Terms and Conditions

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of all websites EPDI manages. Unless otherwise noted, all references to EPDI include https://www.educatorspdi.org,  https://www.educatorspdi.com/, and all sister websites including but not limited to https://www.pd4t.org/, and https://www.adulted-technology.com/.

By accessing EPDI websites we assume you agree to the terms and conditions set forth in this document. Do not continue to use websites that EPDI manages if you do not agree to all the terms and conditions stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Cookie Policy, Privacy Policy and Disclaimer Notice and all Agreements: “Client”, “Customer”, “You” and “Your” refers to you, the person accessing this website and accepting the EPDI’s terms and conditions. “EPDI”, “The Company”, “Ourselves”, “We”, “Our” and “Us”, refers to our Company, Educators’ Professional Development Institute.

Cookies

We employ the use of cookies. By accessing EPDI’s websites, you agreed to use cookies in agreement with the EPDI’s Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

Most interactive websites use cookies to allow retreival of the user's details for each visit. Cookies are used by our websites to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.

License

Unless otherwise stated, EPDI and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on EPDI websites including, but not limited to blog posts, articles, course materials. As a service to you, EPDI provides resource links to those in education.  The content in those websites have their own intellectual property rights. All EPDI intellectual property rights are reserved. Read Disclaimer statement.   

You must not:

Open Educational Resources.  For information about licensing, republishing, selling, renting, reproducing, or redistributing an open educational resource listed on an EPDI website, please visit the OER’s source website.

Parts of EPDI websites may offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the websites.  EPDI does not filter, edit, publish or review Comments prior to their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of EPDI, its partners and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who post their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, EPDI shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.

EPDI reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive or causes breach of these Terms and Conditions.

You warrant and represent that:

You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;

The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark of any third party;

The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material which is an invasion of privacy

The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.

You hereby grant EPDI a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats or media.

Hyperlinking to our Content

The following organizations may link to this without prior written approval:

• Government agencies
• Search engines 
• News organizations 
• Online directory distributors may link to EPDI websites in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

• commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources;
• dot.com community sites 
• associations or other groups representing charities 
• online directory distributors internet portals 
• educational institutions and trade associations

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavorably to ourselves (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of access to EPDI registration and membership fees; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 in the Hyperlink section of these terms and conditions statement and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to Educators’ Professional Development Institute.Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website(s), and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-4 weeks for a response.

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:

1. By use of our corporate name; or
2. By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
3. By use of any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party's site.
4. No use of EPDI logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

iFrames

Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our Webpages that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of any of our Websites.

Content Liability

We shall not be hold responsible for any content that appears on your Website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that arise on your Website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third-party rights.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to any of the websites that EPDI owns or manages. You agree to immediately remove all links to all Websites that EPDI owns and manages upon request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and our linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to any Website that EPDI owns or manages, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us any moment. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to do so or to respond to you directly.

We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.  Read our disclaimer statement for more information.

Contact us

If you have any questions regarding these terms and condition, contact us.

Mailing Address

Educators’ Professional Development Institute

332 S Michigan Ave, # 121

Chicago, Illinois, 60637

Email address

EPDI@educatorspdi.com

Telephone Number

773-800-1813

Effective as of August 20, 2021