Global Case Study Challenge

GLOBAL CASE STUDY CHALLENGE 

Privacy Notice, Terms of Use and Community Values & Honor Code

Updated 01 September 2021

Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice explains what information the Global Case Study Challenge collects from you, through our interactions with you, how we use that data, and when and with whom we share it.

The information you provide to the Global Case Study Challenge allows us to provide you with access to a specific program or other service, to administer that service and to keep you updated on that service and our other services.

Our Services include the web domains globalcasestudychallenge.com and other Global Case Study Challenge applications, programs, and online or mobile products and services of the Global Case Study Challenge. 

Your use of Global Case Study Challenge Services is subject to the Global Case Study Challenge Terms of Use which incorporates this Privacy Notice.

NATURE, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

Information we collect

We collect information, including Personally Identifiable Information when you sign up for a user account, download an application, participate in our online programs, or otherwise communicate with the Global Case Study Challenge. Personally Identifiable Information means your full name and other information that personally identifies you.

We may also collect, use, store, and share certain usage information and system identifiers and metadata.

We may collect information about participant performance and patterns of learning. In addition, we may track information indicating, among other things, which portions or pages of a Service were visited, the order in which they were visited, when they were visited and which hyperlinks and other user interface controls were used.

We may collect, use, store, and share a variety of information, including IP address, operating system, unique IDs of cookies, unique IDs sent from mobile devices, network carriers or data providers, device types, browser types, version and language, Internet Service Provider (ISP) information, referring and exit websites and applications, attributes of computer or device usage, date/time stamps, click-through URLs, information contained in HTTP headers or other internet transfer protocol signals, clickstream data and other similar data, for each user of a Service or any Global Case Study Challenge program, and we may be able to determine your geographic location (or the location of your device or ISP) with such data. Various web analytics tools are used to collect this information. Some of the information may be collected through cookies, pixel tags, scripts, log files, web beacons and other similar technologies. Most browsers and mobile devices offer instructions on how to disable cookies (typically in “Preferences” or “Settings”). If you disable our cookies, some functions and conveniences of a service may not work properly or at all.

We may use, store, aggregate and disclose some or all of the data we collect from you and other users of the Services for the purposes set out in this Notice.

How we use the information we collect and reasons we share it

The Global Case Study Challenge uses the information we collect to deliver our programs and Services. We may also use the information to communicate with you about the Services and to give you updates about the Global Case Study Challenge and other programs.

We share the information with your consent or as necessary to provide a service you have requested. For example, we share some of your information with Global Case Study Challenge staff, and other participants in your program can view your profile and username and comments. We also share with a limited number of third-party contractors who perform certain functions on our behalf. For example, we work with a third party who helps us with our Learning Management System.

Comments or other information posted or contributed by you to any part of a service designed to be visible to the public or to other Global Case Study Challenge participants may be viewed and downloaded by others who use or access the service. Please bear this in mind when you post such comments or other information.

We may collect, use, process, store, and share the information about you in the following ways:

• To authenticate your identity; to process subscriptions, credits and refunds; and to collect amounts owed, as applicable.
  
• To respond to a specific inquiry or provide you with access to the specific service, program content and/or Services or reports you select.
  
• To provide, administer, maintain, improve, individualize, and evaluate the Services and other Global Case Study Challenge Services and offerings, both individually and in the aggregate. This may include sharing information with Global Case Study Challenge staff, administrators, moderators, leaders, facilitators, and others who are involved in performing these functions for us, as well as with other third parties in some circumstances as described below.
  
• To provide or conduct the Services by sharing information about you (including Personally Identifiable Information) with other participants in a Global Case Study Challenge program or other Service in which you are participating. This may include, for example, sharing comments, course work, reflections, images, video clips, “stars,” “likes,” and other content that you submit, contribute, upload, post, or distribute on a Service (collectively, “Contributions”) with other such participants, along with your name, user name, photo, geographic location (city, state and country only), and other potentially identifying information, and providing other such participants with other information from your profile that you have elected to share or that we otherwise may disclose applies.
  
