web browsers (such as Microsoft Explorer);
  • Post or transmit any file which contains viruses, worms, Trojan horses or any other contaminating or destructive features, or that otherwise interfere with the proper working of Access.edu.gr or the Service;
  • Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse-engineer any of the software comprising or in any way making up a part of Access.edu.gr or the Service. Please be aware that your carrier’s normal rates and fees, such as text messaging fees, will apply when accessing Access.edu.gr with your portable devices.
  • Record, Stream or Broadcast any lesson, free trial tutorial or training session you take part in without prior consent from ALC.

8. Privacy Policy

Your use of our Site and any personal information or other information about you collected by Access.edu.gr through, or in connection with, the Site (other than User Generated Content) is subject to our Privacy Policy.

As indicated in the Terms, our Site is not designed to attract children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifying information from anyone under the age of 13 unless we first obtain permission from that child’s parent or legal guardian.

9. Forums, chats, online meeting platforms, message boards, and email conduct

ALC provides users with the ability to post messages, use chat rooms, to find and access learning resources for use in their online courses and communicate in web conferences in a virtual online classroom. You are solely responsible for the content of these messages as set out in this Agreement. In addition, by using these services, you agree to not publish, contribute or post any material that:

  • Contains content that is not original or for which you have not received the prior express written consent of the originator of said material.
  • Contains objectionable language or is in any way profane, pornographic, sexually explicit, slanderous or libelous.
  • Attempts to contact a fellow user of ALC without explicit solicitation by that user.
  • Violates any viable rules, laws or regulations, or infringes on any rights of any third party.
  • Contains viruses or any other code designed to interrupt, destroy or incapacitate the functionality of any software, hardware or telecommunications.
  • Is considered “spamming,” such as chain letters, junk mail, or other solicitations.
  • Attempts to impersonate another person or breach the security of ALC and its users.
  • The opinions and messages posted by users at ALC do not reflect and are not representative of the views of ALC or its employees, affiliates, suppliers or partners. ALC is not responsible for the content of messages sent by users to other users they have located through ALC’s online platforms.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless ALC and its affiliates, partners, suppliers, and employees from all liability, claims, costs, or damages arising from your use of the Site or your breach of this Agreement and any of the Terms set out herein.

11. Miscellaneous

If any portion of this Agreement is deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable by any arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction, this Agreement as a whole shall not be deemed unlawful, void or unenforceable, but only that portion of this Agreement that is unlawful, void or unenforceable shall be stricken from this Agreement.

You agree that if ALC does not exercise or enforce any legal right or remedy which is contained in the Agreement (or which ALC has the benefit of under any applicable law), this will not be taken to be a formal waiver of ALC’ rights and that those rights or remedies will still be available to ALC.

All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made in this Agreement shall survive your acceptance of this Agreement and the termination of this Agreement.

This Agreement represents the entire understanding and agreement between you and ALC regarding the subject matter of the same and supersedes all other previous agreements.

If you have any questions about this policy statement, or about any of ALC’s other policies and practices, please contact us on the contact details laid out on Access.edu.gr.