General Terms and Conditions for Online Courses

Standard Terms for the Purchase of Online Courses

These terms and conditions apply to services provided by Vicon Industries.

You may contact us at training@vicon-secuirty.com and/or 800-645-9116.

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before purchasing an Online

Course and print a copy for your records.

Course Specific Terms and Conditions;

Website Disclaimer:  For purchases via the website, by clicking on the “Accept” button you agree to the terms of this agreement which will bind you. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions you must cease to continue to purchase any Services from us.


  1. Definitions

“Confidential Information” means information provided by one party to the other in written, graphic, recorded, machine readable or other form concerning the business, clients, suppliers, finances and other areas of the other party’s business or products, including, without limitation, the Course Materials.

“Course Materials” means the information provided by Vicon Industries to accompany a course provided as part of the Services in hard copy or electronic form.

“Fees” means the fees paid by you to Vicon Industries for the Services.

“Intellectual Property Rights” means copyright, rights in or relating to databases, patent rights, performers’ rights, designs and registered designs, trademarks, rights in or relating to Confidential Information and other intellectual property rights (registered or unregistered) throughout the world.

“Online Course” means the delivery by us of an online course pursuant to which you learn course materials remotely.

“Services” means the provision of the Online Course and/or the Course Materials together with such other services as agreed from time to time and purchased by you through the Website or by telephone.

“You” means the individual purchasing the Services.


  1. The Services

2.1. A description of the Services are available on our Website. We will provide the Services with reasonable care and skill in accordance with the description set out on the Website.

2.2. We reserve the right to vary or withdraw any of the Services described on the Website without notice.

2.3. We expect you to confirm that the Services you are purchasing will meet your needs. We do not make any guarantee to you that you will obtain a particular result, professional qualification or employment opportunity from your purchase and completion of any of the Services.


  1. Ordering Services

Purchasing Services via the Website

3.1. In order to enroll and purchase any of the Services online you must register for an account with us via the Website. If you already have an account with us you can log into your account using your user name and password.

Purchasing Services via the Telephone

3.2. To purchase a Service over the telephone please call 800-645-9116. You do not need to have registered for an account with us to purchase any of the Services over the telephone. You must, however, register for an account with us to access your course online.

3.3. When you place an order for a Service via the Website, or telephone you are offering to purchase the Services on these terms and conditions. Vicon Industries reserves the right to cancel or decline your order or any part of your order at any time until it has been confirmed in accordance with clause 3.5 below.

3.4. Following receipt by us of your order for Services via the Website or the telephone we will contact you confirming receipt of your order.

3.5. A legally binding agreement between us and you shall come into existence when we have:

(a)    Accepted your offer to purchase Services from us by sending you an email confirming the purchase; and

(b)    Received payment of the relevant Fees where applicable from you in accordance with clause 5 below.

3.6. Where your order consists of multiple Online Courses, each individual course will be treated by us as a separate offer to purchase. Acceptance of your offer to buy one or more courses will not be acceptance by us of your offer to purchase any other courses which make up your order.


  1. Cancellation and Variation

4.1. Subject to clause 4.2 below, where we have accepted / confirmed the Services being purchased by you and formed a legally binding agreement with you in accordance with clause 3.5 above, then you are permitted within 5 working days starting on the day after the date we have concluded our agreement in accordance with clause 3.4, to cancel your purchase of the Services.

4.2. If you have purchased an Online Course and have already accessed, downloaded all or part of the Online Course and/or started to use that Online Course then you shall have no right to cancel your order.

4.3. Notwithstanding clause 4.1 there is no other right to cancel or vary your purchase of Services and any other cancellation.


  1. Fees

5.1. The Fees for the Services shall be as set out on the Website or as told to you over the telephone at the time you placed an order for them.

5.2. Unless otherwise specified at the time you purchase the Services the Fees are exclusive local taxes.

5.4. Fees for the Service selected by you on the Website or purchased over the telephone shall be debited from your credit/debit card at the time of purchase. Fees must be paid in full prior to you accessing any Online Course.