• To create and publish a participant directory accessible by other participants in the program or other Service in which you are participating.
  
• To share information with a collaborating college or university with which you are associated, regarding your Global Case Study Challenge application and participation in the Services.
  
• To link or combine information provided by you or collected about you via the Services with other information provided by you or collected about you by the Global Case Study Challenge or any of their partners.
  
• To perform research – for example, academic, scientific, educational or business research.
  
• To send you notices, updates, announcements and communications (whether by email, phone, text or SMS messages, pop up notifications, or other similar methods) about the Services, or about other programs, services, products, events, opportunities or activities offered by the Global Case Study Challenge, or selected educational or business partners, that may be of interest to you.
  
• To enable the Global Case Study Challenge to do marketing, promotions and advertising directly. These activities may include interest-based advertising, targeted advertising and online behavioral advertising in order to increase the likelihood that the content would be of interest to you.
  
• To assess admissions criteria and to track both individual and aggregate attendance, progress, performance and completion of an online program or use of the Services, and to analyze statistics on participant performance and how participants learn.
  
• To conduct cross device matching, whether probabilistic or deterministic, in order to identify connections between devices such as smartphones, computers, tablets or other network connected devices or physical objects.
  
• To maintain and improve the functioning and security of the Services and our software, systems and network.
  
• To enable service providers or contractors to perform certain functions on our behalf, including, without limitation, analytics and information processing; processing transactions, subscriptions or other payments; providing, operating or administering a Service or part of it; providing or updating content for any of the Services; or in connection with other aspects of our Services, or in order to integrate with other products or services.
  
• To share your Contributions with third parties or with the public, in ways not otherwise permitted under this Privacy Notice, if (1) we have eliminated your name and photo from your Contributions, (2) you have submitted Contributions to a portion of a Service that is open to non-participants
  
• To provide opportunities for current or future participants in the Services or other Global Case Study Challenge offerings, who may have interests or educational goals similar to yours, to communicate or work with you.
  
• To respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process; in response to a request for cooperation from law enforcement or another government agency; to investigate, prevent or take action regarding actual or suspected violations of our Terms of Use or this Privacy Notice, illegal activities, fraud, security or technical issues, misuse of the Services, or other misconduct, or to enforce our Terms of Use or this Privacy Notice; as otherwise may be required by applicable law; or to protect our rights, property or safety or those of others.
  
• To report to your employer on your progress and participation in a Service if your participation in the Service is sponsored by your employer, and if you have so consented or we are otherwise permitted to do so.
  
• To share aggregated, anonymized information with the public and with third parties, including but not limited to researchers and business partners.
  
• To achieve any purpose described elsewhere in this Privacy Notice.
  
• To achieve any purpose to which you have consented at the point of collection of information or at another time.
  
• To achieve any other purpose permitted by law. 
  

OTHER IMPORTANT PRIVACY INFORMATION

Below you will find additional privacy information you may find important.

Use for personalization and pedagogical improvements

We aim to provide current and future users of each service with the best possible educational experience. We may conduct research intended to enhance the Global Case Study Challenge’s instructional offerings and the quality of learning and related sciences more generally. To further these goals, we sometimes present different users with different versions of program materials and software. We do this to personalize the experience to the individual learner (assess the learner's level of ability and learning style, and present materials best suited to the learner), to evaluate the effectiveness of our program materials, to improve our understanding of the learning process, and otherwise to improve the effectiveness of our offerings and teaching and learning more generally. We may publish or otherwise publicize results from this process, but will only share Personally Identifiable Information as otherwise permitted under this Privacy Notice.

Links to other applications and websites

A service may contain links to websites and mobile applications published by third parties, including other content providers as well as certain service providers, such as those partners of the Global Case Study Challenge. These other websites and applications are not under our control, and you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the collection and use of your information by such websites and applications. We encourage you to be aware when you are redirected to a third-party website or application and to review the privacy policies and terms of use of each website and application you visit and use.

Security

The Global Case Study Challenge has a program designed to protect Personally Identifiable Information in its possession or control. This includes a variety of privacy and security policies, processes and procedures, including administrative, physical and technical measures. Nonetheless, no method of collection, storage or transmission is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee that our security measures will be effective.

