Last Updated: May 20, 2024
Please read these Terms of Use (these "Terms") carefully. These Terms constitute a binding agreement between you and Florence Education, Inc. ("Florence," "we," or "us") and you, or, if you represent an entity or other organization, that entity or organization (in either case "you" or "your"). Florence provides tuition reimbursement, education benefits programs, access to educational content and courses, career discovery, career assessment, job placement, academic and career coaching, and other products and services (the "Services"). You may access the Services through our website florenceedu.com and various other digital platforms operated by Florence (each, a "Website"), through our mobile applications (each an "Application"), or through your online and offline interactions with Florence (such interactions, each Application, and each Website are treated as part of the "Services" for purposes of these Terms). Florence provides you and individual users of the Services (collectively, "Users") the ability to access information, data, and content ("Content") on a variety of topics related to the Services (such Content (excluding User Content, as defined below) is included as part of the "Services" for purposes of these Terms).
Through the Services, Florence enables prospective or attending students and job seekers to engage with courses, workshops, training, and other educational programs and events ("Courses") offered by us and our partnering educational institutions. The Services also enable partnering employers to view Content, fund educational opportunities for their current and former employees, track progress in participating in Courses, post jobs, and search for job candidates. For purposes of these Terms, a "User" refers to students, job seekers, and partnering employers, as applicable.
PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THESE TERMS.
BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SERVICES OR CONTENT, OR BY CLICKING A BOX THAT STATES THAT YOU ACCEPT OR AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. IF YOU ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES OR CONTENT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS (INCLUDING THE ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS) INCLUDED IN THESE TERMS AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS.
PLEASE REVIEW THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT SET FORTH BELOW CAREFULLY, AS IT WILL REQUIRE YOU TO RESOLVE DISPUTES WITH FLORENCE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS THROUGH FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION. BY ENTERING THESE TERMS, YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE TERMS OF THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT AND HAVE TAKEN TIME TO CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS IMPORTANT DECISION.
These Terms include the current PRIVACY POLICY (the "Privacy Policy"). Capitalized terms not defined in these Terms have the meanings set forth in the Privacy Policy. You are responsible for compliance with these Terms (including the Privacy Policy). By submitting any Personal Information to us, you acknowledge that you have read the Privacy Policy that describes our collection, use, and sharing of your Personal Information.
Unless you later enter into any other agreements with Florence regarding the Services, these Terms are the complete and exclusive agreement between you and Florence regarding your access to and use of the Services. These Terms supersede any prior agreement or proposal, oral or written, and any other communications between you and Florence relating to your use of the Services as a User.
The Services are intended for legal use by individuals 13 years of age and older. You may not use the Services in any manner if you are under the age of 13 and any registration by anyone under 13 is void. If you are 13 or older but younger than 18, then you may access and use the Services only if your parent or guardian accepts these Terms on your behalf. If you are a parent or guardian agreeing to these Terms for the benefit of an individual age 13 or older but under 18, then you agree that you will be solely responsible for all access to and use of the Services.
If you are a job seeker or submit an application for employment with a partnering employer, you represent and warrant that you have the legal right to work in the United States. Florence has no obligation to conduct background checks on its Users. However, Florence reserves the right to conduct such checks through the use of third party service providers or to verify your Account and Registration Information, and any representations and warranties that you have made. You agree to provide Florence with identification documents (including copies of a passport or driver's license) as may be requested by Florence.
Our Websites are targeted towards Users located in the United States, however, given the nature of the Internet, our Websites may be accessed in other parts of the world. If you are not a resident of the United States and you use a Website, you acknowledge, understand and agree that you are doing so on your own initiative and at your own risk, and that it is your responsibility to make sure that your use of the Websites complies with all applicable local laws in the jurisdiction form where you access or use the Websites. If you are located outside of the United States, by using the Websites or submitting any Personal Information to us, you expressly consent to the transfer, processing and storage of your Personal Information in the United States, a jurisdiction in which the privacy laws may not be as comprehensive as those in the country where you reside.
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to revise these Terms at any time, in whole or in part, by posting an updated version through the Services, without prior notice. Changes to these Terms will be effective when posted. You agree to visit this page periodically to review the most current Terms and your continued use of the Services after any changes to these Terms are posted constitutes your binding acceptance of these Terms. If you object to any changes to these Terms, your sole recourse will be to stop using our Services.
You are permitted to access portions of the Services without establishing a user account, provided that you have agreed to these Terms. However, access to and use of certain portions of the Services may require that you establish a user account (an "Account"). Approval of your request to establish an Account will be at the sole discretion of Florence. If you are the Account Authority, you may authorize designated Users to access and use the Services on your behalf through your Account (you and each such User, as applicable, a "User" of your Account). If you are an individual, then you may access and use the Services through your Account as the sole User of your Account. Each user identification and password for your Account (the "Account ID") is personal in nature and may be used only by you, or, as applicable, the User to whom the Account ID is issued.
YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM SHARING YOUR ACCOUNT ID (INCLUDING ANY USER IDENTIFICATION, EMAIL, AND TELEPHONE ACCOUNT CREDENTIALS) WITH ANY OTHER USER.
You are solely responsible for all use of the Services through your Account. Florence may deem any actions taken through your Account to have been authorized by you. You are responsible for compliance, and the compliance of any other Users of your Account, with these Terms. You will ensure the security and confidentiality of your Account ID and will notify Florence immediately if any Account ID is lost, stolen or otherwise compromised. You are fully responsible for all liabilities and damages incurred through the use of your Account or under any Account ID (whether lawful or unlawful) and that any transactions completed through any Account or under any Account ID will be deemed to have been lawfully completed by you.
For questions, contact us at policies@florenceedu.com.