Terms Of Use

The following terms and conditions of use (these “Terms of Use”) are terms of a legal agreement between you and Academy of Design Arts and Media Pte. Ltd (A.D.A.M) and govern the terms and conditions of your use of and access to A.D.A.M’s website and online information.

These Terms of Use apply to the A.D.A.M website located at adam.edu.sg (the “Website”). By using or accessing the Website, its services, content and tools, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to be bound by these Terms of Use.

If you do not agree, please do not use the Website. By using and accessing the Website, you hereby represent, warrant and undertake that:

(i) you have read and fully agree to the terms of these Terms of Use, ourPrivacy Policy and our Terms & Conditions of Sale and;

(ii) you are at least 18 years of age and have the legal capacity to agree to, comply with and be bound by these Terms of Use; and

(iii) you will comply with all applicable laws, regulations and rules in relation to your access to and use of the Website.

The Website is controlled and operated by A.D.A.M from its office within Singapore. A.D.A.M makes no representation that the materials, content and services in the Website are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access the Website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.

These Terms of Use is organized as follows:

1. Content on the Website
2. Copyrights, Trademarks & Other Intellectual Property
3. Disclaimer of Warranties
4. Limitations of Liability
5. Viruses, Hacking and Other Offences
6. Contact Information
7. Severance
8. Language
9. Privacy Policy
10. Governing Law

1. Content on the Website

The Website is owned and operated by A.D.A.M. All of the content featured or displayed on this Website, including but not limited to logos, icons, trade marks, slogans, text, graphics, photographs, images, moving images, videos, sound, illustrations, webcasts, podcasts, broadcasts, blogs, software and other content, (collectively “Content”) is owned by A.D.A.M, its licensors and/or its content providers. This Website, including but not limited to the general design and the Content, is protected by copyright, moral rights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights. Except as explicitly permitted by applicable copyright laws or under this Terms of Use or another agreement between you and A.D.A.M, no portion or element of this Website or its Content may be copied, reproduced in any form, modified, adapted or translated republished, performed, communicated, distributed, broadcast, or retransmitted via any means, or otherwise sold, exploited or used. This Website, its Content and all related rights shall remain the exclusive property of A.D.A.M, its licensors and/or its content providers unless otherwise expressly agreed. All such rights are reserved.

You may view, play, print and download Content found on the Website (including information on A.D.A.M products and services such as leaflets, knowledge base articles, and similar materials which are made available by A.D.A.M) , provided that you (1) do not remove any intellectual property or other proprietary notice language in all copies of such documents, (2) use such Content and information only for your personal, non-commercial informational purpose and do not copy or post such Content and information on any networked computer or broadcast, communicate, re-transmit or otherwise distribute it in any media, (3) make no modifications to any such Content or information, and (4) do not make any additional representations or warranties relating to such documents.

2. Copyrights, Trademarks and other Intellectual Property

The copyright, trade marks, registered designs and/or other intellectual property in the Website and all Content, services and products provided on this Website is and remains owned by A.D.A.M or its licensors as appropriate.

Except as may be otherwise indicated in specific documents within the Web, all trade marks, service marks, logos and trade names which appear on products of A.D.A.M, product packaging and/or on the Website, whether registered or not (the “Trade Marks”) remain the exclusive property of A.D.A.M or its licensors (as appropriate) and are protected by applicable trade mark laws and treaties. You may not use, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute, or modify any of the Trade Marks in any way, including in advertising or publicity, or as a hyperlink, without A.D.A.M’s prior written consent.

3. Disclaimer of Warranties

Except as expressly stated herein, the website, the products, the services and the content are provided ‘as is’ and “as available” basis, without any warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to, implied warranties of satisfactory quality, merchantability, compliance with description, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement, to the fullest extent permitted by law. The information on the website is for general information purposes only and does not constitute professional or expert advice. A.D.A.M does not represent or warrant that the information, services and/or facilities contained in the website are accurate, complete or current, or that the website will be uninterrupted or error free, or that any defects in the website will be corrected or that the website or the server that makes the website available are free of viruses or any other harmful components. A.D.A.M does not make any warranties or representations regarding the use of the content (including user generated content), information and materials in the website in terms of their correctness, accuracy, adequacy, usefulness, timeliness, reliability or otherwise, and all such representations and warranties are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

A.D.A.M reserves the right to add to, vary, suspend or withdraw the whole or any part of the website at any time without notice without incurring any liability.

4. Limitation of Liability

A.D.A.M assumes no liability or responsibility for (a) errors, mistakes or inaccuracies in the website, the products, content, user-generated content, services or any other information or material set out or made available through the website, (b) any unauthorized access to or use of the servers used by A.D.A.M (whether managed by A.D.A.M directly or by third parties appointed by A.D.A.M) and/or any and all personal data stored therein, (c) any property damage of any nature whatsoever resulting from your access to and use of or reliance on the website, or any products, content, user-generated content, services or any other information or material set out or made available through the website or any linked third party website(s), (d) any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the services provided on the website and or linked third party website(s), (e) any viruses, trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware transmitted through the website or any linked third party website(s) and/or (f) any errors or omissions in the content, user-generated content, information or material set out or made available through the website (including but not limited to third party website(s)) or for any loss or damage of any nature incurred as a result of the use of or reliance on any of the foregoing.

A.D.A.M shall not be liable to the customer for: (a) any indirect, special or consequential loss or damage; (b) loss of data or other equipment or property; (c) economic loss or damage; (d) any liability incurred by the customer for loss or damage of any nature whatsoever suffered by third parties (including in each case incidental and punitive damages); or (e) any loss of actual or anticipated profit, use, opportunities, interest, revenue, anticipated savings, business or damage to goodwill, even if A.D.A.M is advised in advance of the possibility of such losses or damages.

Any products, content, user-generated content and services made available or obtained through the website or any linked third party website is done at the customer’s own discretion and risk and the customer shall be solely responsible for any damage to their computer system or electronic device, or any loss of data that results therefrom.

You hereby acknowledge that the preceding paragraph shall apply to all content, products and services available on or through the Website. Because some countries do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, in such countries some or all of the above disclaimers or exclusions may not apply and liability will be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

5. Viruses, Hacking and other Offences

You must not misuse our Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs, corrupted data or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Website, the server on which our Website is stored or any server computer or database connected to our Website. You must not attack our Website via a denial of service attack or distributed denial of service attack.

By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Singapore Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act (Cap. 50A) and/or may be subject to civil or criminal liabilities under other applicable laws. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our Website will cease immediately.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our Website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

6. Contact Information

If you would like to contact us for any reason regarding our privacy practices, please write to us at the following address:

Academy of Design Arts and Media Pte. Ltd

51 Cuppage Road, #03-06
Singapore 229469
Tel: +65 6863 3686

Or you may also email us at hello@adam.edu.sg

7. Severance

Each provision of these Terms and Use shall be construed separately and independently of each other. If any provision is deemed invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable from and shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other provisions of these Terms and Use.

8. Language

These Terms of Use and all content on the Website are prepared in the English language. Where these Terms of Use or any content on the Website is translated to a different language, the English version will govern in the event of any inconsistency or conflict between both versions.

9. Privacy Policy

A.D.A.M recognises the importance of keeping your personal information and data secure and private. To understand our privacy policy and practices, please read our A.D.A.M Privacy Policy.  Please do not submit any personal information or data without first reading our A.D.A.M Intellectual Property Section.

10. Governing Law

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and in accordance with the law of Republic of Singapore. You hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Singapore.

Date of last update of the Terms of Use: January 1, 2022.