Consent to processing outside home country

You understand and unambiguously consent to the collection, use, disclosure and retention of information in Austria and other countries and territories, for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Statement and the Global Case Study Challenge Terms of Use or such other terms of use as may be provided for the applicable service. You consent to the collection, use, disclosure and retention by Global Case Study Challenge of your Personally Identifiable Information and other information as described under this Privacy Statement, including but not limited to the transfer of your Personally Identifiable Information or other information between the Global Case Study Challenge and the third parties and affiliates described in this Privacy Statement. For further certainty, any consent relating to a right to transfer information referred to in this paragraph shall be deemed to include your consent to the transfer of the applicable Personally Identifiable Information to a jurisdiction which may provide a different level of privacy protection than that available in your own country. 

Changing our Privacy Notice

We may make changes to this Privacy Notice at any time, but will alert you that we are doing so by giving notice via the Services or by some other means. By registering for, accessing or using any of the Services after any changes have been made, you signify your agreement to the modified Privacy Notice and all of the changes, which will be effective immediately unless we notify you of a later effective date. If the changes are not acceptable to you, you should discontinue use of the Services.

GLOBAL CASE STUDY CHALLENGE ONLINE TERMS OF USE

 

These terms apply to you if you registered or agreed to them on or after 31 August 2021. 

 

1. Introduction

Please read these Terms of Use and the other Agreements described immediately below before registering for, accessing or using any portion of the Global Case Study Challenge website (the “Site,” which consists of all content and pages located within and accessible at the globalcasestudychallenge.com domain) or any other websites, applications, programs or online or mobile products or services of the Global Case Study Challenge (collectively, the “Services”). The term “Services” includes the Site and all content and pages located within and accessible via the Site, as well as any program material, program or cohort pages and platforms, directories and other electronic services available via the Site or any of the other Services. These Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, Community Values and Honor Code are agreements (the Agreements) between you and Global Case Study Challenge. By registering for, accessing or using any Services, you accept and agree to be legally bound by the Agreements, whether or not you are a registered user or have an account. If you do not understand or do not wish to be bound by the terms of the Agreements, do not register for, access or use any Services.

We may make changes to the Agreements at any time, but will alert you that we are doing so by giving notice via the Services or by some other means. By registering for, accessing or using any Services after any changes have been made, you signify your agreement to the modified Agreements and all of the changes, which will be effective immediately unless we notify you of a later effective date. If the changes are not acceptable to you, you should discontinue use of the Services.

As used in these Terms of Use, “we,” “us” and “our” refer to the President and Board Members of the Global Case Study Challenge association.

2. Programs

Through the Services, the Global Case Study Challenge offers online courses, programs or other offerings in specific areas of study or on particular topics (each, a “Program”). Global Case Study Challenge reserves the right to cancel, interrupt or reschedule any Program or modify its content as well as the point value or weight of any assignment, exam or other evaluation of progress that may be provided in connection with any Program. Programs are subject to the Agreements, including without limitation the Warranty Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability sections below.

You will not receive academic credit from Global case Study Challenge for taking a Program. Academic credits are awarded by participating universities. You agree and acknowledge that one successful completion of the Global Case Study Challenge, you will be awarded a certificate of participation.

The global Case Study Challenge may offer a credential or other acknowledgment for participants who have satisfactorily demonstrated mastery of the Program material. The decision to award any such credential or other acknowledgment to a given participant will be solely within the discretion of the Global case Study Challenge. The Global Case Study Challenge may choose not to offer any credential or other acknowledgment for some Programs. In addition, the Global Case Study Challenge may decide in its sole discretion whether to provide a record concerning a participant’s performance in a Program. The format of any credential or other acknowledgment, and of any record of performance, provided by Global Case Study Challenge relating to the Programs will be determined by Global Case Study Challenge in its sole discretion and may vary from Program to Program.

