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STUDENT AGREEMENT, TERMS OF USE and PRIVACY POLICY --------------------------------------------------------------------
STUDENT AGREEMENT -
THE DISTANCE LEARNING COMPANY COURSE TUITION A registration fee will be charged to you. The course fee includes all required instructional materials and the standard certificate processing service. You will be asked to pay before you can begin the course and before we process your documents. You may make payment by credit card and PayPal over the internet, or by phone.
Arizona Only: All fees will be sent to the appropriate state agencies and courts on your behalf. This process will be done following the guidelines that the State of Arizona requires. COURSE SCHEDULE The course will be available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This availability may be affected by circumstances such as, but not limited to: system, site or connectivity failure over which the course owner has no control.
Virginia Only: You may only attempt the final exam once a day.
PRIVACY POLICY The course provider will not sell, distribute and/or reveal any of your personal information except to persons authorized by the court or the state you are taking the course for. In some cases, we may collect information about you that is not personally identifiable. Examples of this include the internet browser and computer operating system you are using, and the URL of the website you found us on. This information is solely used for our own statistics and to make appropriate system/course upgrades.
ELIGIBILITY
Course eligibility varies by state, please see your own state's unique processes & rules for the details regarding who can take the course, how often and what type of courses they allow. Commercial driver's license holders are generally not permitted to take a ticket dismissal course, please see your own state rules for eligibility. *It is the student's responsibility to ensure that their jurisdiction will accept the course.
Arizona Only: Once you agree to the terms, and make payment, you will need to send us a copy of your ticket and driver's license so we can verify your information. We will also use this information to check your eligibility for defensive driving with the State of Arizona. You will need access to a printer, fax, scanner, or digital camera to send us the required paperwork to finish enrollment.
INSTRUCTOR'S STATEMENT Texas Only: My signature on my certificate certifies that all information I have provided is true. Under penalty of law, I attest to the fact that the student whose name and signature appears on this document has successfully completed the number of hours as required under Texas Education Code, Chapter 1001, and that any false information on this document will be used as evidence in a court of law and/or administrative proceeding.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS This website was designed to accommodate the latest web and accessibility standards. Older web browsers may be incompatible with these standards. If you have any problems viewing this website, upgrade your browser to the latest version, or try a different one. Some pages use pop-up windows and any use of pop-up blockers may block elements of our website. A high speed internet connection is required for optimal performance. The course requires the use of a mouse, or device that operates in place of a mouse. We recommend speakers, although it is not necessary. Keep in mind that if you are behind certain firewalls it may affect your course navigation. If you're not sure if you have met the requirements, you can contact us.
COMPLETION, GRADING, AND CERTIFICATION POLICY You agree to complete and pass all units of the curriculum, and a final exam(if a final is a requirement), before their completion can be processed. Progress can be tracked at any time by clicking "course" while logged in. You may log in and out of the course when you like, as long as you complete on, or before, your due date assigned by your jurisdiction.
RULES OF OPERATION AND CONDUCT You agree that only you will study the material, complete the chapter quizzes, and take the final exam. You may be expelled for attempting to circumvent any security measures, or allowing someone else to do any part of this. If the course provider discovers that you have willfully submitted false information, have cheated, or violated the rules of conduct, or been rude, to our staff you will be stopped from taking the course with no refund of the registration fees. In addition, you may be prosecuted for perjury and other criminal acts punishable by law.
SPECIAL NEEDS Because the program is self-paced, many students with reading, hearing, or learning conditions find that they can pass the course. If the course does not meet your needs, you can contact customer support for assistance or a potential refund.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICIES
You are eligible for a full refund and cancellation of your course as long as it is requested within 30 days of registering, and before you complete the course (excludes Arizona students, please Arizona refund policies). You are not entitled to a refund at any time if you have been expelled for a violation of the terms & conditions or you have successfully completed the course. Refunds will be processed by the same method as the original payment. Refunds after 30 days or after course completion will be issued at our discretion and a refund processing fee will be withheld. Any approved refunds more than 90 days after payment can only be issued by mailed check and a check processing fee will be withheld. By agreeing to these terms, any credit card charges pertaining to the above fees cannot be disputed through the lending credit card if you do not qualify for a refund. Any reference to a "money back guarantee" on our website(s) does not apply to the Arizona course, due to state requirements.
Arizona Only: Once you have agreed to these terms, submitted payment, and have begun the course, the State of Arizona cannot offer a refund for any court or state fees unless: a) An officer fails to file the citation with your court and the cited driver attends a diversion course for it. b) When a citation is dismissed by a jurisdictional court on its own motion, for technical problems that are not correctable under civil traffic rules. c) The court requests the refund to be granted.
