Terms of Use

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Welcome to www.ridgedu.com (the “Website”) owned and operated by Ridgefield International Education Ltd. (“RFIE”). Please read these Terms of Use and the accompanying Privacy Policy carefully before using this Website and/or submitting any personal information that could identify you (including but not limited to name, address,telephone number and email address). By using this Website, you signify your agreement to these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use and/or the Privacy Policy, do not use this Website.
 
Copyright and Trademarks
The names and marks “Ridgefield International Education”, “Cougar International Camps”, are the trademarks of RFIE and are owned or licensed to RFIE. All materials, including but not limited to im

ages, audio and video clips, animation, diagrams, photographs and any and all information of any kind in any form (the “Materials”), incorporated into, published or otherwise exhibited on this Website are protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights and are owned and controlled by RFIE or third parties who have licensed RFIE the right to include the Materials in this Website. Any copying, reproducing, republishing, uploading, posting, modifying or transmission or distribution of any Materia ls is strictly prohibited and will be considered a violation of RFIE’s intellectual property rights and could result in legal liability and/or criminal sanction.

Disclaimer
The Material provided on this Website are for informational, educational and/or entertainment purposes only. This site and the materials and products on this site are provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. RFIE makes no warranties regarding the reliability, truthfulness, accuracy or completeness of any Materials. Unless otherwise stated expressly, any opinion, view or idea expressed in any article, review or  story, or any content contributed or published by visitors in chat rooms or on bulletin boards or otherwise disseminated or sent to RFIE or others on or via this Website (“Visitor Content”) is the author’s own and does not reflect the views of RFIE or its affiliated and related entities, or its partners, sponsors, advertisers or content providers. Neither RFIE, its affiliated and related entities, partners, advertisers, sponsors or content providers are liable to any person or entity whatsoever for any loss, damage, injury, liability, claim or any other cause of action of any kind arising from the use, dissemination of or reliance on any Materials or Visitor Content provided on this Website. You agree to use this Website entirely at your own risk. RFIE and its affiliated and related entities, its partners, advertisers, sponsors and content providers disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose or that the Website will function error free or uninterrupted or that this Website or the servers that make it available for use are free of viruses or defects.

RFIE and its affiliated and related entities, its partners, advertisers, sponsors and content providers shall not be held liable for any information, services or products that are provided or offered by websites that are linked to this Website. The links to other websites are provided only as a convenience to you and do not constitute any endorsement of the linked websites or any information, services or products that are provided or offered by the linked websites. You agree that you use any linked websites entirely at your own risk.

Use of Site
Harassment in any manner or form on the site, including via e-mail, or by use of obscene or abusive language, is strictly forbidden. Impersonation of others, including a RFIE or other licensed employee, host, or representative, as well as other members or visitors on the site is prohibited. You may not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through the site any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable which may constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or which may otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law. You may not upload commercial content on the site or use the site to solicit others.

Visitor Content and Indemnification:

Any visitor content provided by you to RFIE on its site or other means shall become the property of RFIE throughout the universe in perpetuity and RFIE shall have the right to publish, reproduce, disseminate, exhibit or otherwise distribute and use the Visitor Content in all media now known or hereafter devised. By submitting Visitor Content to the Website, you agree to represent and warrant that such Visitor Content shall not contain any libelous, defamatory, obscene, illegal, threatening or abusive materials and shall not infringe any intellectual property right or any other right of any person or entity and shall not breach any law. By visiting and using this Website, you signify your agreement to save RFIE, it’s affiliated and related entities, its officers, directors and employees harmless from any and all damages, legal actions or causes of action that may now or hereinafter arise as a result of your use of the Website and your breach of these Terms of Use and/or any representations and warranties related to the Visitor Content. RFIE monitors the use of site and any posted materials and reserves the right to remove any Visitor Content and block access to any visitor for any reason at its sole discretion.

Jurisdiction
This Website is owned and controlled by RFIE, a company incorporated under the laws of the province of Ontario and whose head office is located in the city of Oakville.

Neither RFIE  nor its affiliated or related entities make any representation, express or implied, that this Website will be available for use in or comply with the law of any country other than Canada. By using this Website, you agree that these Website Terms of Us e and Privacy Policy shall be governed, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario as it is applied to contracts entered into and performed entirely within such province and you submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of such