If you are enrolled in a Program through another university or educational institution with which you are associated (your “Home Institution”), Global Case Study Challenge may provide a record to your Home Institution concerning your performance in the Program, in accordance with the Privacy Policy. However, the decision whether your Home Institution will award any credit, benefit or credential, and the nature of any such credit, benefit or credential, will lie solely with your Home Institution.

3. Conduct

You agree that you are responsible for your own use of the Services and for your User Content, as well as any content of others that you submit, post, contribute, publish or distribute on any of the Services. “User Content” includes all content, in whatever format, submitted, posted, contributed, published or distributed on any of the Services by a user, including but not limited to all notes, questions, answers, comments, text, pictures, videos and file uploads. In some Programs, users may contribute by speaking or appearing on camera, and User Content may include transmissions or recordings of a user’s voice and/or image. You agree that you will use the Services in compliance with the Agreements and all applicable local, national and international laws, rules and regulations, including privacy and copyright laws, any laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from your country of residence, and all Austrian export control laws.

THE FOLLOWING KINDS OF CONTENT (“PROHIBITED CONTENT”) ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED ON THE SERVICES:

1. Content that defames, harasses, discriminates against, harms or threatens others;
2. Content that discusses illegal activities, with the intent to commit them;
3. Content that infringes or misappropriates intellectual property rights;
4. Content that you do not have the right to disclose;
5. Profane, pornographic, obscene, indecent or unlawful content;
6. Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation;
7. Content related to partisan political activities; and
8. Content that contains intentionally inaccurate information or that is posted with the intent of misleading others.

The Global Case Study Challenge reserves the right to remove Prohibited Content of which it becomes aware, but is under no obligation to do so.

In addition, you agree not to (a) use any of the Services in any manner intended to damage, disable, overburden or impair any part of any of the Services or the computer equipment or network(s) connected to any of the Services or to disrupt or interfere with any Program or any other user's use and enjoyment of any of the Services; (b) attempt to gain unauthorized access to any of the Services, other accounts, computer equipment or networks connected to any of the Services through hacking, password mining or any other means; (c) obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information on or via any of the Services not intentionally made available through the Services; (d) copy or use any portion of any of the Services other than as expressly allowed under the Agreements; (e) use any high volume, automated, or electronic means to access any of the Services (including without limitation robots, spiders or scripts); (f) frame any of the Services, place pop-up windows over its pages, or otherwise affect the display of its pages; or (g) force headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any communication transmitted through any of the Services.

If you participate in any Program, you agree to complete all work, including any assignments, associated with each Program in which you may be enrolled with your own, original work and only your own, original work, and you agree not to engage in any activity that would dishonestly improve your results, or improve or hurt the results of others. In addition, unless otherwise stated in the respective Program, you agree that any exams, quizzes or questions provided in connection with each Program are for your individual use only. Copying, capturing, transmitting or providing all or any part of the exams, quizzes or questions to any other person Global Case Study Challenge rights and is strictly prohibited. Global Case Study Challenge reserves the right to pursue any and all legal remedies against you if you violate this Agreement.

4. User Accounts and User Registration

In order to participate in most Services, you must register for a personal account on the relevant Service (a “User Account”) by providing an email address and a password for your User Account, as well as any additional information required herein or on the relevant Service. If a virtual classroom program is offered Global Case Study Challenge, participants in the virtual classroom program may not be required to register for a User Account. Instead, Global Case Study Challenge may choose to provide such participants with separate credentials necessary to register for and access the program (a “Login Credential”). You agree that you will never divulge or share access or access information to your User Account or Login Credential with any third party for any reason. You also agree that you will create, use, and/or access only one User Account or Login Credential, and that you will not access the Services using any User Account or Login Credential other than your own.

You agree to notify us immediately upon becoming aware of or suspecting any unauthorized use of your User Account or Login Credential. We will not be responsible for any loss or damage arising from unauthorized access to your User Account or Login Credential.