5.5. Any fees charged by your debit or credit card provider in connection with your purchase of Services are for your own account and Vicon Industries shall not be responsible for these.

5.6. You shall be responsible for all costs you incur in connection with your access onto any Online Course.


  1. Liability

6.1. Although Vicon Industries aims to provide the Services to the highest standards of the industry, they do not accept any liability for (i) any inaccuracy or misleading information provided in the Course Materials and any reliance by Client on any such information, (ii) any loss or corruption of data, (iii) any loss of profit, revenue or goodwill, or (iv) any indirect, special or consequential loss arising from any breach of the terms of this Agreement.


  1. Intellectual Property

7.1. All Intellectual Property Rights in the Course Materials and Online Course are, and remain, the intellectual property of Vicon Industries or its licensors, whether adapted, written for or customized for the Client or not.

7.2. You are not authorized to:

(i) Copy, modify, reproduce, re-publish, sub-license, sell, upload, broadcast, post, transmit or distribute any of the Course Materials without prior written permission;

(ii) Record on video or audio tape, relay by videophone or other means the Online Course given;

(iii) Use the Course Materials in the provision of any other course or training whether given by us or any third party trainer;

(iv) Remove any copyright or other notice of Vicon Industries on the Course Materials;

(v) Modify, adapt, merge, translate, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer (save to the extent permitted by law) any software forming part of the Online Courses.

Breach by you of this clause 7.2 shall allow us to immediately terminate these terms and conditions with you and cease to provide you with any Services, including but not limited to access to the Online Courses.

7.3. In consideration of the Fees paid by you, we grant to you a limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use the Course Materials and the software in respect of the Online Course for the sole purpose of completing the Online Course.


  1. Confidentiality

8.1. Each party shall keep the other party’s Confidential Information strictly confidential and not use it otherwise than for the purposes of these terms and conditions, and shall return it on demand and not retain copies of it.

8.2. Either party may disclose Confidential Information to its legal and other advisors for the purposes of obtaining advice from them.

8.3. This clause shall continue notwithstanding termination of these terms and conditions.


  1. Assignment

Any Services provided by us under these terms and conditions are personal to you and cannot be transferred or assigned to any other person.

We shall be entitled to assign these terms and conditions to any other company without prior notice to you.


  1. Entire Agreement

These terms and conditions, together with the Website Disclaimer and Course Specific Terms and Conditions are the entire agreement between the parties and supersede any prior agreements and arrangements, whether written or oral. You confirm that you have not relied on any representations in entering into these and any other terms and conditions with us. Nothing in this clause or terms and conditions shall limit liability for any fraudulent misrepresentation.


  1. Data Protection

11.1 The nature of the Services provided by us means that we will obtain, use and disclose (together “Use”) certain information about you (“Data”). This statement sets out the principles governing our Use of Data. By purchasing the Services you agree to this Use.

11.2 When you register with us you will need to provide certain Data such as your contact details and demographic information. We will store this Data and use it to contact you, provide you with details of the Services you have purchased and otherwise as required during the normal provision of the course.

11.3 We may also use the above Data, and similar Data you provide us in response to surveys, to aggregate user profiles and, unless you click on the relevant button on the Registration Form, provide you with communications. We will not pass any personal data onto anyone outside of Vicon Industries.

11.4. We use information such as your User ID, session identifiers and password to enable us to identify whether you are using our services, assist with the provision of services and to ensure that you have access to relevant products. We will only read cookies from your cookie file placed there through your web browser’s interaction with the Website.

11.5. Our products may link to third party websites and we are not responsible for their data policies or procedures or their content.

11.6. Vicon Industries endeavors to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal Data including the use of encryption technology, but cannot guarantee the security of any Data you disclose. You accept the inherent security implications of being and transacting online over the internet and will not hold us responsible for any breach of security.

11.7. If you wish to change or update the data we hold about you, please e-mail training@vicon-security.com or contact us at 800-645-9116


  1. Notices

You can contact us by any of the following methods:

Email: training@vicon-security.com

Telephone: 800-645-9116