CREDIT CARD DISPUTES Before filing a dispute for either an unauthorized payment with your credit card, or for any other reasons, you will need to contact our customer service team to resolve it within 90 days of payment (800-800-3579). If you contact our customer service department, we will need the following information: We will then contact the cardholder within two business days to resolve the dispute. You, and the cardholder (if applicable), agree that if a dispute is filed with their financial company without first contacting us: You cannot use a credit card which does not belong to you without permission from the cardholder. Otherwise, your completion/certificate will become void and the appropriate authorities and jurisdictions will be notified.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES You agree that all personal information given, and which will be given, is true and correct. Any intention to give us false information is a breach of these terms and conditions and may be liable for damages sustained to our company. This agreement constitutes the entire contract between the course provider and yourself, and verbal assurances or promises not contained herein shall not be binding.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY You acknowledge and agree that the liability of our company , agents, and employees for any act, omission to act, or negligence is strictly limited up to the amount of the registration fee paid by you or the cardholder.
DMV LEGAL NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER California Only: The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) recognizes the right of private enterprises to advertise and distribute information related to their business functions. DMV promotes the free exchange of information, ideas, and opinions, except when the content may invade personal privacy, violate property rights, constitute libel, or be a violation of any applicable federal, state, or local laws. Name of the cardholder, student name, and student ID# Contact information (phone & email) Date of charge, amount of charge Brief description of the dispute You forfeit any course fees. You may be required to pay a $75.00 dispute processing fee. Your completion/certificate will become void and the appropriate authorities and jurisdictions will be notified.
While this lesson plan content may have been approved by DMV, the distribution, advertising, and other information provided by this vendor is not guaranteed by DMV, nor does it represent the views of the department. You are advised that the DMV, unless statutorily required, has no continuing obligation to provide information to an approved course web site or printed publication. The DMV assumes no responsibility for erroneous, incomplete, or out-of-date information. The user should contact the provider and/or DMV to ensure that the information herein is current and accurate. All warranties of any kind, including, but not limited to, the IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, freedom from contamination b y computer viruses, and non-infringement of proprietary rights ARE DISCLAIMED. You are advised that the DMV is not responsible for the content of any off-site web pages referenced from or to an approved course web site or home study publication. In addition, DMV and the State of California are not responsible for the content of files that are uploaded for inclusion. The user should not rely on the presentation of statutes or regulations referenced in an approved website or printed publication, but should consult the actual text of the law. Legal requirements frequently change and the user may wish to seek the advice of counsel. If you find any errors, omissions, or have a complaint regarding the educational content, we encourage you to report them to the education provider. In the event the issue is not resolved to your satisfaction you may call the department at (916) 229-3154. This course is not intended as training from a licensed driving school. It does not meet the standards, training, or requirements in preparation for being issued a driver license. This course has been reviewed and approved to meet the requirements for the traffic violator school program. Completion documentation will not be issued to those not meeting the traffic violator school program criteria. Pursuant to Vehicle Code section 1808.7, the following situations are not eligible for masking a traffic safety violation on a California driver record: 1. The driver has already attended a traffic violator course within 18 months of the conviction. 2. The driver holds a commercial license as defined in Vehicle Code section 15210. 3. The driver holds a commercial driver license from out of state. 4. The violation occurred in a commercial motor vehicle as defined in Vehicle Code section 15210. The violator has not paid a deposit of fees or bail, and has not pleaded guilty, no contest, or been convicted by the court of jurisdiction. 6. The conviction would result in a violation point count of more than one point pursuant to Vehicle Code section 12810. A list of Vehicle Code two point violations may be found on the Department of Motor Vehicles website, www.dmv.ca.gov.
TERMS OF USE - THE DISTANCE LEARNING COMPANY Parties. The parties to these Terms of Use are you, and the Distance Learning Company LLC (DLC) and all DBA's including but not limited to: TrafficSchoolOnline.com, OnlineDriversEd.com, NotaryClassOnline.com, OnlineArizonaDefensiveDriving.com CheapTrafficSchool.com. All references to "we", "us", "our", this "website" or this "site" shall be construed to mean this website; The Distance Learning Company and all representatives. Modification. We reserve the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time, and without prior notice, by posting an amended Terms of Use. Use And Restrictions. Subject to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, you may use the public areas of this website, but only for your own internal purposes. You agree not to access (or attempt to access) this website by any means other than through the interface we provide, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement. You agree not to access (or attempt to access) this website through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers), and you agree to comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present on this website. You are not authorized to (i) copy, reproduce, resell, sublicense, transfer, assign, or distribute the website, its services or content; (ii) copy, reproduce, modify or make derivative works based on the website, its services or content; or (iii) "frame" or "mirror" the website, its services or content on any other server or Internet-enabled device. All rights not expressly granted in this Agreement are reserved by us and our licensors. Electronic Communications. Visiting or sending communication to TrafficSchoolOnline.com, OnlineDriversEd.com, NotaryClassOnline.com, OnlineArizonaDefensiveDriving.com CheapTrafficSchool.com or any other Distance Learning Company sites constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the website, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. Your Account. If you use this website, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that (DLC) is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. (DLC) associates reserve the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content at our sole discretion. Property of DLC. All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the website, is the property of "DLC" and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto. No Modifications. You will not copy, reproduce, modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the website. "DLC" content is not for resale. You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of "DLC" and the copyright owner.