In registering for a User Account or obtaining a Login Credential, or completing an application and registering for a Program, you may be prompted or required to enter additional information, including but not limited to your name and location. Additional information may be required to confirm your identity, and different or additional information may be required depending on your use of the Services or enrollment in Programs. You warrant that all such information provided by you is accurate, current, complete, and complies with your obligations under the Agreements. You also agree to maintain and update such information to keep it accurate, current and complete. You acknowledge that if any such information provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we reserve the right to terminate your use of any or all of the Services, in our sole discretion.

If you are admitted to a Global Case Study Challenge, or as part of your registration, you may be required to submit a headshot photo of yourself (via webcam or such other method as Global Case Study Challenge Online may require). You may also be subject to spontaneous identity verification checks throughout the applicable Program. The authentication of your identity may be performed by Global Case Study Challenge or a third-party service provider.

5. License Grant to You; Global Case Study Challenge Intellectual Property Rights

In consideration for your agreement to these Terms of Use, Global Case Study Challenge grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Services solely in accordance with the Agreements. Global Case Study Challenge may make Global Case Study Challenge Content (as defined below) available to you through the Programs or otherwise via the Services. You may obtain and use Global Case Study Challenge only for your own personal, non-commercial use in connection with the Services and participating in Programs. You may only copy and modify Global Case Study Challenge Content as necessary for your own personal, noncommercial use. You may not transfer, retransmit, distribute, publish, commercially exploit or create derivative works of Global Case Study Challenge Content. You may not reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise access the source code for any software that may be used to operate any of the Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing, certain reference documents, digital textbooks, articles and other information on the Services may be made available to you with the permission of third parties, and use of that third party material may be subject to certain rules and conditions, which we will post along with the material or otherwise inform you about. You agree to abide by all such rules and conditions.

“Global Case Study Challenge Content” means all content or other material, in whole or in part, available through the Programs or otherwise via the Services, including but not limited to lectures, speeches, discussions, comments, video lessons, quizzes, tests, presentation materials, homework assignments, programs, code, and other images, text, layouts, arrangements, displays, illustrations, documents, materials, audio and video clips, HTML and files. All Global Case Study Challenge Online Content is the property of Global Case Study Challenge and/or its affiliates or licensors and is protected by copyright, patent and/or other proprietary intellectual property rights under Austrian and foreign law.

Global Case Study Challenge logos, trademarks and service marks that may appear in the Services ("Marks") are the property of Global Case Study Challenge and are protected under Austrian and foreign laws. All other trademarks, service marks and logos used in the Services, with or without attribution, are the trademarks, service marks or logos of their respective owners.

Global Case Study Challenge and/or its affiliates and licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted herein to the Programs, Services, Global Case Study Challenge Content, and Marks.

6. User Submissions

The Services may provide you with the ability to upload or otherwise provide certain User Content. With respect to User Content you submit or otherwise make available in connection with your use of the Services, and subject to the Global Case Study Challenge Privacy Policy, you grant Global Case Study Challenge a fully transferable, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, make derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display and otherwise disseminate and make available such User Content, in any manner or medium now known or later developed, and to authorize others to do any of the foregoing. You expressly acknowledge that your User Content may be visible to others and may include Personally Identifiable Information, as defined in the Global Case Study Challenge Privacy Policy. To the extent that you provide User Content, you represent, warrant to Global Case Study Challenge Online and agree that (a) you have all necessary rights to provide and use such User Content and permit Global Case Study Challenge to use such User Content as provided above; (b) as between you and Global Case Study Challenge, you shall be responsible for the payment of any third party fees related to the provision and use of such User Content; and (c) such User Content does not and will not infringe or misappropriate any third party rights.

In connection with your participation in a Program, you may have the ability to access or download User Content of other users taking the Program and other users may have the ability to access or download your User Content. While Global Case Study Challenge Online requires all users to comply with these Terms of Use and the Global Case Study Challenge Privacy Policy in providing User Content Global Case Study Challenge 

cannot guarantee such compliance or that any such User Content will be free of Prohibited Content, viruses, worms, back doors, Trojan horses or other harmful contaminants. Global Case Study Challenge disclaims any responsibility or liability relating to your access or download of such User Content.

