Terms & Conditions

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NOTICE:

Please read carefully the terms and conditions below before registering to AGC Conferences training courses or getting access, downloading included, to any training materials from the AGC website.

This agreement  is between the training participant or a company group training  and AGC  for the registration to AGC Conferences courses and (training materials which include printed and online materials).

When you click the “Register now” button on any particular AGC courses, you agree to these terms, which will bind you. Otherwise, AGC shall not confirm the training course you want to register (and/or materials to you wanted to secure).

Section 1: Applicability

1.1       These Terms and Conditions shall apply to the provision of a training course by AGC to its customers, individual or corporate and institutions.

Section 2: Basis of the Terms and Conditions

2.1       These terms and conditions takes in effect when a customer completes the online registration process at the AGC website: https://www.agcconferences.com

Section 3: Provision of Training

3.1       AGC shall provide the training to the customer in accordance with these terms and conditions in all material respects but reserves the right to change the course content of any training course at any time without notice.

3.2       AGC shall meet any specified training schedule, but such schedule shall be anticipated schedule only and may be subject to changes, depending on the situations that may arise, such as calamities, unavailability of training facilitator, and other emergency cases. In such an event, AGC shall notify the customer immediately via email, SMS or phone call.

3.3       AGC reserves the right to amend the terms and conditions, if necessary, to comply with any applicable statutory or regulatory requirement or if the amendment will not affect the quality of the training. In such an event, AGC shall notify the customer, accordingly.

3.4       Notwithstanding the above subsections, AGC reserves the right to cancel the training at any time, without incurring additional liability to the training participant. In such an event, AGC shall offer at its sole discretion alternative dates for the conduct of the training.

Section 4: Training Participant Obligations

4.1       The Customer shall:

            4.1.1.    Cooperate with AGC in all matters relating to the training;

            4.1.2     Provide AGC and its employees with any information required by AGC to be relevant to the training, including, but not limited to, details in respect of the training participant(s) and ensure that provided information are complete and accurate in all material respects;

Section 5: Charges and Payment

5.1       Unless otherwise stated, the charges for the training shall be calculated on a per-person basis or a group or company training.

5.2       The Customer shall pay the issued statement of account (SOA) submitted by AGC within seven (7) calendar days from the date of the SOA, and in any event prior to the training taking place, to a bank account provided on the SOA or, in the case of online registration, shall make payment as required by the online registration process.

5.3       Failure by the Customer to pay any Charges when they fall due may result in:

            5.3.1     The training participant’s place in the training being withdrawn;

            5.3.2     AGC ceasing to provide the training; and/or

            5.3.3     AGC withholding any certification due to the training participant(s) from the training.

 5.4      All sums payable to AGC under these terms and conditions:

            5.4.1     Fees are exclusive of VAT

            5.4.2     Fees be paid in full without any set-off counterclaim, deduction, or withholding (other than any deduction or withholding of tax as required by the law).    

Section 6: Cancellation/Reschedule

6.1       The participant may request the postponement of a confirmed or agreed training by providing AGC with a notice in adequate advance, provided that if the request is made less than fifteen (15) days prior to the training schedule, the participant shall pay a rescheduling charge equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the training cost. Cancellations must be provided in writing to the AGC Training Manager and sent to: training@agcdevcorp.com.ph.

A participant may cancel a confirmed training at any time, provided that in such event the customer shall pay cancellation charge equal to thirty percent (30%) of the training cost.

6.2       Non-classroom-based training may not be cancelled or rescheduled under any circumstances, and charges for non-classroom-based training are therefore non-refundable.

6.3       Failure by a participant to attend a scheduled and confirmed training with official relevant confirmation, if for any reason whatsoever, the customer shall not be entitled to any refund and may be able to re-join the next available date without extra fees.

For a group/company registered training, failure of a training participant to attend as per relevant confirmation, for any reason whatsoever, shall not entitle the customer to a course price reduction or any right to demand that the training be dispensed anew for the benefit of the absent participant, however, a replacement participant will be deemed accepted.

6.4       AGC reserves the right to cancel or reschedule a training at any time and for any reasons. AGC shall endeavor to inform the customer as soon as possible of the cancellation or rescheduling, and in case of rescheduling to offer a new training schedule reasonably convenient for the customer.

In case of full cancellation (explained as no longer be held nor re-scheduled), AGC shall refund the training cost to customer without undue delay. Such refund shall be the only remedy available to the customer in case of full cancellation by AGC in lieu of multiple postponement.

6.5       If a refund is approved by AGC, it will be made through the original mode of payment only.

Section 7: Intellectual Property Rights

7.1       All intellectual property rights in or arising out of or in connection with the training, including any associated training materials, in print or online, shall be owned by AGC.

7.2       No reproductions, scans, or copies, wholly or in part, shall be made of the training material without the prior written consent of AGC.

Section 8: Customer Data

8.1       As between parties, the customer shall own all right, title, and interest in or to all of the customer data.

8.2       The customer allows AGC an irrevocable, unlimited, and royalty-free right to use the customer data provided to AGC for the purposes of providing the training only.

8.3       Each party warrants that for the purposes of these Terms and Conditions to wit:

            8.3.1     Shall comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Act, including without limitation that:

                        8.3.1.1  Shall use personal data in accordance with the permissions or consents obtained from the customer or otherwise in accordance with the Data Protection Act.

                        8.3.1.2  Shall communicate to the other party the terms of any permission or consents obtained from the customer.

                        8.3.1.3  Shall have in place appropriate technical and organizational security measures against unauthorized processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to personal data.

Section 9: Confidentiality

9.1       Each party may be given access to confidential information from the other party during the course of the training. Therefore, each party shall hold the other party’s confidential information in confidence and not make the other party’s confidential information available to any third party or use the other’s confidential information for any purpose other than the implementation of these terms and conditions.

Section 10: Termination

10.1      Without affecting any other right or remedy to it, AGC may terminate the Terms and Conditions immediately by giving a written notice to the customer if the customer fails to pay any amount due under these terms and conditions on the due date of the payment.

10.2      On termination of the Terms and Conditions, the customer shall return any of the training materials which have not been fully paid for including the issued original receipt (OR) if any.

Section 11: Force Majeure

AGC shall have no liability to the customer under these terms and conditions if it is prevented

from or delayed in  performing its obligations under these terms and conditions, or from carrying on its business by acts, events, omissions, or accidents beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation, strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes, failure of a utility service or transport or telecommunications networks, act of God, war, riot, civil unrest, fire, flood, lockdowns, or storm, provided that the customer is notified of such an event and its expected duration.

These terms and conditions represent the entire agreement between the parties, and no modification, amendment, rescission, waiver, or other charge shall be binding on either party, unless assented to in writing by the parties’ authorized representatives. Any oral or written representation, warranty, course of dealing, or trade usage not contained or reference herein shall not be binding on either party. Each party agrees that it has not relied on, or been induced by, any representations of the other Party not contained herein.