Harassment. You agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not: defame, abuse, harass, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of the DLC team or representatives. Monitoring. We reserve the right, but not the obligation, to monitor your access and use of this website without notification to you. We may record or log your use in a manner as set out in our Privacy Policy that is accessible through the Privacy Policy link on this website's home page. Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you upload the materials. Arbitration. In the event the parties are not able to resolve any dispute between them arising out of or concerning these Terms of Use, or any provisions hereof, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise at law or in equity for damages or any other relief, then such dispute shall be resolved only by final and binding arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, conducted by a single neutral arbitrator and administered by the American Arbitration Association, or a similar arbitration service selected by the parties, in a location mutually agreed upon by the parties. The arbitrator's award shall be final, and judgment may be entered upon it in any court having jurisdiction. Jurisdiction And Venue. The courts of Maricopa County in the State of Arizona, USA and the nearest U.S. District Court shall be the exclusive jurisdiction and venue for all legal proceedings that are not arbitrated under these Terms of Use. Controlling Law. This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the State of California, USA, excluding rules regarding conflicts of law. The application to the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. Force Majeure. We shall not be liable for damages for any delay or failure of delivery arising out of causes beyond our reasonable control and without our fault or negligence, including, but not limited to, Acts of God, acts of civil or military authority, fires, riots, wars, embargoes, Internet disruptions, hacker attacks, or communications failures. Termination/Access Restriction. "DLC" reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the website and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in California in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the website. Use of the website is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section. PRIVACY POLICY - THE DISTANCE LEARNING COMPANY This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for any and all websites ("Website") operated by or under the control of The Distance Learning Company. "We" shall refer to The Distance Learning Company and its DBS's. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this Website. It will notify you of the following: 1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the Website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared. 2. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data. 3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information. 4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information. Information Collection, Use, and Sharing We are the sole owners of the information collected on this Website about you and your use of the Website. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via registration, email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order. Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this Privacy Policy. Your Access to and Control Over Information You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number that was provided by you on our Website: Security We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the Website, your information is and will be protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the Web page. While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment. Registration In order to use this Website, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give certain information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact you about the products and/or services on our Website in which you have expressed interest. We may ask for demographic information (such as gender or age) about yourself, but this information is only collected for the States who require it. To purchase a course, you must provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we'll use this information to contact you. Cookies See what data we have about you, if any. Change/correct any data we have about you. Have us delete any data we have about you that is not required by a government authority to retain. Express any concern you have about our use of your data. We use "cookies'' on this Website to help give you the best experience and to allow us to customize the marketing content you see across the Website and social media. A cookie is a piece of data stored on your hard drive to help us improve your access to our Website and identify repeat visitors to our Website. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our Website. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Website. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our Website. Sharing We may share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This demographic information is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person. We use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes beyond fulfilling your order. Links This Website contains links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Website and to read the privacy policies of any other website that collects personally identifiable information. Changes This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without sending the updated Privacy Policy to you. California Privacy Rights This section is provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the "CCPA") and other applicable California privacy laws. This section applies solely to our users who are California residents as defined under applicable California privacy laws. Within the last twelve (12) months, we have or may have collected the following categories of information from our users and/or consumers: (1) identifiers, such as a name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, IP address, email address, account name, Social Security, driver's license number, or other similar identifiers; (2) characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law; (3) commercial information, such as records of services purchased (4) internet or other similar network activity, such as browsing history, search history, information regarding your interaction with a website, application, or advertisement; (5) geolocation data. We do not sell the personal information of consumers. As of January 1, 2020, California residents, as defined under applicable California privacy laws, may take advantage of the following rights: 1. You may request, up to two (2) times each year, that we disclose to you, once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, the: (i) categories and specific pieces of personal information that we have collected about you; (ii) categories of sources from which your personal information is collected; (iii) business or commercial purpose for collecting your personal information; (iv) categories of personal information that we disclosed for a business purpose; (v) categories of personal information that we sold about you; (vi) categories of third parties with whom we have shared your personal information; and (vii) business or commercial purpose for selling your personal information. 2. Subject to certain exceptions and up to two (2) times each year, you may request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request for deletion, we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) such personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. To exercise the access and deletion rights described above, please submit a request to us by sending an email to custsvc@distancelearningcompany.com You will be asked to provide certain identifying information, such as your name, email, and residency. While processing your request, we may ask you to provide further verifying documentation, such as proof of residency and identity. We will only use personal information provided in a request to verify the requestor's identity or authority to make the request. Your request must: (i) provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or that you have authority to make the request; and (ii) describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it. Only you may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information.