The Services may also provide you with the ability to upload or send information to Global Case Study Challenge regarding the Services (“Feedback”). By submitting Feedback, you hereby grant Global Case Study Challenge an irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, make derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display and otherwise disseminate and make available such Feedback, in any manner or medium now known or later developed, and to authorize others to do the foregoing.

You acknowledge that we may screen User Content, and that we shall have the right (but not the obligation), in our sole discretion, to remove any User Content without any liability to you. Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to remove any User Content that violates the Agreements or is otherwise objectionable in our sole and absolute discretion. You agree and acknowledge that we may preserve User Content and may disclose User Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that any such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, enforce these Terms of Use, respond to claims that any User Content violates the rights of third parties, or protect our rights, property or personal safety or that of our Users and the public.

7. Payment

Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by Global Case Study Challenge, full payment for participation in a Program is required at the time of registration. Specific payment requirements and related terms may be provided to you at the time of registration on the applicable Program-specific web page or otherwise on the applicable Service.

8. Refunds

If you withdraw before the start of a Program, you may be eligible, at the Global Case Study Challenge discretion, for a refund of all or part of course expenses, minus a processing/ administration fee. If you withdraw after the start of the Program, or if you are found to be in violation of the Agreements or any other Global Case Study Challenge or Program-specific policy, you will not be issued a refund unless Global Case Study Challenge elects to do so.

If your participation in a Program is being sponsored by your employer or Home Institution, the terms and conditions of Global Case Study Challenge agreement with your employer or Home Institution will govern payment and refunds to the extent different from those set forth herein.

9. Termination of Services

You agree that Global Case Study Challenge, in its sole discretion, may terminate your use of any or all of the Services or your participation in any Program, for any reason or no reason, and that Global Case Study Challenge shall not have any liability to you for any such action; provided, however, that if Global Case Study Challenge terminates your participation in a Program other than for cause (including, without limitation, your failure to comply with any term of the Agreements), you will receive a pro-rata refund of any fees you paid in connection with the Program. Without limiting any of Global Case Study Challenge other rights or remedies, it is Global Case Study Challenge policy to terminate in appropriate circumstances users of the Services who are repeat copyright infringers. Global Case Study Challenge will not be required to provide you any service or engage in any activity (including but not limited to providing you Programs and/or credentials or acknowledgements relating to same) if Global Case Study Challenge believes that the service or activity may violate any applicable law or regulation. You further acknowledge that for the purpose of any Program your sole relationship with Global Case Study Challenge is as defined in the Agreements. Termination does not give rise to any right to any grievance or other resolution process for student disputes at Global Case Study Challenge, or any other school, division, institute or program of or associated with Global Case Study Challenge. You agree that Global Case Study Challenge has the right to cancel, delay, reschedule, or alter the format of any Program at any time. If you no longer wish to participate in any Program or use any of the Services, you may terminate your participation upon notice to Global Case Study Challenge. The rights granted to you hereunder will terminate upon any termination of your right to use the Services or your participation in a Program, but the other provisions of the Agreements will survive any such termination.

10. Links

The Services may include hyperlinks to websites or applications maintained or controlled by others. Global Case Study Challenge is not responsible for and does not routinely screen, approve, review or endorse the contents or use of any of the products or services that may be offered at these websites or applications. If you decide to access linked third-party websites or applications, you do so at your own risk.

11. Eligibility

Account registration and participation in any Program or other Service is generally restricted to those individuals 18 years of age or older who are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations and warranties herein. Individuals under 18 years of age but 13 years of age or older may be able to register for an account and participate in certain Programs or Services in limited instances at our discretion. In those cases, we may have additional requirements for registration or access, including, for example, approval of a parent or other authorized person. By registering for or participating in a Program or Service, you hereby represent that (i) you are 18 years of age or older and have the authority and legal capacity to enter into the Agreements, or (ii) you are 13 years of age or older, you are only registering for or accessing a Program or Service that we have expressly allowed people between 13 and 18 years of age to register for or access, and all additional requirements (such as parental approval) that we have established for registration or access by such people have been met. No one under the age of 13 years may participate in any Program or download or access any Service. In addition, those who wish to register and participate in any Program or other Service must meet any other minimum requirements set forth in the Agreements. Programs may have additional eligibility or admission requirements, as specified on the applicable Program section of the Services. If you do not qualify or do not agree to these terms, you may not use the Services.

12. Choice of Law; Dispute Resolution

You agree that the Agreements and any claim or dispute arising out of or relating to the Agreements, any Program or other Service, or any content obtained from or through any of the Services will be governed by the laws of the Austrian State, excluding its conflicts of law principles. You agree that all such claims and disputes will be heard and resolved exclusively in the federal or state courts located in and serving Klagenfurt, Austria. You consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts over you for this purpose, and you waive and agree not to assert any objection to such proceedings in those courts (including any defense or objection of lack of proper jurisdiction or venue or inconvenience of forum).

13. Disclaimers of Warranty; Limitations of Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES (AS DEFINED AT THE OUTSET OF THESE TERMS OF USE) AND ANY RELATED INFORMATION OR PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND (EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE), INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Global Case Study Challenge DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ANY SERVICE WILL OPERATE IN AN UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE MANNER OR THAT THE ANY SERVICE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, Global Case Study Challenge DOES NOT WARRANT THAT (A) THE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS OR ACHIEVE THE INTENDED PURPOSES, (B) THE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES WILL NOT EXPERIENCE OUTAGES OR OTHERWISE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, (C) THE PROGRAMS, SERVICES OR INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH OR FROM THE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, CURRENT, ERROR-FREE, SECURE OR RELIABLE, OR (D) ANY DEFECTS IN OR ON THE PROGRAMS OR SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED. Global Case Study Challenge MAKES NO REPRESENTATION REGARDING YOUR ABILITY TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, AND YOU AGREE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR ABILITY TO ACCESS THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES MAY BE IMPAIRED.

EXCEPT INSOFAR AS THE FOLLOWING LIMITATION MAY BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, Global Case Study Challenge SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR UNFORESEEABLE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS OR EARNING POWER, LOSS OF DATA, LOSSES DUE TO ERRORS OR INTERRUPTION IN AVAILABILITY OF ANY SERVICES, UNAVAILABILITY OF ANY PROGRAM, SERVER OR COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY, OR DAMAGES DUE TO ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF OTHERS USING ANY SERVICE OR PARTICIPATING IN A PROGRAM), ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE AGREEMENTS, THE SERVICES OR THE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION YOUR AND OTHERS' USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE ANY SERVICE, OR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN ANY PROGRAM, OR YOUR SUBMISSION OR USE OF USER CONTENT, OR OTHERS’ USE OF YOUR USER CONTENT, OR YOUR INTERACTION WITH OTHER PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS (WHETHER ONLINE OR IN PERSON), OR YOUR RELIANCE UPON INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM OR THROUGH ANY PROGRAM OR SERVICE, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTORY OR OTHER LAW Global Case Study Challenge’s TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE AGREEMENTS, THE SERVICES OR THE PROGRAMS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN THE WAYS DESCRIBED IN THE PRECEDING SENTENCE), WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTORY OR OTHER LAW, WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (1) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES RECEIVED BY Global Case Study Challenge FROM YOU OR ON YOUR BEHALF FOR OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES AND ANY PROGRAMS IN ANY TWELVE MONTH PERIOD. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WHETHER OR NOT Global Case Study Challenge HAS BEEN NEGLIGENT OR OTHERWISE AT FAULT.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND THE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN THESE TERMS OF USE REFLECT A REASONABLE AND FAIR ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN YOU AND Global Case Study Challenge, AND THAT THESE LIMITATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL TO Global Case Study Challenge 'S WILLINGNESS TO MAKE THE SERVICE AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO YOU. EACH OF THESE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS IS INTENDED TO BE SEPARATELY ENFORCEABLE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY OTHER REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

FOR PURPOSES OF THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS, AS WELL AS THE INDEMNITY IN the Indemnity SECTION BELOW, “Global Case Study Challenge” INCLUDES THE Association BODY PRESIDENT AND Board, ALSO KNOWN AS Global Case Study Challenge  Board, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES.

CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THE LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF THESE JURISDICTIONS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

14. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Global Case Study Challenge (as defined for this purpose in Section 13 above) from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, relating to or arising out of (a) your use or attempted use of any of the Programs or other Services in violation of the Agreements; (b) your violation of any law or rights of any third party; or (c) information or content that you post or otherwise make available through any Program or otherwise via any of the Services, including without limitation any claim of infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property or other proprietary rights.

15. Copyright Policy

Copyright owners who believe their material has been infringed on any of the Services should contact Global Case Study Challenge. 

16. Integration

These Terms of Use, the Global Case Study Challenge Privacy Policy, the Community Values and Honor together constitute the entire agreement between you and Global Case Study Challenge with respect to your use of the Services, superseding any prior agreements between you and Global Case Study Challenge regarding your use of any of the Services. Some terms applicable to your registration for Global Case Study Challenge or your enrollment or participation in Programs may be provided to you at the time of registration or access or on Program-specific web pages. These additional terms may include, among other things, terms relating to the act of registering, specific fees or Program requirements. Your registration, enrollment or participation also shall be subject to your agreement and compliance with those additional terms.

17. Waiver

The failure of Global Case Study Challenge to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Agreements shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Agreements is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, to the extent that may lawfully be done, and the other provisions of these Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.

18. Assignment

Global Case Study Challenge may freely transfer or assign any portion of its rights or delegate its obligations under the Agreements. You may not transfer or assign, by operation of law or otherwise, any portion of your rights or delegate your obligations under the Agreements without the prior written consent of Global Case Study Challenge, and any attempted such transfer or assignment shall be void and of no effect.

COMMUNITY VALUES AND & HONOR CODE

The Global Case Study Challenge Community Values support the Global Case Study Challenge learning environment and are at the heart of our aspiration to make the GCSC a model of the highest standards essential to responsible leadership in today's business world.

COMMUNITY VALUES

It Is Essential to Foster a Supportive Online Learning Environment.

At Global Case Study Challenge we believe it is essential for all participants to exemplify and uphold the GCSC Community Values in order to foster a supportive online learning environment where individuals can have open discussion, reflect on their thinking, and learn from each other.

The mission of Global Case Study Challenge is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. Achieving this mission requires an environment of trust and mutual respect, free expression and inquiry, and a commitment to truth, excellence, and lifelong learning.

Students, program participants, staff, and alumni accept these principles when they join the GCSC community. In doing so, they agree to abide by the following Community Values:

• RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS, DIFFERENCES, AND DIGNITY OF OTHERS
  
• HONESTY AND INTEGRITY IN DEALING WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
  
• ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PERSONAL BEHAVIOR
  

GCSC can and should be a living model of these values. To this end, community members have a personal responsibility to integrate these values into every aspect of their experience with the GCSC.

Through our personal commitment to these values, we can create an environment in which all can achieve their full potential.

Global Case Study Challenge HONOR CODE

A Commitment of Honor, Honesty, and Stewardship.

The Global Case Study Challenge Code supplements the statement of Community Values and reflects the commitment participants make as members of the learning community to participate in, foster, and uphold the Global Case Study Challenge Learning Model.

By participating in a Global Case Study Challenge course or program, you agree to:

• Complete all work associated with the course and final exam with your own work and only your own work.
  
• Maintain only one Global Case Study Challenge account and not let anyone else use your login and/or password.
  
• Not engage in any activity that would dishonestly improve your results, or dishonestly improve or hurt the results of others.
  
• Not reproduce problems or answers for quizzes, exams, or any other means of assessing participant performance.
  
• Not post Global Case Study Challenge materials outside your course or program (e.g., publish screenshots of or videos from course pages).
  
• Act as a steward of the Honor Code and encourage others to do so as well.
  

If you engage in or have engaged in conduct that violates the Global Case Study Challenge Community Values or fail to abide by the Global Case Study Challenge Online Honor Code, you may be removed from a Global Case Study Challenge course or program and be ineligible to earn a certificate.